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Martin Shkreli's lifetime drug industry ban upheld (www.yahoo.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli, known for once hiking the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld his lifetime ban....
IRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push (apnews.com)
The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain English....
Libs of TikTok creator accused of inspiring school bomb threats named to Oklahoma library board (www.nbcnews.com)
Chaya Raichik, who runs the inflammatory Libs of TikTok social media account, was named an adviser to the state Education Department’s library committee....
Joe Biden wins primary election in New Hampshire despite not even being on the ballot (www.businessinsider.com)
LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests (www.theguardian.com)
New York man convicted of murdering woman in car that turned into his driveway (www.theguardian.com)
Kevin Monahan, 65, shot 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis after a car she was riding in with friends made a wrong turn on his property...
New York may soon join a growing number of states seeking to incorporate climate change into school lesson plans (www.nytimes.com)
Third graders at Public School 103 in the north Bronx sat on a rug last month while their teacher, Kristy Neumeister, led a book discussion....
BMW’s South Carolina plant is testing humanoid robot workers (www.theverge.com)
Exxon Sues to Prevent Climate Proposal From Getting a Shareholder Vote (www.nytimes.com)
The complaint, filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas, said a proposal by activist investors calling for the oil giant to cut emissions faster would not create shareholder value....
Libs of TikTok Fueled Bomb Threats at Oklahoma Schools. The Superintendent Just Hired Her (www.rollingstone.com)
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters has tapped Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik to serve on the state’s Education Library Media Advisory Committee.
Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster (www.nbcnews.com)
California eases COVID protocols, mild cases no longer warrant isolation: State health department (abc7.com)
Turkey approves Sweden’s NATO bid (www.politico.eu)
Now action moves to Hungary, which is the last holdout on the Swedish application....
Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to' (www.nbcnews.com)
Oklahoma proposal would make watching porn a felony, ban sexting outside marriage (nypost.com)
this country is so fucking cool
Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A Roman dodecahedron, a mysterious 12-sided metal object, was discovered in the village of Norton Disney in England....
22-year-old man who vaped required double lung transplant: 'He had no idea how bad it was' (www.nbcnews.com)
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method 'painless' and 'humane,' but critics raise doubts (apnews.com)
Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen, in the nation’s first execution attempt with the method....
Top 25 Couples Dance Songs (discuss.online)
🎶✨ Hey, all you lovebirds and wedding dreamers! DJ Tommy Scott is back with an enchanting list of the Top 25 Couples Dance Songs that will set the perfect tone for your magical day! 💑🕺💃...
FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program (www.techdirt.com)
In short Republicans are going to screw over 23 million poor Americans because they don’t want Democrats getting political credit for helping them during an election season. And because our press is generally broken and afraid of calling a duck a duck, this is going to get dressed up as a genuine concern about wasteful...
United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider alternatives to Boeing's next airplane (apnews.com)
The United Airlines CEO says he is “disappointed” in ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing that have led to the grounding of dozens of United jetliners, and the airline will consider alternatives to buying a future, larger version of the Boeing 737 Max....