Trump Hush Money Trial Live: The ex-president loses another bid to oust judge (www.reuters.com)
This is a live feed from the courthouse. As such the title may change from the original....
Workers at California cannabis-delivery service threaten ‘unprecedented’ strike (www.theguardian.com)
After Eaze workers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers, company cut pay and wouldn’t address it in negotiations...
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
Arizona's abortion ban is likely to cause a scramble for services in states where it's still legal (apnews.com)
Adrienne Mansanares expects a flurry of calls from patients in Arizona starting this week....
War with Hamas doubles Israel's debt raising in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
Israel raised 160 billion shekels ($43 billion) in debt in 2023 - half of it, 81 billion shekels, since the outbreak of the war in October, the ministry said in a report....
Arizona anti-abortion activists aren’t letting up after Supreme Court victory (www.nbcnews.com)
This article is absolutely infuriating. I’d like to say I’m surprised to see people with such vitriol, but this isn’t a surprise.
2 visitors captured on video destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead (www.cnn.com)
Semiautomatic firearm ban passes Colorado's House, heads to Senate (apnews.com)
Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year....
Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set (apnews.com)
A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” with her sentencing scheduled for Monday in a New Mexico state court....
Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas (apnews.com)
The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas....
Trump's history-making hush money trial starts Monday with jury selection (apnews.com)
In a singular moment for American history, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection....
FBI opens criminal probe into Maryland bridge collapse, Washington Post says (gazette.com)
The FBI has opened a federal criminal probe into the March 26 bridge collapse in Maryland, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
Tesla lays off 'more than 10%' of its global workforce (electrek.co)
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
HIV cure breakthrough as virus eliminated from cells in laboratory. (www.independent.co.uk)
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides (www.theguardian.com)
Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicide...
Texas poised to get America's first bullet train (www.newsweek.com)
President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains....
Chicago mass shooting leaves 8-year-old girl dead, 10 others injured (www.nbcnews.com)
Police say among the injured are a 1-year old and a 7-year-old who are in critical condition....
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state (www.npr.org)
Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too (www.bbc.com)
The country’s second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Murder of second world war veteran milkman in Florida solved after 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
US says it will defend Israel but would not be part of Iran attack response (www.usatoday.com)
Thousands of Palestinians attempt to return home to northern Gaza, but face Israeli fire | CNN (www.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14299625...
The Attacks on HBCUs Extend Beyond Tennessee (www.themarysue.com)
We know Republicans hate diversity. We see attacks on everything from voting rights to DEI initiatives to teaching accurate American history in schools. Education is, of course, a favorite target for the GOP. In the state of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee just dissolved the board at the state’s only HBCU, Tennessee State...
