Italian minister allegedly forced high-speed train to make unscheduled stop (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk fights to keep custody battle in Texas, where he'd only have to pay $2,760 a month in child support (finance.yahoo.com)
NY governor says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing (apnews.com)
A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of border crossings in the area, authorities said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said there was “no indication of a terrorist attack.”...
Ex Obama advisor says killing 4,000 Palestinian children wasn't enough. (www.vice.com)
A lobbying group has cut ties with an ex-adviser to former President Barack Obama after videos surfaced that show the man making Islamophobic comments and threats to a food cart employee in New York City....
Monsanto hit with $165 million verdict over PCBs in Seattle school (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer's Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick.
Cost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramen (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than $19 a day (www.illinoispolicy.org)
Living on less than half of the federal poverty level is considered “deep poverty.” That describes 53% of impoverished Chicagoans.
Binance was slapped with a $4.3 billion fine because it let groups like Hamas and ISIS receive funds: Treasury Department (www.businessinsider.com)
Rainbow Bridge between US, Canada closed following vehicle explosion: FBI (abcnews.go.com)
Americans say money can buy happiness. Here's their price tag. (www.cbsnews.com)
Does happiness have a price? For a majority of Americans, the answer is yes — but it doesn’t come cheap....
Maryland's handgun licensing law has been struck down by a federal appeals court (apnews.com)
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Maryland’s handgun licensing law, finding that its requirements, which include submitting fingerprints for a background check and taking a four-hour firearms safety course, are unconstitutionally restrictive....
Rainbow Bridge closed after incident with vehicle on U.S. side (www.niagarathisweek.com)
Rent prices are so high that Gen Z can't afford to live alone anymore (www.axios.com)
Say Goodbye to Those Absurd Side-Effects Readouts in Drug Commercials. The FDA finalized a rule that will require a drug’s side effects to be "presented in a clear, conspicuous, and neutral manner.” (gizmodo.com)
Hanover County (VA) schools bans 75 more books, including "Wicked" and "The Handmaid's Tale" (www.axios.com)
Hanover County school administrators on Friday instructed teachers and librarians to remove a list of 75 books from shelves, including an array of well-known titles....
Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds (www.theguardian.com)
Advertising Standards Authority says Hilux poster and video condone driving that disregards ‘impact on nature’
For Alaska Families, Questions Remain About Unsolved Deaths and “Suicides” (www.propublica.org)
A 41-year-old Inupiaq woman raised in Kotzebue, Chase recently became the city’s mayor. Before that she worked for the Alaska State Medical Examiner Office, preparing autopsy tables, and at a local nonprofit that offers legal help to domestic violence survivors....
Teachers and students grapple with fears and confusion about new laws restricting pronoun use (apnews.com)
Indiana is among at least 10 states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting students from using pronouns or names that don’t match their sex assigned at birth, a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students. Most of the laws were enacted this year and are part of a historic...
Woodbury County supervisor's wife found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud (www.iowapublicradio.org)
Prosecutors say Kim Phuong Taylor wanted her husband to win elections in 2020 “by any means necessary.”...
Self-financed solar array destroyed in Lebanese farming village (www.pv-magazine.com)
Link to the go fund me to rebuild the solar array
'Dude, don't touch the bear!': Video of animal encounter in Campbell River, B.C., causing outrage (www.cbc.ca)
Social media video of a black bear being pestered by people while feasting on fish on the shores of the Campbell River has sparked outrage online and among locals....
More than 100 guns stolen in Michigan after store manager is forced to reveal alarm code (apnews.com)
More than 100 handguns were stolen from a store in southwestern Michigan after the manager was held at gunpoint outside his home and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm, authorities said Tuesday....
Detailed data on employees of U.S. national security lab leak online (cyberscoop.com)
‘Punish the molesters after my death’ School girl ends life ,The girl wrote her suicide note that despite her family lodging complaints, police took no action because the accused are rich. (indianexpress.com)
US existing home sales fall to lowest level in more than 13 years (www.theguardian.com)
The median existing house price increased 3.4% from a year earlier to $391,800, the highest for any October.
