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Seeds of dissent: Agricultural manufacturers and farmers clash over “right to repair” equipment (www.salon.com)

UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.com)

The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave: Mickey Barreto’s five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom. (www.nytimes.com)

On a June afternoon in 2018, a man named Mickey Barreto checked into the New Yorker Hotel. He was assigned Room 2565, a double-bed accommodation with a view of Midtown Manhattan almost entirely obscured by an exterior wall. For a one-night stay, he paid $200.57....

After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl (kffhealthnews.org)

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in wake of ongoing safety problems (www.cnn.com)

In major shakeup of Boeing’s leadership, CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the year. The company’s chairman and head of the commercial airplane unit are also leaving....

White House looks to repeal funding bill provision that would keep US embassies from flying Pride flags (abcnews.go.com)

The White House on Sunday slammed Congressional Republicans for including a provision in the government funding bill that essentially stops LGBTQ+ Pride flags from being flown over U.S. embassies and vowed to repeal it....

Storm threatens snow in the Midwest, thunder in the South. Other parts of the US dig out (apnews.com)

A major spring storm threatened parts of the central U.S. on Monday with heavy snow in its northern reaches and thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South....

White House looks to repeal funding bill provision that would keep US embassies from flying Pride flags (ground.news)

The measure permits only certain flags to be flown over US embassies, including the US flag, US Foreign Service flag, POW/MIA flag, Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, flag of a state, “insular area” or DC, Indian tribal government flag, the official branded flag of a US agency, and the sovereign flag of another nation.

The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections (www.theguardian.com)

Judge James Ho ruled to restrict mifepristone. His wife Allyson is linked to the anti-abortion group that brought the case...

Hong Kong official warns online criticism could breach new national security law (www.theguardian.com)

The Article 23 legislation includes penalties for five categories of crime including treason, insurrection, espionage, sabotage and external interference...

Paris Olympics lifts intimacy ban for athletes and is stocking up on 300,000 condoms (www.cbsnews.com)

The intimacy ban that had been in place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been lifted for the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the Olympic village, where the athletes stay during the event, will be stocked with 300,000 condoms, Laurent Michaud, director of the village, told Sky News....

Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multibillion-dollar fraud this week (www.theguardian.com)

Former FTX CEO faces up to 100 years in prison should the judge hand out the harshest penalty...

US Supreme Court abortion pill fight brings claims of distorted science (www.reuters.com)

The abortion opponents who are seeking to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone point to three studies by Gynuity Health Projects, a New York-based women’s health research group, to back up their arguments that it is unsafe despite its regulatory approval decades ago....

America's lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development (www.reuters.com)

Washington’s drive to make the United States a major global lithium producer is being held back by a confusing mix of state regulations that are deterring developers and hampering efforts to break China’s control of the critical minerals sector....

Charter school teacher fired after discovered she's an aspiring rap artist (thehill.com)

I transformed my plain tees into my own personal statement:

From the very beginning, I loved to fabric paint my clothes and doing this, I wasted thousands of brand-new shirts. Still, I am so poor at drawing and experimenting. I found my ultimate solution for my huge interest in customizing my T-shirts. I got my hands on my new printer, which can print on fabric as well, using Procolored...

Chinese students are now oppressed by totalitarian education

As a Chinese student, I have a good say. In China, junior high school students, high school students and graduate students are most oppressed. The purpose of students’ learning has changed from pursuing their dreams to pursuing fame and fortune. In my school, a student jumped off the building on Mondays last year, and the next...

“Man-Made Hell On Earth”: A Canadian Doctor on His Medical Mission to Gaza (theintercept.com)

Minneapolis just called Uber’s bluff — other cities must follow their lead (thehill.com)

This month, a group of mostly Black and immigrant Uber and Lyft drivers in Minneapolis won their fight for a minimum pay rate when the Minneapolis City Council refused to be bullied by the rideshare corporations.

Rio Police Chief Arrested for Killing Marielle Franco (paydayreport.com)

At 5 A.M. on Palm Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio state auditor general Domingos Brazão, were all arrested by Brazilian federal police for plotting to assassinate Rio City Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her...

Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks (www.cnn.com)

Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered Thursday to Michigan authorities in connection with her 2020 election tampering indictment, after a wild week where she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in jail after being arrested in Washington, DC....

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