Here's why Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next (apnews.com)
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow (apnews.com)
Another ex-State Department official alleges Israeli military gets 'special treatment' on abuses (apnews.com)
A former senior U.S. official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by foreign militaries receiving American military assistance said Wednesday that he repeatedly observed Israel receiving “special treatment” from U.S. officials when it came to scrutiny of allegations of Israeli military abuses of...
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment on UCLA campus (abc7.com)
Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14684357...
USC cancels main graduation ceremony after protest controversies (www.ktla.com)
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
accidentally posted this in world news before bcs i forgot about the no internal US news rule by accident...
US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio (www.theguardian.com)
Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died (apnews.com)
Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Team Trump Is Ready to Lose the Supreme Court Immunity Case. They're Celebrating (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump‘s inner circle doesn’t expect the Supreme Court to go along with his extreme arguments about executive power in the immunity case before the justices. But what the high court does now is almost beside the point: Trump already won....
Net neutrality rules restored by US agency, reversing Trump (www.reuters.com)
Wait, what? They’re only just now doing this?
Kanye West Announces 'Yeezy Porn' Amid Reports of Adult Film Company (www.rollingstone.com)
I don’t even know anymore…
GDP growth slowed to a 1.6% rate in the first quarter, well below expectations: report (www.cnbc.com)
Dow sinks nearly 700 points after GDP report, heading toward its largest drop of the year (www.cnn.com)
Post Office executive denies cover-up over Horizon back door (www.bbc.co.uk)
Scottish Greens to oppose Yousaf in no-confidence vote (www.bbc.co.uk)
New York prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial say former president continues to violate gag order (apnews.com)
Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions taken during his time as president....
New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually (apnews.com)
Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States....
US Supreme Court justices scrutinize Trump immunity claim (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday quizzed lawyers for Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, posing questions about what happens if a president sells nuclear secrets, takes a bribe or orders a coup or...
Exclusive: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show (www.reuters.com)
China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, as U.S. concerns grow over Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine....
Coca-Cola is largest known contributor of branded plastic waste, global study finds (www.axios.com)
US archdiocese must submit clergy-abuse documents to police (www.theguardian.com)
In criminal investigation, New Orleans judge demands paper trail from archbishop Gregory Aymond all the way to the Vatican...
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice...
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
