Prince Harry loses High Court challenge over UK security levels - BBC (www.bbc.com)
Mouse-infested warehouse lands Family Dollar Stores with record $41M fine (www.nbcnews.com)
An investigation found “live rodents, dead and decaying rodents, rodent feces, urine and odors,” at a warehouse in Arkansas....
Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle, prompt shutdown of nuclear weapons facility (apnews.com)
A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes....
Highly contagious Norwalk gastrointestinal virus on the rise in the US. (www.sacbee.com)
Wash your hands! This is an awful thing to contract.
Wendy's is introducing Uber style surge pricing. (www.foodandwine.com)
American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel (theintercept.com)
Zaka stories have been essential to justifying Israel’s all-out war against Gaza, which has killed around 30,000 Palestinians in less than five months. Speaking at the United Nations in December, Zaka deputy commander Simcha Greiniman broke down while describing alleged atrocities. He later told the same stories to a meeting...
Inside the IRS unit taking on America’s millionaires and billionaires (www.icij.org)
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is seeking to use an infusion of funding to keep up with the ever-evolving tax maneuvers of the ultra-rich — while staving off frequent political attacks....
Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries...
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies (www.theguardian.com)
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them (www.nbcnews.com)
In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day....
US government may sue PacifiCorp, a Warren Buffett utility, for nearly $1B in wildfire costs (apnews.com)
The U.S. government is threatening to sue PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to recover nearly $1 billion in costs related to the 2020 wildfires in southern Oregon and northern California, though the company is trying to negotiate a settlement....
California neo-Nazi trying to crowdfund tour of city council meetings to provoke free speech lawsuit (www.sfchronicle.com)
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Wendy's Is Introducing Uber-Style 'Surge Pricing' (www.foodandwine.com)
An uptick in state personhood bills fuels growing fears over IVF restrictions (www.nbcnews.com)
In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling, reproductive rights groups are sounding the alarm over personhood legislation in 14 states....
Macron refuses to rule out putting troops on ground in Ukraine in call to galvanise Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Speaking at the end of the meeting, Macron warned: “There is a change in Russia’s stance. It is striving to take on further territory and it has its eyes not just on Ukraine but on many other countries as well, so Russia is presenting a greater danger.”...
Tuition will be free at a New York City medical school thanks to a $1 billion gift (www.npr.org)
Students in their fourth year at Einstein, located in the Bronx in New York City, will be reimbursed for the spring 2024 semester, and beginning in August, tuition will be free “in perpetuity,” the school said Monday.
Tesla repays San Jose pie shop owner after last-minute cancellation (abc7news.com)
tl;dr After local news aired the story, Tesla has paid the pie shop $2,000, the cost of ingredients for the cancelled order.
40 migrants found sleeping in Queens basement after e-bike battery tip (www.nbcnewyork.com)
What You Need to Know About the Legal Quest to Destroy America's Labor Protections (www.hamiltonnolan.com)
Lebanon delays response to western-drafted ‘de-escalation’ proposal (thecradle.co)
The proposal demands no concessions from Israel, which has illegally occupied Lebanese land for decades
‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi (www.theguardian.com)
Jam Master Jay: Two Men Found Guilty in Murder of Run-D.M.C. DJ (www.rollingstone.com)
Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions (apnews.com)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban by creating limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest was introduced Monday in the GOP-dominated House, as lawmakers wrangle with an issue at the forefront of last year’s campaign for governor....
Majority of Alabama Mercedes workers join UAW as Southeast’s union battle heats up (thehill.com)
Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather (www.latimes.com)
Scientists are sounding the alarm that a crucial component of the planet’s climate system is in gradual decline and could one day reach a tipping point that would radically alter global weather patterns....
