Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law (www.npr.org)
Man drove to Durham police station to complain about earlier arrest for public intoxication only to be arrested again for impaired driving (www.thestar.com)
Hochul: Sorry I Joked About Doing to Canada What Israel Is Doing to Palestine (hellgatenyc.com)
Governor Kathy Hochul has been a staunch supporter and defender of Israel’s ongoing siege and bombardment of Gaza and sanctioned settler violence in the occupied West Bank, even going so far as to travel to Israel a few weeks after the Hamas attacks of October 7, despite being told her father was on his deathbed....
Warren says The Rock would be in her ‘dream blunt rotation’ (thehill.com)
VHP moves Calcutta HC over lioness named ‘Sita’, lion ‘Akbar’ at Siliguri zoo; calls it ‘irrational, sacrilegious’ (indianexpress.com)
Russian police investigate alleged LGBTQ+ propaganda at My Little Pony event (www.euronews.com)
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal (www.wsj.com)
Trump hawks $399 golden sneakers after court-ordered fine (www.dw.com)
Man who mixed own sperm with dad’s will not have to take paternity test (www.theguardian.com)
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Georgia Senator Vows to Protect Girl, But Then Runs Away After Learning She Is Trans (www.erininthemorning.com)
During a visit to lobby legislators on transgender issues, Senator Carden Summers ® knelt down and told a child he would protect her. When he learned she was trans, he backed away....
Iran claims ownership over Antarctica and plans military base there (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
Iranian navy Rear Adm. Shahram Irani declared that his country has “property rights” in Antarctica, particularly the South Pole, in a newly surfaced video....
Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article (arstechnica.com)
It's unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review.
Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount – Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions (www.theregister.com)
China urges firms not to be ‘blinded by lies’ over Xinjiang rights record (www.straitstimes.com)
Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired (jalopnik.com)
Lyft CEO says ‘My bad’ after earnings typo sends stock up 60% (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s That Simple’: Mark Meckler Says The Only Way To Secure The Border Is By Invading Mexico (www.rightwingwatch.org)
Mark Meckler is the president of the Convention of States Foundation and a leading proponent of the right-wing movement to get state legislatures to call for a dangerous Article V convention that will consider constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal...
MAGA Candidate Says He’s Worried About Babies Who Might Get an Abortion (newrepublic.com)
Bill Eigel, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Missouri, may not realize, but this is physically impossible....
My dad was a white slave, Kentucky Republican tells NAACP (www.motherjones.com)
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