‘Stressed beyond her limits’: co-owner of Kansas newspaper dies after police raid (www.theguardian.com)
Police served a search warrant to the Marion County Record’s Joan Meyer, 98, after the paper’s investigation into local restaurateur
Transgender rights are under attack. But trans people 'just want to thrive and survive.' (www.usatoday.com)
Large brawl in Alabama as people defend Black riverboat worker against white assailants (www.theguardian.com)
Fight appeared to start when a worker objected to a pontoon boat preventing a larger river boat from docking, and was attacked by a group of white men
Black history 'Underground Railroad' forms across US after DeSantis, others ban books (www.usatoday.com)
Educators, lawmakers, activists and faith leaders have launched efforts to teach Black history after a crackdown on more inclusive lesson plans.
Younger veterans feel uncomfortable when told thank you for service: Poll (thehill.com)
A majority of younger veterans said they feel uncomfortable when they are told “thank you for your service,” a new poll found....
In-N-Out bans employees from wearing masks (www.latimes.com)
AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers (www.cbsnews.com)
More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.
[US] House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, falling back to square one (apnews.com)
Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel....
Biden expected to create Grand Canyon national monument to block new mining, sources say (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Arizona monument would be aimed at safeguarding areas near Grand Canyon National Park that local tribes want to protect from uranium extraction
Neo-Nazi groups spew hate outside Disney World and near Orlando, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Groups of neo-Nazis and white supremacists spread antisemitic, white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ messages outside Disney World and in the nearby Orlando, Florida, area Saturday in the latest examples of rising antisemitism in the U.S., officials said....
Authors of George Floyd book were told not to talk about systemic racism at Tenn. school event (www.nbcnews.com)
Journalists Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “His Name Is George Floyd,” are still unclear why they were told they couldn’t read from their book or talk about systemic racism to a room full of high school students in Memphis....
Biden officials alarmed by soaring Palestinian death toll in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Is Trump disqualified for the N.H. primary? The secretary of state is seeking legal advice (www.bostonglobe.com)
“I will be asking the attorney general’s office for their input,” Secretary of State David Scanlan told the Globe. “And ultimately whatever is decided is probably going to require some judicial input.”...
‘Thwarted diabolical plot': Man arrested minutes before mass shooting at Northern Virginia church, police say (www.nbcwashington.com)
Investigators said they were able to stop the potential massacre at Park Valley Church in Haymarket thanks to someone who saw troubling posts on Instagram and called police...
Biden says it’s time for Americans to ‘speak up’ because ‘diversity’s being attacked’ (thehill.com)
President Biden on Monday said that all Americans must speak up because diversity is being attacked, remarks he made while marking 60 years of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law....
Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans (apnews.com)
Two conservative groups are asking a federal court to block the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans for more than 800,000 borrowers.
More than 75,000 workers to strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S. (www.cnbc.com)
Mother gets 30-day sentence for waterboarding baby, putting him in freezer, authorities say (www.kktv.com)
PR Firm Has Been Paying Rotten Tomatoes Critics For Positive Reviews (www.screengeek.net)
Ron DeSantis’s claim he sent military equipment to Israel unravels (www.theguardian.com)
Ron DeSantis is receiving pushback from Israeli diplomats, Florida Democrats and the White House after he falsely claimed credit for a gun-running operation to assist Israel’s military operations in Gaza....
Verdict is in: Texas voters tell oldest judges it's time to retire (apnews.com)
When it comes to age on the ballot, Texas didn’t wait until 2024 to weigh in....
America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow (www.nytimes.com)
Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he plotted to overturn election (www.washingtonpost.com)
Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol building in an effort to keep him in power.
Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot charged with attempted murder after trying to stop engines mid-flight (www.nbcnews.com)
A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth. (www.texastribune.org)
The seven-months-pregnant officer reported contraction-like pains at work, but said she wasn’t allowed to leave for hours. The anti-abortion state is fighting her lawsuit, in part by saying her fetus didn’t clearly have rights.
