Pending home sales drop to a record low, even worse than during the financial crisis (www.cnbc.com)
‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates (www.nytimes.com)
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds....
Protester sets self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta, suffers critical burns (www.pbs.org)
A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured....
Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes. One family is pushing for more protections (apnews.com)
A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey....
The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea (apnews.com)
Moscow police raid multiple LGBTQ+ clubs in wake of new Supreme Court ban — Meduza (meduza.io)
Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as Cuban agent, source (abcnews.go.com)
Scientists Warn Vampire Bats May Soon Spread Into The Southern US (www.sciencealert.com)
The Pentagon says US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea. Houthis claim attacking 2 ships (apnews.com)
The attack potentially marked a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war as multiple vessels found themselves in the crosshairs of a single Houthi assault for the first time in the conflict....
US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming gas by nearly 80% from fossil fuels (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars....
One of the three Palestinian-American students shot in Vermont is paralyzed (www.theguardian.com)
Twenty-year-old Hisham Awartani paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet lodged in his spine, his family say...
Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault (www.theguardian.com)
Demonstrators march to protest L.A. City Council’s approval of rent hikes (ktla.com)
Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run US cities (www.reuters.com)
Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, Trump said it was important to scrutinize the vote in the battleground states likely to determine the general election. He singled out the biggest cities in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia....
Georgia Man Who Threw Hot Grease at Popeyes Employee Sentenced to Prison (toofab.com)
Casino workers with MGM Grand Detroit ratify deal, ending 47-day strike (apnews.com)
Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says (apnews.com)
1 dead, 4 injured in Las Vegas shooting of homeless: Police (abcnews.go.com)
At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a homeless encampment in Las Vegas on Friday, police said....
Colorado strikes “excited delirium” from all law enforcement diagnosis, training documents (www.cpr.org)
Colorado’s law enforcement officers will no longer recognize “excited delirium” after a state regulatory board voted to strike the controversial diagnosis on Friday from all training documents starting in January....
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say (apnews.com)
Two federal programs vital to national security may end unless Congress acts, DHS officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Mobile internet ban lifted in Manipur in most areas after 7 month (www.hindustantimes.com)
‘Right to speak’ is a lie
Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say (www.politico.com)
Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday....
Broadcom CEO tells VMWare workers to 'get butt back to office' after completing a $69 billion merger of the two companies (fortune.com)
Broadcom is laying off 1,267 Palo Alto-based VMware workers following its acquisition of the company...