Brown, Yale and Columbia to pay $62m in lawsuit claiming they favor wealthy applicants (www.theguardian.com)
Military veteran charged in Capitol riot is ordered released from custody (news.yahoo.com)
A federal prosecutor had argued for the pretrial detention of Edward Richmond Jr., a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq approximately two decades ago....
Amid abortion ban, Texas teen birth rate in 2022 increased for first time in 15 years (www.reporternews.com)
Shawn Fain Takes On Musk, Trump Over Labor’s Green Future (www.bloomberg.com)
Journalists of color hit hard in seismic L.A. Times layoffs (www.nbcnews.com)
“The company has reneged on its promises to diversify its ranks since young journalists of color have been disproportionately affected,” the newspaper’s union says....
Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism' (www.nbcnews.com)
“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."...
Oregon jury awards $85 million to 9 victims of deadly 2020 wildfires (apnews.com)
An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes....
With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law (apnews.com)
Democratic lawmakers in Oregon on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law, a recognition that public opinion has soured on the measure amid rampant public drug use during the fentanyl crisis....
Tennessee bill targets adults who take minors out of state for abortion (thehill.com)
The Tennessee legislature introduced a bill on Monday that targets adults who take minors out of the state to have an abortion....
Nuclear power output expected to break global records in 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
Experts say world is ‘past peak fossil power’ but warn against uneven development of energy projects...
Disney asks for delay in DeSantis appointees' lawsuit, as worker describes a distracted district (apnews.com)
Disney this week requested a second delay in a state court case involving its legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees over who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district, as the company accused them and the governor’s office of stonewalling requests for documents that are part of the litigation....
Why are Israeli soldiers sharing snuff videos from their genocide in Gaza? (www.aljazeera.com)
Decades of impunity, for the Israeli regime as well as its criminal soldiers, has led us to this point....
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Venmo and other payment app theft is ‘skyrocketing,’ Manhattan DA warns | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
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....