Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Visit Hamas Attack Site in Israel — The Wall Street Journal (apple.news)
Why? And in what world is billionaires’ tourism “news”. Damn Ghouls enjoying some disaster tourism!
A Popular Sweetener Was Linked to Increased Anxiety in Generations of Mice (www.sciencealert.com)
Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital’s city hall (www.chicagotribune.com)
“Police are everywhere, also on the roofs. It is obvious that they do not want to recognize (the) election results. We will continue with our fight,” Nebojsa Zelenovic, one of the leaders of the alliance, said....
Pedo found moderating lemmy communities (lemmy.today)
Who Is Killing All These Stories About Rajat Khare, Controversial Tech Mogul? (www.thedailybeast.com)
It sure would be a shame if everyone shared this story of hacker Rajat Khare covering up his hacking crimes and gagging governments and media outlets reporting it. I bet milionaire hacker Rajat Khare would hate that....
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli airstrikes kill 100 people in one of war’s deadliest nights, say Gaza officials (www.theguardian.com)
Medics have now said that an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed 23 people, bringing total Palestinian fatalities overnight to more than 100, Reuters reports.
Uttar Pradesh: School van driver booked for raping 12-year-old girl (www.edexlive.com)
US-Canada military centre 'tracks' Santa for 68th year - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Christmas weather alerts issued for 3 states, with snow, freezing rain (www.newsweek.com)
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter weather messages for several states as snow and gusty winds are expected on Christmas Day....
Chad votes in favour of new constitution backed by military rulers (www.aljazeera.com)
As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges (apnews.com)
Jury finds two Aurora paramedics guilty in 2019 death of Elijah McClain (www.axios.com)
A jury on Friday found Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide in Elijah McClain's 2019 death....
Evangelical leader accuses pope of creating "division" with LGBTQ+ views (www.newsweek.com)
Pope Francis last week approved a ruling at the Vatican that permitted priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples.
Spirit Airlines put six-year-old boy on the wrong flight alone (www.independent.co.uk)
Spirit Airlines issued an apology after putting a six-year-old unaccompanied minor on the wrong flight....
Exclusive: Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on These 8 Subjects (theintercept.com)
The highly unusual, English-language order for the Gaza war breaks from the secretive and informal way IDF censorship normally works.###
New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town on the Great Plains has a storied support network (apnews.com)
Magdalena Simon’s only consolation after immigration officers handcuffed and led her husband away was the contents of his wallet, a few bills....
He Was Ready to Die, but Not to Surrender: Ukrainian Soldier Escapes Capture 125 Miles Behind Enemy Lines - The New York Times (Free article) (www.nytimes.com)
Once he got back to Ukraine, he signed back up for military service.
Americans are lonely and it’s killing them. How the US can combat this new epidemic. (www.usatoday.com)
America has a new epidemic. It can’t be treated using traditional therapies even though it has debilitating and even deadly consequences....
Deputy AG says GOP attacks on DOJ have contributed to an ‘unprecedented rise’ in threats (www.nbcnews.com)
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly disparaged Lisa Monaco and other Justice Department officials involved in the various legal cases against him....
Lawmakers condemn vandalism of California Hindu temple thought to be hate crime (thehill.com)
Lawmakers are condemning a recent defacement of a Hindu temple in Newark, Calif., that local authorities are looking into as a possible hate crime....
As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges (apnews.com)
As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: “Understand the stakes at this moment.”...
Inside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill (www.rollingstone.com)
Republicans’ Project 2025 blueprint spells out how they’ll leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion....
The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up (www.wired.com)
In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial to test its device. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, it collects electrical activity from neurons and interprets those signals into commands to control an...
New York governor vetoes bill that would make it easier for people to challenge their convictions (apnews.com)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice reformers but fiercely opposed by prosecutors....
Trump Attorneys: Appeals Court Should Toss D.C. Indictment On 'Immunity' Grounds (themessenger.com)
Special Counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to respond by Dec. 30, after which a three-judge panel will hear oral arguments on Trump’s ‘immunity’ appeal of his D.C. indictment on Jan. 9...
