Judge Orders Alec Baldwin to Face Trial for ‘Rust’ Shooting (www.thedailybeast.com)
Texas is letting a maternal-mortality skeptic investigate maternal mortality (www.motherjones.com)
Uvalde families sue makers of AR-15, 'Call of Duty,' Meta over mass shooting (abcnews.go.com)
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation (www.theguardian.com)
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever (www.rollingstone.com)
Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition (arstechnica.com)
What’s really happening in America’s economy (Trump and Biden spin aside) (www.cnn.com)
Man is fined after trying to 'body slam' killer whale (www.nbcnews.com)
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to “body slam” an orca swimming next to his boat, in what officials called “stupid” and “extremely irresponsible” behavior....
Ron DeSantis' new target in his 'war on woke'? Colors, apparently (www.msnbc.com)
As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to be illuminated in red, white and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day....
Man who police say was recorded attacking pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA is arrested on suspicion of felony assault (www.cnn.com)
Fani Willis Files Appeal Against Judge’s Dismissal of Six Counts In Trump Election Interference Case (atlantadailyworld.com)
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Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic (www.nytimes.com)
Deflation Never Happens, Except Right Now (nymag.com)
Kabosu dies: Shiba inu dog was meme and face of Dogecoin (www.bbc.com)
'Sedition Panda' convicted of assaulting officer on Jan. 6 after judge calls defense argument 'absurd' (www.nbcnews.com)
American couple doing missionary work killed by gangs in Haiti, wife is daughter of Missouri rep. (www.nbcnews.com)
US intelligence agencies' embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent (apnews.com)
Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence agencies....
Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers (apnews.com)
The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting injured....
Morgan Spurlock dead: Super Size Me director dies at 53 (www.bbc.com)
Colorado governor to sign bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies (apnews.com)
Hunter Biden is set to go on trial on June 3 on federal firearms charges (apnews.com)
Woman looks to sue after NJ casino refuses to pay disputed $1.27 million slot machine prize (www.usatoday.com)
Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 (www.nbcnews.com)
Top UN court demands Israel halt military operations in Rafah (thehill.com)
Israel must immediately halt its military operations in the area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the United Nations top court ruled on Friday....
NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season (www.noaa.gov)
NOAA is forecasting a range of 17 to 25 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, 8 to 13 are forecast to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 4 to 7 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). Forecasters have a 70% confidence in these ranges.
