India seen keeping rice export bans in 2024, holding up global prices (www.straitstimes.com)
Bayer ordered to pay $1.56 billion in latest US trial loss over Roundup weedkiller (www.reuters.com)
The Cole County, Missouri jury found on Friday that Bayer’s Monsanto business was liable for claims of negligence, design defects and failing to warn plaintiffs of the potential dangers of using Roundup, according to court documents....
Ohio priest gets life in prison for grooming, sex trafficking boys with opioid addictions (local12.com)
TOLEDO, Ohio (WKRC) - A Catholic priest in Ohio was sentenced to life in prison for grooming and sex trafficking children and adults....
China is king of these critical metals. The battle over their supply has ensnared Southeast Asia (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Dominican Republic rains kill at least 21, displace thousands (www.reuters.com)
Hamas had not planned to attack music festival, Israeli report says (www.aljazeera.com)
First police investigation of Supernova festival also found Israeli forces responsible for some deaths.
Michigan Democrats eye legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill (www.bridgemi.com)
Michigan Senate Democrats propose bills legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients...
Former Art Institute of Chicago payroll manager gets three years in prison for embezzling more than $2m (www.theartnewspaper.com)
Michael Maurello is also expected to pay back what he he stole from the museum
Man's morning jog turns terrifying after Austell neighbor fires rifle at him (www.fox5atlanta.com)
Grove City [ohio] business aims to provide vital opportunities for autistic adults (abc6onyourside.com)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Changing lives and futures through opportunity. A Grove City company is taking a unique approach to celebrate and support adults with autism.
This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge. (www.propublica.org)
Fenton, population 226, brings in over $1 million per year through its mayor’s court, an unusual justice system in which the mayor can serve as judge even though he’s responsible for town finances.
The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong (www.scientificamerican.com)
Israel rebuts report of casualties from friendly fire on October 7 (www.i24news.tv)
One poorly sourced claim in a Haaretz report spawned a wave of October 7 denialism on social media...
A Russian general who was critical of the army's operation was found dead (www.businessinsider.com)
Orcas Pummel Boat After Crew Tries To Deter Them With Heavy Metal Music (www.huffpost.com)
Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.
Suzanne Shepherd, Actress in The Sopranos and Goodfellas, Dead at 89: 'Force of Nature' (people.com)
Shepherd, who played Carmella Soprano’s mother in the HBO series, died “peacefully in her home” on Friday
Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ (www.nytimes.com)
100 years overdue, book finally returned to St. Paul Public Library (www.mprnews.org)
It must have been a very good read....
Bill Cosby accuser files new lawsuit under expiring New York survivors law (apnews.com)
A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a soon-to-expire New York law that gave victims of sexual abuse a one-year window for claims that would otherwise be barred by time limits....
Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza — and stepped up attacks there (www.npr.org)
Satellite imagery shows a steady increase in the number of buildings destroyed in middle and southern Gaza. Most damage appeared after Oct. 13, when Israel's military urged evacuation from the north.
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges (arstechnica.com)
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
Nearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV (www.livescience.com)
In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt (apnews.com)
RIP, goodhearted woman....
Gaza's largest hospital is 'death zone' with mass grave at the door - WHO says (news.sky.com)
Columbia administrators reportedly covertly changed the university's event policies just before suspending pro-Palestine student groups (www.businessinsider.com)
Gerald M. Rosberg, senior executive vice president of the university, informed the University Senate on Friday that university administrators had revised the policies without the knowledge of the senate, according to Columbia Spectator....
