Fed Signals Shift to Easing: Rate Cuts Likely in 2024, Economy Expected to Remain Solid. (lemmy.world)
Inside the Border Talks That Could Decide the Fate of Ukraine Aid (www.nytimes.com)
The White House has signaled that it is open to several Republican proposals, according to Biden administration officials, lawmakers in both parties and people familiar with the matter....
How the IDF is misleading Israelis on Telegram (www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk)
Encounter with humpback whales reveals potential for nonhuman intelligence communication (phys.org)
Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place (text.npr.org)
Pentagon Taps “Tiger Team” to Rush Weapons to Israel (theintercept.com)
In its effort to speed up arms sales to Israel, the Biden administration dismissed concerns about harm to civilians in Gaza....
Four charged by feds, accused of running an $80 million ‘pig butchering’ scheme (www.nbcnews.com)
New York removes medical debt from credit reports (apnews.com)
Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday....
Alabama’s plan for nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas is ‘hostile to religion,’ lawsuit says (www.nbcnews.com)
Kenneth Eugene Smith’s execution would be the nation’s first using nitrogen gas....
Understanding Your ERC Eligibility (www.governmentaid.com)
The Employee Retention Credit, or ERC, has become a buzzword among small business owners. It is a lucrative reward for businesses that struggled and persevered to maintain their employees during tough times. However, establishing your eligibility is complex; the process may be challenging, too....
Senator demands answers on reports of Meta censoring pro-Palestinian content (www.theguardian.com)
Why Wall Street Is Suddenly Having an Everything Rally (nymag.com)
House passes sweeping defense policy bill that includes 5.2% pay raise for members of the military (www.cnn.com)
The House voted Thursday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually....
Skier narrowly misses bear on California slopes (www.bbc.com)
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Border policies under consideration could overwhelm system, DHS officials warn (www.nbcnews.com)
Department of Homeland Security officials are warning about the impact of policies being discussed in negotiations between the White House and Congress that would increase deportations, deny many migrants the right to seek asylum and make detention mandatory, according to current and former officials who spoke to NBC News....
Teachers sue Florida over pronoun restrictions in schools (www.politico.com)
The lawsuit is the latest legal pushback against several key polices created by state GOP leaders....
Race played role in sentencing of Black child, 10, for urinating in public, lawyer says (www.nbcnews.com)
The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant....
Why there still aren’t limits on lead in baby food (www.nbcnews.com)
An outbreak of lead poisonings in children, tied to contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches, illustrates the gaps in how heavy metals in foods are regulated....
1 in 5 seniors still work — and they're happier than younger workers (www.cbsnews.com)
JPMorgan: 99% of Americans will be less wealthy and have less purchasing power than before Covid (creditnews.com)
How Israel jails hundreds of Palestinians without charge (www.bbc.com)
Yazen had been held under “administrative detention” - a longstanding security policy, inherited from the British, that allows the Israeli state to imprison people indefinitely without charge, and without presenting any evidence against them....
Oklahoma governor signs order effectively banning diversity programs at public colleges (www.theguardian.com)
On Wednesday Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma’s governor, signed an executive order in effect banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at agencies and public colleges and universities across the state....
Jail populations are bouncing back to near pre-pandemic levels (text.npr.org)
'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia (apnews.com)
Last year, the Rohingya girl sacrificed herself to save her family, embarking on a terrifying journey from her homeland of Myanmar to a country she had never seen, to marry a man she had never met....
Lawsuit alleges ex-Harvard Medical School professor used own sperm to secretly impregnate patient (www.nbcnews.com)
