Applications for unemployment benefits up modestly, but continuing claims reach highest level in 2 years (apnews.com)
American woman killed in shark attack in the Bahamas (abcnews.go.com)
America's Election Officials Fight Disinformation and Death Threats Ahead of 2024 (www.justsecurity.org)
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Derek Chauvin is released from the hospital and is back in prison after being stabbed by inmate (www.nbcnews.com)
Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was allegedly stabbed with an “improvised knife” Nov. 24 while in the law library at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, by inmate John Turscak, 52, according to a criminal complaint.
George Santos Movie In Works At HBO Films From ‘Veep’ EP Frank Rich (deadline.com)
The meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment. HBO Films has optioned the rights to Mark Chiusano’s new book The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, which was published on November 28, 2023....
Texas kept Syed Rabbani on death row unconstitutionally for decades. It almost killed him. (houstonlanding.org)
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Authorities Announce Arrest Of Man In Killings Of 3 Unhoused People Across LA (laist.com)
BBC Says It Was Shut Down By Paramount PRs When Questioning Kelsey Grammer On His Support For Donald Trump (deadline.com)
Kelsey Grammer sounded curt this morning when he brusquely told a BBC Today program interviewer that he still supports Donald Trump but, according to his interviewer, this curtness doesn’t tell the full story....
Turmoil at pro-DeSantis super PAC overshadows Florida governor’s White House bid at critical moment (www.cnn.com)
Because CNN’s bullshit site blocked two of my browsers:...
France's parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes (apnews.com)
US prison deaths soared by 77% during height of Covid-19 crisis, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Hamas Held Some Female Hostages Fearing They Would Tell Public With What Really Happened, US Official Suggests (themessenger.com)
Did Hamas Make Millions Betting Against Israeli Shares Before October 7 Massacre? (www.haaretz.com)
Hamas drugged hostages before releasing them (jewishinsider.com)
House explodes as police in Arlington, Virginia, try to execute search warrant, police say (www.cbsnews.com)
A house exploded in Arlington, Virginia, as police were attempting to execute a search warrant, authorities said Monday....
Former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook (www.cnn.com)
A nationally recognized online disinformation researcher has accused Harvard University of shutting down the project she led to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg....
Why Doctors and Pharmacists Are in Revolt (www.nytimes.com)
Dr. John Wust does not come off as a labor agitator. A longtime obstetrician-gynecologist from Louisiana with a penchant for bow ties, Dr. Wust spent the first 15 years of his career as a partner in a small business — that is, running his own practice with colleagues....
Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work? (www.npr.org)
For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?
Nigeria army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians (www.theguardian.com)
The new American dream is leaving the U.S. (www.axios.com)
AI is driving Google’s health care business. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it. (www.politico.com)
Asian American mom says district failed to protect sons after swastika and racism incidents (www.nbcnews.com)
Economists predict US inflation will keep cooling and the economy can avoid a recession (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Most business economists think the U.S. economy could avoid a recession next year, even if the job market ends up weakening under the weight of high interest rates, according to a survey released Monday....
Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims (apnews.com)
Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story....
Eight workers at Texas chemical plant hospitalized after toxic gas leak (www.theguardian.com)
