Violence breaks out at UCLA after officials declare pro-Palestinian encampment 'unlawful' (www.latimes.com)
STATEMENT FROM BESIEGED UCLA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT: x.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1785620846700351510
New Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state (www.bbc.com)
Florida’s six-week abortion ban has come into force, closing the door - for now - on the last abortion access point in the US South....
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between...
Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity (www.theguardian.com)
Time magazine called the ex-president’s plans ‘an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world’...
Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators (apnews.com)
Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the technology company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back....
Educators under fire: Teachers targeted by Libs of TikTok (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Fox News is now claiming that young people are identifying as seasons. They made it up. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Ex-NSA staffer gets 21 years for trying to sell defense information to 'friends' in Russia (www.usatoday.com)
Black Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl sues white man who shot him for ringing the doorbell (www.kcur.org)
After decades of inaction, states are finally stepping up on housing (www.vox.com)
Biden admin moves to protect LGBTQ+ kids in foster care (www.advocate.com)
Live Updates: Police Arrest Protesters Occupying Columbia Campus Building (www.nytimes.com)
Officers in riot gear began removing demonstrators who had seized Hamilton Hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Scores of other arrests were made on campuses across the country....
Trump may get another chance to be president. He's planning an aggressive second term. (www.npr.org)
Donald Trump has already been president once, and has been outspoken about the policies he would support and enact if elected again in November....
NYC mayor tells students 'walk away now' as police descend on Columbia (www.usatoday.com)
Fox News Quietly Deletes Hunter Biden ‘Mock Trial’ Series (www.thedailybeast.com)
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
New Orleans archdiocese is target of child sex-trafficking inquiry, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
States Across the Country Are Reforming Guardianship. New York Is Not One of Them. (www.propublica.org)
A family member finally shows up to Donald Trump's hush-money trial (www.motherjones.com)
US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023 (www.cnn.com)
The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century....
NYPD union sues Adams administration over new ‘zero tolerance’ policy on steroid use among cops (www.nydailynews.com)
New York City’s largest cop union is suing Police Commissioner Edward Caban and Mayor Adams for implementing a new “zero tolerance” policy on NYPD officers using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs, the Daily News has learned....
Brown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesters (www.thehill.com)
As Biden Plans to Reschedule Marijuana, Advocates Say 'Fully Legalize' It (www.commondreams.org)
Emergency Slide Falls Off Plane, Winds Up At Home Of Lawyer Whose Firm Is Suing Boeing (www.huffpost.com)
An emergency slide that fell off of a Delta passenger jet shortly after take-off last week reportedly turned up two days later outside the home of a lawyer whose firm is coincidently suing the Boeing plane manufacturer over safety issues....
Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them (www.huffpost.com)
The Israeli Defense Force’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, briefed ministers at a security cabinet meeting last week about recent operations in Gaza, where Israel has been carrying out a military offensive for almost seven months now in response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 that killed about 1,200 people and captured...
