Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
Teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was discovered says new employer fired her for violating social media policy (slatereport.com)
Sergeant faulted for actions before Maine mass shooting is running for sheriff (apnews.com)
A Maine sergeant who has been criticized by an investigatory panel for his handling of a report about a man who later carried out a mass shooting is running for sheriff, state records show....
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden’s administration....
West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/21905961...
Southern States Pushing Forward With Bills Ending Legal Recognition For Trans People (www.erininthemorning.com)
Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racist torture of 2 Black men (apnews.com)
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Tuesday to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing two Black men last year....
US warned Niger about ties to Russia, Iran before junta revoked accord, Pentagon says (www.reuters.com)
They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives. (archive.ph)
Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back...
8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death (newsroom.heart.org)
As a big fan of IF, I find this really depressing.
Foreign students attacked in India over Ramadan prayer at university hostel (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/21900068...
U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. (www.pbs.org)
TLDW: Members of the right who were previously ambivalent/disapproving are shifting towards hate/fear....
Chrysotile asbestos finally banned in the US after decades of EPA efforts (arstechnica.com)
3 separate shootings erupt within 1 hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida (abcnews.go.com)
Three separate, unrelated shootings erupted within an hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on Sunday night, leaving one person dead and several hurt, according to authorities....
Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Almost all countries failing to meet mark for PM2.5, tiny particles expelled by vehicles and industry that can cause health problems...
Revealed: documents shed light on shadowy US far-right fraternal order (www.theguardian.com)
New documents detail inner workings of Society for American Civic Renewal, group with an emphasis on Christian nationalism...
US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion (www.cnn.com)
Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022....
Kaylee Gain’s family says she still hasn’t regained consciousness after fight near St. Louis high school (www.cnn.com)
The family of Kaylee Gain, a Missouri girl who was critically injured during a fight 10 days ago near a St. Louis high school, said Monday she has suffered a fractured skull and hasn’t regained consciousness....
Chicago begins evicting migrants from shelters as residents decry a 'lack of respect' (www.yahoo.com)
Blinken says all of Gaza facing unprecedented food insecurity (www.timesofisrael.com)
“According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified,” Blinken told a press conference in the Philippines, where he is on an official visit.
6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced for torture of 2 Black men (apnews.com)
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday....
Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti's capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby (apnews.com)
Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa (www.bbc.com) Indonesian
Details are also released of President Biden's high-stakes call to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest (www.theatlantic.com)
The geneticist Jim Wilson, at the University of Edinburgh, was shocked by the frequency he found in the U.K. Biobank, an anonymized research database: One in 7,000 people, according to his unpublished analysis, was born to parents who were first-degree relatives—a brother and a sister or a parent and a child. “That’s way,...
Trump can't secure $454 million appeal bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say (ground.news)
