WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks (www.reuters.com)
EU will continue to fund the Palestinians as probe shows no money is reaching Hamas (apnews.com)
Italian minister allegedly forced high-speed train to make unscheduled stop (www.theguardian.com)
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills (www.motherjones.com)
Corporate lobbying has protected 60 percent of oil and gas operations, Greenpeace reports.
Big Pharma fought drug pricing reform with record $7.5M dark money donation (arstechnica.com)
AI poster child Altman back at OpenAI, may have fewer checks on power (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the startup at the heart of the AI boom, but strong support from investors including Microsoft (MSFT.O) may give Altman more leeway to commercialize the technology....
Judge on Trump NY Fraud Case Receives ‘Serious and Credible’ Death Threats From MAGA (www.rollingstone.com)
Judge Arthur Engoron and his staff received a barrage of death threats and antisemitic attacks after Donald Trump targeted them on social media.
The “Harvard Law Review” Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.
Former state department official loses job after Islamophobic tirade at New York street vendor (www.theguardian.com)
Halal food worker might soon be able to take legal action against the explicit and racist abuse after the attacker’s firm offered free representation
U.S. egg producers conspired to fix prices from 2004 to 2008, a federal jury ruled (apnews.com)
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders set for victory - exit poll (www.bbc.com)
Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the the Dutch general election, says an Ipsos exit poll....
Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective (www.theguardian.com)
A judge has found “reasonable evidence” that Elon Musk and other executives at Tesla knew that the company’s self-driving technology was defective but still allowed the cars to be driven in an unsafe manner anyway, according to a recent ruling issued in Florida....
New Jersey banning sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 (apnews.com)
New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants, officials announced Tuesday....
NY governor says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing (apnews.com)
A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of border crossings in the area, authorities said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said there was “no indication of a terrorist attack.”...
Full List of Public Figures Defending Susan Sarandon [Nov 22 2023 | Billie Schwab Dun | Newsweek] (www.newsweek.com)
US govt pays AT and T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant (www.theregister.com)
Tesla workers report explosions, concussions, and grisly robot injuries at Texas factory (www.theverge.com)
A Top Mutual Fund Executive Made Millions for Himself Trading the Same Stocks His Giant Fund Was Trading (www.propublica.org)
One such shareholder was David Hoeft, a member of the Dodge & Cox committee that made the decision to buy the shares and an advocate for investing in technology companies. Hoeft, who has spent 30 years at Dodge & Cox, is now the company’s chief investment officer....
How a Maine Businessman Made the AR-15 Into America’s Best-Selling Rifle (www.propublica.org)
When the public asks, “How did we get here?” after each mass shooting, the answer goes beyond National Rifle Association lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots. It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Dyke. Long before his competitors, the mercurial showman saw the profits in a product that...
OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims (futurism.com)
For Alaska Families, Questions Remain About Unsolved Deaths and “Suicides” (www.propublica.org)
A 41-year-old Inupiaq woman raised in Kotzebue, Chase recently became the city’s mayor. Before that she worked for the Alaska State Medical Examiner Office, preparing autopsy tables, and at a local nonprofit that offers legal help to domestic violence survivors....