Alabama Woman Gave Birth in Jail Shower After Begging to Go to a Hospital (jezebel.com)
Ashley Caswell had been jailed for substance use to “protect her unborn child.” When her water broke jail staff told her to “sleep it off," her lawsuit says....
[New York, USA] Mayor Adams confirms migrant families with children must move out of shelter after 60 days (gothamist.com)
Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Raises $550,000 for Palestinian Relief Organizations (www.msn.com)
Link to donate.
Zipcar Fined $300,000 For Letting Customers Rent Recalled Cars (www.forbes.com)
Two Swedes shot dead in Brussels, Belgium raises terror alert to top level (www.reuters.com)
One Belgian newspaper said it was likely that the victims were two soccer supporters. Belgium were hosting Sweden in a Euro 2024 qualifying match on Monday evening. The match was suspended at halftime due to security reasons. Further information will follow shortly, UEFA said on its website....
US Supreme Court blocks judge's order allowing 'ghost gun' sales (www.reuters.com)
The Supreme Court ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation targeting ghost guns, firearms that lack serial numbers and are difficult to trace....
ACLU Calls Out School Surveillance Programs In Latest Report (www.techdirt.com)
College athletes are fighting to get a cut from the billions they generate in media rights deals (apnews.com)
At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crowe was asked to ponder a not-too-distant future where Sun Devils football and basketball players get a cut from the billions of dollars their sports generate in media rights deals....
Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company's future is at stake (apnews.com)
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future....
Long-lost Star Wars X-Wing model auctioned for a record-breaking $3.1m (www.theguardian.com)
Spacecraft discovered in cardboard box belonging to late model-maker Greg Jein becomes the ‘most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction’...
Israeli communications minister seeks shutdown of Al Jazeera bureau (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israel’s communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera’s local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza....
FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise (apnews.com)
Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday....
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating (www.reuters.com)
Cairo says the Rafah crossing, a potentially vital opening for desperately-needed supplies into the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave, is not officially closed but was made inoperable due to Israeli air strikes on the Gaza side....
F.B.I. Tracks Increased Threats to Jews and Muslims After Hamas Attack (www.nytimes.com)
Americans are saving less — and that's great for the economy (www.axios.com)
Judge grants limited gag order in Trump's federal election interference case (abcnews.go.com)
Mass layoffs are on the rise in the U.S., at least according to this often-overlooked data series (www.marketwatch.com)
Trump 'does not have the right to say and do exactly what he pleases,' Judge Chutkan says, issuing gag order (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge on Monday issued a gag order on former President Donald Trump, limiting what he can say about special counsel Jack Smith’s federal prosecution into his alleged attempt to subvert in the 2020 presidential election....
Check out the giant ship critical to building the world's biggest offshore wind farm (www.cnbc.com)
A project to build a facility described as “the world’s largest offshore wind farm” took a big step forward this month by producing its first power....
Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans (www.theguardian.com)
Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize
Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless? (newrepublic.com)
What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.
Poles vote in huge numbers for centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule (apnews.com)
Yay!
Arizona tribe protests decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents who fatally shot Raymond Mattia (www.freep.com)
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com)
Major US pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy (apnews.com)
Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid said Sunday that it has filed for bankruptcy and obtained $3.45 billion in fresh financing as it carries out a restructuring plan while coping with falling sales and opioid-related lawsuits....
