White House says attack at Rafah camp did not cross Biden’s red line over supporting Israel (www.cnn.com)
US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike in Rafah (apnews.com)
Human Rights Watch Co-Founder Says Israel Is 'Engaged In Genocide' Of Palestinians (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
1 million customers are without power in Texas as Dallas and Houston get slammed with destructive storms | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
More than a million customers in Texas were without power Tuesday as powerful storms delivered another round of violent weather to the state still reeling from an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and deadly storms in recent weeks....
Appeals court upholds retired NYPD officer's 10-year prison sentence for Capitol riot attack (apnews.com)
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a retired New York Police Department officer’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol....
Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Three people shot to death in tiny South Dakota town; former mayor charged (apnews.com)
Three people were shot to death in a small South Dakota town, and a former law officer who once served as the town’s mayor is charged in the killings....
Man convicted of Chicago murder based on blind witness' testimony sues city, police (apnews.com)
A Chicago man convicted of murder based in part on testimony from a legally blind eyewitness is suing the city and the police department....
US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas (apnews.com)
The U.S.-built temporary pier taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired after getting damaged in rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said Tuesday....
Louisiana authorities search for 2 escaped jail inmates (apnews.com)
Four inmates escaped a south Louisiana jail over the weekend and two were still missing Tuesday, authorities said....
Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in what Israel has designated a civilian evacuation zone....
Lawyers to plastics makers: prepare for ‘astronomical’ PFAS lawsuits (www.nytimes.com)
At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos litigation, audio from the event revealed....
EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges...
In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000 [Hannah Bowlus | May 28 2024 | In These Times] (inthesetimes.com)
The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.
Fears rise of another landslide and spread of disease in Papua New Guinea (www.npr.org)
The U.N. agency has officials at the scene in Enga province helping shelter 1,600 displaced people. The agency estimates 670 villagers died, while Papua New Guinea’s government has told the United Nations it thinks more than 2,000 people were buried. Five bodies had been retrieved from the rubble by Monday....
Judge denies special counsel request to bar Trump from statements on law enforcement (abcnews.go.com)
Says it all
Wisconsin judge to hear union lawsuit against collective bargaining restrictions (apnews.com)
A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights is back in court on Tuesday, facing a new challenge from teachers and public workers brought after the state’s Supreme Court flipped to liberal control....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”...
Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur during a meeting with bishops | CNN (www.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/33205775...
Rhode Island's Authoritarian Government Has Banned All 30 Kei Trucks In The State (golf carts are OK to drive on the street though) (jalopnik.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal (www.cnbc.com)
Group Files New ICC Complaint Over Journalists Killed by Israel in Gaza [Brett Wilkins | May 27, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
Reporters Without Borders says it has “reasonable grounds for thinking that some of these journalists were deliberately killed and that the others were the victims of deliberate IDF attacks against civilians.”
'US-Backed Massacre' at Rafah Camp Intensifies Fury Over IDF's Gaza Assault [Julia Conley | May 27, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
“We will never forget the images emerging from Rafah tonight. Human beings, including babies, were burned alive and torn apart. This genocide must end, it must end now,” said one group.
Police Make First Arrest for Assault on Pro-Palestine Protesters at UCLA [Edward Carver | May 24, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
The arrest followed a CNN investigation that documented the hourslong attack and identified key perpetrators from the pro-Israel mob.
