Jaahnavi Kandula: US police officer who joked about woman's death fired (www.bbc.com)
A US police officer has been fired for making “vile” and “callous” comments about an Indian student’s death last year....
Microsoft cloud outage causes airlines to ground flights (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft said on Thursday it was investigating issues with its cloud services in the Central U.S. region, which had caused the grounding and cancellation of several flights....
LA City Council Considers Funding Former IDF Soldiers to Patrol Its Streets (theintercept.com)
THE LOS ANGELES City Council is considering whether to give public funds to private, armed security patrols to protect its religious communities, following a protest against the marketing of West Bank settlement properties at an LA synagogue last month that turned violent....
Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says (apnews.com)
Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as the company amassed billions of dollars in government...
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling (theconversation.com)
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IMF says U.S. should raise taxes, wait until late 2024 to cut rates (finance.yahoo.com)
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Embattled Biden faces physical and political isolation. (www.voanews.com)
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Tucker Carlson Hails Trump as ‘Bravest Man’ in RNC Speech After Telling Staffer, ‘I Hate Him Passionately’ (www.mediaite.com)
More Americans apply for jobless benefits as layoffs settle at higher levels (abcnews.go.com)
Montana’s Plan To Curb Opioid Overdoses Includes Vending Machines (kffhealthnews.org)
Trump Blows a Kiss as Hulk Hogan Rips His Shirt Onstage in Surreal RNC Scene (www.thedailybeast.com)
Man who escaped Oregon prison 30 years ago was found in Georgia with a stolen identity, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
The discovery of the stolen identity came after new investigative technology employed by the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service developed new leads in the case this year, the Marshals Service said without elaborating about the technology....
A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player (www.washingtonpost.com)
Highly infectious poliovirus found in Gaza sewage samples (www.theguardian.com)
Two White Minors and a Mother Charged With Drowning 8-Year-old Georgia Black Boy (www.theroot.com)
The two suspects in the case are 10 and 11 years old and have both been charged with involuntary manslaughter and simple battery. Due to Georgia law regarding minors, their names cannot be released to the public....
Ron DeSantis & Sarah Huckabee Sanders appear on extremist group Moms for Liberty's panel (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Bernice Johnson Reagon, US civil rights activist and singer, dies aged 81 (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwinger Leonard Leo helped fuel Bud Light boycott, tax filings show (www.theguardian.com)
Secret Service decries rightwing blame on female agents over Trump shooting (www.theguardian.com)
'Groundbreaking' Study Stresses Need to Protect Global Forest Carbon Sink. (www.commondreams.org)
At the RNC Prayer Breakfast, Speakers Said the Quiet Part Out Loud (www.motherjones.com)
China is the West’s corporate R&D lab. Can it remain so? (www.economist.com)
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