Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF (www.unicef.org)
31 per cent - or 1 in 3 children under 2 years of age – in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition, a staggering escalation from 15.6 per cent in January....
“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them (www.propublica.org)
Colorado man died from pet Gila monster's venomous bite, autopsy shows (apnews.com)
A Colorado man who was placed on life support after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster died of complications from the desert lizard’s venom, an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday confirmed....
Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market (www.propublica.org)
A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime....
Alabama Republicans target transgender Space Camp employee (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican Rep. Dale Strong called for Space Camp to remove a transgender employee after a viral social media post called the person a “freak.”...
'Others also affected by religiophobia': India abstains on vote in UNGA on Islamophobia (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
A New Orleans Neighborhood Confronts the Racist Legacy of a Toxic Stretch of Highway (kffhealthnews.org)
Aside from a few discarded hypodermic needles on the ground, the Hunter’s Field Playground in New Orleans looks almost untouched. It’s been open more than nine years, but the brightly painted red and yellow slides and monkey bars are still sleek and shiny, and the padded rubber tiles feel springy underfoot....
‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona (www.theguardian.com)
The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged – and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury...
US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls (www.theguardian.com)
2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 – but still far below their height in 1946...
Teen gets 40 years in prison for Denver house fire that killed 5 from Senegal (apnews.com)
One of three teenagers charged with starting a Denver house fire that killed five people — apparently out of revenge for a stolen cellphone that was mistakenly traced to the home — was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison....
Authorities seize ailing alligator kept illegally in New York home's swimming pool (apnews.com)
An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said....
Trump’s hush money trial delayed until April after new dump of potential evidence (www.independent.co.uk)
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg had supported the delay...
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Why Florida might sue Maine over abortion, transgender health care shield law. What to know (www.floridatoday.com)
Florida’s attorney general is one among many from red states across the country threatening Maine with legal action as the New England state considers a shield law that would protect those seeking abortions and health care from criminal repercussions in Florida....
NAACP to Black student-athletes: Take your talents elsewhere amid Florida anti-DEI efforts (www.oregonlive.com)
Earlier this month, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminating 13 full-time DEI positions and 15 administrative appointments. This came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill called the Stop Woke Act last year, which prohibits the use of state funds for any DEI programs.
How the House revived the TikTok ban bill before most of us noticed (www.theverge.com)
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United plane apparently loses external panel mid-flight after taking off from SFO, officials say (abc7news.com)
A United Airlines flight that took off from San Francisco International Airport Friday morning landed in Oregon with a missing external panel, according to officials....
Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Former Indiana governor and candidate for Republican nomination tells Fox News decision ‘should come as no surprise’...
Toxicology experts say death from medications in Nex Benedict case ‘very, very uncommon’ (www.advocate.com)
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Uber and Lyft are quitting Minneapolis over a driver pay increase (www.engadget.com)
The city has just 39 licensed cab drivers.
The Sunshine State is #1 in fatal crashes at intersections, with more than three times as many deadly intersections (257) as the next highest state, Arizona (82) (stacker.com)
Nex Benedict’s death illustrates the hostility of Oklahoma’s anti-trans laws (www.independent.co.uk)
Nex Benedict’s tragic February death has raised more questions than answers, including after the medical examiner this week ruled it a suicide. But studies suggest the teen’s case is all too common in a society where acceptance, remains elusive – and Oklahoma activists point angrily to a raft of recent anti-trans state...
College swimmers, volleyball players sue NCAA over transgender policies (apnews.com)
Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022....
Mississippi police officer pleads guilty to forcing prisoner to drink his own urine (www.theguardian.com)
Michael Christian Green faces up to year in prison after pleading guilty over incident in town of Pearl in December...