Texas AG drops “abusive” attempt to get info about trans kids from Seattle hospital (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Kristi Noem defends killing her own puppy (www.motherjones.com)
Kansas City, Missouri, police officer charged with stealing $300,000 in donations from anti-crime charity (www.kshb.com)
A federal grand jury issued a 16-count indictment Friday accusing a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer with taking $300,000 in donations from an anti-crime group and using the money for his own expenses....
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Study confirms Altria, Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders...
Top ‘Democrat for Cruz’ Accused of Sexual Harassment (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)
Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power (apnews.com)
Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 people across the state....
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)
White House plans to limit Biden's graduation speeches as campuses erupt in protests (www.nbcnews.com)
At USC, arrests. At UCLA, hands off. Why pro-Palestinian protests have not blown up on UC campuses (www.latimes.com)
American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby (www.bbc.com)
He Worked for the Nastiest People in Politics. Now He’s Airing Dirty Laundry. (www.politico.com)
Biden grants clemency to crack and cocaine dealers (www.washingtontimes.com)
Biden's 13th-Quarter Approval Average Lowest Historically, Least Popular President in 70 Years (news.gallup.com)
Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care (www.cnn.com)
Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ work (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases...
Saved from her dead mother's womb, baby Sabreen was laid to rest in a mournful and sometimes angry funeral (www.nbcnews.com)
What happens now that Harvey Weinstein's conviction was overturned in New York (www.nbcnews.com)
What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’ (www.cnn.com)
NTSB to investigate freight train derailment on Arizona-New Mexico border [Filip Timotija | 04/27/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
The BNSF freight train was carrying gasoline and odorless propane when it derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, according to the NTSB....
KUOW - Coming soon: Grizzly bears in the North Cascades (www.kuow.org)
Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to North Cascades National Park, federal officials announced Thursday....
David Pecker testimony at Trump trial reveals the seedy underbelly of his tabloid journalism (www.nbcnews.com)
The former National Enquirer’s secret agreement with Donald Trump is shocking, even by the sensational standards of his former publication....
As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk (www.reuters.com)
Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About 445 acres of his fields near Wheatfield, Indiana, are covered in solar panels and related machinery – land that in April 2019 Duttlinger leased to Dunns Bridge...
Bodycam video shows handcuffed man telling Ohio officers 'I can't breathe' before his death (www.nbcnews.com)
In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse....
Crime in the U.S.: Key questions answered | Pew Research Center (www.pewresearch.org)
