Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)
Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested
6 Massachusetts teens charged in racial bullying incident with mock slave auction on Snapchat (www.nbcnews.com)
The chat was allegedly created by a group of 8th-grade students and involved some of the juveniles expressing “hateful and racist comments" and a mock slave auction....
Dauphin County cut power to men in jail’s ‘hole’ for 2 weeks: ‘Darkness creates depression’ (www.pennlive.com)
Archived at lemmy.world/…/21b2c789-5b37-443e-9263-4fc32c03b7a…
Abused by the Badge: Hundreds of law enforcement officers have been accused of sexually abusing children over the past two decades, a Washington Post investigation found (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/new-orleans-police-child-sexual…
Biden administration discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process possible influx of Haitian migrants (www.cnn.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240315114822/…/index.html...
Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky (www.lpm.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/heres-how-a-new-federal-prison-…
States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat (www.wired.com)
Around 46 million Americans live in states that have introduced bills to ban cultivated meat, the latest escalation in a surprising culture war....
Man who was almost sucked off plane among group suing Alaska and Boeing (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer...
Missouri law bars divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence (www.theguardian.com)
The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention...
Sandy Hook Lawyer To Aaron Rodgers: 'Could You Please Shut The F**k Up?' (www.huffpost.com)
Attorney Mark Bankston, who has represented Sandy Hook families, didn’t mince words when discussing Rodgers’ alleged false and conspiratorial beliefs....
Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of manslaughter weeks after mother’s conviction (www.cnn.com)
James Crumbley, the father of the teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a trial that comes a month after the shooter’s mother was convicted of the same charges....
Labour economists see rising recession danger in the US (www.telegraph.co.uk)
'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death (abcnews4.com)
It wasn't just the goblins — is J.K. Rowling doing Holocaust denial now? (forward.com)
The most famous forms of Holocaust denial and revisionism tend to focus on Jews, casting doubt, for example, on how many were exterminated in the camps. But denying the impact the Nazis had on the other groups they targeted, including queer and trans people, disabled people and Romani people, is still Holocaust denial. Maybe...
Elon Musk smears Haitian migrants with 'cannibal' claims amid crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
As Haiti faces an extreme political and societal crisis amid a wave of intense violence, tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing pundits online are weaponizing unverified claims of cannibalism coming out of the conflict to advance a political agenda on immigration....
Australia reinstates funding to UNRWA to provide aid in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Australia is reinstating funding to a key UN aid agency amid concerns about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while calling on Israel to allow lifesaving supplies into the territory “now”....
The Gaza conflict’s forgotten shipping crew held hostage in the Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A Houthi-owned helicopter hijacked the Galaxy Leader cargo ship on November 19 in the Red Sea, as rebel gunmen laid siege to the vessel and took the ship’s crew of 17 Filipinos, two Bulgarians, three Ukrainians, two Mexicans and a Romanian hostage....
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more (apnews.com)
Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour....
Israel again massacres Palestinian civilians who had gathered to obtain humanitarian aid in Gaza (euromedmonitor.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/17439722...
Michigan Arab and Muslim leaders fuming after second Biden visit this year with no meeting (www.nbcnews.com)
SEC charges 17 individuals for alleged $300M Ponzi scheme targeting Latino community (thehill.com)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 17 people for their alleged roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, on Thursday....
Judge denies Trump’s request to throw out classified documents case (www.theguardian.com)
Aileen Cannon indicates that argument from ex-president’s attorneys that law is too vague is question for jury at trial...
Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (www.theguardian.com)
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal Parts (www.yahoo.com)
More than 4,000 plastic chemicals are hazardous, report finds (www.nature.com)
The report was released on 14 March, in time for the next round of negotiations for a United Nations treaty on global plastic pollution. Scientists have been campaigning for the treaty, which deals with all aspects of plastic production and waste management, to include a list of plastic polymers and chemicals of concern — some...
