Trump Attorney Screwup Means Trump Won’t Get Jury Trial in NY Fraud Case (www.meidastouch.com)
Due to an oversight, Trump's attorneys failed to ask for a jury trial within the time allotted to them
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on Biden to step up action on the migrant crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday fired off a letter to President Joe Biden about an “untenable” migrant crisis in the state, calling for an overhaul to the system and blasting the White House for a “lack of intervention and coordination at the border.”...
NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected (apnews.com)
A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
Elon Musk Hit With Lawsuit For Falsely Linking Man To Neo-Nazi Brawl (www.huffpost.com)
Ben Brody, 22, said he was forced to leave his home after Musk falsely accused him of being a federal agent pretending to be a neo-Nazi.
California's new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty (apnews.com)
An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on Monday....
Tesla misses estimates for quarterly deliveries; shares fall (www.reuters.com)
Tesla missed market estimates for third-quarter deliveries on Monday as planned upgrades at its factories forced production halts, sending its shares down 2.4% in early trading....
United Auto Workers union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks (abcnews.go.com)
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks that covers about 4,000 workers in three states....
Russell Brand: Thames Valley Police investigates allegations (www.bbc.com)
Thames Valley Police says it is looking into a woman's complaint of harassment and stalking.
US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses” (arstechnica.com)
Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting (www.bbc.com)
A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
‘We are not in the business of ice cream’: Big Oil CEOs defend themselves against climate criticism (www.cnbc.com)
Chief executives of some of the world’s largest energy companies on Monday sought to defend themselves from criticism, saying it is not possible to keep everyone happy amid the planned energy transition....
Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57 (apnews.com)
Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57....
13 truck drivers parked side by side in the middle of the night to save a life (www.upworthy.com)
Russian Kh-59 missile factory struck by multiple drones: Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
Grizzly bear kills couple and their dog at Banff National Park in Canada (www.cbsnews.com)
A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday (www.cnn.com)
A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday....
Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb’s office spent $200K on guns and ammo from an ‘inmate welfare' fund (azluminaria.org)
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office run by U.S. Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb has spent at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund that Arizona lawmakers mandated be used “for the benefit and welfare of inmates” to instead buy a cache of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests....
California Gov. Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat (www.cnn.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening....
Minneapolis poised to give $145k settlement to MPD officer involved in beating - Minnesota Reformer (minnesotareformer.com)
In the two years following Floyd’s murder, 144 MPD officers were awarded workers’ compensation settlements totaling over $22.2 million....
In Yalta, because of criticism of the Russian Federation, a couple from the Dnepropetrovsk region was brutally killed (video) - Ukraine Today .org (ukrainetoday.org)
In Yalta, because of criticism of the Russian Federation, a couple from the Dnepropetrovsk region was brutally killed (video) Lyudmila Zhernovskaya 21:40, 01.10.23...
Harvard University inaugurates Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president (www.cnn.com)
In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university....
Donald Trump expected to attend civil fraud trial opening (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mr Trump, his two adult sons, and the Trump Organization, are accused of inflating the value of their properties by more than $2bn (£1.65bn)....
Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden worries that the “extreme” US supreme court, dominated by rightwing justices, cannot be relied upon to uphold the rule of law....
James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion (www.bbc.com)
What’s intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them....
Tom Hanks says AI version of him used in dental plan ad without his consent (www.theguardian.com)
Tom Hanks has warned fans that an ad for a dental plan that appears to use his image is in fact fake and was created using artificial intelligence....
