Georgia father sentenced to 50 years for poisoning his newborn's breastmilk with antifreeze (www.nbcnews.com)
Police say Curtis Jack admitted that he added antifreeze to his newborn daughter’s milk to avoid paying child support....
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes a container ship near Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with West (apnews.com)
Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries....
Free cash programs spread as more cities expand the anti-poverty safety net (www.nbcnews.com)
American women are stockpiling abortion pills amid political uncertainty (www.businessinsider.com)
Donald Trump’s views on abortion are muddled at best and threatening at worst....
Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel (time.com)
The protest group, called No Tech for Apartheid, now has more than 200 Google employees closely involved in organizing, according to members, who say there are hundreds more workers sympathetic to their goals. TIME spoke to five current and five former Google workers for this story, many of whom described a growing sense of...
Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze (edition.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14235015...
Blackstone is said to be pursuing a purchase of Jersey Mike's for around $8 billion (www.restaurantbusinessonline.com)
Defeated CEOs are now conceding hybrid working is here to stay (fortune.com)
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise (www.chicagotribune.com)
For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion....
Father sues Texas Hindu temple, alleging it branded 11-year-old with hot iron (www.nbcnews.com)
The father is asking for $1 million in damages due to what he says was permanent scarring from the branding ceremony....
Fox News now accusing Scrabble of being too “woke” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Prosecutors: South Carolina prison supervisor took $219,000 in bribes; got 173 cellphones to inmates (apnews.com)
Christine Mary Livingston, 46, was indicted earlier this month on 15 charges including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering....
New [Kansas] bill would censor all LGBTQ+ websites for as “harmful” to minors (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Rise in US executions masks deep divide between states on use of death penalty (www.theguardian.com)
Some of the 27 states that have the death penalty have not executed anyone in years but others still do – and the divide is rooted in history...
Fox News, Newsmax Sued for Falsely Linking Man to Neo-Nazi Killer (www.thedailybeast.com)
Homicide suspect kills himself after fleeing through 3 states, authorities say (abcnews.go.com)
Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in South Dakota, and the suspect fleeing through Wyoming before killing himself Saturday in Colorado....
Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants (arstechnica.com)
The motive for the alleged data manipulation is unknown....
Nearly 40% of renters worry they’ll never be able to buy home: Survey (thehill.com)
Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers (www.bbc.com)
20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court (apnews.com)
Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world....
More young people choosing permanent sterilization after abortion restrictions, new research shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Want to visit Brazil? From next year, US travelers will need to share their bank statements first (www.cnn.com)
2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves....
French woman found dead in Italian church was searching for ghosts in possible Tik Tok stunt, police say (www.cnn.com)
How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
Palantir’s AI machines need data for fuel—data in the form of intelligence reports on Palestinians in the occupied territories. And for decades a key and highly secret source of that data for Israel has been the US National Security Agency, according to documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. After fleeing to...
