Man insults judge who sentenced him to 12 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot (apnews.com)
A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison by a judge who called him “a menace to our society.”...
Afghan mine-clearer killed by Taliban after it sees him in Emmy-winning film (www.yahoo.com)
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More House Democrats Say 'No' to Netanyahu Speech to Congress (www.commondreams.org)
Arizona secretary of state calls threats to election officials ‘domestic terrorism’ (www.theguardian.com)
Teen Arrested for Bloody Attack on UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Encampment (www.thedailybeast.com)
Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s yard. Police called to help him shot him dead (www.independent.co.uk)
Egypt agrees to resume aid to Gaza through Israel after U.S. pressure (www.axios.com)
How Residents in a Rural Alabama County Are Confronting the Lasting Harm of Segregation Academies (www.propublica.org)
Judge Orders Alec Baldwin to Face Trial for ‘Rust’ Shooting (www.thedailybeast.com)
Texas is letting a maternal-mortality skeptic investigate maternal mortality (www.motherjones.com)
Uvalde families sue makers of AR-15, 'Call of Duty,' Meta over mass shooting (abcnews.go.com)
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation (www.theguardian.com)
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever (www.rollingstone.com)
Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition (arstechnica.com)
What’s really happening in America’s economy (Trump and Biden spin aside) (www.cnn.com)
Man is fined after trying to 'body slam' killer whale (www.nbcnews.com)
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to “body slam” an orca swimming next to his boat, in what officials called “stupid” and “extremely irresponsible” behavior....
Ron DeSantis' new target in his 'war on woke'? Colors, apparently (www.msnbc.com)
As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to be illuminated in red, white and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day....
Man who police say was recorded attacking pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA is arrested on suspicion of felony assault (www.cnn.com)
Fani Willis Files Appeal Against Judge’s Dismissal of Six Counts In Trump Election Interference Case (atlantadailyworld.com)
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