BBC News: ‘Who will call me Dad?’ Tears of Gaza father who lost 103 relatives

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68400463

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VOX: I got to see the IRS’s free tax-filing software in action. Here’s what I learned.

I got to see the IRS’s free tax-filing software in action. Here’s what I learned.
Meet Direct File, the federal government’s TurboTax alternative. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start.

Read in Vox: https://apple.news/AiSqJa7geRIeLZJHvUKnqBg

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THE NEW ARAB: Palestinian prisoners’ families and human rights groups demand protection after UN report on sexual abuse in Israeli prisons

Palestinian prisoners’ families and human rights groups demand protection after UN report on sexual abuse in Israeli prisons
Palestinian prisoners’ families and human rights groups demand protection after UN report on sexual abuse in Israeli prisons

Read in The New Arab: https://apple.news/ATqxw0eRWSdmeOKouXW-_dA

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THE GUARDIAN: Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says
Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’

Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/AAowDJ_dXQ6G7klrWVkQAKQ

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USA TODAY: Houston church shooting revives claims on transgender shooters. Evidence shows they’re false

Houston church shooting revives claims on transgender shooters. Evidence shows they’re false
Right-wing accounts claim there’s an ‘epidemic’ of shootings by trans people. They’re wrong about Lakewood church shooting, and about the statistics.

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Border Patrol releases hundreds of migrants at a bus stop after San Diego runs out of aid money

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Border Patrol releases hundreds of migrants at a bus stop after San Diego runs out of aid money

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/24/migrants-san-diego-bus-stop-funding/72727775007/

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ADVOCATE: What we know about Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict’s tragic death

What we know about Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict’s tragic death
A community is grappling with the death of an LGBTQ+ young person one day after they were beaten in a high school bathroom.

Read in Advocate: https://apple.news/ANCI5AO7UQ72jIIoMGRtaFw

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THE INDEPENDENT: Oklahoma passed an anti-trans bathroom bill. Now a bullied student is dead after a fight.

Oklahoma passed an anti-trans bathroom bill. Now a bullied student is dead after a fight.
Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they were

Read in The Independent: https://apple.news/A1i18FQO5SVKgoiI2O4jeew

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REUTERS: World Court to hear arguments on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

World Court to hear arguments on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
The United Nations’ top court on Monday opens a week of hearings on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, with more than 50 states due to address the judges.

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USA TODAY: Most Americans want legal pot. Here’s why feds are taking so long to change old rules.

Most Americans want legal pot. Here’s why feds are taking so long to change old rules.
The DEA has for decades held that marijuana is among the most dangerous, highly addictive drugs. The science has changed, but the DEA hasn’t.

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