Measles is “growing global threat,” CDC tells doctors in alert message (arstechnica.com)
Latino journalist layoffs threaten coverage of 2024 election disinformation (www.nbcnews.com)
Job cuts, including those of Hispanic journalists at the L.A. Times and other newsrooms, raise worries of fewer watchdogs calling out misinformation and fake content aimed at Latinos....
Vince McMahon Resigns From Endeavor-Owned Sports Group After Horrific Rape & Sex Trafficking Claims (deadline.com)
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American Debt: The typical American household is now paying a record $1,583 a month in various loans (www.cbsnews.com)
Protest Convoy Headed to Southern Border in Texas Is Calling Itself an ‘Army of God’ (www.vice.com)
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 13 women, DOJ says (www.cnbc.com)
Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says (www.bbc.com)
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile....
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules (www.nbcnews.com)
N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says (www.nytimes.com)
The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers....
Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border (www.wired.com)
‘Preposterous’: Federal judge decries efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence, label perpetrators ‘hostages’ (www.politico.com)
Judge Royce Lamberth, who has handled dozens of Jan. 6 cases, lamented the false rhetoric spread by Donald Trump and his allies....
Has Polling Become Weaponized? (thinkbigpicture.substack.com)
The Nationalization of Boeing Begins (www.thebignewsletter.com)
First female LA Times editor in newspaper’s 142-year history talks layoffs, losing journalists of color (www.nbcnews.com)
Iowa promised $75 million for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent (apnews.com)
The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security....
U.S. and China to hold high-level talks aimed at curbing the fentanyl crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
The United States and China will hold formal high-level talks in Beijing next week aimed at limiting the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., senior Chinese officials tell NBC News, resuming counternarcotics cooperation that was suspended for more than a year even as America struggles with what has been called its worst drug crisis...
Governor drafting plan to help Pennsylvania higher ed system that's among the worst in affordability (apnews.com)
Gov. Josh Shapiro plans next month to propose an overhaul of a higher education system in Pennsylvania that is among the worst in the nation in affordability, his administration said Friday....
Fake rich? Affluent millennials are more likely to exaggerate to appear wealthy (www.cnbc.com)
Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds (www.npr.org)
Florida could deploy state guard to Texas border under new bill (www.newsweek.com)
Donald Trump storms out of closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial (www.independent.co.uk)
Top UN court says Israel must take ‘all measures’ to prevent genocide in Gaza but stops short of calling for ceasefire (www.cnn.com)
The UN’s top court ordered Israel to “take all measures” to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for Israel to suspend its military campaign in the war-torn enclave....
Ohio pastor charged for housing the homeless in his church sues city in federal lawsuit (www.nbcnews.com)
The suit, filed Monday, accuses the city and its officials of launching a harassment campaign against Dad’s Place, a church in Bryan, for keeping its doors open 24/7 for the homeless....
George Carlin estate sues over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI (apnews.com)
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet, Dudesy, to immediately take down the audio special, “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” in which a synthesis of Carlin, who died in 2008, delivers commentary on current events....
Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge (www.theguardian.com)
Bru has been representing himself with an attorney on standby. He has spewed anti-government rhetoric that appears to be inspired by the sovereign citizen movement. At the start of the hearing, Bru demanded that the judge and a prosecutor turn over five years of their financial records....
