In this Oklahoma town, almost everyone knows someone who's been sued by the hospital (www.npr.org)
Ex-Obama official reaches deal to avoid prosecution for racist abuse of NYC food truck vendor (www.independent.co.uk)
Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest (abcnews.go.com)
US attorney general calls for ‘speedy’ trial in Trump election interference case (www.independent.co.uk)
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said he agrees with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request for a speedy trial in Donald Trump’s federal election interference case – citing an increased public interest ahead of the 2024 election....
World Famous 'The Abbey West Hollywood' site of over 70 drugged drinks, report says (qvoicenews.com)
Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’ (www.theguardian.com)
NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records (apnews.com)
A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state’s health department announced this week....
Kids of color get worse health care across the board in the U.S., research finds (www.npr.org)
From neonatal and primary care to emergency medicine, kids got lower-quality care than their white peers, researchers found. Disparities include longer waits and less pain medication after surgery.
IDF fails to confirm Gaza hostages' cause of death, mother claims poison (www.jpost.com)
The mother of slain hostage Ron Sherman accused the IDF of 'poisoning' her son to death inside a Jabaliya tunnel.
Names of police who use deadly force could be shielded under proposed Florida law (www.tampabay.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/police-marsys-law-victims-name-…
California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day, previously 5 days (ktla.com)
Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end....
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit...
Trump Demands Total Presidential Immunity -- Even for Acts That 'Cross the Line' (www.rollingstone.com)
The former president has made clear once again that he believes the office should have absolute power...
Sources: Alabama death row left without heat for weeks, despite complaints (www.alreporter.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/death-row-allegedly-left-withou…
Schools close in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh as new blast of snow hits Northeast (abcnews.go.com)
More than 100 million Americans are under winter alerts Friday as a storm hits the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the South.
Fire truck boom highlights divide in US manufacturing (www.reuters.com)
Anyone looking around Oshkosh’s cavernous fire truck factory in Appleton, Wisconsin, for evidence of the longest U.S. manufacturing slump in two decades could be forgiven for coming away scratching their heads....
Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree (apnews.com)
A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades....
Gen Z is choosing not to drive (www.newsweek.com)
DOJ report on Uvalde shooting cites 'cascading failures' (abcnews.go.com)
Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments, reveals major insights on a potential cause (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. just expanded its territory by a million square kilometers (www.earth.com)
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Fears grow for largest remaining hospital in Gaza as Israeli forces bombard Khan Younis (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces have advanced further into southern Gaza’s main city, pounding areas near the territory’s biggest functioning hospital and sparking fears it could be forced to close due to Israeli bombardments and evacuation orders....
Kenneth Smith could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas. He spoke with NPR (www.kpbs.org)
Alabama has already tried once to execute Kenneth Smith. On the evening of Nov. 17, 2022, Smith lay on a gurney as workers tried for an hour to insert needles into the veins of his hand, arms and collarbone so they could put him to death by lethal injection. Just before midnight, the execution was called off....
Another trans candidate in Ohio faces disqualification vote for omitting deadname (apnews.com)
A second transgender candidate running for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is at risk of being disqualified from the ballot after omitting her former name on circulating petitions....
