Michigan teen sentenced to life for school shooting that killed four (www.theguardian.com)
Ethan Crumbley apologized before the sentencing for the 2021 high school shooting as parents still in jail on related charges...
Scientists develop potential new drug treatment for multiple sclerosis (rite.link)
Hong Kong 'patriots only' election falls flat with record low turnout (www.reuters.com)
The sharp slide in turnout since the last such election in 2019 comes after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law that has been used to clamp down on dissent, and overhauled the electoral system to shut out democrats and other liberals....
Elon Musk says he’ll restore the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after poll (www.cnn.com)
‘It’s just a show’: Hong Kong voters likely to stay away as ‘patriots only’ local elections loom (www.theguardian.com)
'Excess profits' at big energy and consumer companies pushed up inflation, report claims (www.cnbc.com)
Lost in space no more: missing tomato found in space station after eight months (www.theguardian.com)
It might have remained one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, destined never to be solved until a freak recent discovery by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS)....
2024 California law to protect most workers using cannabis on own time begins January 1st (www.nbcsandiego.com)
DeSantis' wife prompts Republican reminder of Iowa nominating process rules (www.reuters.com)
“You must be a legal resident of Iowa and the precinct you live in and bring a photo ID with you to participate,” the state Republican party said on Friday in a post on the social media platform X....
Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero. (www.politico.com)
Trump's campaign is distancing him from allies who have sketched out plans for a second term (apnews.com)
But even as Trump’s campaign has been blaming outside groups and allies for bad headlines, Trump himself has been vowing “retribution” against his enemies and ramping up his use of violent and authoritarian rhetoric, including saying he would only be a dictator on “day one” of his second term. He has also pledged to...
New California laws taking effect in 2024 impact speed cameras, hotel reservations, minimum wage and more (abc7.com)
23andMe frantically changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing (www.engadget.com)
Wrong body cremated after NHS mix-up (www.bbc.com)
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults (www.boston.com)
In ‘covert op,’ Israeli consulate backed poll inflating support for Gaza war ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
The poll was conducted in late October by Aurora Strategies Global, which is headed by Liberal strategist Marcel Wieder, who The Globe and Mail once labelled a “dirty-tricks man” for his use of manipulative tactics....
US skips congressional review to approve emergency sale of tank shells to Israel (www.reuters.com)
The Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don't like it (apnews.com)
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates don't like where things are heading.
'Nudify' apps that use AI to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity, prompting worries about non-consensual porn (fortune.com)
Apps and websites that use artificial intelligence to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity, according to researchers....
US retail group retracts claim that half of $94.5bn inventory loss was from theft (www.theguardian.com)
National Retail Federation says 2021 data was flawed and based on congressional testimony from president of an advocacy group...
Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion (apnews.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S....
UPenn president, board chairman resign after firestorm over answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus (www.bostonglobe.com)
The two top leaders of the prestigious University of Pennsylvania resigned Saturday after several days of furious reaction to the school president’s testimony before a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism where she, and the heads of Harvard and MIT, offered equivocal responses to whether calls for genocide of Jews...
Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents (apnews.com)
Gerston Miranda and his wife were among thousands of migrants recently arriving at this remote area on Arizona’s southern border with Mexico, squeezing into the United States through a gap in the wall and walking overnight about 14 miles (23 kilometers) with two school-aged daughters to surrender to Border Patrol agents....
Israel-Gaza latest news: UN warns half of Gazans starving, as Israeli hostage confirmed dead - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
The UN warns that half the population of Gaza is starving and nine out of ten people there can’t eat every day - as Israeli bombardment of the territory continues...
15 states seeing 'high' or 'very high' levels of respiratory illness: CDC (abcnews.go.com)
Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
