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US Supreme Court halts Pudue Pharma deal that shields Slackers (www.theguardian.com)

Passenger arrested on Delta flight after cutting himself and a flight attendant, authorities say (apnews.com)

Several airline passengers rushed to subdue a man who held a sharp object to a flight attendant’s neck shortly after landing in New Orleans, keeping him immobile until deputies could take him into custody, authorities said Thursday.

Striking writers and studios will meet this week to discuss restarting negotiations (apnews.com)

Union leaders told striking Hollywood writers Tuesday night that they plan to meet with representatives for studios to discuss restarting negotiations after the first official communication between the two sides since the strike began three months ago.

The fight over a bill targeting credit card fees pits payment companies against retailers (www.cnbc.com)

A bipartisan push in Washington to clamp down on credit card fees is pitting retailers like Walmart against network payment processors such as Visa.

Spotify raises premium subscription price for millions (www.bbc.co.uk)

Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm (apnews.com)

Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire.

Portuguese PM quits over lithium, hydrogen corruption probe (www.reuters.com)

Israel finds body of Ruth Peretz, disabled teen missing since October 7 (m.jpost.com)

P.E.I. photographer handcuffed, fined after taking pictures of Quebec City's iconic Château Frontenac (www.cbc.ca)

Cornell University police investigating online threats against Jewish students, president says (www.cnn.com)

Cornell University police are investigating a series of antisemitic threats made against the school’s Jewish community in online posts over the weekend, its president announced....

RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted (rsf.org)

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy that resulted in the death of one journalist and the injury of several others. The initial findings of the investigation show that the reporters were not collateral victims of the shooting. One of their vehicles, marked "press", was targeted, and...

Man who was living in New Hampshire woods found guilty of murder in deaths of retired couple (www.nbcnews.com)

After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Stephen and Djeswende Reid in April 2022

First emergency convoy reaches Gaza after overnight Israeli air strikes (www.reuters.com)

Out of 200 trucks waiting to cross into Gaza through the Rafah border, Israel is allowing up to 20 … with fuel being banned. So hospitals and water stations can’t run their generators.

Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations (www.npr.org)

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Ferrari to accept crypto as payment for its cars in the US (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike (apnews.com)

Unions representing 85,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Friday....

New York governor backs suspension of 'right to shelter' as migrant influx strains city (apnews.com)

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large influx of migrants overwhelms the city’s shelter system....

The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns (apnews.com)

The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car’s interior....

Child gun deaths and fatal drug poisonings skyrocketed over past decade, researchers find (www.cbsnews.com)

Fatal injury rates have spiked over the past decade for children and teens in the U.S., especially deaths involving guns and drugs, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics Thursday....

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