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....
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study ( www.theguardian.com )
Supreme Court won't hear Maryland school district gender identity case ( www.nbcnews.com )
Almost 2 months after it destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge, the Dali cargo ship has been moved ( www.cnn.com )
$400 for one pineapple: The rise of luxury fruit ( www.cnn.com )
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe ( www.propublica.org )
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy, restaurants will stay open ( www.nbcnews.com )
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants For Hamas And Israeli Leaders ( www.forbes.com )
Exclusive: Tesla doing damage-control, discounts for European fleet buyers ( www.reuters.com )
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Tesla is working to appease some European leasing companies after the automaker’s repeated retail price cuts tanked their fleets’ value and its slow service and expensive repairs alienated their corporate customers....
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....
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Top Officials Killed in Helicopter Crash ( thenarinder.in )
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, and other officials have been confirmed dead following a helicopter crash, according to Iranian state media on Monday....
UCLA’s Unholy Alliance - Boston Review ( www.bostonreview.net )
Between April 25 and May 2, UCLA experienced the worst episode of both anti-Semitic and anti-Palestinian/Islamophobic/racist violence in the university’s century-long history. White nationalists and neo-Nazis joined forces with Zionists (including some saying they were Israelis) to attack UCLA’s Palestine Solidarity...
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site ( apnews.com )
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 )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15602407...
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....
US Senator Rubio says he won't accept election results if 'unfair' ( www.reuters.com )
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, will not accept the results of the Nov. 5 election if they are "unfair," he said on Sunday....
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”....
Budget airline Ryanair posts record annual profit as passenger numbers soar above pre-Covid level ( www.cnbc.com )
Low-cost carrier Ryanair on Monday reported its best-ever annual profit, as passenger and revenue growth offset sharply higher operating costs, but flagged a weaker pricing environment in the current quarter.
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? ( www.theguardian.com )
But privately in the climate and biodiversity sector, the mood around the Bezos Earth Fund has turned to one of growing unease. Researchers, climate policy advisers and NGO staff voiced concerns about the level of influence the organisation holds over critical environmental institutions for halting climate change and...
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....
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 )
Blinken orders crackdown on leaks ( www.politico.com )
Blinken crackdown on leaks, leaked to the press
'That did not happen': CBS host busts J.D. Vance on Trump's jobs record ( www.rawstory.com )
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found ( www.yahoo.com )
(Reuters) -Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. "President Raisi's helicopter was completely burned in the crash ... unfortunately, all...
