New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)
Ambridge man arrested with gun outside church and appeared 'ready for a standoff' (www.cbsnews.com)
Wealthy Family Wants to Reopen Major Industrial Polluter in Alabama Despite Mounting Debts and Proposed Regulation (www.propublica.org)
Hate Crime Charges in Stonewall Monument Flag Desecration (www.advocate.com)
Video surveillance footage showed three men attacking trans flags at the historic site during Pride month....
Maryland Parents Charged With Murder Over Death of Transgender Teenager (www.advocate.com)
Morgan Moore, who had diabetes and multiple sclerosis, died last year at 17, weighing only 79 pounds....
Video of police fatally shooting a pregnant Black woman set to be released, Ohio department says (apnews.com)
Authorities in Ohio say they will release body camera footage of a fatal police shooting of a pregnant Black woman.
Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics (www.npr.org)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia was recently sentenced to death for his tweets criticizing the country’s leadership to his handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family....
Alaska board of education votes to ban transgender girls from competing on high school girls teams (apnews.com)
The Alaska state board of education on Thursday voted to support banning transgender girls from competing on high school girls athletic teams, sending the issue to the attorney general....
Two plead guilty to threatening government officials over elections (www.nbcnews.com)
Two people pleaded guilty Thursday in separate cases that involved calling for the deaths of public officials on election days following the 2020 presidential contest, federal prosecutors said....
California elementary school evacuated over bomb threat after rightwing harassment (www.theguardian.com)
Chabot elementary in Oakland received racist and threatening emails, forcing 50 students and staff to vacate the premises
White man faces trial in US for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house (www.aljazeera.com)
Teenager Ralph Yarl was shot without warning through a door after going to the wrong house to collect his brothers.
A look inside Donald Trump's deposition: Defiance, deflection and the 'hottest brand in the world' (apnews.com)
Trump said he never felt his financial statements “would be taken very seriously,” and that people who did business with him were given ample warning not to trust them....
Three found dead at remote Rocky Mountain campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister says (apnews.com)
The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to survive off the grid....
Former Google recruiter shares 7 toxic phrases bosses use that are 'major red flags' (www.cnbc.com)
Move to texas and flip it blue that would be a hige fuck you to the gop (www.keranews.org)
Egypt / Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Construction Of Fourth Nuclear Plant At El-Dabaa (www.nucnet.org)
Russia is supplying four Generation III+ VVER-1200 pressurised water reactors for El-Dabaa, with the first unit expected to be online in 2026....
Fulton County judge gives green light for Trump Georgia 2020 election case to be televised (www.cnn.com)
The Fulton County, Georgia, judge overseeing the sprawling 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants says that all proceedings in his courtroom related to the case will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised....
Forever 21 data breach: hackers accessed info of 500,000 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Hyundai and LG will invest an additional $2B into making batteries at Georgia electric vehicle plant (apnews.com)
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said Thursday they will spend an additional $2 billion and hire an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that’s under construction in Georgia....
A judge has blocked, for now, a Texas law drag show performers fear will shut them down (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Texas law that drag show artists fear will be used to shut them down or put them in jail....
Marijuana could be classified as a lower-risk drug. Here’s what that means. (www.vox.com)
A potential policy change could have big benefits for marijuana businesses.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $15.5 Billion to Support a Strong and Just Transition to Electric Vehicles, Retooling Existing Plants, and Rehiring Existing Workers (www.energy.gov)
Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment (variety.com)
Score one for Pornhub: A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures — and add prominent warning labels about the alleged dangers of porn — violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition against free-speech restrictions....
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pursued perks beyond impeachment allegations, ex-staffers say (apnews.com)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Unexplained Caribbean and European trips that cost taxpayers more than $90,000. A $600 sports coat paid for by an event organizer. A $45 office Christmas cake taken as his own....
US: Lawmaker introduces bill to rein in Saudi water usage in Arizona (www.middleeasteye.net)
A US lawmaker from the state of Arizona has introduced legislation in Congress that would impose a 300 percent tax on the sale of water-intensive crops grown by foreign companies in the state, in a bid to curb the extensive use of water in the drought-stricken state.
