Sweden Caves to Tesla’s License Plate Demands in Union Fight (gizmodo.com)
California seeing a sizable influx of new residents relocating from Texas (www.cbsnews.com)
Detained in the desert: migrants stuck in camps in the extreme climate of the US-Mexico border (www.theguardian.com)
Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams (inews.co.uk)
Catholic priest could be demoted after US pop star filmed provocative music video in church (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Trump tells appeals court that threats to judge and clerk in NY civil fraud trial do not justify gag order (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself....
China’s new stealth aircraft can find and kill the B-21 ‘Raider’ with hypersonic missiles, computer simulation suggests (www.scmp.com)
The new US stealth bomber may be taken by surprise by ultra-fast missiles coming from near space with the unpredictable ‘Qian Xuesen trajectory’...
Jimmy Carter, currently in hospice, plans to attend late wife Rosalynn Carter's memorial (abcnews.go.com)
The former first lady died last week at the age of 96.
High-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exception (www.msn.com)
Diplomas for sale: Inside Louisiana's nonpublic schools (apnews.com)
Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children....
Five women got eye syphilis from the same man—raising questions (arstechnica.com)
Watch: Car burns on US Canada bridge after explosion (www.bbc.com)
US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker (www.bbc.com)
Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t. (www.propublica.org)
“With the current law in place, I will tell you, I wake up fearful of my pregnancy and what it would mean for my children, my husband and my parents if something happened to me and the doctor cannot perform lifesaving measures,” she told her fellow lawmakers last February, her voice faltering as tears threatened....
False 'crisis actor' claims spread about Israel-Hamas war : NPR (www.npr.org)
New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes (apnews.com)
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Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails (apnews.com)
‘It’s alarming’: diary of killed Cop City activist to play role in Georgia lawsuit (www.theguardian.com)
Large-scale arrests expected for suspected ringleaders of Dublin riot (www.theguardian.com)
UAE reportedly planned to use COP28 climate summit to lobby for oil and gas deals (www.cnbc.com)
The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of the biggest and most important annual climate conference as a platform to lobby foreign government officials for oil and gas deals, according to a cache of internal documents obtained by a not-for-profit investigative journalism organization....
Targeting the Messenger to Kill the Message (www.counterpunch.org)
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SEC v. Jarkesy: The Threat to Congressional and Agency Authority (www.americanprogress.org)
SEC v. Jarkesy is quietly one among a trio of important Supreme Court cases this term that could deal major blows to executive and congressional power.
Thai groom goes on gun rampage at own wedding killing four including bride (www.independent.co.uk)
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say (apnews.com)
