Settlement reached in lawsuit between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' allies (apnews.com)
One in six adolescents have experienced cyberbullying, global study finds (www.independent.co.uk)
More school-aged children have reported being cyberbullied compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey suggests....
‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Rips Into Baltimore Bridge Conspiracists, Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene A “Complete Submoronic Pratfall Of A Human Being’ (deadline.com)
Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Archive (including paywall bypass): archive.today/OJqyt...
Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case (www.vox.com)
The lawsuit challenging mifepristone should have never been heard by any court....
Right-Wing Media Blames Bridge Collapse on ‘Open Border’ and COVID Lockdowns (www.thedailybeast.com)
Kids as young as 14 were found working at a Tennessee factory that makes lawn mower parts (www.nbcnews.com)
The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. It must also set aside $1.5 million to help the immigrant minors who were illegally employed....
Strippers' bill of rights bill signed into law in Washington state (apnews.com)
Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law on Monday....
Church Attendance Has Declined in Most U.S. Religious Groups (news.gallup.com)
Three in 10 U.S. adults attend religious services regularly, led by Mormons at 67%...
Meet the influencer who "reverses" lupus—with smoothies (www.motherjones.com)
Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of struggling social media platform Truth Social, is began its long-delayed journey as a public company at Tuesday’s opening bell under the ticker symbol “DJT.”...
Fremont, Nebraska - The town that can't live without migrants, but isn't sure it wants to live with them (www.nbcnews.com)
Fremont, Nebraska, population 27,000, has three massive meat-processing plants. As young locals leave in search of better jobs, Central American migrants have been taking their places in the slaughterhouses, especially after Costco opened a huge rotisserie chicken facility in 2019....
Revealed: San Jose CA is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detect…
A Capitol Rioter Has Become a Right-Wing Media Darling. She Just Got Arrested. (slate.com)
Isabella DeLuca’s “persecution” is now a cause célèbre....
Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: six missing now presumed dead, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Maryland state police say the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, are now presumed dead....
Her son died by suicide. Responding police took a photo of his body and it ended up online, lawsuit says. (www.inquirer.com)
Cargo ship that hit Baltimore bridge was involved in Antwerp collision in 2016 (www.theguardian.com)
The Dali was reportedly detained in Belgium after scraping side of quay and significantly damaging part of hull in good weather...
NY judge issues gag order on Trump in hush money trial (www.cnn.com)
A New York judge has imposed a gag order on Donald Trump, limiting the former president from making statements about potential witnesses in the criminal trial relating to hush money payments scheduled to begin next month....
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead (arstechnica.com)
Meta is the world’s ‘single largest marketplace for paedophiles’, says New Mexico attorney general (www.theguardian.com)
Qatari royal invested about $50 million in pro-Trump network Newsmax (www.washingtonpost.com)
Clashing convictions mark protests as US supreme court weighs abortion pill (www.theguardian.com)
Hearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years ago...
Louisiana Legislature opened window for sex abuse survivors to sue, but state's high court shut it (apnews.com)
Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file civil damage lawsuits over their molestation....
‘Yo Soy la Mamá’: A Migrant Mother’s Struggle to Get Back Her Son (www.nytimes.com)
Under an interstate compact, Massachusetts formally asked Florida to approve the relocation. Florida said no. Though a caseworker found Olga to have a clean record, a proper home and sufficient income, she denied the move because Olga was not a legal U.S. resident....