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 )
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Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal. ( www.nbcnews.com )
Heehee.
7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll ( apnews.com )
A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues....
Rights Groups To Sue as Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments Displayed in Classrooms ( www.commondreams.org )
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ ( www.thedailybeast.com )
'Black Americans for Trump' event a 'major bust' that featured 'a sea of white people' ( www.rawstory.com )
He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 ( apnews.com )
Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. ...
RFK Jr. can't win. But he and Cornel West could put Trump back in the White House. ( www.usatoday.com )
Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos ( www.theguardian.com )
Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality...
Americans Show Heightened Concern About Antisemitism ( news.gallup.com )
The economy remains a top concern for US voters ahead of the presidential election ( www.scrippsnews.com )
Buying Home and Auto Insurance Is Becoming Impossible ( www.wsj.com )
Huge losses from national disasters prompt industry to jack up prices and pull back from some markets; ‘worst possible scenario’ for consumers...
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free ( www.nbcnews.com )
The number of deaths in ICE custody is already more than double all of last year ( www.nbcnews.com )
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Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden ( www.nbcwashington.com )
A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden's margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case....
'It's a mess': Biden turns to family on his path forward after his disastrous debate ( www.nbcnews.com )
Moreover, according to a senior Democratic official, the party leadership would have much more control over choosing a replacement if Biden were to drop out after receiving the nomination than if he did so beforehand. Once a candidate is officially nominated, there is a process for the Democratic National Committee members to...
Biden administration demands Texas immediately stop blocking Border Patrol access ( www.cnn.com )
Undecided voter focus group disappointed in Biden's debate performance ( www.axios.com )
All undecided voters in a U.S. swing states focus group hosted by pollster Frank Luntz said President Biden should be replaced as the Democratic nominee after watching his first presidential debate against former President Trump.
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer ( www.theguardian.com )
Jewish students sue Harvard over 'rampant' anti-semitism ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Harvard University has been sued by Jewish students alleging it "has become a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment"....
