Semiautomatic firearm ban passes Colorado's House, heads to Senate (apnews.com)
Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year....
Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set (apnews.com)
A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” with her sentencing scheduled for Monday in a New Mexico state court....
Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas (apnews.com)
The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas....
Trump's history-making hush money trial starts Monday with jury selection (apnews.com)
In a singular moment for American history, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection....
FBI opens criminal probe into Maryland bridge collapse, Washington Post says (gazette.com)
The FBI has opened a federal criminal probe into the March 26 bridge collapse in Maryland, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
Tesla lays off 'more than 10%' of its global workforce (electrek.co)
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
HIV cure breakthrough as virus eliminated from cells in laboratory. (www.independent.co.uk)
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
It's quite simple: We, the Iranians, despise Jews, and we will exterminate those Jews who hate us, even to our own harm
Jews = Done For...
New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides (www.theguardian.com)
Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicide...
Texas poised to get America's first bullet train (www.newsweek.com)
President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains....
Chicago mass shooting leaves 8-year-old girl dead, 10 others injured (www.nbcnews.com)
Police say among the injured are a 1-year old and a 7-year-old who are in critical condition....
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state (www.npr.org)
Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too (www.bbc.com)
The country’s second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Murder of second world war veteran milkman in Florida solved after 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
US says it will defend Israel but would not be part of Iran attack response (www.usatoday.com)
Thousands of Palestinians attempt to return home to northern Gaza, but face Israeli fire | CNN (www.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14299625...
The Attacks on HBCUs Extend Beyond Tennessee (www.themarysue.com)
We know Republicans hate diversity. We see attacks on everything from voting rights to DEI initiatives to teaching accurate American history in schools. Education is, of course, a favorite target for the GOP. In the state of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee just dissolved the board at the state’s only HBCU, Tennessee State...
Employee Quietly Sneaks His Own Painting Onto the Walls of a German Museum (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital (apnews.com)
Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated forgery, tampering with public records or information, falsifying physical evidence, and unsworn falsification, according to court records. He was arrested on March 29....
Man stabs 6 people to death in Sydney shopping center before being fatally shot by police. (www.npr.org)
US will not take part in any Israeli retaliatory action against Iran (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option that Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials....
Trump repeats attack on ex-lawyer on eve of trial despite gag order (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York....