University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza (theintercept.com)
Many scholars committed to Palestinian liberation can no longer do their jobs. That’s because many of the professors most supportive of Palestine don’t have jobs anymore....
Florida teen says she was denied entry to prom for wearing a suit (www.nbcnews.com)
South West Water refuses to say when boil water notice will be lifted after disease outbreak (news.sky.com)
Fewer people in the US plan to buy EVs this year, study shows (www.reuters.com)
The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown....
Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
Violence on UCLA campus was linked to outsiders, CNN investigation finds | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
What About the Palestinian Hostages? (www.haaretz.com)
Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh was the head of the orthopedic wing at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. During the war, he had to wander from one hospital to the next, as they were all destroyed by the IDF. He has not been back to his home in Jabalya since the start of the war, and last December all trace of him disappeared. Recently, it...
Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau....
California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters’ demands (www.politico.com)
California State University placed Sonoma State campus President Mike Lee on leave Wednesday after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel.
Biden invokes executive privilege on special counsel recording demanded by GOP (thehill.com)
President Biden has invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over his handling of classified documents....
Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/bob-menendez-bribery-trial-gold…
‘You are the best El Jefe!’: Henry Cuellar’s Alleged Brazen Foreign Bribery Schemes (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/henry-cuellar-indictment-briber…
Passing the DREAM Act Has Become a Nightmare (www.thebulwark.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/passing-the-dream-act-has-becom…
Biden Seeks to Curb Flow of Migrants From Nicaragua With New Restrictions (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/KeixE
Mexico is stopping nearly three times as many migrants as last year, which helps the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/mexico-stopping-three-times-as-…
The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report (apnews.com)
White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid....
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which sells eggs that end up in the supply chains of huge companies like McDonald’s, Target and Albertsons. While assigned to a machine that churns chicken droppings into compost, his right leg...
Russian Disinformation Videos Smear Biden Ahead of U.S. Election (www.nytimes.com)
Last month, a video began circulating on social media purporting to tell the story of an internet troll farm in Kyiv targeting the American election....
Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M (apnews.com)
Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million, their attorneys said Wednesday....
Tesla must face vehicle owners' lawsuit over self-driving claims (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of misleading owners into believing that their vehicles could soon have self-driving capabilities....
Police take back building from protesters at University of California, Irvine (www.reuters.com)
Police on Wednesday appeared to take back control of a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for several hours occupied a building at the University of California, Irvine, a university spokesperson said....