Hawaii governor: Fewer people died in Maui wildfires, number reduced to 97 (thehill.com)
Fewer people died in last month’s Maui wildfires than previously believed, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) announced Friday....
UAW strike brings blue-collar vs. billionaire battle to Detroit (www.cnbc.com)
Las Vegas teenager facing murder charge after intentionally hitting bicyclist with stolen car, police say (www.8newsnow.com)
The video is going around Twitter and it’s really bad, they intentionally hit a car while laughing and taunting the driver they hit, then they intentionally hit and kill a cyclist.
Biden won't pardon his son if he's convicted on federal charges, White House says (www.nbcnews.com)
President Joe Biden will not pardon Hunter Biden if he’s convicted on federal charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday....
Doctor shares warning on dangerous 'budget Ozempic' weight loss trend (abcnews.go.com)
Amid continued demand for drugs used for weight loss, including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, some people are instead turning to laxatives....
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care (apnews.com)
Oregon has taken an unprecedented step in offering psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, to the public....
Kansas will no longer change trans people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities (apnews.com)
Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, the state health department said Friday, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities....
DHS Continues To Violate Facebook Policies By Allowing CBP, ICE Officers To Create Fake Social Media Profiles (www.techdirt.com)
The US government may try to prosecute you for violating sites’ terms of service. But it won’t be handling its own actions the same way....
Marc Benioff says he's a remote worker after calling Salesforce employees back to office (fortune.com)
The office is crucial for professional development. You can’t expect to grow in your career without spending time with your coworkers, learning by osmosis, picking up cues from observing your superiors, and bonding with your peers and managers....
California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data (www.latimes.com)
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information.
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‘There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys’ (www.nytimes.com)
Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men.
Tennessee elects its first transgender lawmaker (www.nbcnews.com)
Nashville voters elected Tennessee’s first transgender lawmaker Thursday, according to the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, a political action group that aims to elect queer people to public office....
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Calls on Nation to Remember Ugly Past Truths (www.nytimes.com)
She was the keynote speaker at the 60th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
Looking for the new COVID vaccine booster? Here's where to get the shot. (www.cbsnews.com)
Pharmacies across the U.S. have started administering new COVID-19 booster formulations from drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna....
Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency (markets.businessinsider.com)
Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave....
EPA Dragged Its Feet On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Train Derailment, Emails Show (www.huffpost.com)
The Environmental Protection Agency waited a month to consult some of its top experts about the risk of dangerous chemical exposure around East Palestine, Ohio, following the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train hauling toxic materials, internal emails show....
Family of man killed by police responding to wrong house in New Mexico files lawsuit (www.cbsnews.com)
The family of a man fatally shot in New Mexico by police officers responding to the wrong house sued the department for wrongful death and other claims in federal court, according to a complaint filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court of New Mexico....
Ashton Kutcher Resigns From His Anti-Child Sex Abuse Organization Amid Danny Masterson Support Backlash (www.etonline.com)
Republicans launch probe into Biden administration’s response to Maui fires (thehill.com)
A group of Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee announced Friday that they will launch an investigation into the Biden administration’s response to the deadly wildfires in Hawaii....