Nearly 450 patients at Massachusetts hospital may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis (abcnews.go.com)
Charlie Kirk defends Elon Musk's antisemitism: "Some of the largest financiers of left-wing anti-white causes have been Jewish Americans" (www.mediamatters.org)
For more on Musk's remarks, see here and here.
Users Can't Speak to Viral AI Girlfriend CarynAI Because CEO Is in Jail for Arson (www.404media.co)
“CarynAI being down has really caused an uproar within my community,” Caryn Marjorie said.
David DePape found guilty in Paul Pelosi hammer attack (www.cnn.com)
A jury has found David DePape guilty on two counts in the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, last year in the couple’s San Francisco home.
Texas woman convicted and facing up to life in prison for killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson (apnews.com)
A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson faces up to life in prison in Texas when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her....
Supreme Court says Florida can’t enforce anti-drag law (www.cnn.com)
The Florida law that limits drag shows in the state will remain blocked, the Supreme Court said Thursday, dealing a blow to a key initiative championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis....
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of rape and abuse in lawsuit filed by former girlfriend Cassie Ventura (edition.cnn.com)
Botox, Ferragamo and OnlyFans: How George Santos allegedly spent his campaign funds (www.nbcnews.com)
The scathing House Ethics Committee report on embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., alleges he was a cash-strapped candidate who used campaign contributions to live a life of luxury — including spending donors’ money on trips to casinos, shopping at high-end retailers and even Botox treatments and OnlyFans payments....
Amazon will allow US customers to buy cars on its site from local car dealers starting next year (apnews.com)
IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride (www.theverge.com)
Purra: Finland ready to close entire border with Russia (yle.fi)
For Cable News, a Palestinian Life Is Not the Same as an Israeli Life (fair.org)
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‘All men 16 years and above, raise your hands’: how al-Shifa raid unfolded (www.theguardian.com)
The end of the article jumped out at me:...
Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading (www.wired.co.uk)
Australia: Sydney University sacks immune-compromised academic for insisting on COVID safety (www.wsws.org)
Unless Niko Tiliopoulos’s sacking is defeated, it will set a precedent for use throughout the tertiary education industry to victimise and sack educators who refuse, for critical health reasons, to adhere to the intensifying “return to campus” offensive.
Florida grappling with flooding and high winds, more than 100K customers without power after intense rain (www.nbcnews.com)
Intense rain in parts of Florida has submerged neighborhoods, turned roads into rivers, closed schools and left more than 108,000 customers without power....
Union Autoworkers have officially finalized their deal with General Motors. (www.motherjones.com)
Georgia prosecutors seek protective order after leak of videos in Trump case (www.theguardian.com)
The request came after several media outlets published details of videotaped statements that former Trump lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro gave as part of plea deals to avoid being tried as racketeering co-defendants with the former president....
George Santos will not seek re-election after House details ‘pervasive’ fraud (www.theguardian.com)
The New York Republican congressman, fabulist and criminal defendant George Santos said he would not seek re-election next year, after the US House ethics committee issued a report detailing “grave and pervasive campaign finance violations and fraudulent activity” and recommended action against him....
TikTok is ‘aggressively removing’ videos promoting an Osama bin Laden manifesto (www.theverge.com)
TikTok says the number of videos on the manifesto is “small.”
The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain (apnews.com)
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K....
Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' Goes Viral 21 Years Later -- on TikTok (www.rollingstone.com)
The incendiary text was removed from the website of The Guardian after becoming a top-trending link
A woman is ordered to pay nearly $39K to American Airlines for interfering with a flight crew (apnews.com)
A woman from Hawaii has been ordered to pay nearly $39,000 in restitution to American Airlines for interfering with a crew on a flight last year, according to authorities....
Emergency room nurse who committed suicide called US health care system her ‘abuser’ in scathing letter just months before her death (nypost.com)
Tristin Kate Smith, a 28-year-old Ohio nurse, wrote a scathing letter to her “abuser” five months ahead of her August 2023 suicide.