Family shares 5 photos showing how daughter escaped sex trafficking (www.cbsnews.com)
Israeli Evidence of Hamas Command Center in al-Shifa Hospital Falls Short: Report (www.rollingstone.com)
A Washington Post investigation found no proof of a Hamas command center under al-Shifa Hospital following Israel’s attack on the medical complex.
Look closely, and you’ll find America’s ‘climate abandonment areas’ (www.theverge.com)
A YouTuber was accused of plagiarism. His apology highlighted a larger issue among creators. (www.nbcnews.com)
Video essayist James Somerton was among several people Harris Brewis, known as “hbomberguy” on YouTube, called out in a viral video.
DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban and restrictions, a judge says (apnews.com)
A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals even though there’s been no such documented cases....
Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M and independent monitor to resolve sex trafficking-related charge (apnews.com)
The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday....
For years, he couldn't donate at the blood center where he worked. Under new FDA rules, now he can (abcnews.go.com)
New federal guidelines that dropped an abstinence requirement before gay men in monogamous relationships can give blood are opening a new pool of potential donors...
Wayfair CEO: Employees need to work longer hours (www.cnn.com)
Wayfair’s CEO has an end-of-year message for employees of the online furniture company: Don’t shy away from doing more work and blending your work with your life....
Cancer patients face frightening delays in treatment approvals (www.cbsnews.com)
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St. Louis Police Crash Into LGBTQ Bar, Arrest Its Owner (www.riverfronttimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/st-louis-police-crash-into-lgbt…
Oregon Passed A Bill To Compensate The Wrongfully Convicted. Almost None Of Them Have Been Paid. (www.huffpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/oregon-wrongful-conviction-comp…
It’s Going to Be a Long Winter at New York City's Floyd Bennett Field for Migrants (www.curbed.com)
Residents of the 2,000-bed shelter, which opened in November to house migrant families after the Adams administration said hotels and shelter space had hit capacity, were bracing for more long nights. The complex, four massive tents divided into private pods where families sleep on cots, is heated and fortified with ballasts...
More patients are losing their doctors – and their trust in the primary care system (www.npr.org)
First, her favorite doctor in Providence, R.I. retired. Then her other doctor, at a health center a few miles away, left the practice. Now, Piedad Fred has developed a new chronic condition: distrust in the American medical system....
The last days of Little Eddie: life and death in a New Jersey prison (www.theguardian.com)
[Kory] McClary is a writer for the Prison Journalism Project (PJP), a non-profit news organization that provides incarcerated writers with tools and training. From a cell directly below the man’s cell, McClary overheard his decline over several weeks and described it in a harrowing article that was shared with MindSite News, a...
Gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic's worst mass shooting (apnews.com)
A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting....
Animal shelters overflow as Americans dump 'pandemic puppies' in droves. They're too broke to keep their dogs (fortune.com)
At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared (apnews.com)
Woman who said she was ‘too good looking’ to be arrested is jailed for murder (www.independent.co.uk)
Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books from classroom libraries (www.timesofisrael.com)
Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books’ removal....
Recalled applesauce pouches now linked to more than 200 lead poisoning cases in 33 states, CDC says (www.cbsnews.com)
Health authorities are now investigating at least 205 cases of lead poisonings across 33 different states linked to contaminated applesauce, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. That’s up from 125 cases in the agency’s last weekly tally....
U.S. to Clamp Down on Financial Firms That Help Russia Buy Military Supplies (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration is planning to crack down on banks and financial services firms that are helping Russia evade strict sanctions on access to military technology and equipment that are aiding its war against Ukraine, according to senior administration officials....
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Inside Mark Zuckerbergs top-secret Hawaii compond (www.wired.com)
At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared (abcnews.go.com)
Dukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider called for public hanging of Joe Biden (www.theguardian.com)
