Jezebel [women-focused news site] Is Dead. Long Live Jezebel (www.rollingstone.com)
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian students is a disaster for free speech (www.motherjones.com)
Deadliest year on record as Phoenix heat fatalities rise by 50% (www.theguardian.com)
FDA approves first vaccine for mosquito-born viral disease [chikungunya] (thehill.com)
America’s nurse staffing crisis has reached the breaking point (thehill.com)
How Russia is recruiting Wagner fighters to continue war in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Novo Nordisk says Wegovy heart benefits due to more than weight loss (www.reuters.com)
Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)
The head of an Israeli media watchdog says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened.
Democratic Staffers Told To Let Constant Calls For Cease-Fire ‘Go To Voicemail’ (www.huffpost.com)
Congressional staff say the mood inside the Capitol is tense, stifling and bewildering as members brush off their constituents’ outrage.
Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US military base (www.reuters.com)
As a veteran, it is frustrating to deal with the government to prove exposure to toxins....
Outrage grows after ‘chilling call for genocide’ by Florida Republican (www.theguardian.com)
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland (www.reuters.com)
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland (apnews.com)
Spain rolled out a new animal welfare law. It has many contradictions (www.euronews.com)
CDC reports salmonella outbreak linked to dry dog food (www.cnn.com)
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday of a salmonella outbreak in humans that’s linked to dry dog food....
New Speaker Mike Johnson grasps for a funding plan with a government shutdown rapidly approaching (apnews.com)
With just a week left to avert a government shutdown, new House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan — a task that looks increasingly difficult amid stubborn divisions in the party over federal spending....
Son Of top US Hollywood agent in custody after torso found in dumpster (www.theguardian.com)
The 35-year-old son of a Hollywood talent agent whose clients included Dolly Parton, George Clooney and a British prince, has been taken into custody in Los Angeles after a bloody torso authorities say probably belongs to his wife was discovered in a strip-mall dumpster....
Psychedelics can have enormous benefits but risks shouldn't be ignored (www.vox.com)
The term “psychedelic” was coined by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond: “To fathom Hell or go angelic / Just take a pinch of psychedelic.” But today’s public messaging around psychedelics has a dangerous tendency to gloss over the “fathoming hell” part, which has been euphemized into the language of a “bad” or...
Iceland declares state of emergency over escalating earthquakes, and volcano eruption fears (www.euronews.com)
Americans don't want to fight for their country anymore (www.newsweek.com)
El Niño could unleash several '10-year flood events' this winter in cities such as Seattle and San Diego (www.livescience.com)
The water [at Kealia Pond] has turned a shocking shade of magenta in this Hawaii refuge (www.cnn.com)
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Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet (wamu.org)
A U.S.-bound plane took off from London last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were completely missing, according to U.K. air accident investigators....
Andy Kim launches formal challenge to Menendez: ‘It’s about being a decent human being’ (thehill.com)
Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) officially launched his campaign to unseat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Friday at a packed brewery in South Jersey....
4-foot-7-inch Marine says peers in boot camp ‘kind of looked up to’ him (www.marinecorpstimes.com)
A 4-foot-7-inch man completed Marine boot camp in September, possibly making him the shortest U.S. service member ever....
