Father of boy killed by school shooter asks for harshest penalty | School shooter Ethan Crumbley to be sentenced for Oxford, Michigan (www.cnn.com)
“Ethan Crumbley will be sentenced in a hearing Friday for killing four students and wounding seven others when he opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021. Live news updates.”
FedEx faces US racketeering lawsuit by former delivery contractor (www.reuters.com)
PYNQ alleged that FedEx violates laws governing contractors by exercising the same level of control over those service providers as it would over employees....
Trump immunity appeal offers best chance to stave off 2020 election trial (www.reuters.com)
The gambit by the former U.S. president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination may succeed, legal experts said – not necessarily by persuading higher courts of the merits of his case, but simply by bogging down the system and keeping him free to campaign against Democratic President Joe Biden....
We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees | The Narwhal (thenarwhal.ca)
Petryshen, who works for the conservation group Wildsight, is on a detective mission of sorts. He’s about to bushwhack into the Nagle Creek Valley, 150 kilometres north of Revelstoke, B.C., to ground-truth provincial government logging maps he obtained in May. The maps outline the government’s plans for new clearcuts in the...
Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway's sovereign wealth fund says (www.reuters.com)
The electric vehicle producer faces a backlash in the Nordic region from unions and some pension funds over its refusal to accept a demand from Swedish mechanics for collective bargaining rights covering wages and other conditions....
The Texas Historical Commission Removed Books on Slavery From Plantation Gift Shops (www.texasmonthly.com)
Markets say the battle against inflation is over — and the Fed won (www.axios.com)
Inside an alleged Amazon union-busting campaign in Kentucky: 'They want to scare us' (abcnews.go.com)
Hunter Biden lawyer accuses prosecutors of ‘bowing to Republican pressure’ (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana's prison population sees troubling growth in latest DOJ report (www.wwno.org)
Archived at wwno.org/…/louisianas-prison-population-sees-trou…
Police-involved shootings require more transparency, not less (www.bostonglobe.com)
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Chicago taxpayers have paid nearly $700 million since 2000 in lawsuits by people who say police framed them (chicago.suntimes.com)
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Texas DPS investigation finds no evidence of wrongdoing by troopers accused of mistreating migrants (www.keranews.org)
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When the Coast Guard Intercepts Unaccompanied Kids (www.propublica.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/when-the-coast-guard-intercepts…...
Deaths from tainted cantaloupe increase to 3 in U.S. and 5 in Canada (apnews.com)
A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people — three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported Thursday....
Patients of color more often brace for unfair treatment in health care, survey finds (apnews.com)
A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being told to get more exercise or calm a simmering fear of needles....
U.S. celebrities were tricked into recording videos later doctored into anti-Zelenskyy propaganda (www.nbcnews.com)
Reno Is Beating the Odds in Solving Homelessness (www.wsj.com)
Number of unsheltered dropped by more than half in this Nevada city after large tent to house its homeless was built...
Nepal: Twelve arrested for smuggling Nepalis into Russian army (www.bbc.com)
Ohio's legalization of recreational marijuana goes into effect, GOP proposes sweeping changes (www.cbsnews.com)
At the stroke of midnight, recreational marijuana became legal in Ohio....
Man federally charged after firing shots outside New York synagogue, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
The suspect was identified as Mufid Al Khader, 28, officials A man arrested in connection with shots that were fired outside a synagogue in Albany, New York, on Thursday has been federally charged, officials said....