Kristi Noem defends killing her own puppy (www.motherjones.com)
Clearwater property owners sell $58M real estate portfolio to Church of Scientology parishioner (www.fox13news.com)
They were one of the last major property owners in downtown Clearwater that didn’t have ties to the Church of Scientology, but last month they sold more than $58 million in real estate to a developer with ties to the church....
Kansas City, Missouri, police officer charged with stealing $300,000 in donations from anti-crime charity (www.kshb.com)
A federal grand jury issued a 16-count indictment Friday accusing a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer with taking $300,000 in donations from an anti-crime group and using the money for his own expenses....
Hamas releases video of Israeli hostages Keith Siegel and Omri Miran (www.nbcnews.com)
In the video, Siegel and Miran spoke of not being able to celebrate Passover with their loved ones. It comes days after Hamas released a video of Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin....
The US economy is cooling off. Why experts say there's no need to worry yet (abcnews.go.com)
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Study confirms Altria, Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders...
What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’ (www.cnn.com)
White House plans to limit Biden's graduation speeches as campuses erupt in protests (www.nbcnews.com)
Crime in the U.S.: Key questions answered | Pew Research Center (www.pewresearch.org)
Archaeologists might have discovered death site of Roman Empire`s founder - Science News (www.wionews.com)
Archaeologists from the University of Tokyo might have finally discovered the death site of the Roman Empire’s founder Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius)....
Biden's 13th-Quarter Approval Average Lowest Historically, Least Popular President in 70 Years (news.gallup.com)
Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care (www.cnn.com)
What happens now that Harvey Weinstein's conviction was overturned in New York (www.nbcnews.com)
“For the Ages”: The Supreme Court Hears the Presidential Immunity Defense (www.lawfaremedia.org)
David Pecker testimony at Trump trial reveals the seedy underbelly of his tabloid journalism (www.nbcnews.com)
The former National Enquirer’s secret agreement with Donald Trump is shocking, even by the sensational standards of his former publication....
Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen girl in airplane bathroom (apnews.com)
An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September....
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide....
As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk (www.reuters.com)
Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About 445 acres of his fields near Wheatfield, Indiana, are covered in solar panels and related machinery – land that in April 2019 Duttlinger leased to Dunns Bridge...
Bodycam video shows handcuffed man telling Ohio officers 'I can't breathe' before his death (www.nbcnews.com)
In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse....
Paramedic Who Injected Elijah McClain With Ketamine Before His Death Avoids Prison (www.huffpost.com)
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests....
The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document? (www.theguardian.com)
The indictment against the slate of fake electors in Arizona and the Trump allies who advanced the scheme there includes a host of public statements and private exchanges that show how the group intended to overturn the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden in 2020....
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Bird flu has now jumped to cows - and their milk. Could humans be next? (www.sciencefocus.com)
A strain of bird flu known as H5N1 or highly pathogenic avian influenza has made a worrying leap to cattle herds across the US over the past month. This development has sparked “enormous concern” among health experts, including the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist, who warned of the virus’ “extremely...