California jogger charged over killing of homeless man blocking sidewalk (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, allegedly shot Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, in incident in Orange county...
Why Xi Jinping sounds friendlier to America (www.economist.com)
A tactical move to boost China’s economic and diplomatic interests...
Geert Wilders’ victory confirms upward trajectory of far right in Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States (www.nytimes.com)
The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation....
New Yorkers sure don't seem to trust or like Eric Adams (www.motherjones.com)
Amid sinking poll numbers, an overwhelming majority believe Eric Adams’ campaign committed wrongdoings in dealing with Turkey....
A chemical train derailed in Kentucky. As residents return home, questions remain (www.independent.co.uk)
After spending Thanksgiving camped out in a school hall, evacuated Livingston residents are now going home. But the cause of the train derailment remains a mystery. Amelia Neath reports...
Charleston Elected Its First Republican Mayor Since The 1870s This Week (www.huffpost.com)
The city of Charleston, South Carolina elected its first Republican mayor since the 1870s this week....
Hit by war, Israelis defer loan repayments in October - banks regulator (www.reuters.com)
Human Rights Watch Under Fire For Allegedly Accepting Millions In Qatar Funds (www.i24news.tv)
In 2020, the online news organization The Intercept revealed that HRW’s then-Executive Director, Ken Roth, accepted a $470,000 donation from a Saudi billionaire based on the condition that HRW would not use the money to protect the rights of the persecuted LGBTQ-plus community in the Middle East....
Alabama priest who fled to Italy with teen he later married is expected to be defrocked (www.nbcnews.com)
State records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the 18-year-old woman he fled to Italy with this summer, and an archbishop said Wednesday that he expects the Vatican to pursue the man’s official dismissal from the priesthood....
"Super pigs" — called the "most invasive animal on the planet" — threaten to invade northern U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)
An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion....
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. Whether they take effect is now up to the courts (apnews.com)
Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain....
Tens of thousands of protesters demanding a restoration of Nepal's monarchy clash with police (www.thestar.com)
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who attempted to march to the center of the capital on Thursday to demand the restoration of the monarchy and the nation’s former status as a Hindu state.
Nearly 40% of conventional baby food contains toxic pesticides, US study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Chinese refugee challenges Australian law that imposes a curfew and tracking bracelet (apnews.com)
Chinese hospitals ‘overwhelmed with sick children’ after surge in respiratory illness (www.nbcnews.com)
Hotel still 'hostile and unwelcoming' to Native Americans despite DOJ order: lawsuit (www.rawstory.com)
A South Dakota hotel at the heart of a Justice Department case that forced the owner to resign for discriminating against Native Americans is accused of going back to its old tricks in a new lawsuit, reported The Daily Beast."The Department of Justice reached an agreement with South Dakota’s Grand ...
Jobs, not jail: A judge was sick of sending kids to prison, so he found a better way (www.usatoday.com)
Superior Court Judge John Phillips remembers the day 23 years ago like it was yesterday....
Former state department official who made Islamophobic comments to vendor arrested for hate crime (www.theguardian.com)
The street vendor in Manhattan who was racially harangued about the Gaza conflict woke to huge lines of well-wishing customers on Wednesday as the the former state department official who was filmed berating him was arrested and charged with racial harassment and stalking as a hate crime....
Iceland braces for 'imminent' volcano eruption that could spew out molten lava with just '30 minutes warning' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Experts believe the volcano could be ready to erupt because, while there were thousands of tremors happening in the week before last, since midnight on Monday, only 165 have been recorded.
Exposing the far-right conspiracy theorists (www.rs21.org.uk)
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Jury convicts man of child stealing in rural Stillwater [Oklahoma] (www.1600kush.com)
(Stillwater, Okla.) — In a remarkably rapid verdict, a Payne County jury took only 35 minutes to convict a man, who considers himself a sovereign citizen and represented himself at his trial last week, of child stealing, possessing guns illegally, and obstructing an officer in rural Stillwater.
Nederland endurance rower tackles Pacific to save oceans from plastic (coloradosun.com)
2 million strokes and counting: Tez Steinberg pushed off from Hawaii this week and expects to spend 6 months rowing alone to Australia
South Korea court orders Japan to compensate 'comfort women', reverses earlier ruling (www.reuters.com)
SEOUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A South Korean appellate court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate a group of 16 women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, overturning a lower court ruling that dismissed the case and prompting a stern protest from Tokyo.
