Biden, speaking on campus protests, says both free speech and rule of law 'must be upheld' (abcnews.go.com)
Police shoot rubber bullets at UCLA protesters as encampment cleared (www.newsweek.com)
Biden calls U.S. ally Japan 'xenophobic,' along with China and Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
Exclusive: Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump (www.usatoday.com)
15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected (www.oregonlive.com)
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‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years (theguardian.com)
Does the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies? A lawsuit dared to ask | Neil Barsky (www.theguardian.com)
The ADA just settled an explosive legal case accusing the organization of betraying people with diabetes
Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies | Aviation News (www.aljazeera.com)
Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months (www.newshub.co.nz)
How shifting U.S. policies led to one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history (www.texastribune.org)
Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history. Investigators put the blame for the incident on the migrants who set the blaze and the guards who failed to help them. The United States urged immigrants to take heed of the tragedy and pursue...
Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus (www.latimes.com)
Four student journalists who work for the UCLA Daily Bruin were attacked shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday by Pro-Israel counterprotesters during a campus demonstration that turned violent....
Armored police clear Pro-Palestinian encampment on Tulane's campus in New Orleans, Louisiana (www.nola.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/article_f98d2364-07c1-11ef-a0d0…
In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S. (www.themarshallproject.org)
The youth program that introduced Birchmore to the officers is among hundreds of such chapters at police agencies around the country. Created by the Boy Scouts of America decades ago, law enforcement Explorer posts are designed to help teens and young adults learn about policing....
Pentagon's reduction in military medical costs is criticized as going too far (www.npr.org)
In the past decade, the Pentagon tried to tame its massive health care costs by pushing medical care, especially for family members, into the private sector....
MTG Cites Antisemitic Fable Jews ‘Handed Over’ Jesus To Be Killed (talkingpointsmemo.com)
I’m Jewish and have been told very angrily that I killed Jesus more than once. It’s fun.
Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame? (www.theguardian.com)
Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching...
Fix The Tix: 300 Musicians Back New Senate Bill for Reforming Concert Ticket Sales in the ‘Fans First Act’ (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
Sports Team Owners Face New Scrutiny From IRS Over Tax Avoidance (www.propublica.org)
Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal...
Wisconsin police kill student who came to middle school with a gun (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation...
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died (www.seattletimes.com)
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection....
Colombia to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza war, Petro says [1 May 2024 | Al Jazeera] (www.aljazeera.com)
“Here in front of you, the government of change, of the president of the republic, announces that tomorrow we will break diplomatic relations with the state of Israel … for having a government, for having a president who is genocidal,” Petro said....
All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Streaming services like Netflix and Peacock have already found multiple ways to aggravate paying subscribers this week....
