Man admits on deathbed to killing West Virginia mother and daughter in 2000 (www.theguardian.com)
Before dying earlier this month, Larry Webb confessed to killing Susan Carter and her child and burying their bodies in his yard...
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear (www.theguardian.com)
Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts...
Alabama lawmakers advance bill that could lead to prosecution of librarians (apnews.com)
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that could see librarians prosecuted under the state’s obscenity law for providing “harmful” materials to minors, the latest in a wave of bills in Republican-led states targeting library content and decisions....
17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion (apnews.com)
Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law....
About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds (abcnews.go.com)
About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds....
“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias (theintercept.com)
… In the previously unreported civil rights complaint, 18 students said that they have “been the target of extreme anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab harassment and discrimination by fellow UMass students, including receiving racial slurs, death threats and in one instance, actually being assaulted.” The result, the students...
Weinstein victims’ fury as rape conviction overturned as Bragg commits to retry case (www.independent.co.uk)
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....
Influential LGBTQ+ group pulls Biden endorsement over 'perilous' handling of Israel-Hamas war (www.advocate.com)
Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu (www.independent.co.uk)
‘They Are Just Pissed Off’: Scott Galloway Warns Young People Are ‘Opting Out of America’ As Older Generations Failed Them (www.mediaite.com)
Utility that bribed Ohio regulators secretly bankrolled Republican Mike DeWine's 2018 governor bid, records show (www.motherjones.com)
Trump denies the affairs at the heart of the hush-money case. Almost no one believes him. (www.motherjones.com)
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted cops with metal whip has sentencing go haywire (lawandcrime.com)
Why Idaho's hospitals are having pregnant patients airlifted out of state (www.nbcnews.com)
Since January, Dr. Stacy Seyb, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Boise, Idaho, has had at least four of his patients wheeled onto emergency flights and airlifted out of the state while experiencing severe pregnancy complications....
The president could "assassinate" political rivals and still enjoy total immunity, Trump lawyer says (www.salon.com)
1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk had bird flu virus fragments, FDA says (www.nbcnews.com)
Here's why Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next (apnews.com)
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow (apnews.com)
Another ex-State Department official alleges Israeli military gets 'special treatment' on abuses (apnews.com)
A former senior U.S. official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by foreign militaries receiving American military assistance said Wednesday that he repeatedly observed Israel receiving “special treatment” from U.S. officials when it came to scrutiny of allegations of Israeli military abuses of...
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment on UCLA campus (abc7.com)
Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14684357...
USC cancels main graduation ceremony after protest controversies (www.ktla.com)
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
accidentally posted this in world news before bcs i forgot about the no internal US news rule by accident...
US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio (www.theguardian.com)
Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died (apnews.com)
