Video of a flash mob of thieves ransacking a Nordstrom department store in southern California (ktla.com)
Video captured a mob of thieves swarming a Nordstrom in Canoga Park as they cleared out the store during a destructive robbery on Saturday....
Judge Throws Bankman-Fried Back in Jail (gizmodo.com)
Fitch downgrades US credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions (apnews.com)
The rating was cut Tuesday one notch to AA+ from AAA, the highest possible rating. The new rating is still well into investment grade.
Billionaire Leon Black faces lurid claim amid new flurry of Jeffrey Epstein developments (www.miamiherald.com)
Details here.The claim says he raped Jane, who has a condition called mosaic Down Syndrome, multiple ways so violently that she began bleeding. Black allegedly laughed at her attempts to push him away, and once, when she kicked him, he picked her up and threw her on the floor, according to the suit. Afterward, sobbing in pain,...
Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
You may not remember this, for reasons described in the article, but Lemmy used to champion the 3-days-no-pooping lifestyle. Hopefully it’s not too late for a full recovery.
Alabama Failed to Carry Out Its Last Two Executions. It’s Trying Again This Week. (boltsmag.org)
UAW workers at major Ford and GM truck plants vote 'no' on record contract deals (www.npr.org)
Hate crimes against Latinos see 'significant increase' (www.nbcnews.com)
Researchers say hate crimes against Hispanics spike when there is extensive media coverage involving Latinos, such as news about migrant caravans from Central America.
Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change (apnews.com)
The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.
U.S. charges poaching ring allegedly involved in massive Utah dinosaur bone heist (www.nationalgeographic.com)
Federal prosecutors today announced charges against four people allegedly involved in a massive dinosaur bone smuggling scheme. Thousands of pounds of dinosaurs and other fossils were secretly excavated from government lands in Utah, according to court documents. Some were sold at gem shows, and others were shipped to China...
Law restricting bathroom use for Idaho transgender students to go into effect as challenge continues (apnews.com)
An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out....
One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More (www.nytimes.com)
Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.
Over 98,000 without power in Maine as post-tropical cyclone Lee makes landfall near U.S.- Canada border (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 98,000 utility customers in Maine are currently without power, according to Poweroutage.us., as post-tropical cyclone Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia in eastern Canada....
UAW to target strikes at Ford, GM and Stellantis at midnight if no deal reached (www.cnn.com)
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Thursday night said the union will strike all the Big Three automakers – GM, Ford and Stellantis – at the same time as of midnight if the companies do not reach tentative labor deals with the auto workers....
Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says (apnews.com)
Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law (www.wbez.org)
Behind the lower-than-expected numbers is the Prisoner Review Board, a state body appointed by Pritzker and confirmed by the Illinois Senate with final say on medical release requests....
Russia and North Korea 'actively advancing' in arms deal negotiations, says US (www.cnn.com)
Russia and North Korea are “actively advancing” their negotiations over a potential arms deal that would provide significant ammunition for different types of weapons systems, including artillery, in the latest indication that the Kremlin is desperate to obtain further materiel for its faltering invasion of Ukraine,...
An invasive hornet that hunts honeybees is spotted in the U.S. for the first time (www.npr.org)
Agriculture officials are raising the alarm after an invasive yellow-legged hornet was seen near Savannah, Ga. The insects are devastatingly effective at preying on honeybees and other pollinators....
BBC News - Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken settle case (www.bbc.co.uk)
Australian man survives crocodile attack by biting reptile’s eyelid (www.independent.co.uk)
An Australian farmer bit a saltwater crocodile on the eyelid to save himself from being killed by the reptile....
Roman Catholic diocese warns fake priests are preying on California parishioners (www.nbcnews.com)
A Roman Catholic diocese in California is warning its flock to beware of wolves in priestly clothes....
300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum (apnews.com)
After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday....
Louisiana man accused of setting New Orleans house fire that killed his 3 kids (www.nbcnews.com)
The children’s mother called 911 from work late Tuesday and said he was threatening to set the house on fire and to please hurry, audio played by local media shows....
Access to HIV preventive drugs sees boost (thehill.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data that found 36 percent of people who could benefit from taking PrEP received a prescription in 2022....