Trans man forced to undergo prison genital exams wins $275,000 settlement (www.rawstory.com)
Sir Ian McKellen Set to Make 'Full Recovery' After Falling Off London Stage (www.rollingstone.com)
Dem Powerbroker [and brother of US Rep] Smirks as He Crashes AG’s Presser Announcing His Indictment (www.thedailybeast.com)
"He couldn't even remember me": Trump has "severe memory issues," says author who interviewed him (www.salon.com)
When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead (www.propublica.org)
80% of Americans say grocery costs have notably increased since the pandemic started, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains (apnews.com)
US aircraft carrier captain playfully counters Houthi's false online claims of hitting his ship (apnews.com)
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" (www.cbsnews.com)
Israeli Protesters Mass in Jerusalem to Call for Elections (www.nytimes.com)
The protesters demanded an end to the war and the release of hostages from Gaza, and also called for elections that many hoped would oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Who tried to steal Graceland? (www.nbcnews.com)
The search for the mysterious company behind a scheme to steal Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate ended last week, not in Nigeria–where initial clues seemed to lead–but at the front door of “a grandmother in Branson, Missouri, a con woman with a decades long rap sheet of romance scams, forged checks and bank fraud totaling...
U.S. Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint in California during Biden trip (www.cbsnews.com)
'Mysterious' monolith similar to column seen in 2020 appears in Las Vegas desert: Police (abcnews.go.com)
Sir Ian McKellen falls off stage during performance (www.bbc.com)
That is a hell of a fall for an 85 year old…
Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’ (www.nytimes.com)
Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on Monday to file a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke as “major disasters,” like floods and tornadoes.The petition is a major push to get the federal government to help states and local...
Megachurch pastor and former Trump spiritual adviser admits sexual abuse (www.theguardian.com)
Biden Campaign Ad Calls Attention to Trump’s Felon Status (www.nytimes.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/himMZ
Russia continues the abduction of Ukrainian children at the legislative level, denies legal guardians of forcibly deported and adopted Ukrainian children (essanews.com)
Archived link...
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Follow Up to Lakota Language Consortioum Story (www.npr.org)
So yesterday I shared a news article about a dispute of materials and distribution of the Lakota Language Consortium. I thought it was a recent article, but in fact it was almost two years old, so it was (understandably) removed....
Trump Targets J.B. Pritzker: ‘Presided Over The Destruction And Disintegration Of Illinois’ (www.offthepress.com)
On Sunday, former President Trump targeted Illinois Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker, who has been considered a rising star in the Democratic Party but who has presided over the state while natives flee. Pritzker was inaugurated as governor of the state in January 2019; between July 2021 and July 2022, over 142,000 people left...
It's Time to Start Using the Term 'Palestinian Civilian' Correctly (www.newsweek.com)
How our brain tries to beat the heat — and why heatstroke is dangerous | Not only does heatstroke have a relatively high mortality rate, but those who recover still may face future health problems (www.washingtonpost.com)
US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms (www.theguardian.com)
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code (www.propublica.org)
Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....
