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)
The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do (www.vox.com)
Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?...
Elon Musk to meet Israeli president, Gaza hostage families on Monday (www.reuters.com)
Chicago scrambles to house migrants as winter approaches (www.nbcnews.com)
City and state officials are looking to get migrants off the streets and out of shelters more quickly, but advocates say new restrictions will only make things harder....
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, was released as part of the cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war....
3 Palestinian students were shot in Vermont. Civil rights groups are calling for a close look at the motive (www.cnn.com)
Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, prompting calls from civil rights organizations and the victims’ families for authorities to look into possible bias by the attacker....
Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike (apnews.com)
Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000 students would be back in school Monday after more than three weeks without classes....
Births have increased in states with abortion bans, research finds (www.cnn.com)
Nearly a quarter of people seeking an abortion in the United States were unable to get one due to bans that took effect after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, researchers estimate. In the first half of 2023, states with abortion bans had an average fertility rate that was 2.3% higher than states where abortion was not...
Samuel Paty: Six French teenagers on trial over teacher's murder (www.bbc.com)
The suspects are accused of inciting the murder and pointing out the teacher to the killer.
