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Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse (www.theguardian.com)

Man identified by police as Max Azzarello, from Florida, declared dead after incident outside lower Manhattan courthouse...

New York AG asks court to reject Trump's $175M bond for civil judgment (abcnews.go.com)

Letitia James contended the bond company may not have enough resources to pay....

Lawsuits under New York's new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states (apnews.com)

Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island’s Nassau County....

TikTok ‘ban’ passes in the House again, moving to the Senate in foreign aid package (www.theverge.com)

The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it — but this time, it’s in a way that will be harder for the Senate to stall....

Trump and the RNC say they will recruit 100,000 poll watchers. Experts are skeptical (www.usatoday.com)

Credit-Card Delinquency Rates Were Worst on Record in Fed Study (www.bloomberg.com)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill would end trading in water futures (www.motherjones.com)

Gay furry hackers leak data of transphobic pastor & far-right news network (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial identified as ‘researcher’ who posted conspiracy-laden manifesto moments earlier (www.independent.co.uk)

Iconic Hotel From ‘The Shining’ Goes Up in Flames (www.thedailybeast.com)

Man Set Himself on Fire Outside of Trump Trial (www.rollingstone.com)

Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal (www.theverge.com)

Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial (www.nytimes.com)

Not much info at time of posting what prompted the man to do so

Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York (apnews.com)

And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!

USC cancels all commencement speakers amid criticism over decision to stop Pro-Palestinian valedictorian's speech (www.nbclosangeles.com)

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UAW says Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join union, giving it groundbreaking landslide win (www.cnn.com)

Freedom Caucus' new 'FART' team sparks avalanche of jokes, memes (www.newsweek.com)

The House Freedom Caucus has reportedly deployed its Floor Action Response Team (FART), triggering a wave of jokes and memes online.

EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals (www.theguardian.com)

Superfund law requires industries responsible for PFOA and PFOS contamination in water or soil to pay for cleanup...

Are there really more things going wrong on airplanes? (www.vox.com)

WHO chief scientist calls for increased monitoring and preparation for highly pathogenic bird flu (www.cnn.com)

Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children (apnews.com)

An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory....

AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday (apnews.com)

Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts....

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom (apnews.com)

One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room...