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Ohio Votes to Enshrine Abortion Rights Despite GOP’s Dirty Tricks

Ohio voters voted overwhelming on Tuesday in support of a ballot measure protecting reproductive rights.

Photographer Who Won Warhol Copyright Case Paid Over $2.5M to Defend Rights

She had to sell her house.

Biden announces $1.3 billion to build new power lines, upgrade aging electric grid

The power lines will aim to supply 3.5 additional gigawatts of energy to the U.S. grid, which equates to powering 3 million homes.

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Students hated ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Their teachers tried to dump it.

Four teachers in Washington’s Mukilteo School District wanted to protect students from a book they saw as outdated and harmful. The blowback was fierce.

Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA

BVO has largely been phased out of big-name sodas and was recently banned in CA.

Missy Elliott Makes History as First Female Rapper Inducted Into Rock Hall of Fame

Missy Elliott performed a medley of her hits, including ‘Lose Control’ and ‘Work It,’ before delivering an emotional speech

High School Students Use AI to Make Deepfake Nude Photos of Classmates

A police investigation is underway.

Mark Meadows Slapped With Book Publisher Lawsuit Over False Election Claims

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has been sued by his book publisher over claims he made about the 2020 presidential election.

New position statement supports permanent standard time

An updated position statement from AASM supports the replacement of daylight saving time with permanent standard time.

Nighttime on the East Coast – NASA

This nighttime view from the International Space Station shows the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. The orbital lab was soaring 262 miles above the Pine Tree State of Maine at the time of this photograph.

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Passing tarantula causes traffic accident in Death Valley that hospitalized motorist

One man was treated for his injuries while the “spider walked away unscathed,” authorities said.

Mariah Carey Sued Again Over ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’

A country musician revives his $20 million copyright claim over holiday hit, alleging Mariah Carey stole his title, lyrics, and composition.

North Dakota Republican Party Leader Resigns After Telling Black People To Leave And Move To Wakanda

North Dakota Republican Party Executive Director Dave Roetman resigned after racist and sexist tweets surfaced.

What Is Happening With Mike Johnson’s Money?

A new report reveals House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t have a single bank account. So where the hell is his money?

‘Children were carrying other injured children.’ Witness describes aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp | CNN

An Israeli strike on the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza caused many casualties, officials in the enclave said Tuesday.

Don’t look away. Israel’s response is textbook ethnic cleansing.  

(RNS) — A newly leaked document shows that Israel sees the war as an opportunity to push Palestinians into Egypt.

Teetotal Trump and the drinking presidents

What the chief executive’s relationship with alcohol reveals about the occupants of the White House.

Mike Johnson’s Wife Takes Down Website That Compared Being Gay To Bestiality, Incest

HuffPost first reported on Kelly Johnson’s counseling service that likens LGBTQ+ people to people who have sex with animals and family members.

Record Labels Trying to Prevent ‘Taylor’s Version’ Re-Recording Scenarios With New Artists, Lawyers Reveal

Find out what’s going on.

Ron DeSantis seized control of Disney’s district. Employees are now quitting en masse.

Former employees at the district that oversees Walt Disney World say Ron DeSantis has installed leaders who are inept, dishonest and toxic.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders lowest approval rating for governor in last 20 years, Arkansas Poll says

The 25th annual Arkansas Poll shows that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a lower than usual approval rating for governors in Arkansas.

Final Army base stripped of Confederate name as Fort Gordon becomes Fort Eisenhower

The names of Confederate leaders who took up arms against the United States in the Civil War have been fully stripped from Army installations, as the former Fort Gordon in Georgia was renamed Fort Eisenhower on Friday.

‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning

Matthew Perry drowned to death Saturday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

What we learned from our Florida voting rights investigation

A crackdown by Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans has spent millions pursuing rare voter fraud, hampered voter registration and weakened Black voters’ influence

Maine Shooting Suspect Found Dead After 3-Day Manhunt

Robert Card has been found dead by authorities after mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine left at least 18 people dead on Wednesday night

Russian TV fawns over new House Speaker Mike Johnson: “This suits us”

A Russian TV host has explained why she believes Johnson will be of assistance to Moscow in the war against Ukraine.

Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program

New report details internal divisions, intense push for mobile ad money.

Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue melted down

(RNS) — ‘It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,’ said the Rev. Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting.

New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion

House Speaker Mike Johnson is a Christian nationalist who has blamed school shootings on teaching evolution and abortion.

Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist.

Meet Mike Johnson, Republicans’ new House speaker.

Florida doles out $50 million to contractor providing DeSantis Israel flights

Emergency management officials have authorized up to nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars to one contractor for open-ended charter flights since Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to bring Flori…

Radical new forecast shows how rapidly the energy economy is changing

Economics, policies will revolutionize energy, still stick us with over 2° C warming.

The New House Speaker Is a Far-Right Extremist Who Helped Plot 2020 Coup

House Republicans elected far-right extremist Mike Johnson as the new House Speaker following weeks of dysfunction following Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.

Museum Corrects Dwayne Johnson Wax Figure Skin Tone: ‘We Just Made an Honest Mistake’

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s wax figure at a Paris museum has been updated following backlash regarding the lightened skin tone of the original figure.

Mark Meadows Spills to Special Counsel About Trump’s Election Lies: Report

Mark Meadows has reportedly been granted immunity and told Special Counsel Jack Smith that he warned Donald Trump about 2020 election lies.

FCC robocall enforcement does little to stop illegal calls, Senate hears

“Fines go uncollected, and the company dissolves and moves assets elsewhere.”

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Yet Another Trump Election Lawyer Has Taken a Plea Deal

Jenna Ellis, one of Donald Trump’s lawyers who helped challenge the 2020 election, has pleaded guilty in the Fulton County election interference case.

