Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza (apnews.com)
Engine Bursts Into Flames on Boeing Plane With 468 Aboard (www.thedailybeast.com)
A Boeing 747-400 with 468 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia on Wednesday after one of its engines caught fire and began shooting out flames during takeoff....
Magician David Copperfield Accused of Grooming, Groping, and Drugging Women (www.rollingstone.com)
Magician David Copperfield is facing allegations of drugging women before sexual encounters, groping women during live performances, and behaving inappropriately with women who were significantly younger than him — including under 18 — in a new investigative piece in The Guardian....
'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (www.commondreams.org)
A school banned all books with LGBTQ+ parents. Now people are fighting back. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor (www.nytimes.com)
Albuquerque Is Throwing Out the Belongings of Homeless People, Violating City Policy (www.propublica.org)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 (www.usatoday.com)
America's billionaires are really going to hate this new Senate bill (www.motherjones.com)
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
U.S. Navy Completes Gaza Aid Pier, Deliveries Imminent (Updated) (www.twz.com)
Aid for Gaza will soon flow from pier project just finished by US military, Pentagon says (apnews.com)
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the '90s, is closing (apnews.com)
Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction (www.lemonde.fr)
Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers (apnews.com)
The Justice Department announced Thursday multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program....
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group....
US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden (www.reuters.com)
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect civilians during its war with Hamas....
Texas attorney general probes connected-car companies’ data privacy practices (therecord.media)
At least four car companies’ data collection and sharing practices are under investigation by the Texas attorney general’s office for potentially violating state law on deceptive trade practices, according to documents obtained by Recorded Future News....
Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Spain has refused permission for a ship carrying arms to Israel to dock at a Spanish port, its foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, said on Thursday....
Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food and Rent (time.com)
It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in North Carolina (arstechnica.com)
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester (apnews.com)
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group....
ABC News: DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana (abcnews.go.com)
President Joe Biden, in a video posted Thursday on X, touted the proposal as “an important move toward reversing longstanding inequities.”...
