Republican pushes to overturn Ohio election result (www.newsweek.com)
Nearly one in five state prisoners go directly from maximum security to the street (www.wgbh.org)
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Russian troops shoot and kill a Georgian civilian near the breakaway province of South Ossetia (apnews.com)
State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement (apnews.com)
The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Automakers blast US plan to hike fuel efficiency rules (www.reuters.com)
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) proposal was unreasonable and requested significant revisions....
Photos: Dozens killed and wounded in Israel air raids on Gaza refugee camps (www.aljazeera.com)
New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump makes disparaging post about court clerk (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge quickly imposed a limited gag order in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial Tuesday after the former president disparaged a key court staffer....
Insight: Conservative think tank emerges as force behind DeSantis campaign (www.reuters.com)
Senior Heritage officials had advocated for months in conversations with DeSantis’ team that he oppose policies that could move the U.S. toward direct confrontation with Russia, the people said....
Australians are so mad about the return to office, they’re taking companies to court to stop it (apple.news)
It does not surprise me companies are making people go back to the office. Not just in Australia but around the world. There are a lot of people abusing the situation. It sucks but I saw this was going to happen when work from home first started getting rolled out back at the beginning of Covid....
More states want to let kids work as bartenders | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards. (www.propublica.org)
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A Tidal Wave of State and Private Repression Is Targeting Pro-Palestinian Voices (jacobin.com)
Critics of Israel’s merciless war on Gaza are facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists or firings. In this neo-McCarthyist environment, anything pro-Palestine is being made to carry the whiff of bigotry or even incitement to violence.
US woman charged with hosting parties with alcohol for teens and encouraging sexual assault (www.theguardian.com)
A woman accused of hosting parties for her teenage son and his friends in northern California where she encouraged them to drink and sexually assault intoxicated girls was charged on Monday with more than five dozen felony and misdemeanor counts....
‘Wholly ineffective and pretty obviously racist’: Inside New Orleans’ struggle with facial-recognition policing (www.politico.com)
In the summer of 2022, with a spike in violent crime hitting New Orleans, the city council voted to allow police to use facial-recognition software to track down suspects — a technology that the mayor, police and businesses supported as an effective, fair tool for identifying criminals quickly....
Zipcar Fined $300,000 For Letting Customers Rent Recalled Cars (www.forbes.com)
Safety fears as non-medical staff learn neurosurgery ‘on the job’ (uk.style.yahoo.com)
Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 3.4 million vehicles due to fire risk and urge owners to park outdoors (apnews.com)
Hyundai and Kia are recalling nearly 3.4 million vehicles in the U.S. and telling owners to park them outside due to the risk of engine compartment fires....
They invest in Black women. A lawsuit claims it’s discrimination. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Brianna Wise-Riley was working an administrative job with the Fulton County Superior Court when her manager gave her a great idea. Noting the food trucks parked near their office, her boss said: What if a nail salon could bring a manicure to you?...
No pets allowed: New Publix signs met with mixed reviews for telling customers to keep pets out of stores (www.nbcmiami.com)
If you walk through your local Publix, you may have noticed a new sign reminding customers to keep their furry friends at home if they wish to shop....
Zapata resident files lawsuit against sheriff’s office claiming excessive force [to the point of requiring amputation] (www.kgns.tv)
“His leg bent backwards in the opposite direction that your knee is supposed to bend, so forcefully, that his leg, you can hear it on the video, it makes a horrible crunching popping sound, and it just splits the leg all the way off, except for just a little tissue in the front,” said Barrientos. “The deputies had to apply...
Ex-FBI counterintelligence official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch (apnews.com)
A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work, after he retired, for an oligarch he once investigated.
Donald Trump has reason to worry about people flipping on him (www.newsweek.com)
Hawaii fires: 'Tourists swim in the waters we died in' (www.bbc.com)
The jarring contrast between those holidaying and those hurting is hard to bear for many in Hawaii.