Florida residents flee state as insurance premiums skyrocket up to 900%

Insurance premiums in the Sunshine State have climbed so high that people are considering going without insurance coverage, or moving out of the state.

Bad Bunny Lawsuit: Judge Concerned Reggaeton Copyright Claim Might ‘Stifle’ Entire Genre

Lawyers for Bad Bunny and dozens of reggaeton stars argued at a hearing that a sprawling copyright infringement lawsuit seeks to monopolize genre

How It’s Made: Mayonnaise

Michigan State apologizes for displaying picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard before a football game | CNN

Michigan State University apologized for displaying a picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard during a trivia quiz before the school’s football game against in-state rivals the University of Michigan on Saturday.

Drawn Out: How Iowa Got Redistricting Right | The Harkin Institute

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More Google layoffs: Google News cuts dozens of jobs

40–45 jobs are cut, one employee says. “We’re definitely worse off without them.”

Congressman Ken Buck says he is being evicted after refusing to vote for Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House

Congressman Ken Buck, a Republican from Weld County, says his office in Windsor will soon be forced to move after receiving an eviction notice.

In the latest sign of House chaos, the temporary speaker is threatening to quit

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is resisting a push to get him to move legislation without an explicit vote to expand his powers.

GOP congressman claims the Bible has been banned in America for 60 years

He said “generations of Americans today have no knowledge” of the Bible because it was banned so long ago…

Kenneth Chesebro takes last-minute plea deal, agrees to testify in Georgia election case

Kenneth Chesebro, a key co-defendant in former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case, has taken a last-minute plea deal in the case.

Jordan out as speaker candidate in secret ballot after top ally warned death threats “will continue”

Republicans voted against keeping Jordan as the speaker designee — so they’ll start from scratch next week.

The Next Big Trend for Republican Lawmakers: Quitting

It really sucks to be a member of Congress on most days. And as the GOP spirals through a second week of not electing a speaker, some are eyeing the exits.

FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote

FCC issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking over Republican objections.

MAGA Lawyer Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty, Flips on Georgia Co-Defendants

Sidney Powell, who met with Donald Trump ahead of Jan. 6, takes a plea deal in the Georgia RICO probe into the effort to overturn the election.

She’s getting a certified slap on the wrists with just some minor probation, a fine of just under $3k, and possibly flipping on her co-conspirators. If she follows throw and lands some big fish I won’t be as salty as I am now about this, but on the surface this is a shit deal for the citizens of the US.

Florida GameStop employee charged with killing would-be shoplifter

A Florida GameStop employee is facing a manslaughter charge after he reportedly shot and killed a shoplifter.

Stench leads officials to 189 rotting corpses at taxidermist’s funeral home

One family who received ashes aren’t sure if they’re the cremains of a loved one.

Natalee Holloway Rejected Joran van der Sloot’s Sexual Advances, So He Killed Her: Confession

Details about Natalee Holloway’s death have emerged as part of Joran van der Sloot’s plea deal.

Clearwater police officer arrested for sexually battering tourist after stopping her for jaywalking

A Clearwater police officer was arrested after officials said he stopped a pedestrian and told her he wouldn’t cite her for jaywalking or charge her for sexual misconduct in exchange for sexual acts with him. 

Hundreds Dead in Strike on Gaza Hospital, Say Palestinian Authorities

The devastation in Palestine reached a new level on Tuesday. Thousands have now been killed in the conflict

Half Of Bandcamp’s Work Force Laid Off After Songtradr Acquisition

The layoffs reportedly impacted both the tech team and members of the editorial team behind the company’s music blog Bandcamp Daily

Sounds about right, the purchasing company refused to recognize the union that was already in place at the time of the sale.

In a perfect world Songtradr would be successfully sued for their horrendous decisions here.

DeSantis declares state of emergency in Florida because of Israel-Hamas war – Florida Phoenix

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in Florida — some 6,500 miles from the Israeli-Hamas war that’s broken out in the Middle East — to cope with any violence that might break out over here. The declaration will mean activation of the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard, the latter […]

Democrats refuse to help GOP out of House speaker mess, trashing Jim Jordan as an ‘insurrectionist’

Democratic leaders spoke on the steps of the Capitol and dialed up their rhetoric against Republicans for nominating a conservative firebrand to be the next House speaker.

Ron DeSantis suffers legal blow in battle over drag shows

A federal appeals court warned that free speech could suffer “extraordinary harm” if the Florida anti-drag law stayed in place.

Microsoft completes $69B Activision Blizzard deal, its biggest merger ever

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick can now look forward to his next $375M chapter.

Keith Giffen, Co-Creator of Rocket Raccoon, Dies at 70

The prolific comic writer worked on some of Marvel and DC’s most popular books.

IRS says Microsoft owes an additional $29 billion in back taxes

Microsoft said the IRS notified the company it owes an additional $28.9 billion in back taxes.

Florida woman hurls sausage at gas station cashier during heated argument, deputies say

A Florida woman was arrested after she threw a sausage and Coke can at a gas station cashier during a heated altercation, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Half-Palestinian Supermodel Gigi Hadid Condemns ‘Terrorizing of Innocent People’ After Hamas Attack on Israel

“While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person”

Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data

We trust companies with our information every day. But many companies—even those that hold our most revealing information—are using it not just to provide the services we ask for, but to amp up their profits at the cost of our privacy.That’s why EFF has joined a campaign, led by the U.S. Public…

George Santos Slapped With 23 Federal Charges, Including Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud

The Long Island congressman was charged in a superseding indictment accusing him of new criminal schemes