The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US (projects.apnews.com)
Hawaii Officials Were Warned Years Ago That Maui’s Lahaina Faced High Wildfire Risk (archive.today)
Fox’s Chief Legal Officer Will Depart (www.nytimes.com)
Fox Corporation’s chief legal officer, Viet Dinh, will depart at the end of the year, in a major shake-up at the company after the landmark $787.5 million settlement it paid to Dominion Voting Systems in April....
Full-time UPS drivers will earn $170,000 a year, on average, in new contract, CEO says (www.usatoday.com)
Full-time UPS drivers will earn an average of $170,000 in annual pay and benefits at the end of a five-year contract agreement, UPS CEO Carol Tomé said during an earnings call Tuesday.
Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records (apnews.com)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general, hospital officials have confirmed.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses (apnews.com)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats (apnews.com)
Former Catholic priest admits to sexual misconduct with 11-year-old boy he took on beach vacation (apnews.com)
Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, 68, plead guilty to a federal charge that he transported a minor intending to engage in criminal sexual activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced this week.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe (apnews.com)
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he has appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election.
Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours (www.cnn.com)
The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school.
Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional (abcnews.go.com)
The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday.
US suicides hit an all-time high last year (apnews.com)
Data leaks have given Irish republican groups ‘upper hand’ against police, analysts warn (www.theguardian.com)
Breaches hurt police morale and may help republican paramilitaries intimidate officers and their families
How is sign language adapting to climate change? (www.bbc.com)
Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary.
Biden misstates China's GDP growth, calls its economy a 'ticking time bomb' (www.reuters.com)
Judge Chutkan says Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’ (www.cnn.com)
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that she plans to put serious limits over how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case, in a dramatic hearing Friday in Washington, DC, that could set the tone for the upcoming trial....
This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license. (www.cleveland.com)
“I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures all over the internet of people who have had these shots and now they’re magnetized,” Tenpenny said to the panel of lawmakers....
The Guardian: Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying porter on K2 (www.theguardian.com)
In over 15 states, schools can still paddle students as punishment (www.washingtonpost.com)
Corporal punishment remains legal, especially in the South. It still has its defenders. But the costs can be steep.
As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go (www.aljazeera.com)
Hurricanes and rising seas are displacing caskets. What do you do when the climate crisis comes for the dead?
Why Elon Musk Fought a Federal Search Warrant to Help Trump (www.thedailybeast.com)
Twitter, owned by Musk, fought for months for the right to tell Trump about Special Counsel Jack Smith’s search warrant for his account.
Native American Group Threatens National Boycott If Washington Football Team Doesn’t Change Name Back To ‘Redskins’ (The Daily Wire) (www.dailywire.com)
Gotta love the top comment, “If sincere, what a great move, and a great recognition of the need for preserving historical truth and solidarity.”
Months into new job at Amtrak, Andy Byford blasts boss’s Penn Station plans (gothamist.com)
Search for survivors continues as Maui death toll rises to 55 (www.theguardian.com)
