IRS plans to make its free tax filing program permanent ( edition.cnn.com )
L.A. County wants to cap rent hikes at 3%. Landlords say that would push them to sell ( www.latimes.com )
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Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” ( theintercept.com )
The New York Times instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to “avoid” using the phrase “occupied territory” when describing Palestinian land, according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by The Intercept....
X's fresh temporary ban of several prominent journalists raises alarm ( www.nbcnews.com )
“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.
Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacancies ( www.cnn.com )
President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years....
Students reported her for a lesson on race. Then she taught it again. ( www.washingtonpost.com )
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Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony' ( www.advocate.com )
San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers in stunning tough-on-crime shift ( www.latimes.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240312130203/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-09/san-francisco-welfare-drug-screening-police-crime-vote
Another trans candidate in Ohio faces disqualification vote for omitting deadname ( apnews.com )
A second transgender candidate running for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is at risk of being disqualified from the ballot after omitting her former name on circulating petitions....
Trans youth ‘terrified’ of what Louisiana’s new health care ban will mean ( www.pbs.org )
For the last two years, Koen has routinely self-administered weekly testosterone injections without a second thought....
Every Conservative Supreme Court Justice Sits Out Decision in Rare Move ( www.newsweek.com )
Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows ( www.theguardian.com )
Texas woman arrested for allegedly attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim child in possible hate crime ( www.nbcnews.com )
Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth ( thencbeat.com )
“We want to acknowledge some feedback received regarding our Juneteenth celebration,” Pezzuto said in his letter obtained by The North Carolina Beat. “Although our intent was to celebrate this nationally recognized day, some of you voiced your concerns regarding the associated food choices.”...
The world is running out of soldiers ( www.vox.com )
Black man who spent 44 years in prison before he was exonerated gets record $25M settlement ( www.nbcnews.com )
Ronnie Long was convicted by an all-white jury in North Carolina on Oct. 1, 1976, after he was accused of raping a white woman in Concord....
Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars ( www.reuters.com )
Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ.O) said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles....
School district bans the dictionary to comply with Ron DeSantis’s book-ban law ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
A Florida school district has literally banned the dictionary in an effort to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R) book-banning law....
Miscarriages in Gaza Have Increased 300% Under Israeli Bombing ( jezebel.com )
Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel's blockade of supplies and water.
Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds ( www.reuters.com )
About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said....
An 8-year-old girl was sucked into a swimming pool pipe at a Hilton hotel. The management company blamed her parents ( www.independent.co.uk )
Judge in Trump’s civil fraud trial faces bomb threat ahead of closing arguments ( www.nbcnews.com )
Nassau County police on Thursday have responded to a bomb threat at the home of Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told NBC News....
Conjoined twin Abby Hensel is now married ( www.nbcnews.com )
Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family....
Ohio police release body camera video of officer shooting 15-year-old boy who had toy gun seconds after initial encounter ( www.nbcnews.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240411114358/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-police-release-body-camera-video-officer-shooting-15-year-old-boy-rcna147023
Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal. ( www.nbcnews.com )
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