Moscow police raid multiple LGBTQ+ clubs in wake of new Supreme Court ban — Meduza (meduza.io)
Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault (www.theguardian.com)
The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea (apnews.com)
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say (apnews.com)
Chinese borrowers default in record numbers as economic crisis deepens (www.ft.com)
"Defaults by Chinese borrowers have surged to a record high since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the depth of the country’s economic downturn and the obstacles to a full recovery,” the Financial Times reports.
Pending home sales drop to a record low, even worse than during the financial crisis (www.cnbc.com)
‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates (www.nytimes.com)
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds....
U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level (www.statnews.com)
S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic....
US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming gas by nearly 80% from fossil fuels (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars....
Protester sets self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta, suffers critical burns (www.pbs.org)
A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured....
Arizona port of entry to close due to huge numbers of asylum seekers, say officials (www.theguardian.com)
So many asylum seekers are crossing from Mexico into the United States around remote Lukeville, Arizona, that US officials say they will close the port of entry there so that the operations officials who watch over vehicle and pedestrian traffic going both ways can help border patrol agents detain and process the new arrivals....
Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes. One family is pushing for more protections (apnews.com)
A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey....
Two federal programs vital to national security may end unless Congress acts, DHS officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Georgia Man Who Threw Hot Grease at Popeyes Employee Sentenced to Prison (toofab.com)
Teen was 'body slammed' at Tennessee group home before her death, attorney says (www.nbcnews.com)
Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy (apnews.com)
As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed.
Henry Kissinger's legacy of bombs and chaos in Cambodia (www.bbc.com)
Three officials have left a pro-DeSantis super PAC in the group's latest shake-up, AP sources say (apnews.com)
Kristin Davison parted ways with Never Back Down just after she took over leading the group following the departure of CEO Chris Jankowski less than two weeks ago. Also leaving Saturday were communications director Erin Perrine and director of operations Matt Palmisano, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke...
Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run US cities (www.reuters.com)
Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, Trump said it was important to scrutinize the vote in the battleground states likely to determine the general election. He singled out the biggest cities in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia....
Amazon broke federal labor law by calling Staten Island union organizers 'thugs,' interrogating workers (www.cnbc.com)
Avoid cantaloupe unless you know its origins, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak (www.npr.org)
Suspect arrested in fatal shootings of three unhoused men in LA, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, had already been in custody for the robbery and killing of a fourth man...
1 dead, 4 injured in Las Vegas shooting of homeless: Police (abcnews.go.com)
At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a homeless encampment in Las Vegas on Friday, police said....
Colorado strikes “excited delirium” from all law enforcement diagnosis, training documents (www.cpr.org)
Colorado’s law enforcement officers will no longer recognize “excited delirium” after a state regulatory board voted to strike the controversial diagnosis on Friday from all training documents starting in January....
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say (www.independent.co.uk)
A small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of multiple organizations breached in the United States by Iran-affiliated hackers who targeted a specific industrial control device because it is Israeli-made, U.S. and Israeli authorities say....
