Education Department will use ‘secret shoppers’ to detect student loan servicer errors (www.cnn.com)
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US military aircraft crashes in training accident in eastern Mediterranean Sea (www.cnn.com)
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Families demand answers after two men with autism died in Arlington homes run by the same company (www.wfaa.com)
Joshua and Conner lived seven miles from each other in homes operated by the same company, EduCare Community Living Corp. – part of a network of homes in the U.S.
Group home worker indicted for assault special needs person, court docs say (www.fox19.com)
BATAVIA, Ohio (WXIX) - A worker at a group home in Clermont County was indicted on assault charges, court docs say....
Former Sen. Martha McSally Speaks Out About Stranger Groping Her During a Jog: 'You Picked the Wrong Target' (people.com)
A 25-year-old suspect is in custody on a sexual abuse charge after allegedly following and assaulting the former Arizona senator while she was running on Wednesday
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years, report says (abc7.com)
Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later? (www.npr.org)
CDC reports highest childhood vaccine exemption rate ever in the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Forty states saw rises in parents citing religious or other personal concerns for not vaccinating their young children....
Moody's lowers US credit outlook, though keeps triple-A rating (apnews.com)
The credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook on the U.S. government’s debt on Friday to “negative” from “stable,” citing the cost of rising interest rates and political polarization in Congress....
Brazen ransomware attack on US unit of Chinese banking giant has financial sector on alert (www.cnn.com)
A ransomware attack on a US unit of the powerful Industrial and Commercial Bank of China that may have contributed to a brief market sell-off on Thursday was a significant escalation for cybercriminals that underscored how big hacks can disrupt business for even the best-resourced companies, experts told CNN....
Louisiana must draw new congressional map by mid-January for 2024 elections (www.theguardian.com)
The Louisiana state legislature has until the middle of January to enact a new congressional map after a federal court ruled that the state’s current map illegally disfranchises Black voters....
3 dead, including SWAT officer, following hostage incident in Austin: Police (abcnews.go.com)
Three people are dead after a hostage situation unfolded in Austin, Texas, early Saturday, including a responding SWAT officer who was shot and killed in a shootout with the suspect, police said....
IDF says it will help evacuate babies from Shifa Hospital tomorrow, Hamas losing control of north Gaza (www.msn.com)
Mexico's Acapulco hit by garbage pile-up after deadly hurricane (www.reuters.com)
‘Started seeing body parts': Day laborers say Tarzana murder suspect hired them to move human remains (www.nbclosangeles.com)
A group of day laborers said they were paid $500 to help move trash bags containing body parts out of a Tarzana home at the center of a murder investigation. The workers said they tried to report what they saw to police, but were turned away from two separate law enforcement stations.
Danica Roem breaks through in Virginia Senate by focusing on road rage and not only anti-trans hate (apnews.com)
“Picture it,” Roem, now a groundbreaking politician who also was a journalist back then, wrote later about that time: “a five-foot- eleven, long-haired brunette metal-head trans lady reporter wearing a rainbow bandana, an A-line skirt, and a black hoodie … screaming obscenities behind the wheel of her four-door ’92...
City Ordinance Banning Public Homosexuality Reaches Rutherford County Libraries (www.erininthemorning.com)
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a new city ordinance targeting public homosexuality is hitting libraries. "When in History have the ones banning books been the good guys," says local activist.
Report: 7 October testimonies strike major blow to Israeli narrative (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Disclaimer: This is very biased source. **However, ** the quoted Israeli sources indicate a number of Israeli civilians were killed in a panicked response by the IDF on October 7th.
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist (www.404media.co)
The 'Brand Safety' and 'Suitability' industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its 'sentiment analysis' algorithms think will make people sad or upset.
Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack (www.washingtonpost.com)
Trump backs requests for TV coverage of his federal criminal trial (www.reuters.com)
In the late Friday filing, Trump argued that prosecutors want the trial held “in darkness” as part of what he claims is a politically motivated effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to undermine his bid for re-election next year....
SpaceX worker injuries rise as Elon Musk accelerates Mars mission, report says (www.cnbc.com)
SpaceX employees have put their lives on the line to meet the aggressive pace of work that Chief Executive Elon Musk has demanded in pursuit of a Mars mission, according to a Reuters investigation....
Tennessee man admits to conspiring with Jan. 6 defendant to kill FBI agents (www.nbcnews.com)
