CDC director says U.S. isn't yet near peak Covid or flu levels for the season (www.nbcnews.com)
White South Carolina couple ‘harassed Black neighbors with burning cross’ (www.theguardian.com)
Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state (apnews.com)
A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined that an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state....
NYC lawmakers ban solitary confinement in its jails (www.nbcnews.com)
New York City lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill to ban the practice of solitary confinement in its jails, a major victory for prisoner advocates that comes in the wake of increased scrutiny on inmate deaths....
Teenagers Found Guilty in Brutal Murder of Transgender Girl Brianna Ghey (www.advocate.com)
The teen girl was stabbed 28 times in a meticulously planned daytime attack.
Iranian IRGC Navy Organizes Ocean-Going Mobilization Forces (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
As Need Rises, Housing Aid Hits Lowest Level in Nearly 25 Years (www.nytimes.com)
Rents have surged and homelessness is at record heights, but fewer of the poorest tenants are getting housing assistance — in stark contrast to growth in other safety net programs....
Amarillo City Council says it needs more time to debate abortion travel ban (www.texastribune.org)
The Amarillo City Council prolonged its debate over a so-called abortion travel ban on Tuesday, spending more than two hours in front of a packed room reviewing draft rules that would attempt to block access to Colorado and New Mexico, two states where a Texas woman could legally obtain an abortion....
Anglers find 16-ton sea creature dead along NC’s Outer Banks, igniting investigation (www.newsobserver.com)
Ja Morant: The best top 10 Lesser-Known Facts about Ja Morant (lemmy.world)
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Billions are on the line for lenders as White House finalizes credit card late fee cap of $8 (www.cnbc.com)
FBI searches home after reported cross-burning as part of "criminal civil rights investigation" (www.cbsnews.com)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched a house in South Carolina as a part of an “ongoing criminal civil rights investigation involving allegations of racial discrimination” on Wednesday....
Passenger in wheelchair says he was left with septic injury after being removed from flight on food trolley (www.cbc.ca)
A passenger who landed at Vancouver International Airport says he almost lost his foot to a septic injury after he was left stranded on a British Airways flight for hours — and was only able to exit the plane after paramedics loaded him onto two airline food trolleys....
Drilling under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' town has been banned since 2010. It's coming back. (apnews.com)
Coterra Energy Inc. has won permission from state environmental regulators to drill 11 gas wells underneath Dimock Township, in the state’s northeastern corner — the sweet spot of the largest natural gas field in the United States, according to well permit records reviewed by The Associated Press. Billions of dollars worth...
Oklahoma judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent (apnews.com)
Glynn Simmons, 71, who was released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defense lawyers, was ruled innocent Tuesday....
AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children, a study shows (apnews.com)
Those same images have made it easier for AI systems to produce realistic and explicit imagery of fake children as well as transform social media photos of fully clothed real teens into nudes, much to the alarm of schools and law enforcement around the world....
No fire plans, keys left out and no clean laundry. Troubled South Carolina jail fails inspection (apnews.com)
How Do Animals Make Collective Decisions on Timing? (researchinenglish.com)
‘Never thought I’d be in this situation’: US readers on their housing realities (www.theguardian.com)
States are trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire (apnews.com)
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., many states like Ohio scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Supplies were so limited in 2020 that the state bought millions of medical gowns from a marketing and printing company and spent about $20 million to try to get personal protective equipment made...
Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years (www.cnn.com)
Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain falsely accused customers of crimes and unfairly targeted people of color....
Philadelphia's 6ABC helicopter crashes in South Jersey (www.cbsnews.com)
Hundreds of false bomb threats to Jewish institutions are believed to originate from outside the US, FBI says (www.cnn.com)
Hundreds of false bomb threats that were emailed over the weekend to Jewish facilities across the US are believed to be connected and originating from outside the country, according to the FBI....
Federal judge rules removal of a Confederate statue in Arlington Cemetery may proceed (www.cnn.com)
The removal of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia may proceed, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, after finding groups who tried to halt it failed to prove that keeping the monument was in the public’s best interest....
Trump claims he’s never read Mein Kampf as he repeats anti-immigrant rhetoric (www.independent.co.uk)
Donald Trump has now denied ever having read Adolf Hitler’s 1925 memoir-manifesto Mein Kampf as he faces a firestorm over his recent run of anti-immigrant comments, which have been likened to the Nazi leader’s infamous “blood and soil” rhetoric....
