US government fights Musk’s attempt to terminate Twitter privacy settlement (arstechnica.com)
Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule (www.latimes.com)
Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize....
Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans comments he made during a recent concert (www.cnn.com)
Carlos Santana faced criticism on Thursday when a video of the musician making anti-transgender comments during a concert in New Jersey in July resurfaced on social media....
Hot air balloon pilot with cocaine in his system made a mistake that caused fatal crash, NTSB finds (apnews.com)
A mistake made by a hot air balloon pilot who had drugs including cocaine in his system caused a crash in 2021 in New Mexico that killed all five people on board, investigators have determined....
Inside a ‘Nightmare’ Lockdown at a Wisconsin Prison (www.nytimes.com)
Prisoners locked in their cells for days on end report walls speckled with feces and blood. Birds have moved in, leaving droppings on the food trays and ice bags handed out to keep inmates cool. Blocked from visiting the law library, prisoners say they have missed court deadlines and jeopardized appeals. Unable to access toilet...
Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin (apnews.com)
Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes.
FDA approves first vaccine for mosquito-born viral disease [chikungunya] (thehill.com)
Trump fraud trial live updates: Ivanka Trump to take the stand next after Donald Trump's testimony (www.nbcnews.com)
Latest news and live updates on Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York as Ivanka Trump takes the stand. The former president appeared Monday, and his sons spoke last week....
A far-right livestreamer is calling for immigrant aid workers to be shot (www.motherjones.com)
Highlights: Almost as soon as news of actor Matthew Perry’s death broke last week, anti-vaccine activists began speculating that a Covid shot had caused his untimely passing (the cause of death is still undetermined). This was just the latest example of a trend that began last year, with the advent of the hashtag...
Senior officer behind Met drug strategy sacked over refusal to take drug test (www.theguardian.com)
Disciplinary panel had found Julian Bennett guilty of gross misconduct for refusing test when accused of smoking cannabis
EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical used in automotive care and other products (apnews.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating....
Long-lost Star Wars X-Wing model auctioned for a record-breaking $3.1m (www.theguardian.com)
Spacecraft discovered in cardboard box belonging to late model-maker Greg Jein becomes the ‘most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction’...
Woman names newborn son ‘Methamphetamine Rules,’ prompting government response (nypost.com)
Biden administration restores the power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways (abcnews.go.com)
Russian dam bursts washing away railroad—Economy to lose "billions" (www.newsweek.com)
The Russian economy could lose “billions of rubles” after a destroyed dam in the Siberian region of Buryatia caused a river to burst its banks and damage a key transit railway, according to a local Russian official.
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US (projects.apnews.com)
Phoenix's record heat is killing off cactuses (www.cnn.com)
At a botanical garden in Phoenix some cactuses can’t take the heat.
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56 (www.bbc.com)
Shooting at Halloween party leaves 15 injured, 2 critically, Illinois cops say (www.theolympian.com)
A man opened fire at a Halloween party in Chicago, shooting 15 people and critically injuring two, Illinois police told news outlets....
Autoworkers reach a deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers (apnews.com)
Israel committing "textbook case of genocide," holocaust historian says (www.newsweek.com)
"We're seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent," said Raz Segal, an Israeli historian.
As Israel expands Gaza offensive, it has lonely critics in Washington (www.cbc.ca)
Americans’ ardent support for Israel is palpable in poll after poll showing far greater sympathy for the Jewish state than for Palestinians....
New report connects Trump organization with the largest tax fraud case in New York City history (www.dailykos.com)
The Trump Organization, not unlike the Trump administration, is rife with stories of corruption and grift, incompetence due to the cutting of corners, and general crapulence. ProPublica and New York Public Radio station WNYC have published a brand-new joint investigative story about how Trump’s business interests in...
Chicago police investigated over alleged sexual misconduct with asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)
Reports that an officer allegedly impregnated an 18-year-old and another had ‘sexual contact with an underage female migrant’
Airbnb says it’s cracking down on fake listings and has removed 59,000 of them this year (apnews.com)
Fake listings have emerged as a major problem for Airbnb, threatening to scare off consumers and prompting the short-term rental service to use AI in an effort to crack down on fraudsters....
