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California socialite Rebecca Grossman sentenced to 15 to life for killing 2 kids in crosswalk (www.nbcnews.com)
A wealthy California woman who co-founded a burn center foundation in the Los Angeles area was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the hit-and-run killings of two children while they were in a crosswalk more than three years ago....
France’s far-right forces hold talks on teaming up to beat Macron (www.politico.eu)
An alliance with Reconquest would strengthen Marine Le Pen’s National Rally ahead of a snap election....
Massive fire breaks out at Miami apartment building, employee of building found shot at scene (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 70 firefighters and 38 fire trucks are on the scene of the ongoing blaze at the Temple Court Apartments, according to Miami Fire Rescue....
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...
California police kept death in custody a secret for seven years, inquiry reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Darryl Mefferd’s death was labeled an ‘accident’, but a report questions a Vallejo police officer’s role in the fatal incident...
The Dreamers of a decade ago are today teachers, nurses, journalists, lawyers — but still lack US citizenship (english.elpais.com)
The DREAM Act was introduced in Congress in August 2001, and has still not been approved. This law would allow 3.5 million undocumented young people who arrived in America as minors to regularize their situation...
Japan: 'Toyoko Kids' struggle to survive on city streets (www.dw.com)
Teenagers have banded together to escape abuse and neglect but find themselves drawn toward drugs and sex work — with pitifully little support available for the most vulnerable....
Curbing the Karens: Florida reins in over-mighty homeowners’ groups (www.theguardian.com)
The state’s homeowners’ associations (HOAs) are notorious for petty bureaucracy – including threats of eviction for the wrong kind of dog or decorative garage door hinges...
Post-Brexit ‘mess’ as Italian driver’s lorry held for 55 hours at UK border post (www.theguardian.com)
An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days....
Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to 'historic high levels' of toxins (apnews.com)
Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise....
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
One of the major drivers of the exceptional heat building within Earth’s atmosphere has reached levels beyond anything humans have ever experienced, officials announced on Thursday. Carbon dioxide, the gas that accounts for the majority of global warming caused by human activities, is accumulating “faster than ever,”...
After his historic guilty verdict, Trump is focused on revenge (www.nbcnews.com)
The former president has done at least five interviews since his guilty verdict. In all five, he has talked about possible retribution....
Russia mocks Macron following EU election defeat (www.politico.eu)
Russia was definitely watching the results of the EU election....
Teacher Li: The hunt for the cartoon cat vexing China's censors (www.bbc.com)
As anti-lockdown protests flared across China’s cities in November 2022, hundreds of thousands around the world were glued to an unlikely source: a mysterious X account, fronted by a cartoon cat....
To fight poverty, some Texas cities gave aid with no strings attached. Conservatives are pushing back. (www.texastribune.org)
Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they’re not a good use of taxpayer dollars....
Chinese military harassed Dutch warship enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea, Netherlands says (www.cnn.com)
A Dutch warship was harassed by Chinese military aircraft in the East China Sea on Friday, the Netherlands said, becoming the latest country to accuse Beijing’s forces of initiating potentially unsafe encounters in international waters....
It's not just convicts. Russia is forcing its African migrants and students to fight for them in Ukraine. (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia is replenishing its troops with an unlikely source — African migrants and students....
Turkey's inflation passes 75% in what economists believe is peak (www.cnbc.com)
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Ukrainian warplane fires weapon at target inside Russia for first time (news.sky.com)
“While damage assessment is still occurring, it is confirmed as a direct hit,” a Ukrainian military source tells Sky News....
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to https://apnews.com/article/france-macron-election-legislative-parliament-national-rally-07b742fe000170af8ee410e292bf23e2...
A real nut case: Cold Stone Creamery faces suit over lack of real pistachios in pistachio ice cream (apnews.com)
Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan?...
Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction (www.nbcnews.com)
The former president was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case against him....
EU elections: Macron to dissolve French parliament after crushing loss to far right (www.theguardian.com)
As National Rally achieves best ever result in France, populists also make gains in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands...
Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’ (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative-dominated court restores books denounced by officials as ‘pornographic filth’ to school libraries...
US patients charged for ‘hospital facility fees’ – even if they don’t set foot in one (www.theguardian.com)
Hospitals adding charge to bills from doctors’ offices, outpatient surgical clinics and diagnostic centers they own...
Europe swings to the right — led by France (www.politico.eu)
Europe’s center of political gravity is veering to the right....
Belgium shifts right — but not far right (www.politico.eu)
Belgium shifted to the right in Sunday’s election, but an expected extremist landslide didn’t happen....
France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections (www.dw.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced fresh elections after his party’s poor performance in the EU elections. His party was defeated by the far-right National Rally....
South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate (www.theguardian.com)
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline...
Evanston faces lawsuit over reparations payments to Black residents (www.nbcnews.com)
Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, argues that the reparations plan is unconstitutional because applicants qualify for payments based on their race....
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas (www.theguardian.com)
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard...
Burbank police accused of dumping homeless man outside LA councilmember's office (www.cbsnews.com)
A Los Angeles City councilmember furiously criticized the Burbank Police Department after security video appeared to show two officers dumping a homeless man in front of his field office on Thursday....
NYPD officer accused of shooting driver in New Jersey road rage incident (www.nbcnews.com)
That 30-year-old victim, of Voorhees Township, was transported to a local hospital where he remains in treatment....
Justice Clarence Thomas formally reports trip to Bali paid for by conservative donor (www.cnn.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel....
Adults and teens pick dumbphones to curb social media addiction (www.bbc.com)
Adults and teens concerned about their screen time are turning in their smartphones for “dumber” models....
Sharks attack three swimmers off two Florida beaches (www.theguardian.com)
Woman, 45, sustains ‘significant trauma’ and has part of arm amputated, as two teens injured in second attack...
Missing mother found dead inside 16-foot-long python after it swallowed her whole in Indonesia (www.cbsnews.com)
A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday, marking at least the fifth person to be devoured by a python in the country since 2017....
Italy's hard-right leader tells EU center parties their time is up as she votes in European election (www.pbs.org)
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined voters in Italy and a half dozen European Union nations in casting a ballot during the penultimate day of European Union parliamentary elections on Saturday. The bloc’s premier hard-right politician threw down the gauntlet to the traditional center parties, telling them their time to run...
Danish PM ‘shaken but fine’ after Copenhagen street attack (www.bbc.com)
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she feels “saddened and shaken” but “fine” after being attacked in the street in Copenhagen....
South Korea restarts anti-North Korea loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation for trash balloons (apnews.com)
South Korea on Sunday resumed anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation for the North sending over 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of weeks....
Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap (www.cnbc.com)
Former President Donald Trump recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden but still tried to take credit for it....
Damning Report on Judge Cannon Reveals She’s Prone to Exploitation (newrepublic.com)
Lawyers who appeared before Judge Aileen Cannon had some sharp critiques of how she oversaw the courtroom....
Bug meat and other fake news inundate EU voters (www.dw.com)
Conspiracy theorists are trying to influence European election campaigns with disinformation and lies. Much of the fabrication comes from Moscow, but plenty is homegrown....
Brussels says Ukraine and Moldova ready for EU membership talks (www.euractiv.com)
Diplomatic sources say Hungary is threatening to derail the opening of accession negotiations....
LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe's far right (www.dw.com)
LGBTQ+ activists share their stories with DW to warn against the potential consequences should nationalist and far-right parties make their expected gains in the European elections....
An explosion at chain DIY store in Romania injures at least 13 people, 1 seriously (abcnews.go.com)
An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania on Friday injured at least 13 people, four seriously, authorities said....
Japan’s births just fell to a new record low. Tokyo hopes a dating app can turn that around (www.cnn.com)
Japan’s fertility rate, which has seen a precipitous fall for many years, has reached another record low as the government ramps up efforts to encourage young people to get married and start families — even launching its own dating app....