Trump says going to jail for gag order violation would be a 'great honor,’ compares himself to Mandela (www.cnbc.com)
Baltimore bridge salvage: 'This is a game of Jenga you don't want to lose' (www.bbc.com)
US Army Colonel Estee Pinchasin looks out at the thousands of tonnes of twisted, broken steel and concrete jutting out from the dark waters of Maryland’s Patapsco river, and delivers her assessment: an “unforgiving mangled mess”....
Animal control services in Atlanta suspended as city and county officials snipe over contract (apnews.com)
The dogcatcher may not be coming when Atlanta residents call....
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again (apnews.com)
The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' son accused of sex assault in lawsuit that also names music mogul as defendant (www.nbcnews.com)
A woman alleges she was attacked while working on a yacht in late 2022....
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information (apnews.com)
The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this year — two of them crucial to the presidential contest....
Sen. Bernie Sanders's office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear (apnews.com)
Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts (www.theguardian.com)
Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience...
US air force finds contractor who walked into propeller had become disorientated (www.theguardian.com)
Stephanie Cosme, 32, was killed last year when she inadvertently walked into the rotating propeller of an aircraft in California...
Ultra-conservative lawmakers target Louisiana libraries as culture war rages on • Louisiana Illuminator (lailluminator.com)
Israeli Real Estate Firm Used Genocidal Rhetoric — Then Politico's Parent Company Put Them in a Trade Fair (theintercept.com)
Yad2, the largest classifieds site in Israel and a subsidiary of German publishing giant Axel Springer, is hosting a real estate fair in Tel Aviv this weekend. The proceedings, which got underway Friday, were slated to showcase Israeli real estate firms, including both those that list properties within Israel’s internationally...
Meta is accused of censoring a non-profit newspaper and an independent journalist who criticized the company (www.cnn.com)
Ben-Gvir rejects holding those who killed WCK staff accountable (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Friday rejected measures to hold the officers responsible for the killing of the World Central Kitchen crew in the central Gaza Strip on Monday accountable....
Officials confirm planned closure of Quaker Oats plant behind recall of dozens of products | Food Safety News (www.foodsafetynews.com)
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley comes out supporting transgender athletes ahead of championship game (www.advocate.com)
California fast-food workers’ minimum wage win stirs up old economic debate (www.theguardian.com)
Business groups claim hard-fought $20 hourly wage victory will cause reduced hours, layoffs and price hikes – critics say otherwise...
Trump’s legal delaying tactics dealt a blow as he lashes out at judge’s family (www.theguardian.com)
New York hush-money trial still on course for 15 April start but ruling in classified documents case has prosecutors concerned...
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power (finance.yahoo.com)
Iowa-UConn women's Final Four game is the most-watched hoops game in ESPN history (www.npr.org)
Fugitive former US city councillor enlists with Russia for war in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Israel says its strike that killed aid workers was a mistake. Rights groups say it was no anomaly (apnews.com)
Two basic mistakes, according to the Israeli military. First, an officer overlooked a message detailing the vehicles in the convoy. Second, a spotter saw something in one car – possibly a bag – that he thought was a weapon. Officials say the result was the series of Israeli drone strikes that killed seven aid workers on a...
Fire at Bernie Sanders' Vermont office investigated as arson (www.nbcnews.com)
A fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office is being investigated as arson, the Burlington Fire Department said Friday.
Get your goat: Italian island overrun by the animals offers to give them away (www.theguardian.com)
Mayor makes offer after number of goats on Alicudi reaches six times human population
Fredericktown veterinarian charged with sex with a pony, 2 counts of domestic violence (www.knoxpages.com)
Fredericktown veterinarian charged with sex with a pony, 2 counts of domestic violence...