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US prison deaths soared by 77% during height of Covid-19 crisis, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Hamas Held Some Female Hostages Fearing They Would Tell Public With What Really Happened, US Official Suggests (themessenger.com)

Did Hamas Make Millions Betting Against Israeli Shares Before October 7 Massacre? (www.haaretz.com)

Hamas drugged hostages before releasing them (jewishinsider.com)

House explodes as police in Arlington, Virginia, try to execute search warrant, police say (www.cbsnews.com)

A house exploded in Arlington, Virginia, as police were attempting to execute a search warrant, authorities said Monday....

Former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook (www.cnn.com)

A nationally recognized online disinformation researcher has accused Harvard University of shutting down the project she led to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg....

Why Doctors and Pharmacists Are in Revolt (www.nytimes.com)

Dr. John Wust does not come off as a labor agitator. A longtime obstetrician-gynecologist from Louisiana with a penchant for bow ties, Dr. Wust spent the first 15 years of his career as a partner in a small business — that is, running his own practice with colleagues....

Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work? (www.npr.org)

For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?

Protesters outside United Nations highlight sex assaults of women during Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel (www.cbsnews.com)

Nigeria army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians (www.theguardian.com)

The new American dream is leaving the U.S. (www.axios.com)

AI is driving Google’s health care business. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it. (www.politico.com)

Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that shields Sackler family faces Supreme Court review (www.cbsnews.com)

Long before Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy, before the series’ “Dopesick” and “Painkiller” brought the Sackler family and devastation of the opioid crisis into Americans’ living rooms, and before her son died of a drug overdose at the age of 33, Ellen Isaacs was sounding the alarm about the opioid epidemic....

Asian American mom says district failed to protect sons after swastika and racism incidents (www.nbcnews.com)

Economists predict US inflation will keep cooling and the economy can avoid a recession (apnews.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — Most business economists think the U.S. economy could avoid a recession next year, even if the job market ends up weakening under the weight of high interest rates, according to a survey released Monday....

Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims (apnews.com)

Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story....

Eight workers at Texas chemical plant hospitalized after toxic gas leak (www.theguardian.com)

United Way Study Finds More Than 1 in 3 Households in California Struggle to Make Ends Meet (unitedwaysca.org)

Former chair of Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill (www.pbs.org)

Ohio’s former top utility regulator surrendered Monday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power plants that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a former state House speaker....

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