‘Historic’: Ecuador voters reject oil drilling in Amazon protected area (www.aljazeera.com)
US suicides hit an all-time high last year (apnews.com)
Leah Remini: The King of Queens star sues Church of Scientology (www.bbc.com)
Leah Remini is taking legal action against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, for harassment and defamation....
2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine (apnews.com)
A second Denver-area police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The 23-year-old Black man was put in a neck hold and injected with ketamine after being stopped by police as he walked home from a convenience store.
Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students (www.nbcnews.com)
Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station....
Teen raped by father for a year: The girl’s sister told police their father was responsible for the pregnancy and threatened to kill the victim if she told anyone. (indianexpress.com)
3 anti-LGBTQ+ groups are behind 86% of all book bans across the U.S. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Approximately 86% of all book bans across the nation have occurred in school districts with a local chapter of one of three anti-LGBTQ+ groups: Moms for Liberty, Citizens Defending Freedom (CDF), and Parents’ Rights in Education, according to a new report from the free speech organization PEN America....
Ohio high school coach resigns after team's 'Nazi' playcall (www.espn.com)
BROOKLYN, Ohio – An Ohio high school football coach resigned Monday after his team used racist and antisemitic language to call out plays during a game last week....
Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows (www.theguardian.com)
Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states...
A Florida Jewish Community Center canceled a Jewish author’s talk because her novel mentions slavery (forward.com)
Citing the "political climate," a Florida JCC canceled a Jewish author's talk about a book set in Virginia in 1811 that mentions slavery.
[USA] Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years, longest Jan. 6 sentence yet (www.nbcnews.com)
WASHINGTON — Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the far-right Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday afternoon following his conviction on a seditious conspiracy charge in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Delta flight diverted after passenger reportedly has 'diarrhea all the way through the airplane' (www.foxbusiness.com)
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New York sues PepsiCo over plastic pollution along river (www.axios.com)
Louisiana must draw new congressional map by mid-January for 2024 elections (www.theguardian.com)
The Louisiana state legislature has until the middle of January to enact a new congressional map after a federal court ruled that the state’s current map illegally disfranchises Black voters....
Mass graves, unclaimed bodies and overcrowded cemeteries. The war robs Gaza of funeral rites (abcnews.go.com)
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Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company,’ dies at 76 (apnews.com)
VA Attorney General Warns Right-Wing Group To Stop Sending False Info to Voters (www.democracydocket.com)
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) sent a letter to Virginia Voter Assistance, which is a project of the right-wing organization Look Ahead America, warning it to “immediately cease and desist” from sending false and misleading information to voters in Virginia.
Justice Dept. Accuses Trump Lawyers of Dragging Their Feet in Documents Case (www.nytimes.com)
Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers of trying to employ an arcane law governing the use of classified material to “intentionally derail” the timing of his trial on charges of mishandling national security documents and obstructing efforts to retrieve them....
UMass Memorial reinstates staff mask mandate after 'dramatic increase' in COVID cases (www.cbsnews.com)
With COVID cases and hospitalizations climbing, UMass Memorial is bringing back a mask mandate for staff when interacting with patients....
Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records (apnews.com)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general, hospital officials have confirmed.
Ivanka Trump's bid to block fraud trial testimony crashes and burns: report (www.rawstory.com)
Ivanka Trump has lost her appeal to try to overturn the order forcing her to testify in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial, reported Law360's Frank G. Runyeon on Thursday evening."Ivanka Trump must testify after NY appellate court rejects her bid to freeze her trial subpoena," wrote R...
A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far (apnews.com)
It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover....
More presumed human remains recovered from submersible that imploded, killing 5, Coast Guard says (apnews.com)
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, officials said Tuesday....
Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools (apnews.com)
A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers’ sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases....
Police arrest repeat offender suspected in murder of Baltimore tech CEO (www.nbcnews.com)
Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, a U.S. Marshal confirmed, as police announced plans to reveal details of the capture following a major manhunt....
