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US Approves Emergency Sale of Weapons to Israel (www.voanews.com)

Austin experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. They spent the no-strings-attached cash mostly on housing, a study found (www.businessinsider.com)

A guaranteed-basic-income program in Austin gave people $1,000 a month for a year....

How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds (www.nbcnews.com)

In recent weeks, right-wing pundits have zeroed in on airline DEI programs and the presence of migrants in airports....

Wexford Health Sources, a private prison health care company accused of substandard care, is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)

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No help: The federal immigration deal won’t fix the migrant crisis in Chicago — and it’s unlikely to pass Congress anyway (www.chicagotribune.com)

The current congressional proposal — one of the most conservative ever, observers say — is ambitious. But immigration laws passed decades ago are dated and can’t be changed easily....

Gen Z and millennial productivity is being crushed by bosses who don’t understand them, top university research says (fortune.com)

Starting a career has increasingly felt like a right of passage for Gen Z and Millennial workers struggling to adapt to the working week and stand out to their new bosses....

As Biden judicial confirmations slow, Senate gains ground on red-state judges (www.bostonglobe.com)

President Biden and Senate Democrats have fallen behind the rapid pace set by Republicans in shaping the federal courts during the Trump era, but they have made fresh headway in advancing judicial nominees in states represented by Republicans....

New role for Amy Coney Barrett’s father inside Christian sect sparks controversy (www.theguardian.com)

Alleged abuse survivors at People of Praise worry Michael Coney may block group’s handling of sexual abuse from becoming public...

Israeli police repressing anti-war protests with ‘iron fist,’ say activists (www.972mag.com)

Since October 7, Israel's police have systematically banned, restricted, and attacked protests against the army's assault on Gaza.

Dying thief who stole 'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers from Minnesota museum will likely avoid prison (www.independent.co.uk)

A dying thief who confessed to stealing ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” is expected to stay out of prison after he’s sentenced...

‘Rage’ abortion donations dry up, leaving funds struggling to meet demand (thehill.com)

Abortion funds that help people cover the costs of getting the procedure are struggling with money as the waves of donations that followed the end of Roe v. Wade have begun to dry up....

China Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate. The real estate giant owes over $300 billion (apnews.com)

A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden....

Religious trauma still haunts millions of LGBTQ Americans (www.nbcnews.com)

Some mental health experts are advocating for religious trauma to be considered an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders....

Trump’s Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts (www.bloomberg.com)

Donald Trump is facing a pair of major legal verdicts in New York that risk wiping out most — if not all — of the cash the billionaire says he has on hand, a potential blow to the presidential candidate whose persona is tied up with financial success and wealth....

US convicts Russian man who flew to LA without passport (www.bbc.com)

With the World Stumbling Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash (insideclimatenews.org)

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New York Times Puts “Daily” Episode on Ice Amid Internal Firestorm Over Hamas Sexual Violence Article (theintercept.com)

As the Times faces scrutiny for its coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, it has capitulated to the pro-Israel media watchdog CAMERA.

Pelosi accuses some protesters demanding Gaza cease-fire of having ties to Russia (www.npr.org)

So people are exercising the 1st Amendment right in a way that she doesn’t like and now she wants the FBI to investigate them. All these politicians are the same. Democrats and Republicans.

A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)

Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care....

CDC warns health care workers to be on alert for measles amid rising number of cases (abcnews.go.com)

There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles since December 2023....

A tanker truck carrying 7,500 gallons of diesel exploded in Ohio, leaving 1 dead (www.cnn.com)

A man is dead, several northeast Ohio roads are closed and diesel has poured into a river after a tanker truck lost control and exploded Saturday morning....