Study undercuts premise for excluding women from medical research (www.washingtonpost.com)
Women’s body temperatures are no more variable than men’s, researchers found.
The women soldiers who warned of a pending Hamas attack – and were ignored (www.haaretz.com)
Over the past year, the Israel Defense Forces’ spotters situated on the Gaza border, all women, warned that something unusual was happening. Those who survived the October 7 massacre are convinced that if it had been men sounding the alarm, things would look different today
Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds (www.theguardian.com)
Advertising Standards Authority says Hilux poster and video condone driving that disregards ‘impact on nature’
Monsanto hit with $165 million verdict over PCBs in Seattle school (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer's Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick.
Hanover County (VA) schools bans 75 more books, including "Wicked" and "The Handmaid's Tale" (www.axios.com)
Hanover County school administrators on Friday instructed teachers and librarians to remove a list of 75 books from shelves, including an array of well-known titles....
'Dude, don't touch the bear!': Video of animal encounter in Campbell River, B.C., causing outrage (www.cbc.ca)
Social media video of a black bear being pestered by people while feasting on fish on the shores of the Campbell River has sparked outrage online and among locals....
‘Punish the molesters after my death’ School girl ends life ,The girl wrote her suicide note that despite her family lodging complaints, police took no action because the accused are rich. (indianexpress.com)
Voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, judge rules (apnews.com)
A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure....
Alliance Defending Freedom asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Idaho abortion case (idahocapitalsun.com)
Attorneys for two national law firms have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a federal case in Idaho regarding whether emergency room physicians can continue to be shielded from prosecution under the state’s abortion ban....
Supreme Court won't review $40 million DuPont PFAS verdict tied to cancer (www.reuters.com)
Girl dead, woman rescued, 5 missing after landslide hits small Alaska community, official says (apnews.com)
Alabama inmate asks judge to block first nitrogen gas execution (apnews.com)
Attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, filed an amended lawsuit challenging the proposed new execution method as a potential violation of the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. They asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction to block the execution from going forward next year....
Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate (www.theguardian.com)
Azerbaijan says France laying ground for new regional war by arming Armenia (www.reuters.com)
Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire with Hamas that includes release of some 50 hostages (apnews.com)
Israel’s Cabinet has approved a cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that would bring a temporary halt to a devastating war now in its seventh week. The Israeli government said that under the deal, Hamas is to free at least 50 of the roughly 240 hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip over a four-day period.
Tigray: "though the gun fire stopped, things got even worse" (www.bitchute.com)
Ethiopia: between 600,000 and 1,000,000 Civilians fell victim to genocide in Tigray state (www.bitchute.com)
EPA considers approving fruit pesticide despite risks to children, records show (www.theguardian.com)
China closing hundreds of mosques in northern regions, rights group says (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk fights to keep custody battle in Texas, where he'd only have to pay $2,760 a month in child support (finance.yahoo.com)
Raid On Unlicensed Marijuana Business On Tribal Land In Minnesota Raises Complex Legal And Political Questions (www.marijuanamoment.net)
About three months ago, Mahnomen County sheriff’s deputies and White Earth tribal police raided Todd Thompson’s tobacco shop, seizing around seven pounds of cannabis, along with $3,000 in cash, his cell phone and surveillance system....
Jury: Marvin Guy 'guilty' of murder in fatal shooting of KPD detective during 2014 no-knock police raid (kdhnews.com)
BELTON — The jury reached a verdict in the Marvin Guy murder case Tuesday afternoon, declaring Guy “guilty” of murder in the death of a Killeen Police Department detective and SWAT team member Charles “Chuck” Dinwiddie in 2014.
Ex Obama advisor says killing 4,000 Palestinian children wasn't enough. (www.vice.com)
A lobbying group has cut ties with an ex-adviser to former President Barack Obama after videos surfaced that show the man making Islamophobic comments and threats to a food cart employee in New York City....
Cost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramen (www.theguardian.com)
Facebook Approved an Israeli Ad Calling for Assassination of Pro-Palestine Activist (theintercept.com)
After the Israeli assassination ad, digital rights group 7amleh tested the limits of Facebook and Meta’s machine-learning moderation.
