Wells Fargo District Manager arrested for Target shoplifting spree across at least three cities (alachuachronicle.com)
US Senate advances $95 bln Ukraine, Israel aid bill after failed border deal (www.reuters.com)
A $95.34 billion bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked compromise legislation that included a long-sought overhaul of immigration policy....
How Deregulation, Government Guarantees, and Greed Ruined Boeing (statecraft.beehiiv.com)
Dartmouth Players Are Employees Who Can Unionize, U.S. Official Says (www.nytimes.com)
New Study Finds Subsidizing Transit Actually Makes It More Efficient (usa.streetsblog.org)
Inside the underground compound in Khan Younis where Israel says hostages were held | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
‘Just horrific’: CNN producer describes being in room where hostages were held...
US conducts strike in Iraq on Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for attacks on US | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
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Iran backed hackers interrupt foreign media with AI deep fake propaganda. (www.theguardian.com)
Eyepopping Factory Construction Boom in the US: Chip Makers on Forefront, but CHIPS Act Funds Not Even Released Yet (wolfstreet.com)
Live audio of the US Supreme Court: oral arguments to decide if Trump is eligible to run for president (www.supremecourt.gov)
NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel (arstechnica.com)
NASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place. (mashable.com)
Authorities investigating online threats made to potential witness related to Trump classified docs case (abcnews.go.com)
A Mississippi poultry plant is being sued by a woman whose 16-year-old son died working there (apnews.com)
Why isn’t the Biden administration suing Texas for taking over the job of Border Patrol? (www.nbcnews.com)
The Biden administration has not sued. It did win a Supreme Court ruling that it could take down the razor wire that Texas has deployed in Shelby Park and elsewhere, which the administration said has led to drowning deaths among migrants. It has now cut razor wire in some sections of the border, but not in Shelby Park, which it...
No qualified immunity for Des Moines police officers sued in 2018 traffic stop, judge rules (www.desmoinesregister.com)
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Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel (apnews.com)
The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities said....
Chinese hackers spent 5 years waiting in U.S. infrastructure, ready to attack, agencies say (www.nbcnews.com)
The report is one of the first public indications that Chinese hackers have had years of access to U.S. infrastructure....
Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said....
World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit (www.bbc.com)
For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU’s climate service....
Silicon Valley county becomes first in U.S. to declare loneliness a health emergency (www.nbcnews.com)
A mountain of research has linked loneliness to an increased risk of dementia, depression, anxiety, heart disease, stroke and early death....
Ecuador officials name likely source of tainted cinnamon that poisoned U.S. children (apnews.com)
A listener's guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot (apnews.com)
There will be no cameras in the courtroom when the Supreme Court hears arguments over whether Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
U.S. renters are taking corporate landlords to court for collusion (www.cnbc.com)
Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians (theintercept.com)
