Tropical parasite gains a foothold in the US, especially in Texas (www.livescience.com)
Canada Will Legalize Medically Assisted Dying For People Addicted to Drugs (www.vice.com)
We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices (www.cbc.ca)
When you need to drop off your tech devices for a repair, how confident are you that they won’t be snooped on?...
When a Fire Struck a Texas Prison; One person’s inside account of the blaze and its aftermath at the Huntsville Unit (prisonjournalismproject.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/what-its-like-experience-fire-t…
An Egregious NYPD Cover-up Poses a Moral Test for Eric Adams (nymag.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/an-egregious-nypd-cover-up-pose…
Battle against hate: Violence, bigotry toward Palestinian Americans spiking across US (www.usatoday.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/71211197007/
Domestic violence calls about ‘reproductive coercion’ doubled after the overturn of Roe (19thnews.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/domestic-violence-calls-reprodu…
He was beaten to death in Men’s Central Jail. It took staff nearly 4 hours to notice (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/los-angeles-mens-central-jail-h…
State Department official resigns over Biden administration's handling of Israel-Hamas conflict | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Josh Paul, who said he has worked in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for more than 11 years, said in his LinkedIn post that he resigned “due to a policy disagreement concerning our continued lethal assistance to Israel.”...
Maryland authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Judge Andrew Wilkinson was killed in an apparent shooting in the northern Maryland city of Hagerstown, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said....
Florida man found guilty of murdering wife after she refused to go on home renovation TV show (www.nbcnews.com)
A jury convicted a Florida man of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2018 strangling and beating death of his wife after she refused to appear on a home renovation reality TV show, prosecutors said....
State Department issues 'worldwide caution' alert amid Israel-Hamas war (abcnews.go.com)
U.S. citizens traveling abroad are urged to “exercise increased caution” in light of the heightened global tensions spurred by Hamas’ terror attack on Israel and the unfolding Israel-Hamas war, the State Department said in a new advisory on Thursday....
300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum (apnews.com)
After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday....
Home sales fell again in September as surging mortgage rates, rising prices discouraged homebuyers (apnews.com)
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes in September fell for the fourth month in a row, grinding to their slowest pace in more than a decade as prospective homebuyers grapple with surging mortgage rates and a near historic-low level of properties on the market.
Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military, officials tell AP (apnews.com)
An Army private who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States last month has been detained by the U.S. military, two officials said Thursday night, and is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.
Major Republican Donor Who Called Barack Obama the N-Word Dies After Attempting to Kill His Wife In Murder-Suicide Gone Awry (atlantablackstar.com)
A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.
Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Of the more than 6,000 Indigenous languages recognized globally, nearly half of them are at risk of disappearing.
Sleeping less than five hours a night can raise depression risk, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Consistently short sleep duration more likely to precede symptoms than inverse, genetic data reveal
FCC moves forward with its plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections (www.engadget.com)
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward with a plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. The rules could be re-established as soon as next spring, but the FCC's effort could face legal challenges.
U.S. charges poaching ring allegedly involved in massive Utah dinosaur bone heist (www.nationalgeographic.com)
Federal prosecutors today announced charges against four people allegedly involved in a massive dinosaur bone smuggling scheme. Thousands of pounds of dinosaurs and other fossils were secretly excavated from government lands in Utah, according to court documents. Some were sold at gem shows, and others were shipped to China...
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Biden makes prime-time case for US assistance to Israel and Ukraine, links Putin and Hamas (abcnews.go.com)
Speaking from the Oval Office starting at 8 p.m. ET, Biden made the case to Americans that it’s vital to both global and U.S. national security to assist Israel as it responds to terror attacks by Hamas as well as to continue help for Ukraine as it fends off Russian invaders....