11. I love my dog.

Prosecutors sent Johnny (14), Sariah (19), and Jeremiah (20) to prison for 15, 10, and 30 years respectively for a murder committed by a Phoenix police officer. Now, they might have a chance to get out of prison.

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During my reporting, I documented cases of explicit photos, Grindr chats, sex tapes, etc. used by Israeli intelligence to force queer Palestinians into collaboration. My latest in Drop Site dropsitenews.com/p/how-israels-…

🚨🔥Testimony by City worker at Heat Safety Town Hall🚨🔥 “It has definitely been getting hotter. This year & last year it has been the hottest years.  Even though folks say you are on a lawn mower, it gets hot on that lawn mower because of the heat from the mower.” - M Reynolds

BREAKING: My fall LGBTQ reporting & virus classes were cancelled & I’m not allowed to teach at Medill while I’m “investigated.” Whatever happens, I’ll be fine— like Medill, I “write boldly & tell the truth fearlessly”— but I’ll neither stay nor go quietly.x.com/democracynow/s…

I went to Memphis to see Musk's xAI supercomputer and learn how it got fast-tracked. This whole story is bananas. The city council didn't know, the utility company signed NDAs, it doesn't have permits for methane gas generators... And all this is for Grok npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-…

59 DEI positions have been eliminated. UNC Chapel Hill has the most reductions, with 20 positions eliminated. 132 DEI staff have been relocated across the 16 public universities. All have certified they’ve made “programmatic changes.”

THREAD. A brief story about California judges openly refusing to comply with the law tells you a lot of what you need to know about "the rule of law" in the United States.

New faculty guidelines from Barnard College at Columbia University. Professors are not allowed to post signs on their door "that support a geopolitical view or perspective". When talking about "geopolitical views or perspectives", faculty must talk about both sides.

RFK Jr. has thrown a grenade into the North Carolina election. He waited too long to remove his name from the ballot—then persuaded the far-right NC Supreme Court to do it anyway, an egregious violation of law that has canceled early voting indefinitely. slate.com/news-and-polit…

W. announcement that N.C. DEQ Secretary Elizabeth Biser is resigning -- Mary Penny Kelley is the new Secy --a brief history of this tumultuous post: John Skvarla 2013-2015 served under former Gov Pat McCrory, was a climate change denier, believed a debunked theory that oil is renewable

This man, with a history of mental illness, was in jail for "terroristic threats" after entering a police station & pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun. He was put in solitary for a year & died of starvation w/his body resembling a famine victim. newsweek.com/after-arkansas…

A man in Boston self-immolated outside the Israeli consulate last night. No details at this time whether he’s alive. He is the third person to self-immolate outside an Israeli consulate since Israel began its genocidal destruction of Gaza. nbcboston.com/news/local/man…

BREAKING: A massive strike has been launched at Boeing. 32,000 workers have walked out at the aerospace giant. 95% of workers voted to reject Boeing’s offer, and 96% voted to strike.

AT&T workers in 9 Southeast states went on strike accusing the telecom giant of engaging in surface bargaining, not sending representatives with real authority to the table, and backing down on bargaining to lower health care costs, Dan DiMaggio reports: labornotes.org/2024/09/att-so…

The Williams family is one of many Black families suffering from the consequences of #heirsproperty, which is property or land passed down without a will.

BREAKING: At least 200 students and staff participated in a pro-Palestinian walkout on Thursday, led by UNC Students for Justice in Palestine. bit.ly/3znIqAQ

We wish we had better news. But as of now, #MarcellusWilliams is still scheduled to be executed by Missouri tonight at 6 p.m. central for a crime he is totally innocent of. ⁠ Don’t stop sharing his story. It’s not too late to save an innocent life.⁠ innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop…