Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”...
Former South Dakota mayor charged in triple-murder shooting (thehill.com)
Kansas Abortion Providers Sue to Block New Intrusive Reporting Law (feminist.org)
Trump trial moves toward end: 5 takeaways on the closing arguments (thehill.com)
The prosecution contends the reimbursements were falsely classified as legal expenses to conceal their true nature — part of a hush-money deal with Daniels. Prosecutors also say this was done to affect the election’s outcome, not merely to save Trump personal embarrassment, and therefore amounts to election interference....
Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Pope Francis allegedly used offensive slur during discussion about gay men (www.theguardian.com)
Trump revives false claim that Biden authorized ‘deadly force’ for Mar-a-Lago search (www.theguardian.com)
Rancher and 34 cows shockingly killed in lightning strike: ‘It hit them all’ (www.independent.co.uk)
This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment (www.propublica.org)
Roughly 200 people in DeSoto County were jailed annually during the civil commitment process, most without criminal charges, between 2021 and 2023. About a fifth of them were picked up at local hospitals, according to an estimate based on a review of Sheriff’s Department records by Mississippi Today and ProPublica. The...
EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges...
Police Make First Arrest for Assault on Pro-Palestine Protesters at UCLA [Edward Carver | May 24, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
The arrest followed a CNN investigation that documented the hourslong attack and identified key perpetrators from the pro-Israel mob.
US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike in Rafah (apnews.com)
Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in what Israel has designated a civilian evacuation zone....
Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows (www.theguardian.com)
And almost half of respondents back the filing of criminal charges against oil companies that have contributed to the climate crisis...
Tech company fined by DOJ over ‘whites only’ job posting (www.independent.co.uk)
In March 2023, a recruiter for Arthur Grand Technologies posted a job advertisement looking for ‘US Born Citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates]’...
Breakthrough Swiss tech cuts 80% of radioactive waste in nuclear plants [Ameya Paleja | May 27 24 | Interesting Engineering] (interestingengineering.com)
Radioactivity of nuclear waste could be reduced from thousands of years to less than 500 years.
In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000 [Hannah Bowlus | May 28 2024 | In These Times] (inthesetimes.com)
The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.
Deadly Israeli strike on Rafah was a "tragic mistake," Netanyahu says (edition.cnn.com)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Sunday’s deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp had gone tragically wrong....
Wisconsin judge to hear union lawsuit against collective bargaining restrictions (apnews.com)
A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights is back in court on Tuesday, facing a new challenge from teachers and public workers brought after the state’s Supreme Court flipped to liberal control....
NFL Kicker Accused of Sexual Assault on Team Flight (www.thedailybeast.com)
Fears rise of another landslide and spread of disease in Papua New Guinea (www.npr.org)
The U.N. agency has officials at the scene in Enga province helping shelter 1,600 displaced people. The agency estimates 670 villagers died, while Papua New Guinea’s government has told the United Nations it thinks more than 2,000 people were buried. Five bodies had been retrieved from the rubble by Monday....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Rulings highlight how Trump’s classified documents case could have gone differently had it been brought in DC | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Before indicting Donald Trump last year for allegedly mishandling classified documents, federal prosecutors had to decide where to bring the charges: Washington, DC, or Florida....
'US-Backed Massacre' at Rafah Camp Intensifies Fury Over IDF's Gaza Assault [Julia Conley | May 27, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
“We will never forget the images emerging from Rafah tonight. Human beings, including babies, were burned alive and torn apart. This genocide must end, it must end now,” said one group.
