Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb (www.bbc.com)
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25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting (apnews.com)
Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run....
Trump Media tells shareholders how to block their DJT stock being loaned to short sellers (www.cnbc.com)
108 arrested including Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter at pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University (www.nbcnews.com)
Iranian officials report no damage around targeted Isfahan, lift flight restrictions. (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14455972...
Smithsonian responds after report of ending long-held drag shows following Republican angst (www.advocate.com)
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 civil cases | AP News (apnews.com)
Kansas prosecutor who framed innocent man surrenders law license, will soon be disbarred (kansaspublicradio.org)
Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment....
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfers (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims under federal civil rights law, even when they are not demoted or docked pay....
Researchers Develop AI to Predict Resignation Risk With New Recruits (www3.nhk.or.jp)
What could go wrong?
New York Passed an Ambitious Climate Bill for Publicly Owned Power. The Perfect Partner? McKinsey (hellgatenyc.com)
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP (www.foxnews.com)
*** Technically this is news from a far right-wing source. In reality it’s priceless comedy. ***...
Georgia beach town, Tybee Island, trying to curb Orange Crush, large annual gathering of Black college students (www.cbsnews.com)
Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking access to nearby parking....
‘You are my son, I love you’: stabbed Sydney bishop forgives attacker (www.scmp.com)
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem wins 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award (www.reuters.com)
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip....
US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran - report (www.jpost.com)
Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2° (arstechnica.com)
Columbine school shooters glorified by young followers: Inside the scary online obsession (www.usatoday.com)
An Atlanta Movie Exec Praised for His Diversity Efforts Sent Racist, Antisemitic Texts (www.propublica.org)
Indiana will test a highway that can charge moving vehicles (www.motherjones.com)
Mexico, facing US pressure, will halt incentives to Chinese EV makers (www.reuters.com)
Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans (www.texastribune.org)
The move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals....
California cracks down on water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Farm region near Tulare Lake has been put on ‘probation’ as overpumping of water has caused faster sinking of ground...
America’s animal shelters are overwhelmed. Pets – and staff – are at breaking point (www.theguardian.com)
Just a warning, this article has some unpleasant parts to read
California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing room (calmatters.org)
The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room....
