Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says ( fortune.com )
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study ( www.theguardian.com )
Biden slams ICC prosecutor’s ‘outrageous’ request for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, Netanyahu ( www.thehill.com )
706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record ( apnews.com )
How many people named Kyle can fit in one place? For one Texas city, not enough....
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....
'People got betrayed': Cardi B says she's not voting in the presidential election ( www.msnbc.com )
Supreme Court won't hear Maryland school district gender identity case ( www.nbcnews.com )
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians ( apnews.com )
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....
Arizona man gets life in prison in murder of wife who "vigorously struggled" after being buried alive, prosecutors say ( www.cbsnews.com )
An Arizona man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive in a hand-dug grave near their home while their children slept, authorities said....
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention ( www.theguardian.com )
Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration....
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe ( www.propublica.org )
Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US ( www.theguardian.com )
Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets and will be able to challenge assurances from American officials on how a trial there would be conducted....
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy, restaurants will stay open ( www.nbcnews.com )
NYPD officer caught on video punching pro-Gaza protester during Brooklyn rally ( www.independent.co.uk )
The lunch rush is dead as Americans live for the weekend, office workers are pinching lunchtime pennies ( www.nbcnews.com )
Gig companies spent $224 million to write their own labor law. The state Supreme Court could throw it out ( calmatters.org )
In 'Abandonment of Public Education,' Louisiana to Allow Tax Dollars to Pay for Private Schools ( www.commondreams.org )
Almost 2 months after it destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge, the Dali cargo ship has been moved ( www.cnn.com )
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester ( apnews.com )
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits he beat ex-girlfriend Cassie: ‘I take full responsibility’ ( www.theguardian.com )
The rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted in a video apology that he punched and kicked his ex-girlfriend in 2016 in the hallway of a hotel after CNN released footage of the attack, saying he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable”....
Zombie 2nd mortgages are coming to life, threatening thousands of Americans' homes ( www.npr.org )
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
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Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site ( apnews.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...