Why Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment (apnews.com)
Manosphere grifters misuse evolutionary psychology to promote anti-feminist views (boingboing.net)
New research in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences, from University of Kent researchers Louis Bachaud and Sarah Johns, explores how members of various manosphere communities (think Andrew Tate and his ilk) misuse research and concepts from evolutionary psychology to bolster their own misogynistic views.
Woman punches Husband to death for not taking her to Dubai on Birthday (www.ndtv.com)
Canada PM Trudeau says his main rival abandoning Ukraine due to Trump influence (www.reuters.com)
In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, all 109 Conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons opposed updated legislation for the free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine, which received the unanimous support of all the other parties....
Russia launches biggest drone attack against Kyiv since start of war, Ukrainian officials say (www.cnn.com)
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia on Saturday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its invasion, according to local officials.
Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help. (abcnews.go.com)
The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests....
Some migrants are swapping their American dream for a Mexican one (www.reuters.com)
Kenya’s Ogiek people fight on against eviction from Mau Forest (www.aljazeera.com)
Tuolumne school board member vowed to be ‘executioner for God,’ (www.modbee.com)
A school board member in Tuolumne County, California “read in Revelations that I was going to be executioner for God and kill your children"
Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border (www.nytimes.com)
The surge of migrants entering the United States across the southern border increasingly includes people from a surprising place: China....
Israel's Palestinian prisoner release a 'window of hope' in West Bank (www.bbc.com)
The return of 39 women and teenagers is being seen by some as a symbolic victory over Israel.
Korean true crime fan murdered stranger 'out of curiosity' (www.bbc.com)
A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”....
Accuser who previously claimed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped filing lawsuit (www.cnn.com)
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U.S. Senate candidate's family business found liable in egg price-fixing (www.indystar.com)
Corrections and clarifications: John Rust is the former chair of the board of Rose Acre Farms, Inc. His brother and CEO of the company, Marcus Rust, took over the role of board chair in September....
More salmonella cases, two deaths reported as cantaloupe recall expands (www.cnn.com)
Two people are dead and at least 99 have become ill in a salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupes and cut fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday....
Rio police investigate Taylor Swift concert organizers after fan's death (www.reuters.com)
Ex-Binance CEO Zhao urges judge to allow him to leave US before sentencing (www.reuters.com)
Nov 24 (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao are urging a U.S. judge to reject the Justice Department’s request to bar him from returning to his home in the United Arab Emirates until he is sentenced for violating anti-money laundering requirements.
State suspends license of former prosecutor convicted of sex crimes (iowacapitaldispatch.com)
The state of Iowa has suspended the law license of a former county prosecutor who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving children.
X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out (www.nytimes.com)
Top DODEA administrator nabbed in human trafficking sting, reports say (www.stripes.com)
A Department of Defense Education Activity administrator was arrested in Georgia on Nov. 15, 2023, on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute during a human trafficking sting.
The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.in)
The US is among countries arguing against new laws to regulate AI-controlled killer drones....
Exposure to widely used insecticides decreases sperm concentration, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Study’s author says ‘we need to reduce exposure in order to ensure men who want to conceive are able to without interference’
They were prosecuted for using drugs while pregnant. But it may not have been a crime. (19thnews.org)
Dozens of women in Mississippi have faced child abuse crimes that, based on existing state law, they may not have committed.
Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women (19thnews.org)
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.