Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US official (www.timesofisrael.com)
A Tidal Wave of State and Private Repression Is Targeting Pro-Palestinian Voices (jacobin.com)
Critics of Israel’s merciless war on Gaza are facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists or firings. In this neo-McCarthyist environment, anything pro-Palestine is being made to carry the whiff of bigotry or even incitement to violence.
Second teacher at Missouri school on leave over OnlyFans side hustle: 'It’s working out ok so far' (news.yahoo.com)
A second teacher at a high school in Missouri was put on leave after administrators discovered her OnlyFans side hustle....
Millions of dollars of psychedelic mushrooms seized in a Connecticut bust (apnews.com)
Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
US colleges shut nearly all China-funded Confucius Institutes (www.newsweek.com)
Did American History X foreshadow the resurgence of white nationalism in the US? (www.bbc.com)
A brilliant film emerged from these skirmishes – but its core insight still takes work to unpack. For generations, a persistent myth that black families were irreparably broken by sloth and hedonism had been perpetuated by US culture. Congress’s landmark 1965 Moynihan Report, for example, blamed persistent racial inequality...
OpenAI to make models cheaper, more powerful in its first developer conference (www.reuters.com)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI is expected to announce product enhancements that will make its AI models cheaper, with more functionality, in its first-ever developer conference on Monday.
Israeli airstrike hits ambulance convoy in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
AI Cameras Took Over One Small American Town. Now They're Everywhere (www.404media.co)
Lawsuit claims Northwoods [Missouri] officers drove man into field, beat him while handcuffed (www.ksdk.com)
The officers were already charged with kidnapping after an investigation in July.
Call to fight 'snow penises issued in Russia (www.bignewsnetwork.com)
California protesters block military ship from leaving for Israel (www.newsweek.com)
N.J. school custodian accused of urinating and spitting on utensils and food served to students (www.inquirer.com)
An elementary school custodian in Cumberland County has been charged with contaminating cooking utensils and food served in the school cafeteria with bleach and his bodily fluids, including urine and feces, authorities say....
Why Was This 11-Year-Old Brownsville ISD Honor Student Put in Solitary For Three Days? (www.texasobserver.org)
A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.
Judge Tells Ivanka She Can Probably Afford a Babysitter (newrepublic.com)
Ivanka Trump lost her appeal and is officially set to testify in the fraud trial against the Trump Organization.
Jordanian arrested in Houston made statements supporting killing individuals of particular faiths, judge’s order says (www.cnn.com)
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old can proceed with $40 million lawsuit, judge rules (apnews.com)
A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit.
Person of interest sought after car drives through security fences at South Carolina nuclear plant (abcnews.go.com)
Police in South Carolina are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that drove through security fences at a nuclear power station on Thursday.
Hate crimes against Latinos see 'significant increase' (www.nbcnews.com)
Researchers say hate crimes against Hispanics spike when there is extensive media coverage involving Latinos, such as news about migrant caravans from Central America.
In What Is Called A War (www.commondreams.org)
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Shawn Fain meets the moment to make auto industry history, experts say (www.freep.com)
Trump gag order expanded to cover attorneys after court gets hundreds of threats (www.rawstory.com)
Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health (apnews.com)
Customers grapple with deposit delays at big banks (www.cnbc.com)
Can Trump be on the ballot in 2024? It can hinge on the meaning of 'insurrection' (apnews.com)
Liberal groups have filed lawsuits in Colorado, Minnesota and other states to bar Trump from the ballot, citing a rarely used constitutional prohibition against holding office for those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution but then “engaged in insurrection” against it. The two-sentence clause in the 14th Amendment...
