A bus has plunged off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. (npr.org)
Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told (www.npr.org)
Open flames shot upward from four smokestacks at the Chevron refinery on the western edge of Richmond, Calif. Soon, black smoke blanketed the sky....
Property owner stunned after $500,000 house built on wrong lot: ‘Are you kidding me?’ (www.fox19.com)
Oregon city can't limit church's homeless meal services, federal judge rules (apnews.com)
A federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can’t limit a local church’s homeless meal services....
Researchers analysed songs lyrics across several genres from 1980 to 2020, found that song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed (www.theguardian.com)
How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk (www.nytimes.com)
Justice Clarence Thomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most coveted positions in the legal world....
The federal government plans to kill half a million West Coast owls (www.latimes.com)
A federal government plan for hunters to kill thousands of invasive owls to protect the rapidly declining northern spotted owl has ruffled the feathers of dozens of animal advocacy groups....
Texas appeals court overturns voter fraud conviction for woman on probation (apnews.com)
Scotland was 'hoodwinked' by Donald Trump, says former aide (www.bbc.com)
Ohio high school English teacher, Jennifer Ruziscka, resigns after OnlyFans account discovered (nypost.com)
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 (apnews.com)
I may have to try to find a copy of Enemy Mine to watch in remembrance.
Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance (futurism.com)
Former gaming executive sentenced to death in poisoning of billionaire Netflix producer in China (www.cbsnews.com)
A former executive at Yoozoo Games was sentenced to death on Friday in the 2020 poisoning of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company, which has links to Game of Thrones and the new Netflix series, “The Three-Body Problem.”...
Jamaica pulls U.S. boys from troubled teen school after allegations they were abused (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/jamaica-troubled-teen-abuse-all…
In Arizona’s Most Populous County, There’s a New Sheriff in Town (www.democracydocket.com)
In November of 2023, Paul Penzone announced that he was stepping down as Maricopa County sheriff, which became effective in January of this year. (He took a job at Blue Cross Blue Shield.)...
400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. Some state lawmakers want to divert them to treatment instead. (coloradosun.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/400-people-with-mental-illness-…
Alabama Civil Rights Groups Scramble to Fight Back Against New Voting Law (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/alabama-law-absentee-voting-law…
Maryland to receive initial emergency relief funding of $60 million for Key Bridge collapse cleanup (www.cbsnews.com)
Maryland is receiving an initial funding of $60 million from the federal government as the state works to clear the debris remaining from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse....
Youngkin vetoes Virginia bills mandating minimum wage increase, establishing marijuana retail sales (apnews.com)
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail salesof marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase....
Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts (www.theguardian.com)
Republican senator, who flew to Mexico as Texas faced deadly cold snap, complains of ‘serious security threats’ to lawmakers...
Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions (apnews.com)
Sounds like Russia is getting desperate for armaments.
Revealed: Idaho professor behind extremist site that spread conspiracies (www.theguardian.com)
BSU’s Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked the university, LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enough...
Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2004, Donald Davis and fellow scientists at the University of Texas made an alarming discovery: 43 foods, mostly vegetables, showed a marked decrease in nutrients between the mid and late 20th century....
Baltimore mayor responds to racists who called him ‘DEI mayor’ (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Mayor Brandon Scott has come to expect overt and not-so-overt racism....
Georgia Republican official and outspoken election denier caught voting illegally 9 times (eu.usatoday.com)
Cross-post from slrpnk.net/post/8104275...
