Gavin Newsom signs bill to help people in Arizona get abortions in California (www.theguardian.com)
Under new law, doctors licensed to perform the procedure in Arizona can provide abortion care for their patients in California...
At least 66 members of far-right group in rural Oregon standing for office (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: anti-government People’s Rights Network, founded by Ammon Bundy, appearing to follow ‘entryism’ strategy...
Sky voice actor says nobody ever compared her to ScarJo before OpenAI drama (arstechnica.com)
OpenAl is sticking to its story that it never intended to copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice when seeking an actor for ChatGPT’s “Sky” voice mode....
USS Harder: WW2 submarine wreck found off Philippines (www.bbc.com)
The wreckage of a US Navy submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during World War Two has been found in the South China Sea, some 80 years after it was sunk by enemy forces....
Money Has Run Out for Fruits and Vegetables for Low-Income Californians. Elected Leaders Are Silent. (capitalandmain.com)
Israeli officials fear ICJ will rule to halt Gaza fighting, brace for sanctions (www.haaretz.com)
Senior Israeli officials voiced concern Thursday over the tougher stance that the International Court of Justice may take in its ruling, to be announced Friday afternoon, against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza....
Staffing Crisis at Federal Prisons Highlighted at FCI Sheridan in Oregon (www.nytimes.com)
An inmate at a federal prison in Oregon faked a suicide attempt to obtain medical treatment for a serious infection because health care staffing levels were so low that patients were forced to wait days, or even weeks, for basic care, an independent watchdog found....
Biden is hiring a meme manager and is willing to pay up to $85,000 (www.businessinsider.com)
'Ready for Civil War': Illinois Man Arrested With Bombs Posted Right-Wing Content (www.rollingstone.com)
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NY Governor Hochul Quietly Nominates A Permanent Prison Chief (nysfocus.com)
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Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' rather than asking their boss for PTO: 'There's a giant workaround culture' (www.cnbc.com)
Every day there’s a new article trying to shame workers for existing.
Greater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho (ktvz.com)
On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state (www.cnn.com)
California Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speeding (jalopnik.com)
He Trained Cops to Fight Crypto Crime—and Allegedly Ran a $100M Dark-Web Drug Market (www.wired.com)
National Park Service cracks down on Pride leaving LGBTQ+ rangers feeling betrayed (www.advocate.com)
Norfolk Southern to pay over $500M for cleanup, rail safety after East Palestine derailment (www.politico.com)
Supreme Court Architect Flew Same 'Appeal to Heaven' Flag as Alito (www.rollingstone.com)
'Trump posts Nazi rhetoric and you're silent': Stefanik shamed over antisemitism hearing (www.rawstory.com)
Judge Lifts Order That Mandated Albuquerque Stop Throwing Away Homeless People’s Belongings (www.propublica.org)
US intelligence agencies' embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent (apnews.com)
Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence agencies....
American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory (apnews.com)
American Airlines has distanced itself from a court filing in which the carrier said a 9-year-old girl should have noticed there was a camera taped to the seat of an airplane lavatory....
The Biden administration is actually doing something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets (www.vox.com)
‘Butcher of Gaza’: Blinken faces grilling about Biden’s Israel policy from protesters and Senators (uk.news.yahoo.com)
