‘Horrific’: 189 bodies found and removed from Colorado ‘green’ funeral home (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities find more bodies after initial report of 115 two weeks ago, when owners were evicted and police investigated foul odor...
Biden makes a historic trip to Michigan to walk the picket line to show solidarity with striking UAW -- and counter Trump (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden is set to join members of the United Auto Workers union Tuesday in Wayne County, Michigan, walking the picket line on the eve of a visit from former President Donald Trump....
Cleveland police officers who pulled people over and robbed them sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Their arrests are connected to a wider investigation into the East Cleveland Police Department for corruption....
FDA says common over the counter decongestant phenylephrine does not work in oral form (www.nbcnews.com)
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)
Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
Wyoming ranch accused of abusing children, unsanitary conditions will now operate without inspections (www.nbcnews.com)
A Wyoming ranch accused of abusing children and forcing them to perform manual labor lost its license earlier this year after state officials documented a litany of safety and sanitary violations. But the ranch found a way to stay open and will no longer need a license to care for children, a development that has alarmed youth...
USATODAY: Group of friends take over Nashville hotel for hours after no employees were found (www.usatoday.com)
A man bought a metal detector to get off the couch. He just made the "gold find of the century" in Norway. (www.cbsnews.com)
At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country’s gold find of the century....
Florida woman doused herself in Mountain Dew to erase DNA after killing roommate in Daytona Beach: police (www.fox35orlando.com)
A Volusia County woman suspected of killing her 79-year-old roommate allegedly doused herself in soda in an attempt to erase possible evidence on her body, according to an arrest affidavit.
Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 20 Ohio counties rejected Issue 1 on Tuesday and most of them were suburban and exurban counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.
Ivanka Trump must testify in fraud case, judge rules (www.bbc.co.uk)
***UPDATE – The New York Attorney General’s Office said the former president will testify on 6 November and his three children will take the stand before him....
California lawmakers vote to fast-track low-income housing on churches’ lands (apnews.com)
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California could soon turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing to help combat the ongoing homeless crisis, lawmakers voted on Thursday....
Video of police fatally shooting a pregnant Black woman set to be released, Ohio department says (apnews.com)
Authorities in Ohio say they will release body camera footage of a fatal police shooting of a pregnant Black woman.
Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike (www.theguardian.com)
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
1 death reported at Burning Man while festival attendees remain stuck in the Nevada desert from heavy rains (www.cnn.com)
As thousands of people remain unable to leave the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated their campsites with ankle-deep mud Saturday, authorities say they are investigating a death at the event....
A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district (www.theguardian.com)
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
Hamas blocks foreign nationals from leaving Gaza (www.telegraph.co.uk)
“Officials said that Israel and Egypt were prepared to let foreigners leave the Strip which is under heavy Israeli bombardment, but Hamas had refused.”
USPS warns of scam involving texts requesting information for package delivery (www.13abc.com)
The United States Postal Service is warning of a scam involving text messages that ask for information in order for a package to be delivered.
Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice? (www.latimes.com)
Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births. (www.propublica.org)
Reposting from local post on SDF instance:...
JUST IN: Daily Wire’s Candace Owens Suspended From YouTube Over Anti-LGBTQ Hate (www.mediaite.com)
Jan. 6 rioter who wielded 2x4 wooden plank in Capitol sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison (www.nbcnews.com)
A Colorado man who allegedly hit a police officer with a 2x4 wooden plank during the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison....
Kansas Newspaper Says Its Co-Owner Has Died After Being Traumatized by Police Raid (www.thedailybeast.com)
The Marion County Record said its co-owner died Saturday after a police raid left her “stressed beyond her limits.”
Georgia attorney sentenced for storming Capitol on Jan. 6 (www.fox5atlanta.com)
A Georgia attorney who joined the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and then went on social media to brag about breaking into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office has been sentenced.
