Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House (apnews.com)
Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker (www.washingtonpost.com)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution Monday evening to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty clash and setting up a showdown for the House to decide whether to depose McCarthy likely within 48 hours....
‘IDK what to do’: Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams (www.washingtonpost.com)
Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world's oldest skydiver (apnews.com)
Scientists Win Nobel Prize for mRNA Breakthrough Used to Create Covid-19 Vaccine (gizmodo.com)
The conspiracy mongers will have a field day with this one.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore declared bankruptcy. It wasn’t about money. (www.washingtonpost.com)
A livid Donald Trump rants against judge hearing his New York fraud case (www.dailykos.com)
Donald Trump has been in a New York court today to defend himself against charges of longtime financial fraud, but during a recess in the proceedings, he targeted the judge hearing his case with a livid, deluded eight-minute rant....
A riled Trump sounds off outside the New York fraud trial that accuses him of lying about wealth (apnews.com)
Workers are the unhappiest they've been in 3 years—and it can cost the global economy $8.8 trillion (www.cnbc.com)
US expands probe into Ford engine failures to include two motors and nearly 709,000 vehicles (apnews.com)
U.S. auto safety investigators have expanded a probe into Ford Motor Co. engine failures to include nearly 709,000 vehicles....
US health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a ‘morning-after pill’ against STDs (apnews.com)
U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases....
Philadelphia journalist who advocated for homeless and LGBTQ+ communities shot and killed at home (apnews.com)
A journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday, police said....
North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash (apnews.com)
A state senator from North Dakota, his wife and their two young children died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday....
Abercrombie and Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex (www.bbc.com)
Trump Attorney Screwup Means Trump Won’t Get Jury Trial in NY Fraud Case (www.meidastouch.com)
Due to an oversight, Trump's attorneys failed to ask for a jury trial within the time allotted to them
NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected (apnews.com)
A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.
Elon Musk Hit With Lawsuit For Falsely Linking Man To Neo-Nazi Brawl (www.huffpost.com)
Ben Brody, 22, said he was forced to leave his home after Musk falsely accused him of being a federal agent pretending to be a neo-Nazi.
California's new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty (apnews.com)
An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on Monday....
Tesla misses estimates for quarterly deliveries; shares fall (www.reuters.com)
Tesla missed market estimates for third-quarter deliveries on Monday as planned upgrades at its factories forced production halts, sending its shares down 2.4% in early trading....
United Auto Workers union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks (abcnews.go.com)
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks that covers about 4,000 workers in three states....
Russell Brand: Thames Valley Police investigates allegations (www.bbc.com)
Thames Valley Police says it is looking into a woman's complaint of harassment and stalking.
US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses” (arstechnica.com)
This Ukrainian doctor is a hero. He's getting kids the cancer care they need. (www.youtube.com)
onion video there a few tears
‘We are not in the business of ice cream’: Big Oil CEOs defend themselves against climate criticism (www.cnbc.com)
Chief executives of some of the world’s largest energy companies on Monday sought to defend themselves from criticism, saying it is not possible to keep everyone happy amid the planned energy transition....
Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57 (apnews.com)
Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57....
