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BegoniaArizona, 9 days ago to random

Around 80 arrested after law enforcement descend on UC Santa Cruz protestors
https://www.ksbw.com/article/santa-cruz-palestinian-encampment-cops/60956999

BegoniaArizona, 11 days ago to random

Israeli campaign against ICC may be ‘crimes against justice’, say legal experts
International lawyers believe conduct of Israeli intelligence service should be investigated by prosecutor in The Hague https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/israel-icc-criminal-offences-espionage-legal-experts

BegoniaArizona, 11 days ago to random

A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-urse-fired-genocide-israel-palestinians-55c694d6a0c64b1612262310dc208124

BegoniaArizona, 14 days ago to random

The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style
Trump has railed against urban centers run by Democrats, and Project 2025 lays out how to crack down on them https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/26/trump-project-2025-sanctuary-cities

BegoniaArizona, 16 days ago to random

‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation
Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/california-fontana-payment-man-tortured-police

ai6yr, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to Plants

Hmm, I should know what this weed is, temporarily adding it to my #mysteryplant list. (Update: this is almost certainly Pseudognaphalium californicum -- California Rabbit-Tobacco) #plants

BegoniaArizona, 25 days ago to random

UN says it has no more food or tents for nearly 2m people in Gaza
Aid warehouses in southern two-thirds of territory are now empty and resupply will be very difficult, according to officials https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/un-says-it-has-no-more-food-or-tents-for-nearly-2m-people-in-gaza

BegoniaArizona, 26 days ago to random

Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say
https://apnews.com/article/us-israel-arms-gaza-ebe971ca8878ff430ce6458c04151585

BegoniaArizona, 27 days ago to random

Monterey Bay Aquarium allowing SNAP recipients in for free starting on Memorial Day
https://kion546.com/news/top-stories/2024/05/13/monterey-bay-aquarium-allowing-snap-recipients-in-for-free-starting-on-memorial-day/

BegoniaArizona, 27 days ago to random

Officer shoots man wielding slingshot in Seaside, investigators say
https://www.ksbw.com/article/officers-shoot-wielding-slingshot-seaside-investigators-california/60777493

BegoniaArizona, 27 days ago to random

Questions and grief linger at the apartment door where a deputy killed a US airman

On Friday, many from Fortson’s unit will travel to Georgia to attend his funeral, with a flyover of Special Operations AC-130s planned.

“You were taken too soon,” another senior airman wrote on the wooden plank at Fortson’s front door. “No justice no peace.”

https://apnews.com/article/airman-shot-florida-deputy-military-9235ca642a70f3585c38e19ad529cc39

BegoniaArizona, 29 days ago to random

UC Santa Cruz protest remains peaceful as student enter negotiations with university
No sign of teardown anytime soon as the protest continues into Day 9.
https://www.ksbw.com/article/uc-santa-cruz-protest-remains-peaceful-student-negations-california/60749828

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

New York sees first US faculty-led Gaza protest encampment at the New School
Academic staff occupy lobby of Greenwich Village campus building in support of students’ demands for divestment from Israel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/faculty-gaza-protest-encampment-new-school

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

Israeli assault on Rafah may cause ‘bloodbath’ and famine, aid agencies say
With routes for aid into Gaza closed, relief workers say helping displaced people could become impossible
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israeli-assault-on-rafah-may-cause-bloodbath-and-famine-aid-agencies-say

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-famine-humanitarian-aid-children-8a4cb5736c42caf50b6e204f40d83a91

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68938022

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

Ruby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable
US activist, 69, speaks to NBC amid growing effort to prevent I Am Ruby Bridges and other works being available to school students
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/ruby-bridges-book-ban-civil-rights

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died https://apnews.com/article/ohio-police-custody-death-cant-breathe-be0d9d17b35da46f9b8a3187f01fb988

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

3 Northern California law enforcement officers charged in death of man held facedown on the ground
https://apnews.com/article/california-police-charged-mario-gonzalez-death-3dd7a9d1ada9311f0c75ac3a6f7ea09f?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola

BegoniaArizona, 1 month ago to random

Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve finds
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/botched-executions-black-inmates

BegoniaArizona, 2 months ago to random

Students walk out of schools across Alaska to protest the governor’s veto of education package
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-school-student-walkout-education-funding-c158ccb8901d233674cbd2a8bfdd392d

BegoniaArizona, 2 months ago to random

Brazil apologizes to Indigenous people for persecution during dictatorship
President of amnesty commission investigating crimes of 1964-85 regime makes first-ever apology to Indigenous leader
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/brazil-indigenous-people-apology

BegoniaArizona, 2 months ago to random

Former Shangri-La Industries CFO accused of using Project Homekey money to pay for private jets, exotic cars and large parties, lawsuit says
https://kion546.com/top-stories/2024/04/01/former-shangri-la-industries-cfo-accused-of-using-project-homekey-money-to-pay-for-private-jets-exotic-cars-and-large-parties-lawsuit-says/

BegoniaArizona, 2 months ago to random

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its highest-level alert about a heart pump that has been linked to 49 deaths and 129 injuries.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68698626