Sports Team Owners Face New Scrutiny From IRS Over Tax Avoidance (www.propublica.org)
"Boogeyman narrative": Columbia professors call out Eric Adams over "outside agitators" trope (www.salon.com)
IRS says its number of audits is about to surge. Here's who the agency is targeting. (www.cbsnews.com)
Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds (www.theguardian.com)
GoFundMe Set Up To Fund ‘Rager’ For Frat Boys Who Defended American Flag On UNC Campus (www.dailywire.com)
It’s now up to $457,904 for the gofundme page....
Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century -- at least, not yet (www.yahoo.com)
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues (apnews.com)
Police Fire Rubber Bullets at UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Protesters (www.thedailybeast.com)
Rudy Guliani Blows Past the $43,000 Budget He Committed to in Bankruptcy Proceedings (www.nytimes.com)
That amount would cover, among other expenses, $5,000 in alimony payments to his ex-wife Judith Giuliani, $1,050 for food and housekeeping supplies and $425 for “personal care products and services.” He was also obliged to cover $13,500 in monthly nursing-home expenses for his former mother-in-law; she died in March....
TikTok is allowing users to spread manipulated videos of Biden, despite the platform's policies (www.mediamatters.org)
At least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP tally shows (apnews.com)
Biden condemns campus violence: 'Order must prevail' (www.nbcnews.com)
Bird flu outbreak in dairy cows fails to deter US raw milk sellers (www.reuters.com)
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. sellers of raw milk appear undeterred by federal health warnings for consumers to avoid drinking unpasteurized milk in light of a bird flu outbreak that has affected dairy herds in nine states and sickened at least one dairy farm worker....
Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection....
Trump hush-money trial judge signals he may fine him again over gag order (www.reuters.com)
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial on Thursday signaled he might impose more fines on the former U.S. president for violating a gag order that prohibits him from talking about witnesses and jurors....
California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters (www.reuters.com)
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment....
Boeing’s deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage (pluralistic.net)
Biden, speaking on campus protests, says both free speech and rule of law 'must be upheld' (abcnews.go.com)
Police shoot rubber bullets at UCLA protesters as encampment cleared (www.newsweek.com)
Biden calls U.S. ally Japan 'xenophobic,' along with China and Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
Exclusive: Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump (www.usatoday.com)
15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected (www.oregonlive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14943650
‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years (theguardian.com)
Does the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies? A lawsuit dared to ask | Neil Barsky (www.theguardian.com)
The ADA just settled an explosive legal case accusing the organization of betraying people with diabetes