Abercrombie and Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex (www.bbc.com)
A Phillies fan tried — and failed — to bring an emotional support alligator to a game (sports.yahoo.com)
Danny Masterson’s Wife Bijou Phillips Files for Divorce After Rape Sentencing (www.eonline.com)
Federal Report Finds Tribal Burial, Cultural Sites “Blasted” for Border Wall (truthout.org)
“The construction harmed some cultural and natural resources… by blasting at tribal burial sites,” the report says....
Chinese gatecrashers at US bases raise espionage concerns (www.reuters.com)
Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, have accessed military bases and sensitive sites in the U.S. as many as 100 times in recent years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing U.S. officials who described the incidents as potential espionage threats....
Arizona GOP rejects single-day vote proposal, angering election deniers (www.washingtonpost.com)
A proposal by Republican election deniers in Arizona who want to opt out of the state’s government-run presidential primary election in 2024 and instead hold the party’s own one-day, in-person election, with paper ballots that would be counted by hand, has caused anxiety among top Republicans in Washington, who fear being...
Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers (apnews.com)
Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set (www.reuters.com)
Record Labels File $412 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Internet Archive (www.rollingstone.com)
Complaint claims organization’s “Great 78 Project,” which includes music from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more serves as an “illegal record store”
In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans' First Amendment rights - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
The outrageous law enforcement assault on the Marion County Record newspaper raises a veritable forest of red flags.
Russia fines Apple for not deleting 'inaccurate' content on Ukraine conflict (www.reuters.com)
A Moscow court fined Apple 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for not deleting "inaccurate" content about what Russia calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine on apps and podcasts, Russian news agencies reported.
What the new Trump indictment has already proven (www.vox.com)
Republican pushes to overturn Ohio election result (www.newsweek.com)
Nearly one in five state prisoners go directly from maximum security to the street (www.wgbh.org)
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Russian troops shoot and kill a Georgian civilian near the breakaway province of South Ossetia (apnews.com)
State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement (apnews.com)
The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Automakers blast US plan to hike fuel efficiency rules (www.reuters.com)
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) proposal was unreasonable and requested significant revisions....
Photos: Dozens killed and wounded in Israel air raids on Gaza refugee camps (www.aljazeera.com)
New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump makes disparaging post about court clerk (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge quickly imposed a limited gag order in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial Tuesday after the former president disparaged a key court staffer....
Insight: Conservative think tank emerges as force behind DeSantis campaign (www.reuters.com)
Senior Heritage officials had advocated for months in conversations with DeSantis’ team that he oppose policies that could move the U.S. toward direct confrontation with Russia, the people said....
Australians are so mad about the return to office, they’re taking companies to court to stop it (apple.news)
It does not surprise me companies are making people go back to the office. Not just in Australia but around the world. There are a lot of people abusing the situation. It sucks but I saw this was going to happen when work from home first started getting rolled out back at the beginning of Covid....
More states want to let kids work as bartenders | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards. (www.propublica.org)
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A Tidal Wave of State and Private Repression Is Targeting Pro-Palestinian Voices (jacobin.com)
Critics of Israel’s merciless war on Gaza are facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists or firings. In this neo-McCarthyist environment, anything pro-Palestine is being made to carry the whiff of bigotry or even incitement to violence.
US woman charged with hosting parties with alcohol for teens and encouraging sexual assault (www.theguardian.com)
A woman accused of hosting parties for her teenage son and his friends in northern California where she encouraged them to drink and sexually assault intoxicated girls was charged on Monday with more than five dozen felony and misdemeanor counts....
