Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls, feds say ( www.usatoday.com )
A Black woman in Ohio was charged after miscarrying in her bathroom. Experts warn of the dangerous precedent. ( www.nbcnews.com )
Brittany Watts, 33, was charged after police searched her toilet following her miscarriage in September....
It's not just you: Christmas lights look different now, and can give you headaches — NPR ( apple.news )
That story explains why I dislike led lights
The premise of Black Santas caused a fuss 10 years ago — now, they're everywhere ( www.nbcnews.com )
Megyn Kelly went viral when she declared Santa Claus “just is white,” but a decade later the idea of what St. Nick can look like has only expanded....
Hyperloop, once touted as future of transport in Missouri, reportedly shuts down ( www.kshb.com )
Mississippi police officer who shot 11-year-old boy in his home after a 911 call has been reinstated after suspension ( www.cnn.com )
CT hits highest level of homelessness on record. A baby was born in a shelter; people are dying ( www.courant.com )
Child dies after accidentally being shot in the chest at a target practice area ( www.azfamily.com )
Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Independent politician Yekaterina Duntsova wanted to run on a platform to end the war with Ukraine....
Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Kelsey Hatcher, 32, delivered one daughter on Tuesday, and a second on Wednesday, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital....
Paramedics Found Guilty in Last Trial in Elijah McClain Death ( www.nytimes.com )
Two Colorado paramedics were convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young unarmed Black man whose case drew national attention and forced public safety reforms in the city where he lived and died....
Police fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violence ( www.theguardian.com )
A Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who had called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said on Thursday. Records show the deputy had killed another person in similar circumstances three years ago....
Supreme Court won’t fast-track ruling on Trump’s claim of immunity ( www.washingtonpost.com )
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will not fast-track consideration of Donald Trump’s claim that he has immunity from prosecution for actions he took as president, a question crucial to whether he can be put on trial for plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election....
‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans ( www.theguardian.com )
Judge suggests change to nitrogen execution to let inmate pray and say final words without gas mask ( apnews.com )
A federal judge who is weighing whether to allow the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia to go forward next month, urged Alabama on Thursday to change procedures so the inmate can pray and say his final words before the gas mask is placed on his face....
Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books from classroom libraries ( www.timesofisrael.com )
Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books' removal....
A white couple who burned a cross in their yard facing Black neighbors' home are investigated by FBI ( apnews.com )
Oklahoma judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent ( apnews.com )
Glynn Simmons, 71, who was released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defense lawyers, was ruled innocent Tuesday....
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Donald Trump off the state's 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution ( www.nbcnews.com )
Minnesota panel chooses new state flag featuring North Star to replace old flag seen as racist ( apnews.com )
Minnesota’s new state flag should feature an eight-pointed North Star against a dark blue background shaped like the state, with a solid light blue field at the right, a special commission decided Tuesday as it picked a replacement for an older design that many Native Americans considered offensive....
Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed ( abcnews.go.com )
A Political Candidate Beheaded a Satanic Temple Statue. Now He Faces Charges. ( www.vice.com )
A former Mississippi political candidate is facing criminal charges after a bedazzled statue of Baphomet, a figure associated with the Satanic Temple, was discovered decapitated at the Iowa State Capitol....
A new study bolsters evidence that severe obesity is increasing in young kids in the US ( apnews.com )
Conservatives move to keep abortion off the 2024 ballot ( www.politico.com )
“We don’t believe those rights should be subjected to majority vote.”...
Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven't faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run ( apnews.com )
Hindle was another replacement in what was a revolving door of county election officials across Nevada as the 2022 midterms approached. He had just unseated the interim clerk, who had stepped in after the prior clerk resigned....
