Deaths and Injuries of the Israel/Palestine Conflict prior to the Oct 2023 war (lemmy.today)
SOURCE: https://advisorybriefs.com/ip
Democratic senator Bob Menendez facing additional charges following sweeping indictment (abcnews.go.com)
He’s been accused of violating a prohibition on members of Congress from acting as an agent of a foreign principal.
N.Y.U. Law Student Sends Anti-Israel Message and Loses a Job Offer (www.nytimes.com)
A law firm’s job offer to a New York University law student was rescinded on Tuesday for what the firm described as “inflammatory comments” about Hamas’s attack that killed at least 1,200 Israelis....
A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan (apnews.com)
The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has cancelled plans to retrieve more artifacts from the site because the leader of the upcoming expedition died in the Titan submersible implosion, according to documents filed in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday....
An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder (apnews.com)
Ricky Dority spends most of his days playing with his grandchildren, feeding chickens and working in the yard where he lives with his son’s family....
After troubled start, New York is shaking up its legal marijuana market with new competitors (apnews.com)
New York officials launched legal recreational marijuana sales by promising many of the first retail licenses to people with past drug convictions, hoping to give people harmed by the war on drugs a chance to succeed before competitors crowded in....
More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research....
Authorities arrest mother of 3 'Soldiers of Christ' charged for the abuse and murder of South Korean woman, marking seventh arrest in case | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Matt Gaetz got what he wanted. Now what? (www.bbc.com)
But his moment in the sun was short-lived, extinguished just two days later by his long-time political rival, Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, who filed a motion to remove Mr McCarthy from his post....
Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson (www.bbc.com)
Terrorism is a loaded word, which people use about an outfit they disapprove of morally. It’s simply not the BBC’s job to tell people who to support and who to condemn - who are the good guys and who are the bad guys....
Russian Olympic Committee immediately banned-IOC (www.reuters.com)
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended the Russian Olympic Committee for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine....
Syria says Israeli missiles hit Damascus, Aleppo airports (www.reuters.com)
Constable said a Phoenix man killed after an eviction had shot first. A new report shows that wasn't the case. (www.usatoday.com)
Screenshot of article for paywall troubles here - lemmy.world/…/532a1e99-a214-4068-bf8f-52ba4d84a49…...
Prisoners Say New Jersey’s Alternative To Solitary Confinement Is Pretty Much The Same (www.typeinvestigations.org)
New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help (apnews.com)
Texas prison guards put inmate into potentially permanent coma (www.hppr.org)
The violent incident saw seven guards fired, six resign, and the state said they used “excessive force.”...
Domestic Violence Murders in Texas Are Going Up (www.texasobserver.org)
The [Texas Council on Family Violence] tracked and analyzed hundreds of homicides from 2022 (PDF) and found it the second-highest number on record in the past 10 years, an 8 percent increase since 2021. The 216 victims included 179 women and 37 men, 17 people who were pregnant or had recently given birth, 19 teens and young...
Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process (apnews.com)
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law aimed at combating the ongoing homeless crisis....
'Addictive' social media feeds that keep children online targeted by New York lawmakers (apnews.com)
New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” feeds from accounts they don’t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday....
Winning $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot sold in California (www.nbcnews.com)
It’s the second-highest jackpot ever won in the multistate lottery game. The last time someone won a Powerball jackpot was in July....
Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam 'bullying tactics' (apnews.com)
Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon....
Four Palestinians killed in Israeli settler attack: ministry (www.france24.com)
At least four Palestinians were killed Wednesday as armed Israeli settlers attacked a town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
In Gaza, where nearly half of the population is under 18, a children's rights crisis is unfolding (www.insider.com)
White House walks back Biden comments that he had seen pictures of beheaded Israeli children (news.yahoo.com)
The White House was forced to walk back on president Joe Biden’s claim to have seen “confirmed pictures” of “terrorists beheading children” in Israel....
An Oklahoma judge could be removed from office for sending more than 500 texts during a murder trial (apnews.com)
The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended the removal of Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom in a court filing Tuesday following an investigation by the state’s Council on Judicial Complaints....
