Justice Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ and ‘lies’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years (www.washingtonpost.com)
To please Putin, universities purge liberals and embrace patriots (www.washingtonpost.com)
RFK Jr. says he had parasitic brain worm and undisclosed memory loss (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) (www.washingtonpost.com)
Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....
Why aren’t we talking more about Trump’s business with the Saudis? (www.washingtonpost.com)
RFK Jr. says he had parasitic brain worm, undisclosed memory loss (www.washingtonpost.com)
Another Sriracha shortage could be coming. A severe drought is to blame. (www.washingtonpost.com)
“This case is very poignant because it shows how an extreme weather event — that has been fueled by climate change — results in major disruptions,” said Guillermo Murray-Tortarolo, a climate scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s Institute for Ecosystem and Sustainability Research.
Fish are shrinking around the world. The average body weight of nearly three-quarters of marine fish populations sampled dropped between 1960 and 2020, a recent study suggests. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) (www.washingtonpost.com)
Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....
Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) (www.washingtonpost.com)
Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....
Virginia Prosecutor drops charges against five deputies in Irvo Otieno death: Cases continue against three others charged in the death of the 28-year-old Black man at a state mental hospital in 2023 (www.washingtonpost.com)
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RUSSIA, REMASTERED: Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West (www.washingtonpost.com)
Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump (www.washingtonpost.com)
The former president was angered by Charlie Spies’s criticism of his false 2020 election-fraud claims....
Wait, why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? (www.washingtonpost.com)
The children who remember their past lives (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel’s offensive is destroying Gaza’s ability to grow its own food (www.washingtonpost.com)
A social media post encapsulates Biden’s young-voter problem. Younger Democrats are less committed to the party in general. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Liberals claim protests helping Trump get elected (www.washingtonpost.com)
To the Gaza protesters helping to elect Trump: Give it a rest...
The children who remember their past lives (www.washingtonpost.com)
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A new king of horror is coming to haunt you: With ‘Late Night with the Devil,’ actor David Dastmalchian is cementing his status as the genre’s next Vincent Price (www.washingtonpost.com)
US says it killed a shepherd, not a terrorist, in a Syrian drone strike last year (www.washingtonpost.com)
A U.S. drone strike in Syria last year killed a 56-year-old shepherd after confusing him for a terrorist leader, an internal investigation concluded, underscoring the Pentagon’s persistent struggle to avoid unintentional casualties despite the Biden administration’s pledge to curb such incidents....
In a first, EPA sets limit for ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water (www.washingtonpost.com)
New limits on forever chemicals in water should reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million Americans, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 05/01/1955 (www.washingtonpost.com)
Leonard Chess signs Chuck Berry to a recording contract after he came highly recommended by Muddy Waters. Most of Berry’s hit records would be recorded for Chess between 1955 and 1966, including “Maybellene”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, “School Day”, “Rock And Roll Music”, “Sweet Little Sixteen”, “Johnny B....