‘People just can’t pay their bills’: Oklahoma’s wild marijuana market is about to shrivel (www.politico.com)
‘Hamas has created additional demand’: Wall Street eyes big profits from war (www.theguardian.com)
FDA warns consumers against using 26 eye drop products because of infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)
Getting angry may help you achieve your goals, study suggests (www.independent.co.uk)
Getting angry could help you achieve your goals, new research suggests....
Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout (www.reuters.com)
Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again (apnews.com)
FDA warns consumers against using 26 eye drop products because of infection risk (www.cbsnews.com)
Is Israel repeating America's post-9/11 mistakes? | Spencer Ackerman talks with DW (www.youtube.com)
GM reaches tentative deal with UAW, ending strikes at Detroit automakers after six weeks (www.cnbc.com)
Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world (apnews.com)
The explosion that night woke him and knocked him to the floor. He tucked his phone and his ID card in his pockets, strapped on a life jacket and made his way to the upper deck. As the flames barreled toward him, he prepared to jump nearly 100 feet (30 meters) into the sea....
Court arguments on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause begin (apnews.com)
A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the Republican former president off the ballot in that state....
General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending 6-week strike (apnews.com)
General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending 6-week strike (apnews.com)
The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank (www.politico.eu)
Graphic pro-Israel ads make their way into children’s video games (www.reuters.com)
The puzzle game on his Android phone had been interrupted by a video showing Hamas militants, terrified Israeli families and blurred graphic footage. Over a black screen, a message from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the first grader: “WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HARM US PAY A HEAVY PRICE.”...
Face mask effectiveness: What science knows now (www.cbsnews.com)
In an interview for 60 Minutes, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook posed that question to Linsey Marr, a Virginia Tech University professor specializing in aerosol science....
UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford (apnews.com)
The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis....
Cornell University police investigating online threats against Jewish students, president says (www.cnn.com)
Cornell University police are investigating a series of antisemitic threats made against the school’s Jewish community in online posts over the weekend, its president announced....
Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court dismissed a gun charge Monday against a Washington state senator who had been arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory in what he called an “honest mistake.”...
From the Galilee to Gaza : A Voice from Palestine (crimethinc.com)
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Bibi’s War: How Incompetence, Opportunism, and Rejection Led to a Catastrophe for Israel and Palestine (www.rollingstone.com)
Bibi and Hamas both thrive when there is no hope for peace and when Israelis and Palestinians hate one another
To the delight of eager U.K. ecologists, London welcomes its first baby beaver in centuries (www.cbc.ca)
Hunted to near-extinction during Elizabethan times, there is now a concerted effort to bring beavers back to Britain for the benefits they offer in flood management, water quality and fostering biodiversity.
The World’s Oldest Scotch Whisky Is About To Go On Auction (www.forbes.com)
Late last year, a hidden trove of whisky was discovered in a cellar room deep within a 13th century Scottish castle. The liquid was subsequently tested and determined to have been distilled back in 1833, making it the oldest known scotch in existence. Now two dozen bottles of it are going under the hammer in a November auction.
Hamas blocks foreign nationals from leaving Gaza (www.telegraph.co.uk)
“Officials said that Israel and Egypt were prepared to let foreigners leave the Strip which is under heavy Israeli bombardment, but Hamas had refused.”