Nearly 9 in 10 Trans People in State Prisons Have Undergone Solitary Confinement (truthout.org)
Jonathan Majors avoids jail time in assault and harassment sentencing (www.npr.org)
On Fox News, the eclipse is—somehow—about migrants at the border (www.motherjones.com)
Millions of Americans live in the path of 2024’s solar eclipse. See where to watch (www.cnn.com)
One of the year’s most anticipated celestial events — a total solar eclipse — will put on a dramatic show April 8 as it crosses over Mexico, the United States and Canada....
Eclipse-watchers: looking at 99.9% totality is unsafe! (web.archive.org)
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Raleigh cops call release of body camera footage "dangerous" (when they raided the wrong family). (indyweek.com)
Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president avoided past ‘shithole countries’ racist invective, but said the US hadn’t gotten enough immigrants from ‘nice countries’...
Kentucky man admits to faking own death to avoid paying child support (www.theguardian.com)
Jesse Kipf pleaded guilty to computer fraud and identity theft after he created a fake death certificate for himself...
Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity (apnews.com)
The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that reject God’s plan for human life....
Nearly half of US prisons draw water likely contaminated with toxic PFAS – report (www.theguardian.com)
Around 1m people, including 13,000 youths, especially vulnerable because they can do little to protect themselves, co-author says...
Trump’s RNC takeover triggers strife and staff exits as purge partly backfires (www.theguardian.com)
Presumptive Republican nominee installed allies to run party but loyalty tests have led to weakening of certain areas, including data...
Solar Eclipse: Anticipation grows as millions hope for clear skies (www.bbc.com)
Eclipse watchers are keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of a solar eclipse that will plunge a wide strip of North America into daytime darkness on Monday....
Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction (apnews.com)
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction....
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault (www.politico.eu)
Christian nationalists embrace Trump as their savior – will they be his? (www.theguardian.com)
A Southwest Boeing 737 lost engine cover during takeoff, FAA is investigating (www.cnbc.com)
Many 911 call centers are understaffed, and the job has gotten harder (www.npr.org)
US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide (www.theguardian.com)
The last time Brood XIX and Brood XII emerged from underground at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president...
Neo-Nazi to face trial in killing of former high school classmate Blaze Bernstein (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Woodward, former member of Atomwaffen Division, was arrested in 2018 for murder of gay, Jewish pre-med student...
Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Nab Number One Country Album With 'Cowboy Carter' (www.rollingstone.com)
The polls are suggesting a huge shift in the electorate. Are they right? | Politico (www.politico.com)
It’s a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones.
Michael Bloomberg is worth an estimated $106 billion — but you won't find him on the Bloomberg rich list (finance.yahoo.com)
His wealth has roughly tripled from $35.5 billion in 2015, making him one of only 14 people worth more than $100 billion by Forbes’ reckoning. Excluding his fortune leaves a sizable hole in the Bloomberg index.
'We all felt a kind of a [bump,] jolt': Engine cover rips open as Southwest flight takes off from DIA [Robert Garrison | Apr 07, 2024 | Denver7 ABC] (www.denver7.com)
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