18 people dead and suspect at large after shootings in area of Lewiston, Maine, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force" (popular.info)
Mike Johnson's ties to Christian nationalism revealed (www.newsweek.com)
House Republicans Introduce Bill to Expel Palestinians From the Country (newrepublic.com)
Republicans have a racist new idea amid the war on Gaza.
3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes history (www.upworthy.com)
Florida Man Arrested for Hanging Nazi Banners Over I-4 (www.newsdaytonabeach.com)
Lewiston shooting suspect found dead, law enforcement officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
US nutrition panel’s ties to top food giants revealed in new report (www.theguardian.com)
Almost half of a federal government panel that helps develop US nutritional guidelines has significant ties to big agriculture, ultra-processed food companies, pharmaceutical companies and other corporate organizations with a significant stake in the process’s outcome....
Revealed: US pro-birth conference’s links to far-right eugenicists (www.theguardian.com)
Natal conference, to be held in Austin in December, promoted on far-right podcast circuit and set to host self-described eugenicists...
In Louisiana, Police Reform Led Directly to a “Torture Warehouse” (slate.com)
A new lawsuit filed in federal court last month alleges that the Baton Rouge Police Department ran a “torture warehouse” where members of its Street Crimes Unit strip searched, beat, and otherwise humiliated people and then released them, often without their being charged with a crime. Soon after the lawsuit was filed, the...
71-year-old man targeted 6-year-old boy, woman in deadly Plainfield Illinois stabbing because they are Muslim: detectives say (abc7chicago.com)
Donald Trump's colossal admission during trial (www.newsweek.com)
Legal analysts say Trump admitted that the intent in financial representations he made was to convince lenders to loan him money.
Heavily-armed man kills himself, rather than shoot up Colorado amusement park, authorities say (denvergazette.com)
Louisiana public school principal apologizes after punishing student for dancing at a party (apnews.com)
The 17-year-old student government president and scholarship candidate was videotaped dancing at an off-campus party following Walker High School’s Sept. 30 Homecoming festivities. A hired DJ took the video and posted it on social media. Three days later, Jason St. Pierre, principal of the public high school near the state...
Massive Changes Could Be Coming From the Vatican. Conservative US Catholics Are Mad as Hell. (www.motherjones.com)
Person dies after 2 driverless cars block ambulance on way to hospital (scrippsnews.com)
More dog owners are questioning vaccines like rabies after COVID (www.pressherald.com)
More than half of U.S. dog owners expressed concerns about vaccinating their dogs, including against rabies, according to a new study published Saturday in the journal Vaccine. The study comes as anti-vaccine sentiments among humans have exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Disney says DeSantis-appointed district is dragging feet in providing documents for lawsuit (apnews.com)
Walt Disney World’s governing district made up of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees is dragging its feet in providing requested documents to Disney in a lawsuit over who has design and construction powers over the company’s sprawling theme park resort in central Florida, Disney said in court papers....
The End of Roe Is Having a Chilling Effect on Pregnancy (www.politico.com)
Polling conducted in August by All In Together, in partnership with polling firm Echelon Insights found that 34 percent of women aged 18-39 said they or someone they know personally has “decided not to get pregnant due to concerns about managing pregnancy-related medical emergencies.” Put another way, poor or unavailable...
Supplier Caught Distributing Fake Parts for World’s Top-Selling Jet Engine (www.thedrive.com)
'Get out of my house!' Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid (apnews.com)
Video released by the newspaper Monday shows Joan Meyer shouting at the six officers inside the Marion, Kansas, home she shared with her son, Marion County Record Editor and Publisher Eric Meyer. Standing with the aid of a walker and dressed in a long robe or gown and slippers, she seems visibly upset....
Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (apnews.com)
Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that’s prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor’s office violated the state’s open-records law....
Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says (apnews.com)
The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas resigned Monday, just days after he was suspended from his post and following the release of body camera video of the raid showing an officer searching the desk of a reporter investigating the chief’s past....