EU fines Apple €1.8bn for breaking streaming rules (www.bbc.com)
The penalty is for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options outside the Apple app store....
Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $500k in defamation case and is expected to close (apnews.com)
A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the priest’s attorney says....
Several dead after single-engine plane crashes near I-40 in Nashville (abcnews.go.com)
Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years, witnesses say (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces swept into the Palestinians’ administrative capital of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight, killing a 16-year-old in a refugee camp during their biggest raid into the city in years, Palestinian sources said on Monday....
17-year-old girl gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, 1 arrested, (indianexpress.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12735325...
Newly Released Messages Detail Roots of the ‘Fake Electors’ Scheme (www.nytimes.com)
Just five days after Election Day in 2020, a conservative lawyer named Kenneth Chesebro emailed a former judge who was working for the Trump campaign in Wisconsin, James R. Troupis, pitching an idea for how to overturn the results....
RuPaul Building Fortified Compound to Withstand "Cycle of Destruction" (futurism.com)
How Federal Prisons Are Getting Worse: Government watchdog agencies found hundreds of preventable deaths and excessive use of solitary confinement. (www.themarshallproject.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/senate-federal-prison-senate-de…
Right Wing Activists are attempting to strip democratic voters of their right to vote in critical battlegroud states ahead of 2024 election (NYT free article) (www.nytimes.com)
[FTC to landlords] Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing (www.ftc.gov)
Texas prosecutor disciplined for allowing murder charge against woman who self-managed an abortion (www.texastribune.org)
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez reached a settlement with the State Bar of Texas following an investigation. Ramirez agreed to pay a $1,250 fine, and his license will be held in a probated suspension for one year, ending on March 31, 2025....
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury (www.theguardian.com)
Longtime associate of ex-president faces five months in jail after reaching agreement with New York prosecutors in fraud case...
Senior Officials in Israeli Army Spokesperson’s Team Resign - Reports (www.palestinechronicle.com)
High-ranking officials have resigned from the Israeli army spokesperson’s team due to the ongoing war in Gaza, according to Israeli media....
How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more (www.cnn.com)
New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption case (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/menendez-uribe-federal-bribery-…
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines call off $3.8 bln merger on antitrust hurdle (www.reuters.com)
March 4 (Reuters) - Low-cost air carriers JetBlue Airways (JBLU.O), opens new tab and Spirit Airlines (SAVE.N), opens new tab canceled their $3.8-billion merger agreement on Monday, seeing no path forward after a U.S. judge blocked the deal in January on anti-competition concerns....
Allen Weisselberg, Ex-Trump Org. CFO, to plead guilty to perjury charges (www.cnn.com)
The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization is expected to plead guilty to perjury charges on Monday related to testimony he gave in a civil investigation into the real estate company’s finances, a person familiar with the investigation said.
Israel's wartime Cabinet is shaken by a dispute between Netanyahu and his top political rival (apnews.com)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A top Israeli Cabinet minister headed to Washington on Sunday for talks with U.S. officials, sparking a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to an Israeli official, in a sign of widening cracks in Israel’s wartime government nearly five months into its war with Hamas.
Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as Hamas response awaited, US officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Rich Countries Are Becoming Addicted to Cheap Labor (www.wsj.com)
Outrage over Brazilian tourist's gang rape in India (www.bbc.com)
The woman and her husband were on a motorbike tour in India when the alleged assault took place.
Netflix Poised to Raise Prices in 2024 as It Continues to Gain Share of TV Viewing: Analysts (variety.com)
Mark Dodson, famous for ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Gremlins,’ dead at 64 after suffering ‘massive heart attack’ (pagesix.com)
Dodson voiced Jabba the Hutt’s little pet, Salacious B. Crumb, and also mogwai and gremlins in the movies Gremlins and Gremlins 2, but not Gizmo as the picture in the article would make you think. That was Howie Mandel....
Photos show aid truck bombed by Israel in Gaza (www.jordannews.jo)
Global Ball Spline Bearing Market Size to Reach USD 519.9 Million in 2032 | Xcellent Insights (www.globenewswire.com)
In the realm of industry and innovation, the Global Ball Spline Bearing Market reigns supreme. With a value of USD 341.3 million in 2022 and soaring towards a projected USD 519.9 million by 2032 at an annual growth rate of 4.3%, this market is no ordinary player. It’s the unseen hero, ensuring that machinery and equipment...
