18-year-old charged with violating mask law: ‘I didn’t even know it was a law. Nobody knew it was a law’. (www.wdbj7.com)
Bernie Sanders urges Dems to 'stop the bickering' and back Biden (www.cnbc.com)
Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country (www.propublica.org)
A network of ultrawealthy Christian donors is spending nearly $12 million to mobilize Republican-leaning voters and purge more than a million people from the rolls in key swing states, aiming to tilt the 2024 election in favor of former President Donald Trump....
Ukraine calls on International Criminal Court (ICC) to start investigation against Russia over this week's attack on children's hospital in Kyiv (fact-news.com.ua)
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Restrictions on Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram lifted (www.bbc.com)
Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November....
Columbia Law Professor Smeared by Israel Supporters Could Lose Her Job (theintercept.com)
The university recently deposed tenured law professor Katherine Franke as part of an investigation stemming from an interview she gave to “Democracy Now!” in January. During that interview, Franke was asked about allegations that two students who had previously served in the Israeli army had sprayed a chemical at their...
How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Bitter tensions as reporters feel misled by White House over Biden health (www.theguardian.com)
With Joe Biden’s candidacy teetering in the wake of last month’s alarming debate showing, journalists who had covered his presidency full-time for years suddenly asserted that it lacked that most basic political element: credibility....
A World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves (apnews.com)
A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday....
5 people escape hot, acidic pond after SUV drove into inactive geyser in Yellowstone National Park (apnews.com)
Five people were able to escape a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after the sport utility vehicle they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive geyser, park officials said Friday....
Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves (truthout.org)
Avengers Assemble! Heavyweight New Plan to Force Biden Out (www.thedailybeast.com)
A House Democrat says a heavyweight group of “super friends” is being assembled to head to the White House and tell Biden it’s time to go....
Lawyers for ‘Rust’ armourer move to get case dismissed after Baldwin trial collapses (www.independent.co.uk)
Biden’s Call With Hispanic Lawmakers Goes Off the Rails (www.notus.org)
White House Dings Tommy Tuberville for Boasting on Funding He Voted Against (www.thedailybeast.com)
Two Reporters Covering Education in the Midwest Followed the Money … to a School in New York (www.propublica.org)
Monthly US consumer prices post first drop in four years as inflation subsides (www.reuters.com)
'Microsoft killed my online life,' Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza (www.windowscentral.com)
A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.
Nike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen. (www.propublica.org)
Eight years ago, the world’s largest sports apparel brand made a bold commitment. Nike was embarking on what it called a moonshot: doubling its business while halving its impact on the warming planet....
Two Reporters Covering Education in the Midwest Followed the Money … to a School in New York (www.propublica.org)
Students from 13 states and Puerto Rico — including Michigan and Indiana in the Midwest — went to Shrub Oak this past school year. Families’ decisions to cross state borders for an education often come after they have struggled to find a place for their children. For journalists, this trend and its impact are not easy to...
NC wilderness camp challenges decision to revoke license after boy’s death (www.wbtv.com)
Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach (www.cnn.com)
AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cellular customers' calls and texts (www.nbcnews.com)
Hakeem Jeffries says he met with president; big Democratic donors reportedly freeze money in objection to Biden candidacy – live (www.theguardian.com)
The House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said he shared lawmakers’ “insight, heartfelt perspectives and conclusions about the path forward” in a private meeting with Joe Biden yesterday....
