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Four minors found working at Alabama poultry plant run by firm found responsible for teen's death (www.nbcnews.com)
Mar-Jac Poultry has denied it knowingly hired minors for its Jasper, Alabama, plant, and also argued some workers were doing jobs that are not banned by federal rules....
Six-month-old baby shot repeatedly during Arizona standoff with child’s father (www.theguardian.com)
Police were able to rescue child, who is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, before house caught fire with father still in it...
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater...
Why school segregation is getting worse (www.vox.com)
Seventy years after the Brown decision, many students are divided by their race and socioeconomic status....
Mayoral candidate and five others killed in shooting at campaign rally in Mexico (www.theguardian.com)
Young girl was among six people killed in gunfire in an area of Chiapas where shootings have become common and widespread...
A Black police chief in Colorado files a racial discrimination lawsuit after his firing (www.nbcnews.com)
He claims leaders and officers in the mountain town of Leadville worked to force him from his job after an independent investigator cleared him of wrongdoing...
Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president's backers say he shares faith, values (apnews.com)
As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians....
Trump, Still Stuck in 2020, Recycles His Tired Drug Test Demand (www.thedailybeast.com)
Former President Donald Trump, who four years ago called on Joe Biden to take a drug test prior to the pair’s first debate that September, decided to make the same demand on Friday—one that Biden is sure to wave away once more....
Judge blocks Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees at $8 (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday blocked a new Biden administration rule that would prohibit credit card companies from charging customers late fees higher than $8....
Paul Pelosi attacker sentenced to 30 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
The man who attacked the husband of former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison....
GameStop shares fall 20% after it files to sell additional stock, says first quarter sales dropped (www.cnbc.com)
GameStop shares tumbled 19.7% Friday after the video game retailer said it plans to sell additional shares and reported preliminary results that showed a drop in first-quarter sales....
House votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden policies (apnews.com)
The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war....
Eye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery (www.theguardian.com)
Concerns raised as influencers promote pigment-injection procedure as latest cosmetic trend...
'My ex took my children': Hope for divorced parents as Japan to allow joint child custody (www.bbc.com)
The Japanese parliament has approved a change to a decades-old law, which will allow divorced couples to share custody of their children from 2026....
Ukraine appears to have launched its biggest drone attack ever, with reports of explosions at two major Russian ports (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine may have launched its biggest drone attack ever, per the Kyiv Independent....
UK to get at least 25 new warships due to defence spending rise (news.sky.com)
The defence secretary said 22 ships are “already in the system” and committed to three new ships for the Royal Marines, with the possibility of three more....
Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and exports them to Europe, research indicates (www.intellinews.com)
More evidence that Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and re-exports them to Europe as Turkish emerges from a new study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD)....
Afghanistan: Three Spanish tourists killed in shootout (www.dw.com)
The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001....
Samuel Alito Didn’t Give a F--k Then and He Doesn’t Give a F--k Now (www.vanityfair.com)
He can’t even be bothered to disavow the meaning behind the upside-down flag that was flown on his lawn in support of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election....
“Out of control”: Legal experts call for recusal, reform over Stop the Steal symbol at Alito home (www.salon.com)
Legal experts say its time for the Supreme Court’s ethics code to grow some teeth...
Political violence rises in EU driven by extremism and disillusionment (www.euronews.com)
European Policy Centre analysts say the general political climate and the upcoming European elections are, in part, responsible for the uptick in violence....
Donald Trump is barely holding it together at trial — no wonder Republicans are afraid of a debate (www.salon.com)
Trump tantrumed and even quit a debate with Joe Biden in 2020, but now he’s even more emotionally volatile...
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report (www.theguardian.com)
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found...
France riles allies by inviting Russia to D-Day commemoration (www.politico.eu)
Vladimir Putin is not on the guest list, but Russian representatives have been invited to take part in WWII anniversary ceremony....
China tries drastic measures to boost ailing property sector (www.dw.com)
China has announced some policies designed to shore up its ailing property sector after the latest data showed housing prices slumped nearly 10% since the start of the year....