Vatican says it's permissible for transgender Catholics to be baptized (apnews.com)
Kenya's Ogiek people being evicted for carbon credits - lawyers (www.bbc.com)
Ogiek leader Daniel Kobei said armed forest rangers were “pulling down the houses with axes and hammers”....
Two-thirds of North America could face power shortages this winter -NERC (www.reuters.com)
UNICEF defends accuracy of Gaza death toll as horror unfolds in ravaged enclave | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
CNN cannot independently verify the health ministry’s death toll. But UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said on Tuesday the organization’s estimates had closely aligned with the ministry’s in the past, which gave him confidence in the current figures. He told CNN’s Julia Chatterley: “Our numbers were within a couple of...
A turning point in Myanmar as army suffers big losses (www.bbc.com)
Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream (www.washingtonpost.com)
Christian photographer wins right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ couples (www.lgbtqnation.com)
His win is a direct result of the Supreme Court’s decision in a pivotal LGBTQ+ rights case.
American Regional Airline Recruits FedEx, UPS Pilots With a $250,000 Bonus (themessenger.com)
Amid a slowdown in cargo shipping volumes, regional airline PSA is trying to lure pilots departing FedEx and UPS with a $250,000 “experience bonus” and the promise of a smooth pathway from regional routes to a captain job at its parent company, American Airlines....
$2 bill could be worth thousands, depending on age and condition (www.foxbusiness.com)
According to the U.S. Currency Auctions’ Pricing guide, depending on certain factors, a $2 bill — aka the “Tom” with its portrait of third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson — could be worth a lot more, even up to $5,000....
London Gaza rally: Rishi Sunak vows to hold Met chief 'accountable' over march (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rishi Sunak has said he will hold the Met Police chief “accountable” over a pro-Palestinian march set to take place this Saturday, on Armistice Day....
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
The Dehumanizing Nature of War (www.truthdig.com)
A Veterans Day meditation
CBC.ca: English Montreal School Board sues Quebec after it's forced to communicate in French (www.cbc.ca)
The absurdity that is Quebec’s oppressive language laws never runs out of new material.
Omegle shuts down after 14 years of operation.
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Maryland lands new FBI headquarters, leaving Virginia officials bitter (www.politico.com)
The FBI will relocate from its Washington headquarters to a proposed site in suburban Maryland, the General Services Administration confirmed on Wednesday, capping an acrimonious process in which officials from two states competed for the lucrative project....
Seventeen men arrested in Sicily and US in joint anti-mafia operation (www.theguardian.com)
Seventeen men have been arrested in Sicily and the United States in a joint anti-mafia operation by the FBI and Italian police....
Transgender people can be baptized, Vatican says (www.axios.com)
Transgender people can be baptized in the Catholic Church and serve as godparents, per an official Vatican document published Wednesday....
The Women’s Bureau has spent 100 years improving work for women — but the House wants to eliminate it (19thnews.org)
For the first time in at least a decade, the House has put forward a funding bill that includes no money for the only federal agency to “represent the needs and interests of working women.”
‘Acts of terrorism’ across Washington as 4 election offices get white powder in mail (www.kiro7.com)
The powder sent to both King and Spokane counties tested positive for traces of fentanyl.
US natgas output and demand to hit record highs in 2023 -EIA (www.reuters.com)
Department of the Air Force Scheduled to Launch Seventh X-37B Mission on December 7. The X-37B space plane will operate in “new orbital regimes” and test “future space domain awareness technologies.” (www.spaceforce.mil)
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Pomfret, Vermont: The fall foliage town that banned influencers (www.bbc.com)
China tells Britain to stop efforts to 'enhance' ties with Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
Israeli diplomat pressured US college to drop course on ‘apartheid’ debate (www.theguardian.com)
Russia-Ukraine war: current US funds for Ukraine are 96% depleted, says White House – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
