Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (www.bbc.com)
WGA members criticize union for silence on Gaza (prismreports.org)
Girls Basketball Team Kicked Out Of Boys League Championship After Defeating Boys Teams (www.comicsands.com)
A 6th grade girls team from Kentucky was set to go for the year-end championship tournament, but was told they were banned due to fears boys teams might ‘retaliate’ if they lost to the girls team.
Huntington Beach votes to ban Pride flags at city buildings (www.latimes.com)
In a move seen as a veiled attempt to ban Pride flags, Huntington Beach voters approved an amendment to the city’s charter this week that barred the city from displaying anything other than a select few official government flags on city property....
WA expanding health care options for undocumented immigrants (www.seattletimes.com)
By the close of Washington’s legislative session last week, state lawmakers had added more funding to help reduce health care insurance costs for undocumented immigrants, as the state also prepares to expand Apple Health, its free or low-cost health insurance, to the same population in July....
Numerous individuals sustained injuries following a 'technical problem' on a LATAM flight bound for Auckland. (saynewsy.blogspot.com)
Biden struggles to engage Black voters in Georgia after winning there in 2020 (www.reuters.com)
Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President Joe Biden....
FBI searches California women's prison plagued by sexual abuse | AP News (apnews.com)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested while blocking Boeing plant entrances, police say (www.dispatch.com)
U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry Into Boeing (www.nytimes.com)
The investigation is tied to an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. Boeing also told a Senate panel that it cannot find a record of the work done on the Alaska plane.
GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they'll clarify the laws' few exceptions (apnews.com)
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need....
How Fraudsters Break Into Social Security Accounts and Steal Benefits (www.nytimes.com)
Thousands of people receiving Social Security benefits have had their money diverted into criminal accounts. Here’s what to know....
Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Dangers of wildfires, extreme weather and other factors outgrowing preparedness, European Environment Agency says...
‘Like choosing between a hedgehog and a porcupine’: US braces for presidential election no one wants (www.theguardian.com)
“I think this is the worst election in my lifetime,” said George Argodale, a Nikki Haley supporter from Gainesville, Virginia. “It’s just terrible that we don’t have better candidates.”...
Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future (apnews.com)
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California....
Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines (www.latimes.com)
In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. In the next, a massive explosion sends debris and a body flying....
Protest at Oscars over Israel's war in Gaza snarl traffic outside Academy Awards (abc7.com)
'Buy now, pay later' goes from niche to normal as young people use it for daily essentials including groceries (www.nbcnews.com)
‘We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked’: The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars (www.theguardian.com)
The downwinders: New Mexicans sickened by atomic bomb testing fight for compensation (www.theguardian.com)
New film First We Bombed New Mexico sheds light on effects of Oppenheimer’s nuclear project and locals’ battle for justice...
Aldi plans to open 800 new locations in the US as Americans feel pinch of high food prices (www.cnn.com)
In their words: Children in Haiti describe harrowing stories of survival as gangs rampage | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids....
Senator Katie Britt used a story about sex trafficing in her State of the Union Response. It was highly misleading - The New York Times (Free article) (www.nytimes.com)
The woman was from Mexico, still lives there, and never set foot in the US. Her kidnapping and rape was from 2002 - 2006 and took place in Mexico City.
Israel-Hamas live: Netanyahu is 'hurting Israel Causing more Problems than helping Israel' - Biden showing frustration with Netanyahu (cutt.ly)
Atlanta Police Foundation ignored records requests about role in Cop City, lawsuit claims (www.theguardian.com)
The lawsuit’s claims highlight how “over the last decade, the failure of police foundations nationwide to provide basic levels of transparency raises questions about their motives, and whether or not they have the public interest at heart”, said Alex Vitale, the author of The End of Policing. “If you have nothing to...
