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The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike
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Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike
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A study of US adults found that overall trust in scientists was high (86%), but significantly lower among ppl w more conservative political views. Estimated probabilities of high trust ranged from 93.7% among liberals to 70.5% among very conservative respondents
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Public Trust in Scientists for Cancer Information Across Political Ideologies in the US
This survey study investigates whether political ideology is associated with trust in scientiests as asources of cancer information in the US.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A study of US adults found that overall trust in scientists was high (86%), but significantly lower among ppl w more conservative political views. Estimated probabilities of high trust ranged from 93.7% among liberals to 70.5% among very conservative respondents
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December 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Suspended N.J. cops have collected $2.6M. They keep getting raises, insist they can’t be fired.
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Suspended N.J. cops have collected $2.6M. They keep getting raises, insist they can’t be fired.
The officers haven't worked since 2020. They are still collecting six-figure salaries and asking a judge to throw out their disciplinary charges.
www.nj.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Suspended N.J. cops have collected $2.6M. They keep getting raises, insist they can’t be fired.
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Historian Kelli Y. Nakamura’s new book, Legacies of Incarceration: The WW II Experiences of Hawai‘i’s Japanese, explores the incarceration of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i, in the context of martial law and the legacy of Hawai‘i’s plantation economy
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Legacies of Incarceration in Hawai‘i: Exploring Kelli Nakamura's New Book
How Yoshiko Uchida's classic novel shines a spotlight on the unsung history of Japanese "picture brides" in the early twentieth century.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Historian Kelli Y. Nakamura’s new book, Legacies of Incarceration: The WW II Experiences of Hawai‘i’s Japanese, explores the incarceration of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i, in the context of martial law and the legacy of Hawai‘i’s plantation economy
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Ohio - 'It really makes you feel good': Incarcerated workers in Chillicothe build ODOT plows, salt trucks
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'It really makes you feel good': Incarcerated workers in Chillicothe build ODOT plows, salt trucks
YouTube video by WBNS 10TV
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December 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Ohio - 'It really makes you feel good': Incarcerated workers in Chillicothe build ODOT plows, salt trucks
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Merit-based Reductions to Prison Sentences are an Economic and Social Boon to New York State, Comptroller Lander Finds
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Merit-based Reductions to Prison Sentences are an Economic and Social Boon to New York State, Comptroller Lander Finds
New York, NY — In a new report, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander found that proposed Earned Time Act (S.342/A.1085) — which would expand the rights of incarcerated people to reduce their time ser...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Merit-based Reductions to Prison Sentences are an Economic and Social Boon to New York State, Comptroller Lander Finds
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Downtown Scranton church opening bakery training program for formerly incarcerated people
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Downtown Scranton church opening bakery training program for formerly incarcerated people
The Cypress House Bakery at St. Luke's Episcopal Church will start its workplace training program for formerly incarcerated people in January. Community members can tour its new kitchen on Friday in S...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Downtown Scranton church opening bakery training program for formerly incarcerated people
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South Dakota - New prison’s programs will reduce state’s world-leading rate of incarcerated women, official says
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New prison’s programs will reduce state's world-leading rate of incarcerated women, official says • South Dakota Searchlight
The staff and space devoted to programming in the Rapid City women’s prison will help inmates turn their lives around, said Nick Lamb.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
South Dakota - New prison’s programs will reduce state’s world-leading rate of incarcerated women, official says
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Incarcerated populations in the Gulf Coast face heightened risks from natural disasters
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Incarcerated populations in the Gulf Coast face heightened risks from natural disasters
Women, juveniles, and ICE detainees in correctional facilities in five Gulf Coast states are vulnerable to threats from extreme heat, flooding, and hurricanes, a Yale School of the Environment study f...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Incarcerated populations in the Gulf Coast face heightened risks from natural disasters
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'More and more' MAGA Republicans openly calling to end women’s right to vote
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'More and more' MAGA Republicans openly calling to end women’s right to vote
Over the years, right-wing firebrand author Ann Coulter argued, on various occasions, that the United States needs to "reconsider women's suffrage." And during Trump's second presidency, however, an i...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
'More and more' MAGA Republicans openly calling to end women’s right to vote
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Map of Non-Swing States
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December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Map of Non-Swing States
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A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him
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A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him
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...w/o the Musk partisan effect Tesla sales between 2022 & 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles. Musk’s partisan activities also increased the sales of other automakers' electric & hybrid vehicles 17-22% because of substitution...
