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An abortion ban made them teen parents. This is life two years later. - Washington Post | Ghostarchive ( ghostarchive.org )

Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do ( thewhyaxis.substack.com )

Civil asset forfeiture laws allow police to seize cash and property from people suspected of a crime without charging or convicting them of anything. The onus is then on the property owner to prove their innocence in court to get their assets back. While intended to target large criminal organizations, in practice forfeiture is...

A one-star Google review was a major clue in a fatal hit-and-run ( wapo.st )

Investigators in Florida found the review and then tracked down their suspect, who worked at the business...

In blistering order, judge tells Florida to stop blocking effort to aid medically frail kids ( www.miamiherald.com )

Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week ( apnews.com )

Massachusetts to Become 8th State to Make Universal Free School Meals Permanent ( truthout.org )

Florida sheriff's office: Stop calling the cops on manatee sex ( www.axios.com )

Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election ( www.washingtonpost.com )

“Surprising absolutely no one, …”...

Houston man ticketed for feeding unhoused found not guilty ( www.chron.com )

The Food Not Bombs volunteer was ticketed for feeding the homeless outside a Houston public library in March.

Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses ( www.wsj.com )

Uber Technologies posted its first-ever operating profit in the second quarter, a milestone in its long-term efforts to stem losses in its businesses carrying people and delivering food....

Teen faces felony after emergency dash to hospital interrupted by Arkansas State Police PIT Maneuver ( abc7.com )

First new Vogtle nuclear reactor enters operation, making history ( www.ajc.com )

The first nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in more than three decades enters service

When You Call 911, These Police Departments Send a Drone ( www.themarshallproject.org )

Just this week, police departments in Salem, New Hampshire; Gresham, Oregon; and Luverne, Alabama announced the purchase of drones. More than 1,500 departments across the country now use them, “mostly for search and rescue as well as to document crime scenes and chase suspects,” according to a February report in the MIT...

After $700 Million U.S. Bailout, Trucking Firm Is Shutting Down ( web.archive.org )

Yellow, which received a pandemic loan, is winding down operations ahead of an expected bankruptcy filing. The closure of the company would mean the loss of about 30,000 jobs....

Houston ISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers at NES schools ( abc13.com )

Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice ( arstechnica.com )

What the… I’ve heard of illegal drug labs of course but illegal infectious disease labs is a new, worrying, one to me.

What happened when a Tesla came to Ekalaka, MT ( montanafreepress.org )

A Los Angeles couple, an electric vehicle and an unattended utility outlet energized the gossip mill in the 400-person eastern Montana town last week.

Meet the student who helped boot the president of Stanford ( www.washingtonpost.com )

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HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses ( www.click2houston.com )

DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history ( theconversation.com )

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole' ( www.wired.com )

Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case (NPR) ( www.npr.org )

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Arizona girl Alicia Navarro, missing since 2019, walks into tiny Montana police station and asks cops to take her off missing children list ( nypost.com )

Alicia Navarro, now 18, walked into a police department in a tiny Montana town 40 miles from the Canadian border and identified herself as the teen who was reported missing in September 2019, Glendale police said Wednesday....