The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Why does the public think it’s going up? “There is definitely more disorder in cities than there was five years ago," said one expert. “People confuse disorder and crime."...
California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods (apnews.com)
The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League....
Polygamous sect member pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children (apnews.com)
A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first man to be convicted in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children....
Andrew Tate's arrest prompted by livestreamer who said Tate was leaving Romania, law firm says (www.nbcnews.com)
Influencer Adin Ross said he had one last chance to record content with Andrew Tate. A law firm says the comment tipped off U.K. authorities....
Trump urges US Supreme Court to endorse 'absolute immunity' for ex-presidents (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for criminal immunity for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that a former president enjoys “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts.”...
A Democratic senator needs an abortion. She told her colleagues about Arizona's 'cruel' laws. (azmirror.com)
While Eva Burch spoke on the Senate floor about her planned abortion, almost all of her GOP colleagues found something else to do
MacKenzie Scott donates $640M -- more than double her initial plan -- to nonprofits (abcnews.go.com)
Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications....
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs (abcnews.go.com)
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
A delegation of American and British doctors is in Washington DC to tell the Biden administration the Israeli military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in order to drive Palestinians out of their homes....
Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials (apnews.com)
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in “insurrection” or providing “aid and comfort” to enemies of the Constitution, based on a post-Civil War era addition to the nation’s foundational...
Teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was discovered says new employer fired her for violating social media policy (slatereport.com)
Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages (www.nbcnews.com)
Podiatrist Convicted of $4M Foot Bath Fraud Scheme (www.justice.gov)
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden’s administration....
Georgia plans to put to death a man in the state's first execution in more than 4 years (www.nbcnews.com)
A Georgia man convicted of killing his former girlfriend three decades ago is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years....
AP documents grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls 'dangerous and abusive' (apnews.com)
Kuwabara’s dilemma is one an increasing number of American consumers face: With shrimp the leading seafood eaten in the United States, the largest supplier in this country is India, where the industry struggles with labor and environmental problems....
Southern States Pushing Forward With Bills Ending Legal Recognition For Trans People (www.erininthemorning.com)
Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn (news.un.org)
“What doctors and medical staff are telling us is more and more they are seeing the effects of starvation; they’re seeing newborn babies simply dying because they (are) too low birth weight,” said Dr Margaret Harris from the UN World Health Organization (WHO)....
They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives. (archive.ph)
Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back...
8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death (newsroom.heart.org)
As a big fan of IF, I find this really depressing.
U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. (www.pbs.org)
TLDW: Members of the right who were previously ambivalent/disapproving are shifting towards hate/fear....
Cyberattacks are hitting water systems throughout US, Biden officials warn governors (www.cnn.com)
3 separate shootings erupt within 1 hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida (abcnews.go.com)
Three separate, unrelated shootings erupted within an hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on Sunday night, leaving one person dead and several hurt, according to authorities....