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Borrowers, especially the young, struggle with credit card debt in potentially bad sign for economy (apnews.com)
Police descend on UCLA after protesters erect new pro-Palestinian encampment (www.latimes.com)
Major consumer divide: The rich keep spending, as poorer Americans struggle (www.axios.com)
France vs. 'Shrinkflation': Starting July 1, All 'Shrinked' Products Must Be Labelled For Consumers (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Parents called for mental health help. Police arrived and fatally shot their son. (www.nbcnews.com)
Less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door, police shot Yong Yang in his parents’ Koreatown home while he was holding a knife during a bipolar episode....
Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs....
Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans? (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have acted differently to the January 6 2021 insurrection if was led by Black people....
In 'Abandonment of Public Education,' Louisiana to Allow Tax Dollars to Pay for Private Schools (www.commondreams.org)
Houston storm: At least 5 killed, more than 600,000 without power (abcnews.go.com)
“Out of control”: Legal experts call for recusal, reform over Stop the Steal symbol at Alito home (www.salon.com)
Legal experts say its time for the Supreme Court’s ethics code to grow some teeth...
'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (www.commondreams.org)
Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction (www.lemonde.fr)
Telegram Reportedly "Ready to Fight Piracy" According to Govt. Official * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
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The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless (fortune.com)
Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says (www.cbsnews.com)
Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....
Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born. (www.wbtv.com)
america is so fucking based man...
Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study (www.theguardian.com)
Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected...
Elon Musk Says He'll Reinstate Twitter Account Of Hitler-Loving White Supremacist (www.huffpost.com)
Students Sue Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Shuttering AP African American Studies (truthout.org)
Trump and the RNC say they will recruit 100,000 poll watchers. Experts are skeptical (www.usatoday.com)
Attorney general won't file criminal case against LA officer in 2021 shooting that killed teen (abcnews.go.com)
Bypass Paywall Clean got DMcaD (twitter.com)
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The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US (www.engadget.com)
Woman breaks her neck inside St. Clair County Jail, isn't taken to the hospital for days (www.wxyz.com)
‘They were moving me all around and I had a broken neck.’...
Roblox Studio boss: children making money on the platform isn't exploitation, it's a gift (www.eurogamer.net)
In an interview with Roblox Studio head Stefano Corazza at GDC in late March, where a new suite of AI-powered creation tools was demoed, I asked about the reputation Roblox hac gained and the notion that it was exploitative of young developers, since it takes a cut from work sometimes produced by children....
Forecasters issue highest Atlantic hurricane season outlook in nearly 30 years (www.local10.com)
California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues (www.theguardian.com)
Boy, as yet unidentified, is third child killed by San Bernardino law enforcement in less than two years and second in under a month...
Amazon increased US plastic packaging despite global phase-out, report says (www.theguardian.com)
The same year, 2022, company replaced plastic sleeves in EU with paper and cardboard, and cut plastic packaging globally by 11.6%...
More students are dropping out of college, money is a main concern (www.cnbc.com)
The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent is Now 20 Years Old * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Transgender Day of Visibility March 31st 2024: How to celebrate and be an ally (www.usatoday.com)
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk facing pressure as study finds $1,000 appetite suppressant can be made for just $5 (fortune.com)
Meet the influencer who "reverses" lupus—with smoothies (www.motherjones.com)
NASA needs your smartphone during April's solar eclipse (www.popsci.com)
Why Credit Card Debt Is So High Right Now (time.com)
Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza (apnews.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”...
Starbucks accused of violating Americans with Disabilities Act by charging extra for non-dairy (www.kiro7.com)
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs (apnews.com)
As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago....
FTC probing Reddit plan to let AI firms use user-generated content to train software (thehill.com)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday....
A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out? (www.nbcnews.com)
Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally. Now he faces a recall vote....