The young are now most unhappy people in the United States, new report shows (www.usatoday.com)
Man who helped drag police officer into mob gets over 5 years in prison for Capitol riot attacks (apnews.com)
A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack....
Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion (www.washingtonpost.com)
Search for “birth control” on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill. Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility. Testimonials complaining of depression and anxiety....
Donald Trump Should Probably File for Bankruptcy, but Likely Won’t Because He’s Worried It Would Make Him Look Like a Loser: Report (www.vanityfair.com)
Global fertility rates to plunge in decades ahead, new report says (www.cnn.com)
A new study projects that global fertility rates, which have been declining in all countries since 1950, will continue to plummet through the end of the century, resulting in a profound demographic shift....
UC delays vote on much-debated proposal to restrict some faculty speech (edsource.org)
The policy doesn’t mention a specific issue, but many faculty see it as an attempt to limit what they can say about Israel’s war in Gaza. The consideration of the policy, which has been in the works for months, comes after UC’s Ethnic Studies Faculty Council and several faculty departments have criticized Israel over the...
Reddit Opens Up 38%, as Shares Begin Trading (www.nytimes.com)
Reddit shares opened up about 38 percent on Thursday in their first day of trading, in a sign of investor eagerness that set the stage for more tech companies to reach the stock market this year....
Newly Discovered Fossil from the Smithsonian’s Collection Named After Kermit the Frog (www.smithsonianmag.com)
In a paper published today in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, museum paleontologist Arjan Mann and Calvin So, a doctoral researcher at George Washington University, describe a new species of proto-amphibian that they recently discovered in the museum’s fossil collection. They identified several unique features...
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Exclusive: CapOne tells regulators Discover deal will boost competition and stability (www.reuters.com)
Capital One’s $35.3 billion merger with Discover Financial will boost competition and be good for financial stability, the bank said in its regulatory application filed overnight, according to people familiar with the matter....
New York notifies suburban county of Trump fraud judgment as possible seizures loom (www.reuters.com)
New York state Attorney General Letitia James this month made an official notification of the civil fraud court award against Donald Trump in suburban Westchester County, where he owns property, according to county clerk records, in what could be a preliminary step toward seizures in the case....
The curious theory about cars with loofahs on the roof (english.elpais.com)
On the local blog, called Inside the Bubble, they explain the whole thing: in short, retirees place this sign on their vehicles in order to remember where they parked.
Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social (www.wsj.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13470219...
Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit (www.independent.co.uk)
US surgeons have transplanted a pig kidney into a patient (apnews.com)
Doctors in Boston announced Thursday they have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient....
‘Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower!’: Trump begs fans to pay his $464m bond (www.independent.co.uk)
Former president blasts New York Attorney General Letitia James as an ‘insane radical’ in a desperate plea for cash – claiming Democrats are trying to ‘intimidate’ him into abandoning his campaign for the White House...
Angela Chao: Shipping billionaire intoxicated when she drowned in Tesla, police report shows (www.bbc.com)
Shipping tycoon Angela Chao was drunk when she inadvertently reversed her Tesla into a pond and drowned last month at a Texas ranch, police say....
Incarcerated people in New Jersey still waiting on pay raises promised over a year ago (newjerseymonitor.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/incarcerated-people-still-waiti…
Inside The Ritzy Retreats Hosting Right-Wing Judges: During Koch-funded trips to mountain resorts, Trump judges huddled over a new strategy to advance “history and tradition” as the law of the land. (www.huffpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/judges-luxury-travel-corpus-lin…
Chasing Clicks in the Jungle: Right-Wing Influencers Descend on the Darién Gap (www.nytimes.com)
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Cleveland Promised Oversight of Police Cameras. But the Work Remains Undone. (www.themarshallproject.org)
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Escaped white supremacist inmate and accomplice still at large after Idaho hospital ambush (apnews.com)
Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police....
Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally get apology (www.theguardian.com)
Richard Beauvais and Eddy Ambrose lived out each other’s lives, the third known such mistake in Manitoba. Now the premier is reversing a decision to deny responsibility...
Why is US energy demand soaring – putting climate goals at risk? (www.theguardian.com)
New industries such as cryptocurrency and cannabis are boosting industry forecasts, straining efforts to cut emissions...
Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry (thehill.com)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) pressured Republicans to name the specific crime they are accusing President Biden of as they proceed with their impeachment inquiry....
