UK top court says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda is illegal. The government still wants to do it (apnews.com)
In a major blow to one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s key policies, the country’s top court ruled that asylum-seekers sent to Rwanda would be “at real risk of ill-treatment” because they could be returned to the conflict-wracked home countries they’d fled....
Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award (boredbat.com)
US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters (www.businessinsider.com)
How land theft worsens the climate crisis for Indigenous people (www.motherjones.com)
U.S. political violence driven by new breed of ‘grab-bag’ extremists (www.reuters.com)
Aldrich is an example of a new and troubling type of violent American extremist, according to law enforcement officials and political scientists: the grab-bag radical....
San Francisco homeless sweep was cheered on by the right. It was also illegal (www.vice.com)
Hundreds of unsheltered people living in tent encampments in the blocks surrounding the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco have been forced to leave by city outreach workers and police as part of an attempted “clean up the house” ahead of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s annual free trade...
Trump goes all in on Nazi rhetoric, and the media gives him another free pass (thehill.com)
Republicans in Congress are throwing an institutional tantrum (www.salon.com)
Pastor John Hagee says an Israel-Palestinian peace deal will be the work of the anti-Christ (www.motherjones.com)
More People Are Watching Videos on Their Phones While Driving. Often, It’s Perfectly Legal. (www.vice.com)
Wholesale prices fell 0.5% in October for biggest monthly drop since April 2020 (www.cnbc.com)
Wholesale prices in October posted their biggest decline in 3½ years, providing another indication that the worst of the inflation surge may have passed,” CNBC reports.
10 years ago, Batkid was battling bad guys and cancer — now he's 15 and healthy (www.npr.org)
Republican Senators Are Taking the Class War Way Too Literally (www.thenation.com)
[Illinois] Mayor resigns, hired weeks later [by village] in new job making 6x more (fox2now.com)
MARISSA, Ill. – An Illinois mayor who unexpectedly resigned from his elected post earlier this summer has been hired by the same village, making tens of thousands of dollars more in a part-time position.
Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5 billion in funding (apnews.com)
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them....
California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire (apnews.com)
The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend was a kind of open-air warehouse with businesses storing everything from wood pallets to cardboard boxes to hand sanitizer on lots leased by the state through a little-known program that now is under scrutiny....
He Claimed God Sent Hitler to Create Israel. Now He’s Speaking at the Pro-Israel Rally. What? (www.motherjones.com)
Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave (www.bbc.com)
“Do Your Job.” How the Railroad Industry Intimidates Employees Into Putting Speed Before Safety (www.propublica.org)
UNESCO is criticized after Cambodia evicts thousands around World Heritage site Angkor Wat (apnews.com)
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death threats. (www.npr.org)
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Baltimore police unit under fire for deadly shootings, questionable stops (www.baltimorebrew.com)
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Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards. (www.propublica.org)
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Military told FBI of Capitol riot suspect after Jan. 6 attack. He remained free for years (www.usatoday.com)
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