Pennsylvania schools close as law enforcement continues manhunt for escaped killer (www.foxnews.com)
The US mall is not dying (www.cnn.com)
Retail experts have long sounded the alarm on malls in the US....
The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)
Jamie Foxx apologizes to the Jewish community for social media post (www.cnn.com)
Foxx’s message was in reference to a prior post, no longer found on his feed, which read, “They killed this dude named Jesus… What do you think they’ll do to you???!” He ended the post with the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove.
Baltimore police unit under fire for deadly shootings, questionable stops (www.baltimorebrew.com)
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Portland expected to pay $300k to settle 2020 police brutality lawsuit by protester (www.oregonlive.com)
The Portland City Council is expected to approve spending $300,000 to settle an August 2020 lawsuit filed by a man who alleged Portland police officers assaulted him during a Black Lives Matter protest, fracturing two bones in his arm.
New deadly bird flu cases reported in Iowa, joining 3 other states as disease resurfaces (apnews.com)
Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird flu, causing about 100,000 birds to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading....
Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk (apnews.com)
His life hinges on the constant flow of electricity, which is in danger of running out imminently unless the hospital can get more fuel for its generators. Once the generators stop, hospital director Iyad Abu Zahar fears that the babies in the ward, unable to breathe on their own, will perish....
Gaza residents lose entire families, fear more destruction (www.reuters.com)
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark libel ruling, though Clarence Thomas wants to reconsider the decision (www.cnn.com)
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rebuffing a request to take another look at decades-old precedent that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel in civil suits....
NC lawmakers exempt themselves from public records laws while Democrats blast 'secret police' powers (www.wunc.org)
Electric vehicle jobs are booming in the anti-union South. UAW is worried (www.cnn.com)
Looming over the United Auto Workers strike: Automakers’ continued migration to the anti-union South....
Human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. Here’s what you need to know. (www.nature.com)
Students criticize the University of North Carolina’s response to an active shooter emergency (www.politico.com)
Students say their teachers appeared unprepared and many grew more panicked in the absence of detailed information.
Pilot killed after F-18 military jet crashes north of San Diego (www.nbcnews.com)
A fighter jet crashed north of San Diego late Thursday night, killing the pilot who was the only person on board, authorities said.
Uber raises the minimum age for most California drivers to 25, saying insurance costs are too high (apnews.com)
Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state....
A ‘failure to launch’: Why young people are having less sex (www.latimes.com)
For what researchers say is an array of reasons — including technology, heavy academic schedules and an overall slower-motion process of growing up — millennials and now Gen Zers are having less sex, with fewer partners, than their parents’ and grandparents’ generations did. The social isolation and transmission scares...
Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say
Ford cuts prices on its electric F-150 Lightning pickups by as much as $10,000 (www.cnbc.com)
The cheapest version of the Lightning will now start at about $50,000, a roughly $10,000 cut.
Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US military base (www.reuters.com)
As a veteran, it is frustrating to deal with the government to prove exposure to toxins....
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
"600+ person-years of effort" have not stopped the site from losing $30M a year.
Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts (www.nbcnews.com)
The Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project is working to clear the names of all those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in the state....
US syphilis cases are rising, and STD clinics warn they’re struggling to find crucial antibiotic (www.cnn.com)
The preferred antibiotic treatment for syphilis is in short supply across the United States as infections soar, and more than three dozen leading public health groups are urging the White House to intervene....
Physics Nobel awarded for experiments capturing shortest moments (www.euronews.com)
The three newly-minted Nobel Laureates have “demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy,” the Academy said....
A German Museum Employee Has Been Caught ‘Shamelessly’ Swapping Original Paintings for Fakes to Fund His Lavish Lifestyle (news.artnet.com)
