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The Outrageous Case of a Journalist Charged With a Hate Crime for Recording a Gaza Protest Action (theintercept.com)
IN AN EGREGIOUS violation of press freedoms and First Amendment-protected activity, a New York City video journalist was arrested on felony hate crime charges Tuesday for allegedly being present during and documenting a pro-Palestine protest action....
Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz’s military service (www.politico.com)
Ohio Sen. JD Vance slammed the timing of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s retirement from a more-than-two-decades-long military career as a means of avoiding a deployment to Iraq on Wednesday, calling it “stolen valor garbage” and testing a new line of attack on the newly minted Democratic vice presidential contender....
The man behind Australia's most viral meme dies at 82 (www.bbc.com)
The prison escapee and on-again off-again petty criminal – whose best-known alias was Jack Karlson – shot to fame in 2009, after a clip of his dramatic 1991 arrest outside of a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane was uploaded to the internet and enthralled the nation....
Biden 'not confident' of peaceful transition if Trump loses (www.bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has said he is not confident there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November....
Adam Britton: British croc expert jailed for sexual abuse of dogs (www.bbc.com)
Adam Britton, a leading zoologist who has worked on BBC and National Geographic productions, pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to bestiality and animal cruelty....
FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot (www.ctvnews.ca)
Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, a butterfly knife and a flashlight taser in her possession when a U.S. Secret Service officer searched her backpack, according to an FBI affidavit....
Operating theatres, bowling alleys and home cinemas: Not happy with safe rooms, the super-rich are building luxury fortresses (www.ctvnews.ca)
“We’ve seen a lot more of a focus on entertainment,” said Al Corbi, who has been at the forefront of secure luxury for 50 years as the president and founder of SAFE (Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments), based in Virginia, in the US. “If you’re going to be able to survive underground, we want you to be...
U.K., U.S. ambassadors to skip Nagasaki peace ceremony (www.asahi.com)
Walz has history with China - it's more hawkish than critics claim (www.bbc.com)
Hunter Biden was hired by Romanian businessman trying to 'influence' US agencies, prosecutors say (apnews.com)
Hunter Biden was hired by a Romanian businessman accused of corruption who was trying to “influence U.S. government policy” during Joe Biden’s term as vice president, prosecutors said in court papers Wednesday....
Asked about bear carcass prank, RFK Jr. says he once had a freezer full of roadkill meat (apnews.com)
It wasn’t just the dead bear....
Dominican Republic trying to identify the remains of 14 decomposed bodies found on abandoned vessel (apnews.com)
Forensic authorities in the Dominican Republic worked Wednesday to identify the remains of at least 14 mostly decomposed bodies found on an abandoned vessel 10 nautical miles of its northern coast....
Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man (apnews.com)
Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four hotel workers in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death after scouring video showing them piling on top of the Black man during an incident that Mitchell’s family says is disturbingly similar to George Floyd’s death....
Arizona prosecutors asked grand jurors not to indict Trump in state's fake electors case (apnews.com)
The Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Republican supporters of Donald Trump who falsely claimed he won the state in the 2020 election wanted to consider also charging the former president, but prosecutors urged them not to, according to court documents filed this week....
Steve Martin turns down Tim Walz impersonation role on 'SNL,' dashing internet's casting hopes (apnews.com)
Steve Martin’s next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he’d portray....
J.D. Vance Awkwardly Retreats After Bizarre Attempt to Storm Harris’ Empty Plane (www.thedailybeast.com)
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The mother of three who sparked havoc with false claim about Southport suspect (www.thetimes.com)
While foreign agitators and far-right leaders leapt upon false claims the Southport attack suspect was an immigrant who had arrived in a small boat, the allegations can be traced to social media accounts closer to home....
Tim Walz doesn't own any stocks: What to know about Kamala Harris' running mate's personal finances (www.businessinsider.com)
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is a man of relatively modest means, according to financial disclosures....
Google Search Promotes “Nudify” Apps (www.404media.co)
Searching for “undress apps,” “best deepfake nudes,” and similar terms on Google turns up “promoted” results for apps that use AI to produce nonconsensual nude images, despite a recent update to Google’s ad policies against this exact type of content and a recent effort to derank results for apps that produce...
Microsoft Encourages Employee Donations to Illegal West Bank Settlements, While Barring UNRWA (www.dropsitenews.com)
Microsoft includes a number organizations based in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including at least one that fundraises to support the Israeli military, in its employee charitable giving platform. Yet the company has delisted the UN agency providing relief in Gaza, according to Microsoft employees petitioning the...
Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From (www.404media.co)
Abhishek has 115,000 YouTube subscribers, dozens of instructional videos, and is part of a community of influencers selling classes and making YouTube content about how to go viral on Facebook with AI-generated images and other types of spam. These influencers act much like financial influencers in the United States, teaching...
In Louisiana's Cancer Alley, company cancels plans for grain export facility in historic Black town (apnews.com)
Residents of a historic Black community in Louisiana who’ve spent years fighting against a massive grain export facility set to be built on the grounds where their enslaved ancestors once lived appear to have finally halted the project....
NASA delays next crew launch to buy more time at the space station for Boeing's troubled capsule (apnews.com)
NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing’s troubled new crew capsule....
Flush with federal funds, dam removal advocates seize opportunity to open up rivers, restore habitat (apnews.com)
On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two centuries....
Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns (apnews.com)
Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch....
Turkey to submit request to join genocide case against Israel in UN court (apnews.com)
Turkey will file a request with a United Nations court on Wednesday to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, a Turkish official said....
How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire (apnews.com)
When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town’s Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived the blaze, and thanks to the efforts of arborists and dedicated volunteers, parts of it are growing back — and even thriving....
Weak spots in metal may have led to fatal Osprey crash off Japan, documents obtained by AP reveal (apnews.com)
A gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press....
Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a larger species than the 3 allowed now (apnews.com)
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah launches drone attacks on Israel, says more to come (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah launched a series of drone and rocket attacks into northern Israel on Tuesday but warned that its much-anticipated retaliation for Israel’s killing of a top commander last week was yet to come....
She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women (www.theguardian.com)
The household was fast asleep when the six men broke in. They sought out Sobia Batool Shah, 22, and one of them attacked her with a hatchet, chopping at her limbs in an effort to sever her legs. “He was relentless and must have hit me at least 15 times,” she says....
As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’ (www.politico.com)
Donald Trump spent Monday morning labeling the turmoil in the global financial markets the “Kamala Crash,” giving Republicans hope that he might turn his focus to an economic message....
Families of 190 corpses left rotting in funeral home owed US$950M: judge (www.ctvnews.ca)
The Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies and sent grieving families fake ashes were ordered by a judge to pay US$950 million to the victims’ relatives in a civil case, the attorney announced Monday....
Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid (apnews.com)
Two special prosecutors said Monday that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town’s newspaper....