Mother of disabled girl who was allegedly raped in Starbucks bathroom sues company, school district (apnews.com)
The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who was allegedly led from school grounds by three male students and sexually assaulted in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby empty building filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Starbucks, Pittsburgh Public Schools and a property management company of negligence....
Manhunt underway for 2 escaped Arkansas inmates, including murder suspect (www.nbcnews.com)
A manhunt is underway for two inmates who escaped an Arkansas detention center this week, including a capital murder suspect....
“We Buy Ugly Houses” Company Overhauls Policies in the Wake of ProPublica Investigation (www.propublica.org)
FTC Orders Maker of TurboTax to Cease “Deceptive” Advertising (www.propublica.org)
Excessively Farting Passenger Reportedly Causes American Airlines Flight to Turn Around (people.com)
NPR names tech executive Katherine Maher as new CEO (www.npr.org)
NPR has selected former Wikimedia Foundation chief Katherine Maher to lead the network through an era of declining broadcast listenership, financial uncertainty and technological turbulence.
Woman who fatally stabbed man 108 times gets probation, no prison time (ktla.com)
During that psychotic break, she stabbed O’Melia multiple times, eventually killing him. She also stabbed herself repeatedly, officials said....
Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer (variety.com)
After scuttling a months-long search for a new host, the Paramount Global network said it had enlisted Jon Stewart, who presided over the late-night mainstay’s most popular era, to serve as its host on Monday nights throughout the 2024 election cycle and to run the program. He is expected to oversee the program through 2025....
Can empty office space fix the housing shortage? (creditnews.com)
Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan (www.theverge.com)
Brown, Yale and Columbia to pay $62m in lawsuit claiming they favor wealthy applicants (www.theguardian.com)
Military veteran charged in Capitol riot is ordered released from custody (news.yahoo.com)
A federal prosecutor had argued for the pretrial detention of Edward Richmond Jr., a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq approximately two decades ago....
Amid abortion ban, Texas teen birth rate in 2022 increased for first time in 15 years (www.reporternews.com)
Shawn Fain Takes On Musk, Trump Over Labor’s Green Future (www.bloomberg.com)
Journalists of color hit hard in seismic L.A. Times layoffs (www.nbcnews.com)
“The company has reneged on its promises to diversify its ranks since young journalists of color have been disproportionately affected,” the newspaper’s union says....
Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism' (www.nbcnews.com)
“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."...
Oregon jury awards $85 million to 9 victims of deadly 2020 wildfires (apnews.com)
An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes....
With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law (apnews.com)
Democratic lawmakers in Oregon on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law, a recognition that public opinion has soured on the measure amid rampant public drug use during the fentanyl crisis....
Tennessee bill targets adults who take minors out of state for abortion (thehill.com)
The Tennessee legislature introduced a bill on Monday that targets adults who take minors out of the state to have an abortion....
Nuclear power output expected to break global records in 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
Experts say world is ‘past peak fossil power’ but warn against uneven development of energy projects...
Disney asks for delay in DeSantis appointees' lawsuit, as worker describes a distracted district (apnews.com)
Disney this week requested a second delay in a state court case involving its legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees over who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district, as the company accused them and the governor’s office of stonewalling requests for documents that are part of the litigation....
Why are Israeli soldiers sharing snuff videos from their genocide in Gaza? (www.aljazeera.com)
Decades of impunity, for the Israeli regime as well as its criminal soldiers, has led us to this point....
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