Defeated CEOs are now conceding hybrid working is here to stay (fortune.com)
Maine lawmakers face down death threats & advance bill protecting gender-affirming care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Fox News now accusing Scrabble of being too “woke” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
New [Kansas] bill would censor all LGBTQ+ websites for as “harmful” to minors (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Fox News, Newsmax Sued for Falsely Linking Man to Neo-Nazi Killer (www.thedailybeast.com)
College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down. (www.vox.com)
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a Major US Spy Program (www.wired.com)
After months of delays, false starts, and interventions by lawmakers working to preserve and expand the US intelligence community’s spy powers, the House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years....
French woman found dead in Italian church was searching for ghosts in possible Tik Tok stunt, police say (www.cnn.com)
Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants (arstechnica.com)
The motive for the alleged data manipulation is unknown....
Nearly 40% of renters worry they’ll never be able to buy home: Survey (thehill.com)
The Fed may have no choice but to tip the US into recession, economist says (www.businessinsider.com)
Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers (www.bbc.com)
The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Dow tanks 500 points in biggest sell-off of 2024 as JPMorgan slides and inflation fears flare up (www.cnbc.com)
20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court (apnews.com)
Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world....
More young people choosing permanent sterilization after abortion restrictions, new research shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Want to visit Brazil? From next year, US travelers will need to share their bank statements first (www.cnn.com)
2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves....
Sketchy Botox shots spark multistate outbreak of botulism-like condition (arstechnica.com)
So far at least six people in two states have fallen ill; four of them were hospitalized....
Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checks (arstechnica.com)
No coherent strategy. X circles the drain. You gotta love it. Oh, Lonnie…
Az's pre-statehood laws banning abortion also made gay sex punishable by up to life in prison (www.tucsonsentinel.com)
US Consumer Sentiment Dips More Than Expected as Stubborn Inflation Takes a Toll (www.inc.com)
The Chief Prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, Is Accused of Misconduct for Making Contradictory Allegations (www.propublica.org)
A new motion has accused the elected prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, of misconduct, alleging she presented contradictory versions of the truth against two men in connection with a shooting that occurred more than 20 years ago....
Who are the swing voters in America? | The Economist (www.economist.com)
The two percentage points of vote share that Mr Trump has gained since 2020 come from three sources. The largest group is people who supported Mr Biden last time, but are now undecided, backing minor candidates or not planning to vote, who outnumber those making the same shift from Mr Trump’s camp. These voters account for 0.9...
Israel counting half-full trucks of aid in 'boost' to Gaza (today.lorientlejour.com)
The UN is disputing Israeli figures regarding aid truck deliveries into the besieged Gaza Strip, saying the trucks Israel is including in its tally are only half full, as per Israeli delivery regulations....
Google Delisted Thousands of ‘Music Piracy’ Domains in Response to UK Blocking Orders * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
