Success or failure? Canada's drug decriminalisation test faces scrutiny (www.bbc.com)
Trigger warning for the picture: needle
Cases of Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Have Tripled in China, Posing a Global Threat (www.usnews.com)
A strain of highly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea first emerged in China in 2016, and cases of this tough-to-treat infection have tripled there in just five years, Chinese researchers report....
Salt Lake City police defend not arresting Ahn Pham after initial hit and run case (ksltv.com)
The Salt Lake Police Department is defending itself in the case of the man accused of a string of hit-and-runs in the city and questions about why Ahn Pham wasn’t arrested after the initial hit-and-run last August....
Public has no right to swim in sea, claims firm that dumped sewage at bathing spot (inews.co.uk)
South West Water is claiming it has no legal obligation to keep rivers and seawater clean of sewage in its defence against a Devon swimmer who is taking the water company to court....
A New Jersey man didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead (whyy.org)
Virginia governor vetoes marijuana market bill (www.politico.com)
Kansas Legislature Bans Trans Kids From Accessing Gender-Affirming Care (truthout.org)
Nearly Two Years After Uvalde Massacre, Here Is Where All the Investigations, Personnel Changes Stand (www.propublica.org)
A new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks (theconversation.com)
A very bad year for press freedom (www.vox.com)
Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers (www.nytimes.com)
“I refer to this one as ‘the big one,’” said the official, Matt Combes, an ecological health unit science supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He added: “Calling something a near-total fish kill for 60 miles of a river is astounding and disheartening.”
Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting (www.theguardian.com)
The town of Newbern saw white officials deny its first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, from exercising his duties for three years...
Wall Street Journal marks one year since Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia (www.motherjones.com)
Behind the Baltimore bridge collapse is a familiar story of a corporation cutting corners (www.salon.com)
NYC’s AI Chatbot Tells Businesses to Break the Law (themarkup.org)
Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study (www.theguardian.com)
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Judge rules that lawsuits against social media can move forward in Buffalo massacre case (www.democratandchronicle.com)
HPAI Detection in Idaho Dairy Herd - Idaho State Department of Agriculture (agri.idaho.gov)
Concerning primarily because H5N1 appears to be moving from cow to cow. It could only be a matter of time before it gets a foothold in humans.
Bills targeting book bans raise concerns about the penalties libraries could face (www.nbcnews.com)
Democratic state lawmakers are introducing legislation to counter the rise in book bans around the country....
A bus has plunged off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. (npr.org)
Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told (www.npr.org)
Open flames shot upward from four smokestacks at the Chevron refinery on the western edge of Richmond, Calif. Soon, black smoke blanketed the sky....
Property owner stunned after $500,000 house built on wrong lot: ‘Are you kidding me?’ (www.fox19.com)
Oregon city can't limit church's homeless meal services, federal judge rules (apnews.com)
A federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can’t limit a local church’s homeless meal services....