More than 80% of tree species endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest are threatened with extinction, finds study (phys.org)
More concerning than the nanoplastics in water bottles are the chemicals on them (www.latimes.com)
They are used to give plastic products their distinctive durability, bendability and sleek, nonstick surface....
A Russian Falcon plane crashed in Afghanistan. The plane deviated from its course and crashed into Mount Tophan. Before this, the pilot reported technical problems (ua-stena.info)
Russian Falcon plane crashes in Afghanistan It became known that a passenger plane of a Russian company crashed in the mountains of Afghanistan....
In first known action in criminal justice system, special grand jury to examine Uvalde response, newspaper reports (www.cnn.com)
A special grand jury was chosen in Uvalde, Texas, Friday to investigate the response to the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School, according to area newspapers....
Revealed: far-right figures try to create white nationalist ‘haven’ in Kentucky (www.theguardian.com)
State laws are factoring into college choices for young adults (www.nbcnews.com)
One survey shows as many as 73 percent of young adults are taking state abortion laws into account when making decisions about where to go to college. Savannah Sellers reports on one of the most important decisions in the lives of young students and their families.
Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults (apnews.com)
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks....
Entire Edition Of Newspapers Stolen On Day It Publishes Story About Rape At Police Chief’s Home (www.huffpost.com)
“It’s pretty clear that someone didn’t want the community to read the news this week,” said Ouray County Plaindealer co-publisher Erin McIntyre.
Biden Presses Netanyahu on Working Toward a Palestinian State (www.nytimes.com)
President Biden pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Friday to agree to the creation of a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza is over and raised options that would limit Palestinian sovereignty to make the prospect more palatable to Israel....
Thousands sign Christian petition urging bishops not to back Donald Trump (www.newsweek.com)
DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers (www.politico.com)
Washington, D.C., bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers who aided Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell’s campaign to mount discredited legal challenges to the 2020 election results....
Los Angeles Innocence Project takes Scott Peterson case up 21 years after wife’s murder (www.theguardian.com)
Two decades after Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for the murder of his pregnant wife in a high-profile trial, the Los Angeles Innocence Project said this week that it had taken up the case....
U.S. teen fatally shot in West Bank by Israeli forces, Palestinian officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
The State Department confirmed that it has reached out to Israeli officials "for further information."
Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs for 90 years (arstechnica.com)
Elizabeth Holmes—the disgraced and incarcerated founder of the infamous blood-testing startup Theranos—is barred from participating in federal health programs for nine decades, according to an announcement from the health department Friday....
Alabama readies never-before-used execution method that some veterinarians won't even use for pets (www.cbsnews.com)
If Kenneth Eugene Smith is brought to the Alabama death chamber to face execution next week for his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire of a pastor’s wife, the state plans to use an untested and untried method to end his life, suffocating him with a stream of nitrogen gas to be delivered through a face mask....
Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump rallies opposition (www.kpbs.org)
A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise....
The High-Profile Invisibility of the Gaza War (www.truthdig.com)
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Marjorie Taylor Greene leads MAGA fury as GOP leadership back crucial spending bill (www.independent.co.uk)
Right-wing Georgia Republican insists she opposes continuing resolution because she does not want to fund the defence of Ukraine...
Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set (www.theguardian.com)
Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins...
IRGC: 4 Advisers Killed in Israeli Attack on Damascus (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
California, Illinois and NYC succeeded in getting 2020 census numbers double-checked and increased (www.kpbs.org)
Illinois is adding tens of thousands of people to its population total, and California is getting misplaced sailors on an aircraft carrier put in the right location after successfully asking for a review of their 2020 census figures....
Netanyahu just said Israel will permanently occupy the land ‘from the river to the sea.’ The U.S. media is covering it up (mondoweiss.net)
US warns of Russian efforts to turn public opinion against Ukraine in upcoming European elections (kyivindependent.com)
Russia’s use of disinformation to further its own goals and weaken its perceived adversaries has been widely documented. Russian disinformation operations have been implicated in several key elections around the world, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the Brexit vote in the U.K. in the same year....
Boeing 747 makes emergency landing in Florida after ‘engine malfunction’ (www.theguardian.com)
A Boeing cargo airliner made an emergency landing in Florida on Thursday night after what its operator called “an engine malfunction” occurred shortly after takeoff, in the latest setback for the beleaguered company. A gaping hole where a paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on...
Amazon employee in Ontario collapses, dies after fire alarm sent staff into deep cold (globalnews.ca)
The Ministry of Labour is investigating after an employee at the Amazon fulfillment center in Talbotville, Ont., south of London, collapsed and later died about an hour after a fire alarm sent staff out of the plant and into frigid conditions....
