‘They grabbed me like I was a doll’: Day laborers say they are being beaten and targeted outside Home Depot by off-duty Chicago police working security (www.citybureau.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/migrant-day-laborers-home-depot…
Fifth inmate dies at Wisconsin prison as former warden pleads not guilty to misconduct charge (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/wisconsin-prison-death-warden-4…
Biofuels: Feeding the Earth or Feeding the Engine? - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)
Scholars Jörn P. W. Scharlemann and William F. Laurance paint a complex picture of the ecological impact of biofuels as an answer, writing that “not all biofuels are beneficial when their full environmental impacts are assessed, [and] some of the most important, such as those produced from corn, sugarcane, and soy, perform...
Far Fewer in U.S. Regard Childhood Vaccinations as Important (news.gallup.com)
The Houthis have cracked down brutally on Yemeni civil society. A strategic response is required (www.chathamhouse.org)
First Tesla Cybertruck Crash Kills Driver In Baytown Area, Electric Pick-up Bursts Into Flames (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A Tesla Cybertruck driver was killed in what appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving the electric pickup truck, which has yet to undergo third-party crash testing.
New Yorkers are warned from the skies about impending danger from storms as city deploys drones (apnews.com)
Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather....
Republicans worry Trump is having a ‘public nervous breakdown’ (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’ former Congressman and Republican Adam Kinzinger said...
Cori Bush Loses Reelection Bid to Democrat Backed by $8.5 Million From AIPAC (www.commondreams.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/cori-bush-aipac
56 days and counting: Two NASA astronauts are still in space as tests on Boeing capsule continue (www.nbcnews.com)
The first crewed voyage of Boeing’s Starliner was supposed to last around a week, but the high-stakes mission is still in limbo eight weeks after launch....
JD Vance pleads sarcasm in latest effort to clean up ‘childless cat ladies’ remark (www.theguardian.com)
Republican vice-presidential nominee continues to face questions about comment as campaign speeds up...
New York City subway riders are breathing in hazardous air, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Study shows average platform has four times the level of pollution exposure deemed safe by EPA...
Tim Walz calls Viktor Orbán a dictator. For JD Vance, he’s a role model. (www.politico.eu)
Personal Data of 3 Billion People Stolen in Hack, Suit Says (news.bloomberglaw.com)
Driver Charged After Allegedly Hitting Pro-Palestinian Protester With Car (uk.news.yahoo.com)
Washington primary voters again are saying: 'Go away, Trump' (www.seattletimes.com)
New Georgia rules let local boards withhold election certification (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia’s state board of elections adopted new rules for local election boards that permit them to withhold the certification of a vote in the face of unspecified discrepancies – a Republican-led move that could cause uncertainty and confusion after future election days....
Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns (apnews.com)
Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch....
Court: Transgender people in prisons can get gender-affirming care [in Connecticut] (ctmirror.org)
New bans on panhandling in medians spark debate over free speech rights. (stateline.org)
Why the Border Patrol went MAGA (www.motherjones.com)
NTSB chief rips Boeing over lack of 737 Max answers (thehill.com)
Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man (apnews.com)
Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four hotel workers in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death after scouring video showing them piling on top of the Black man during an incident that Mitchell’s family says is disturbingly similar to George Floyd’s death....
Why are US ‘pro-Israel’ groups boosting a far-right, anti-Muslim UK extremist? (www.timesofisrael.com)
WASHINGTON — Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, aka “Tommy Robinson,” is one of the most prominent anti-Muslim activists in the world. A political adviser to a right-wing British party, he is the founder and former chair of a far-right Islamophobic group....