Target blamed theft and violence for 9 store closures. Crime is higher at locations it kept open nearby (www.cnbc.com)
Yes, a Lot of People Are Getting Sick Right Now (nymag.com)
Welcome to sick season....
A Train Took His Legs and Career. His Employers at the Railroad Put the Blame on Him. (www.propublica.org)
After brakeman Chris Cole lost both his legs on the job, railroad officials removed evidence before state regulators could see it, omitted key facts in reports and suspended him from a job he could never return to....
South dominates US population gains as deaths drop (apnews.com)
South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the U.S., as the South dominated population gains in 2023, and the U.S. growth rate ticked upward slightly from the depths of the pandemic due to a drop in deaths, according to estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau....
Clarence Thomas: The best Top 10 Lesser Known Facts about Clarence Thomas (top10foryou.tn)
In this article, we explore the top 10 lesser-known facts about Clarence Thomas, providing a deeper understanding of his background, beliefs, and impact. Clarence Thomas, the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, has left an indelible mark on the American legal landscape. Full article from Here:
Clarence Thomas: The best Top 10 Lesser Known Facts about Clarence Thomas (sh.itjust.works)
In this article, we explore the top 10 lesser-known facts about Clarence Thomas, providing a deeper understanding of his background, beliefs, and impact. Clarence Thomas, the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, has left an indelible mark on the American legal landscape. Full article from Here:
U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined (www.statnews.com)
American taxpayers footed the bill for at least $1.8 trillion in federal and state health care expenditures in 2022 — about 41% of the nearly $4.5 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. recorded last year, according to the annual report released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed (abcnews.go.com)
These kids want to go to school. The main obstacle? Paperwork (apnews.com)
After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. Tameka was deeply afraid of COVID-19 and skeptical the schools could keep her kids safe from what she called “the corona.” One morning, in a test run, she sent two kids to school....
Video shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby’s pleas for help in the Rio Grande (www.tpr.org)
Video shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby’s pleas for help in the Rio Grande
Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice (www.nbcnews.com)
A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice....
Unfazed by latest lawsuit, Giuliani re-ups fraud claims that cost him $148 million (www.politico.com)
“They are suing me in order to lie to them. I’m sorry, I can’t do it,” he said....
Trump is putting every racial, ethnic and religious minority at risk at a time of angry political polarization (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump’s extreme rhetoric reminiscent of Nazi propaganda and his penchant for siding with America’s adversaries and autocrats pose a unique challenge to his Republican opponents and, ultimately, US voters....
US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management plans for national forests and grasslands across the U.S. as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease....
Biden administration pleads with states after millions of kids lose Medicaid coverage (www.politico.com)
According to HHS, nine states are responsible for 60 percent of children’s coverage losses between March and September....
New York City Moves to Ban Solitary Confinement, Defying Mayor Adams (www.nytimes.com)
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Tesla removes Disney+ from vehicles amid Elon Musk's Twitter beef with Bob Iger (electrek.co)
Tesla has removed Disney+ from some of its vehicles amid Elon Musk having an online fight with Disney CEO Bob Iger. The fight started when Disney halted its advertising on X after Musk agreed with and amplified antisemitic content, for which he eventually apologized....
Utah Women Tried to Report Sexual Assaults to Police. They Say They Faced Delays and Language Barriers. (www.propublica.org)
Arredondo, who has worked with Latino victims of crimes since 2012, said this was the first time she’s involved a consulate in order to get a callback from the police....
Cold Case Killer - Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder? (theintercept.com)
As Siegler’s TV star has been rising over the last decade, a parallel reality has been playing out in Texas courts, where allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have tarnished Siegler’s reputation. Appellate litigation in murder cases handled by Siegler has exposed a history of withholding exculpatory evidence from defense...
About 3 million Americans are already "climate migrants," analysis finds. Here's where they left. (www.cbsnews.com)
Climate change is already forcing millions of people around the world to leave their homes to seek refuge from the rising seas, devastating droughts and the other effects of global warming. But that migration is also happening within the U.S. as extreme weather makes parts of the country virtually inhospitable, according to a...
Georgia's governor says the state will pay a $1,000 year-end bonus to public and school employees (apnews.com)
Georgia’s government will put a little extra jingle in the pockets of state, university and public school employees, paying them a $1,000 year-end bonus, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday....
An Oklahoma mom’s court challenge seeks to end charges for pregnant women who use medical marijuana (www.readfrontier.org)
The legal challenge involves the case of Brittany Gunsolus, 27, who used marijuana edibles and topical creams during her pregnancy with a recommendation from her doctor, according to the filing. Gunsolus gave birth to a healthy baby in Lawton in October 2020 who tested positive for marijuana. Child welfare workers closed an...
Elf Bar and other Chinese e-cigarette makers dodged U.S. customs and taxes by labeling them as ‘battery chargers,’ ‘flashlights’ and other items (fortune.com)
In only two years, a small, colorful vaping device called Elf Bar has become the most popular disposable e-cigarette in the world, generating billions in sales and quickly emerging as the overwhelming favorite of underage U.S. teens who vape....
FDA finds 'extremely high' lead levels in cinnamon at Ecuador plant that made tainted fruit pouches (apnews.com)
U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” levels of lead in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids....