Contractors spray-painted over pro-Palestinian protesters at Case Western Reserve University (www.cleveland.com)
U.S. GDP converge to Dollar Tree store square footage in growth rate %
2021q1, GDP: 5.2, sqft: 3.1...
LockBit ransomware gang claims attack on Wichita as city struggles with payment issues, airport disruption (therecord.media)
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The US universities that allow protest encampments – and even negotiate (www.theguardian.com)
‘The final act’: Fears US journalism crisis could destabilize 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
(Article is a little old, still relevant though)
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he is voting for Biden in November (www.cnn.com)
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan on Monday said he will vote for President Joe Biden in November, arguing former President Donald Trump “has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character.”...
Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)
Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There’s a lot I don’t like about the organization, but this is something a love–a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders....
3 bodies found in Mexico identified as 2 Australians, American killed in carjacking on surfing trip (www.nbcnews.com)
Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests (www.theguardian.com)
NYPD officer fired gun during raid on Columbia protesters (www.axios.com)
Penn State researchers modeling future electric-grid reliability, efficiency (govmarketnews.com)
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died (www.seattletimes.com)
Conditions d’emploi: unionizing at Lycée Français in New Orleans (thelensnola.org)
Third-grade teacher Aurore Soliman, a French national, has taught in classrooms around the world. In France and in Norway, she was hired and automatically benefitted from pay scales and workplace conditions negotiated by teachers unions....
UCLA clashes: Pro-Palestinian protesters attacked by Israel supporters (www.aljazeera.com)
Former NSA employee sentenced to almost 22 years for trying to sell secrets to Russia (edition.cnn.com)
Jareh Sebastian Dalke, a 32-year-old Army veteran from Colorado, had briefly worked at the NSA, prosecutors said, and was reapplying to the agency when he tried to sell classified information to a person he believed worked for the Russian government but who actually worked for the FBI.
Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk (arstechnica.com)
4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say (apnews.com)
DeSantis’s Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law (www.theguardian.com)
Florida is continuing to “callously” strip healthcare coverage from thousands of children in lower-income households in defiance of a new federal law intended to protect them....
Charges dropped against all 57 people arrested in UT protest (www.statesman.com)
I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘Campus Antisemitism’ (zeteo.com)
FTC Sends Refunds of more than $5.6 million to Certain Ring Customers Stemming from 2023 Settlement (www.ftc.gov)
The FTC is sending 117,044 PayPal payments to consumers who had certain types of Ring devices, such as indoor cameras, during periods when the FTC alleges unauthorized users may have had access to customer videos. Consumers should redeem their PayPal payment within 30 days....
Airlines required to refund passengers for canceled, delayed flights (abcnews.go.com)
McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say (www.reuters.com)
The probe is focused on whether McKinsey engaged in a criminal conspiracy when advising Purdue and other pharmaceutical manufacturers on marketing strategies to boost sales of prescription painkillers that led to widespread addiction and fatal overdoses, two of the people said....