The fight over Alabama's congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court (apnews.com)
Standing at an Alabama Statehouse microphone before lawmakers voted on new congressional districts, state Rep. Chris England said that change in the Deep South state has often happened only through federal court order....
LED lights are meant to save energy. They’re creating glaring problems (wapo.st)
Trial delayed for North Dakota state senator accused of traveling abroad to have sex with child (www.inforum.com)
EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields', urges Israeli restraint (www.reuters.com)
How SIM Swappers Straight-Up Rob T-Mobile Stores (www.404media.co)
Video shot from a getaway car shows how SIM swappers have snatched worker tablets to help them take over phone numbers....
Airbnb: Italy threatens to seize more than $800 million over unpaid taxes (edition.cnn.com)
Airbnb: Italy threatens to seize more than $800 million over unpaid taxes::Italian tax authorities are poised to seize some €779 million ($836 million) from Airbnb as a result of its alleged failure to pay taxes owed by landlords using the platform.
Everyone Is a Luddite Now (www.wired.com)
YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers (www.wired.com)
Judge indicates she may delay Trump trial on charges he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, pointing to the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review....
Hungary Bans Minors From Visiting Prestigious Photo Exhibition Over LGBT Display (time.com)
Hamas didn't expect large US involvement amid war with Israel - report (www.jpost.com)
Senior Hamas official Ali Barakeh says the group did not anticipate the scale of U.S. involvement in support of Israel....
California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Operations Over 'Risk to Public Safety' (www.thedrive.com)
General Motors' driverless Cruise taxis can no longer operate on California roads without a safety driver, effective immediately.
Israel shows footage of Hamas killings ‘to counter denial of atrocities' (www.theguardian.com)
No evidence found linking synagogue president's fatal stabbing to antisemitism, Detroit police chief says (www.nbcnews.com)
Detroit police said Sunday that they have found no evidence that indicates the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue president this weekend was linked to antisemitism....
Thousands of IT workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI says (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Thousands of IT workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI says::ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars...
Happy Anniversary of the Harper's Ferry Raid (hexbear.net)
Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans (www.theguardian.com)
Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize
Russia launched ‘renewed offensive’ against Ukraine, Kirby says (www.politico.com)
Russia appears to have launched a “renewed offensive” against Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country as the war inches closer to entering its second winter, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday....
My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)
I’ve always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don’t really want to hand all my keys over to a company....
Israel Attack: Hamas Militants Parade Naked Body Of Israeli Woman In Open Truck; Disturbing Video Surfaces (www.freepressjournal.in)
In a shocking incident, horrific visuals are surfacing on the internet in which it can be seen that the Hamas militants are taking a semi-naked dead body of an Israeli woman on an open truck and parading in the city. It is said that the militants after attacking Israel are killing and taking the civilians as hostage. The...
US shoots down Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria (apnews.com)
The U.S. military on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in Hasakah, Syria, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. One official said the drone was armed....
Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes (apnews.com)
Deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence are having their moment this year, at least when it comes to making it look, or sound, like celebrities did something uncanny. Tom Hanks hawking a dental plan. Pope Francis wearing a stylish puffer jacket. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps in a red bathrobe....
UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain tankers with sea mines (www.theguardian.com)
Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports...
Missing deaf pet skunk found after garden escape (www.bbc.com)
A deaf pet skunk that escaped from a garden has been found....