At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says (apnews.com)
Kyiv Confirms Poisoning of Intel Chief Budanov’s Wife (www.kyivpost.com)
Texas abortion case goes before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit (www.npr.org)
On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court will consider this question: Are the state’s abortion laws harming women when they face pregnancy complications?...
Maryland roommates claim police detained them at gunpoint for no reason and shot their pet dog: "No remorse" (www.cbsnews.com)
Roommates who sued a Maryland county Monday claim police officers illegally entered their apartment without a warrant, detained them at gunpoint without justification and unnecessarily shot their pet dog, which was left paralyzed and ultimately euthanized....
A nonprofit group is pushing to get estrogen FDA approved for gender-affirming care (www.statnews.com)
Hormone replacement therapies have long been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use by cisgender patients, such as women who take estrogen when going through menopause. Now, for the first time, a nonprofit group is pursuing research with the goal of FDA approval for the use of estrogen as a gender-affirming...
Most school shootings aren’t mass killings, study finds, and they’re often driven by community violence (www.cnn.com)
Many Americans think of school shootings as mass casualty events involving an adolescent with an assault-style weapon. But a new study says that most recent school shootings orchestrated by teenagers do not fit that image — and they are often related to community violence....
You can’t even pay people to have more kids (www.vox.com)
These countries tried everything from cash to patriotic calls to duty to reverse drastically declining birth rates. It didn’t work....
Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel harrowing details about 2020 aftermath, warnings to Trump: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
Speaking with special counsel Jack Smith’s team earlier this year, former Vice President Mike Pence offered harrowing details about how, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump surrounded himself with “crank” attorneys, espoused “un-American” legal theories, and almost pushed the...
Impala Platinum mine accident in South Africa kills 11 (www.bbc.com)
Cyber Monday sales reach $12.4B driven by 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (www.foxbusiness.com)
EU revealed as hub for ‘cruel’ live animal transport amid fears of disease (www.theguardian.com)
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water (apnews.com)
A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun....
Lead poisoning Part Two: Scientists find toxic metals in SA kitchenware (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
Uganda to borrow $150 mln from China's Exim after World Bank halts funding (www.reuters.com)
Emergency rooms in at least 3 states diverting patients after ransomware attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Hospitals in at least three states are diverting patients from their emergency rooms after a major cyberattack hit their parent company last week....
First long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable aviation fuel takes off (www.nbcnews.com)
Winnipeg officer shoots man dead after being pinned by vehicle during traffic stop, police say (www.cbc.ca)
Hawai'i's AG subpoenaes Maui agencies over deadly wildfire (www.axios.com)
Hawai'i's attorney general has announced subpoenas for three Maui agencies this week as part of an investigation into the catastrophic wildfires that reaped through the island in August....
After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine (www.theverge.com)
Haiti’s gang wars having ‘cataclysmic’ impact on access to food staples (www.theguardian.com)
Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation (www.cnn.com)
New Delhi, India CNN — Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught with uncertainty enters its final stretch....
Diplomas for sale, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools (abcnews.go.com)
Nearly 9,000 schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees....
France moves to shut down far-right groups (www.euronews.com)
Iowa rights groups sue over law banning LGBTQ+ books and discussion in school (www.theguardian.com)
Suit by several families and organizations seek to have law declared as violation of students’ and teachers’ free speech