Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Inside the Historic Suit That the Gun Industry and Republicans Are on the Verge of Killing (www.propublica.org)
Kansas Is About to Pass the Most Extreme Age Verification Law Yet (www.404media.co)
An age verification bill in Kansas that is the most extreme in the country has passed both House and Senate and is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill will make sites with more than 25 percent adult content liable to heavy fines if they don’t verify that visitors are over the age of 18. It also calls being gay...
Media blackout of “suicide” of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett continues as company CEO David Calhoun steps down (www.wsws.org)
Utah basketball team’s experience in Coeur d’Alene shows history of racism still ‘very much alive’ in North Idaho (www.spokesman.com)
The Utah team was staying at the Coeur d’Alene Resort after it was selected to play in the NCAA Tournament hosted by Gonzaga University. As team members walked from the hotel to a downtown restaurant, they were followed by a driver in a truck who was shouting racial slurs at them....
Funding Bill - US Threatens Palestinian Authority to Cut Funding Over ICC Investigation Support (www.palestinechronicle.com)
The $1.2 trillion funding bill approved by the US Congress on Saturday which halts funding to the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) until 2025, also threatens to limit funding to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it initiates an investigation against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) or obtains full state...
Trump ramps up attacks on judge in hush money case following gag order (www.nbcnews.com)
Government of Ontario faces a class action lawsuit for scrapped UBI program. (www.cbc.ca)
‘Black box’ data recorder recovered from ship that struck Baltimore bridge as recovery efforts continue (www.cnn.com)
Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fuelling surge in violence (www.bbc.co.uk)
“All the guns here are from the US, everybody knows it. If the US wants to stop this, they could easily do it one month!” He pleads: “We are asking the US to give us a chance to live, just give us a chance.”...
3 Maryland middle schoolers charged with hate crimes after displaying swastikas, officials say (apnews.com)
Officials with the Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office said the harassment began in December and the students refused to stop despite repeated requests. The victim ultimately reported the behavior to Maryland State Police, which investigated and filed charges against the students....
Israeli strikes on Rafah raise fear assault could begin (www.reuters.com)
Israel bombed at least three homes in Rafah overnight, raising new fear among the more than a million people sheltering in the last refuge on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip that a long-threatened ground assault could be coming....
Ingenious "Fish Doorbell" Helps Fish Migration In The Netherlands (www.dogonews.com)
Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country (www.theguardian.com)
People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse (www.npr.org)
People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)....
Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Archive (including paywall bypass): archive.today/OJqyt...
After a handcuffed ride in the back of a police van, a man was left paralyzed and needed his legs amputated, lawsuit alleges (edition.cnn.com)
Cuffed in the back of a van with no seatbelts. You can get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt in your car.
Why Is the DOJ Prosecuting a Journalist While Pretending Otherwise? (slate.com)
When President Joe Biden said “journalism is not a crime” last April, federal prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, apparently took that as a challenge. Not a crime yet....
Fremont, Nebraska - The town that can't live without migrants, but isn't sure it wants to live with them (www.nbcnews.com)
Fremont, Nebraska, population 27,000, has three massive meat-processing plants. As young locals leave in search of better jobs, Central American migrants have been taking their places in the slaughterhouses, especially after Costco opened a huge rotisserie chicken facility in 2019....
Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case (www.vox.com)
The lawsuit challenging mifepristone should have never been heard by any court....
Revealed: San Jose CA is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detect…
‘Yo Soy la Mamá’: A Migrant Mother’s Struggle to Get Back Her Son (www.nytimes.com)
Under an interstate compact, Massachusetts formally asked Florida to approve the relocation. Florida said no. Though a caseworker found Olga to have a clean record, a proper home and sufficient income, she denied the move because Olga was not a legal U.S. resident....
Democrat who made reproductive rights a campaign focus will win Alabama special election (www.cnn.com)
Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a central part of her campaign, will win a special election Tuesday for an Alabama state House seat, CNN projects....
Oklahoma official facing recall over white nationalist ties defends marching in Charlottesville (www.nbcnews.com)
Judd Blevins, who is fighting to keep his seat on the Enid, Oklahoma, City Council, said he was motivated by “the same issues that got Donald Trump elected."...