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
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December 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
...w/o the Musk partisan effect Tesla sales between 2022 & 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles. Musk’s partisan activities also increased the sales of other automakers' electric & hybrid vehicles 17-22% because of substitution...
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
Study finds strong link between intimate partner violence and firearm ownership
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December 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Study finds strong link between intimate partner violence and firearm ownership
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Extrajudicial killing as fan service
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December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Extrajudicial killing as fan service
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The Faroes Islands parliament has voted to amend the abortion law to allow abortion on request up to 12 weeks, after a long campaign by activists. While it's a positive step, those who provide or help facilitate abortion still face criminalization.
Faroe Islands: Vote to amend outdated law “an important step towards safe and legal abortion”
Reacting to today’s vote by the Faroese parliament (the ‘Lagtinget’/‘Løgting’) to amend the law to permit access to abortion on request up until the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy, Turið Maria, ...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Faroes Islands parliament has voted to amend the abortion law to allow abortion on request up to 12 weeks, after a long campaign by activists. While it's a positive step, those who provide or help facilitate abortion still face criminalization.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says
A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan 20 anti-trans executive order
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A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan 20 anti-trans executive order
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Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says
A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan 20 anti-trans executive order
prismreports.org/2025/12/04/p...
A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan 20 anti-trans executive order
prismreports.org/2025/12/04/p...
Disproportionate Cybersexual Victimization of Women from Adolescence into Midlife in Spain: Implications for Targeted Protection and Prevention www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Disproportionate Cybersexual Victimization of Women from Adolescence into Midlife in Spain: Implications for Targeted Protection and Prevention www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. The female incarcerated population stands over 7x as high than in 1980. www.sentencingproject.org/fact-sheet/i...
Incarcerated Women and Girls – The Sentencing Project
The number of incarcerated women stands over six times higher than in 1980.
www.sentencingproject.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. The female incarcerated population stands over 7x as high than in 1980. www.sentencingproject.org/fact-sheet/i...
A Collective Future, Whispered From Inside California Prisons www.kqed.org/arts/1398450...
A Collective Future, Whispered From Inside California Prisons | KQED
Pat Mesiti-Miller’s soundscape ‘1000 Whispers From Our Future’ is in residency at Audium.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A Collective Future, Whispered From Inside California Prisons www.kqed.org/arts/1398450...
Cyber-Sexual Crime and Social Inequality: Exploring Socioeconomic and Technological Determinants www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Cyber-Sexual Crime and Social Inequality: Exploring Socioeconomic and Technological Determinants www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
“Second Amendment Scoreboard” (2010) www.reddit.com/r/Propaganda...
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“Second Amendment Scoreboard” (2010) www.reddit.com/r/Propaganda...
Social Determinants of Health, Quality of Public Health Data, and Health Equity in the United States pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Social Determinants of Health, Quality of Public Health Data, and Health Equity in the United States pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Menstrual app privacy suit nears $56 million pay out
The judge called the estimated claims rate of 6% a "failure," pushing period tracking app Flo to post a settlement notice on TikTok to reach a wider audience. www.courthousenews.com/menstrual-ap...
The judge called the estimated claims rate of 6% a "failure," pushing period tracking app Flo to post a settlement notice on TikTok to reach a wider audience. www.courthousenews.com/menstrual-ap...
Menstrual app privacy suit nears $56 million payday
The judge called the estimated claims rate of 6% a
www.courthousenews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Menstrual app privacy suit nears $56 million pay out
The judge called the estimated claims rate of 6% a "failure," pushing period tracking app Flo to post a settlement notice on TikTok to reach a wider audience. www.courthousenews.com/menstrual-ap...
The judge called the estimated claims rate of 6% a "failure," pushing period tracking app Flo to post a settlement notice on TikTok to reach a wider audience. www.courthousenews.com/menstrual-ap...