Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, data reveals (www.nbcnews.com)
The paper included a decade’s worth of data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention among Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states....
Florida could remove the majority of mentions of climate change from state law (www.tampabay.com)
A bill backed by the speaker of the Florida House would also make wide-ranging changes to state energy policies....
Ohio City To Drop Charges Against Pastor Who Sheltered Homeless People In Church (www.huffpost.com)
The agreement between the pastor of Dad's Place and the city of Bryan comes with conditions.
One state has a shortage of marijuana and its neighbor had too much. Here’s why (apnews.com)
Marijuana retailers in Connecticut say a dearth of licensed growers in the state’s fledgling legal pot industry has left them with a shortage of product to sell....
Proposed mine outside Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp nears approval despite environment damage concerns (apnews.com)
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division said it will take public comments on the draft permits for 30 days before working up final versions to send to the agency’s director for approval....
More US states are considering bills allowing medically assisted death this year (www.axios.com)
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare -- And Fast (www.rollingstone.com)
D.C. to Dangerous Drivers: We Will Slow You Down! (usa.streetsblog.org)
Americans under 40 saw a massive increase in wealth since 2019 (www.axios.com)
We did?! Where?
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
IDF Admits It Ran Gory Telegram Calling Palestinians ‘Roaches’ to be ‘Exterminated’ (www.vice.com)
Kangaroo caught hopping around Florida apartment complex (www.nbcnews.com)
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reunited the kangaroo with its owner after its proper registration was verified....
Nearly 200 abused corpses were found at a funeral home. Why did it take authorities years to act? (apnews.com)
A county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a Colorado funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a decrepit building in October, according to newly unsealed court documents that raise questions about how the mistreatment of corpses was able to...
Finnish carrier Finnair is asking passengers to voluntarily weigh themselves before boarding flights (apnews.com)
Almost everything that gets onto a commercial plane — fuel, checked-in baggage, cargo and meals — is weighed. For passengers and their cabin bags, most airlines use average data....
They opened a Haitian food truck. Then they were told, 'Go back to your own country,' lawsuit says (apnews.com)
A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and rice to the region’s growing Haitian community....
Meta Considering Increased Censorship of the Word “Zionist” (theintercept.com)
For years, Meta has allowed its 3 billion users around the world to employ the term “Zionist,” which refers to supporters of the historical movement to create a Jewish state in the Middle East, as well as backers of modern-day nationalism in support of that state and its policies....
US orders 'assurances' from nations receiving American weapons (www.bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has said that countries receiving American weapons must adhere to international law in a memorandum issued on Thursday night....
Gaza residents surviving off animal feed and rice as food dwindles (www.bbc.com)
People have also described digging down into the soil to access water pipes, for drinking and washing....
These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump (arstechnica.com)
Nine states are teaming up to accelerate adoption of this climate-friendly device....
Supreme Court justices steer clear of insurrection question in Trump ballot case (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/supreme-court-justices-steer-cl…
Utah governor says school board member who questioned a student's gender ‘embarrassed the state’ (apnews.com)
Utah’s Republican governor and lieutenant governor are urging the State Board of Education to take action against a conservative board member whose social media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player incited a tirade of threats against the girl....
An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts during a murder trial resigns (www.nbcnews.com)
Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law (apnews.com)
Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they’re not out at home, though Kansas is not among the states with a law that explicitly says to do that....
“Partisan Hit Job”: Legal Experts Slam Special Counsel’s Biden Report (newrepublic.com)
Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws: In Ohio, new election legislation championed by the GOP as a way to deter fraud has caused confusion on campuses (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/college-student-voting-campuses…