Rate of suicide in the U.S. peaks among older men, a hard demographic to reach (www.usatoday.com)
Race played role in sentencing of Black child, 10, for urinating in public, lawyer says (www.nbcnews.com)
The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant....
Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA says (arstechnica.com)
Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah killed by Israeli tank, investigation finds (www.reuters.com)
An Israeli army tank killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists in Lebanon while they were filming cross-border shelling on Oct. 13, a Reuters investigation has found....
Hundreds of Jewish organization staffers call for White House to back Gaza cease-fire (www.nbcnews.com)
Emails Reveal How a Hospital Bowed to Political Pressure to Stop Treating Trans Teens (www.propublica.org)
The Medical University of South Carolina initially said it wouldn’t be affected by a law banning use of state funds for treatment “furthering the gender transition” of children under 16. Months later, it cut off that care to all trans minors.
Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, dies at 100 (apnews.com)
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies (www.rollingstone.com)
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Dr. Henry Kissinger Dies at Age 100 (finance.yahoo.com)
A crash course on this asshole: thenation.com/…/kissinger-100-crimes-watergate/
Nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than $19 a day (www.illinoispolicy.org)
Living on less than half of the federal poverty level is considered “deep poverty.” That describes 53% of impoverished Chicagoans.
Teachers and students grapple with fears and confusion about new laws restricting pronoun use (apnews.com)
Indiana is among at least 10 states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting students from using pronouns or names that don’t match their sex assigned at birth, a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students. Most of the laws were enacted this year and are part of a historic...
Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis (apnews.com)
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favor of an emphasis on addiction treatment is facing strong headwinds in the progressive state after an explosion of public drug use fueled by the proliferation of fentanyl and a surge in deaths...
Child Welfare Officials Have Searched Her Home and Her Son Dozens of Times. She’s Suing Them to Stop. (www.propublica.org)
The allegations against L.B., made by an anonymous caller at 4:45 a.m. that day, were false. These included that she was a stripper (she worked at a home for people with disabilities); that she used drugs (none were found, and a drug test was negative for all substances); and that an abusive man lived with her and that she owned...
Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' Goes Viral 21 Years Later -- on TikTok (www.rollingstone.com)
The incendiary text was removed from the website of The Guardian after becoming a top-trending link
San Francisco homeless sweep was cheered on by the right. It was also illegal (www.vice.com)
Hundreds of unsheltered people living in tent encampments in the blocks surrounding the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco have been forced to leave by city outreach workers and police as part of an attempted “clean up the house” ahead of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s annual free trade...
Woman who fled Saudi Arabia with daughter wins court battle to stay in US (www.theguardian.com)
Top German journalist received €600,000 from Putin ally, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)
When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him (www.vox.com)
China is using the world's largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds (www.cnn.com)
The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found....
‘Acts of terrorism’ across Washington as 4 election offices get white powder in mail (www.kiro7.com)
The powder sent to both King and Spokane counties tested positive for traces of fentanyl.
Christian photographer wins right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ couples (www.lgbtqnation.com)
His win is a direct result of the Supreme Court’s decision in a pivotal LGBTQ+ rights case.
DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others (www.cnn.com)
London Gaza rally: Rishi Sunak vows to hold Met chief 'accountable' over march (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rishi Sunak has said he will hold the Met Police chief “accountable” over a pro-Palestinian march set to take place this Saturday, on Armistice Day....
Kenya's Ogiek people being evicted for carbon credits - lawyers (www.bbc.com)
Ogiek leader Daniel Kobei said armed forest rangers were “pulling down the houses with axes and hammers”....