Trump appeals New York civil fraud verdict (www.cnbc.com)
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Zurich Just Paid Its Workers Double in $200 Million Bank Glitch - BNN Bloomberg (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger, saying it could push grocery prices higher (www.cbsnews.com)
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, saying the $24.6 billion deal could result in higher prices for millions of American consumers....
U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C. has died (www.nbcnews.com)
The airman, who filmed the incident and could be heard yelling “Free Palestine,” was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after collapsing to the ground....
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.
Alabama IVF ruling divides devout Christians: 'Fewer children will be born' (www.bbc.com)
When Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next....
This ballot measure would restore Roe. Abortion rights groups are attacking it. (www.vox.com)
South Dakota organizers want to repeal their total ban....
‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election? (www.theguardian.com)
Robocalls of President Biden already confused primary voters in New Hampshire – but measures to curb the technology could be too little too late...
Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following school bathroom fight (apnews.com)
Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying....
BP exec's husband guilty of insider trading $1.8 million, snooped on her calls (www.cnbc.com)
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Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
Brooklyn preacher goes on trial for fraud charges prosecutors say fueled lavish lifestyle (www.independent.co.uk)
A Brooklyn preacher who prosecutors say looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle is set to go on trial in Manhattan federal court...
Eye ointments sold nationwide recalled due to infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)
500 businesses could stop destruction of tropical forests. They are failing (www.independent.co.uk)
Trump's request to suspend E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict swiftly denied by judge (www.rawstory.com)
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan declined a request to grant a stay after a jury ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million for defamation....
Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot (www.theguardian.com)
Everything in the garden of elections is not lovely, after years of electoral democracy, citizens are witness to attempts to subvert the electoral process (www.thehindu.com)
Bassem Youssef tells Arab-Americans: Abandon Biden over Gaza (www.newarab.com)
The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat (www.theguardian.com)
Supreme Court weighs free speech challenges to GOP-backed social media restrictions (www.nbcnews.com)
Laws enacted in Texas and Florida would restrict social media companies’ ability to decide what user content they wish to publish....
Florida scrambles to get retired teachers to return to combat shortage (www.newsweek.com)
Legislators in Florida are considering a bill that would help retired teachers return to the workforce....
Consumers are tired of inflation. But some retailers fear falling prices (www.cnbc.com)
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Supreme Court justices express free speech concerns about GOP-backed social media laws (www.nbcnews.com)
Laws enacted in Texas and Florida would restrict social media companies’ ability to decide what user content they wish to publish....
Trump’s sale of D.C. hotel proved prescient as new owner defaults on loan (www.wsj.com)
Miami-based CGI purchased the lease rights from the Trumps for $375 million...
House China committee demands Elon Musk open SpaceX Starshield internet to U.S. troops in Taiwan (www.cnbc.com)
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter on Saturday to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk demanding that U.S. troops stationed in Taiwan get access to SpaceX's Starshield, a satellite communication network designed specifically for the military....
