Toyota acknowledges more certification cheating and apologizes (www.ctvnews.ca)
Toyota reported Wednesday more cases of cheating on certification tests for new models required by the Japanese government, on top of those acknowledged earlier....
AIPAC Used Distorted Photo of Cori Bush in $7 Million Negative Ad Blitz (theintercept.com)
IN THE FIRST month of its spending in a Missouri congressional election, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee poured $3 million into the race to unseat Squad member Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo....
Gun reform advocates embrace a new tactic: running for office (www.theguardian.com)
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This company promised to improve health care in jails. Dozens of its patients have died. (www.texastribune.org)
In Los Angeles, Your Chic Vacation Rental May Be a Rent-Controlled Apartment. (www.propublica.org)
New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases. (www.propublica.org)
Conservatives push to declare fetuses as people, with far-reaching consequences. (stateline.org)
Heavy metal in most chocolates may not pose health risk, researchers say (www.reuters.com)
Concentrations of heavy metals found in single servings of some chocolates and cocoa-based products are too low in most cases to pose a health risk to consumers, research set to be published on Thursday in the journal Frontiers shows....
Washington, DC, sues StubHub, saying the resale platform inflates ticket prices with deceptive fees (apnews.com)
The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees....
Olympic triathletes swim in Seine River after days of concerns about water quality (apnews.com)
After days of water-quality concerns caused by heavy rains last week put the swimming portion of the Olympic triathlons in doubt, the women dove into the Seine River on Wednesday under gray skies that lingered following an early-morning drizzle, followed by the men a few hours later....
Boar's Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak (apnews.com)
The popular deli meat company Boar’s Head is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat products made at a Virginia plant as an investigation into a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning continues, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said Tuesday....
USDA moves to limit salmonella in raw poultry products (apnews.com)
The Agriculture Department on Monday announced plans to limit salmonella in poultry products in the U.S., a proposal that officials say will keep contaminated meat off store shelves and lead to fewer illnesses....
First interest rate cut in 4 years likely on the horizon as the Federal Reserve meets (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the end of their two-year fight against inflation in sight, Federal Reserve officials are likely Wednesday to set the stage for the first cut to their key interest rate in four years, a major shift in policy that could eventually lower borrowing costs for U.S. consumers and businesses....
Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States (www.democracynow.org)
Hamas and Iran say Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran. (forward.com)
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Here's how the GOP platform could lead to a nationwide abortion ban (www.motherjones.com)
Project 2025 to end policy work after Democratic attacks angered Trump (wapo.st)
Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran (www.cnbc.com)
9/11 terrorist begs judge to send him to France amid fears Trump will order execution (www.independent.co.uk)
9/11 terrorist begs judge to send him to France amid fears Trump will order execution (www.independent.co.uk)
Democrats demand employee protections after report reveals sexual misconduct in federal courts. (19thnews.org)
Seed wars: How UK trade deals threaten Global South farmers. (www.fairplanet.org)
More women are ending pregnancies on their own, a new study suggests. Some resort to unsafe methods (apnews.com)
A growing number of women said they’ve tried to end their pregnancies on their own by doing things like taking herbs, drinking alcohol or even hitting themselves in the belly, a new study suggests....
An ambiguous foreign policy on Gaza risks undermining NZ’s global reputation. (theconversation.com)
Some Ohio residents can now get $25,000 for injuries in $600 million train derailment settlement (apnews.com)
People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of the $600 million class-action settlement....
