Florida Woman Charged With Posing as Homeschooler to Prey on Boy (www.thedailybeast.com)
A Florida woman is facing felony charges for allegedly posing online as a homeschooler to sexually assault an underage boy....
On his deathbed, her father told her a secret: He’d spent his life as a fugitive for robbing a bank (www.cnn.com)
Mobile internet ban lifted in Manipur in most areas after 7 month (www.hindustantimes.com)
‘Right to speak’ is a lie
Alaska Airlines says it's buying Hawaiian Airlines in $1.9 billion deal (www.cnbc.com)
Israeli forces reported to be pushing into southern Gaza (www.bbc.com)
The BBC has also verified pictures on social media which shows an Israeli tank operating near the city....
The Pentagon says US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea. Houthis claim attacking 2 ships (apnews.com)
The attack potentially marked a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war as multiple vessels found themselves in the crosshairs of a single Houthi assault for the first time in the conflict....
One of the three Palestinian-American students shot in Vermont is paralyzed (www.theguardian.com)
Twenty-year-old Hisham Awartani paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet lodged in his spine, his family say...
Moscow police raid multiple LGBTQ+ clubs in wake of new Supreme Court ban — Meduza (meduza.io)
Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault (www.theguardian.com)
The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea (apnews.com)
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say (apnews.com)
Chinese borrowers default in record numbers as economic crisis deepens (www.ft.com)
"Defaults by Chinese borrowers have surged to a record high since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the depth of the country’s economic downturn and the obstacles to a full recovery,” the Financial Times reports.
Pending home sales drop to a record low, even worse than during the financial crisis (www.cnbc.com)
‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates (www.nytimes.com)
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds....
U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level (www.statnews.com)
S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic....
US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming gas by nearly 80% from fossil fuels (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars....
Protester sets self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta, suffers critical burns (www.pbs.org)
A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured....
Arizona port of entry to close due to huge numbers of asylum seekers, say officials (www.theguardian.com)
So many asylum seekers are crossing from Mexico into the United States around remote Lukeville, Arizona, that US officials say they will close the port of entry there so that the operations officials who watch over vehicle and pedestrian traffic going both ways can help border patrol agents detain and process the new arrivals....
Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes. One family is pushing for more protections (apnews.com)
A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey....
Two federal programs vital to national security may end unless Congress acts, DHS officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Georgia Man Who Threw Hot Grease at Popeyes Employee Sentenced to Prison (toofab.com)
Teen was 'body slammed' at Tennessee group home before her death, attorney says (www.nbcnews.com)
Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy (apnews.com)
As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed.