(2024-05-15). Lawsuit Succeeds In Lifting Gag Rules At Pittsburgh Jail. popularresistance.org In a win for government accountability in Pennsylvania, the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press have succeeded in lifting Allegheny County Jail rules that forbid employees from talking to the press or posting information on social media. | As part of a settlement reached in the federal First Amendment lawsuit on April 23, the Pittsburgh jail has adopted new policies that affirm employees' right to speak and to disclose wrongdoing at the jail. The policies also empower jail employees to speak out to the press on matters of public conce…
(2024-05-15). Saturday 6/29: #GOTV: Poor & Low Wage Workers' Mass March on Washington D.C. & to the Polls. indybay.org Washington D.C. – march and rally | Pennsylvania Ave and 3rd Street NW | Join the livestream here: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/ | FB: www.facebook.com/anewppc/ | Mass March updates here: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/mm2024/…
(2024-05-15). Southeast Asian Financial Scams Can Begin with a "Simple" Text. indybay.org It may start out ubiquitous, but those innocent or inquiring text messages from unknown numbers that suddenly appear on your phone saying "Hello" or "Is this Stephanie's phone number?" are a disaster lurking in disguise. Not to be left out of the equation, too, are Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms that offer ads promising jobs working from home and investment opportunities, along with access to online gambling that are all part of scams run by Southeast Asian transnational crime syndicates.
(2024-05-15). 8 dead, 43 injured in bus overturn in US Florida. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a devastating incident, a bus carrying 53 farmworkers overturned in central Florida, resulting in eight fatalities and at least 40 injuries. The collision occurred in Marion County, north of Orlando, when the bus collided with a truck. The bus swerved off the road, crashing through a fence and landing on its side in a field. The workers were being transported to Cannon Farms in Dunnellon for watermelon harvesting. Cannon Farms, a family-owned operation, expressed condolences on social media and announced closure for the day to honor the victims.BREAKING: Eight people are dead and at least 40 are inju…
(2024-05-15). OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever Announces Departure. latintimes.com Sutskever said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was leaving after almost a decade at OpenAI, whose "trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous."
(2024-05-15). 6 months internship at the Business, Human Rights and Environment Office. fidh.org FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) is an international human rights NGO. Since 1992, we have been committed to defending all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You can find us online and on our social networks:
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(2024-05-15). SATIRE: Former Trump Aide Claims To Give Fake Money To Unhoused People. theonion.com 
Johnny McEntee, a former aide in the Trump White House, recently bragged on social media about giving fake money to unhoused people to ensure their eventual arrest, claiming on TikTok that "when a homeless person asks for money, then I give them like a fake $5 bill. So I feel good about myself. They feel good. And…
(2024-05-15). Caroline Lucas takes apart Tories sex education plan in one tweet. leftfootforward.org Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has torn into the government's new guidance for schools in England due to be published on Thursday, after details of the plan were leaked to the media. | A government source said the new guidelines for schools on relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) will include a ban on teaching sex education to children under nine, while 'explicit' discussions including on topics such as contraception won't be allowed until age 13. | Head teachers have challenged the introduction of new guidance for schools, with the head of a school in Rotherham, Pepe Di'Iasio, telling the BBC Today s…
(2024-05-15). Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah travel ban overturned. newarab.com 
In a social media post, pro-Palestine legal rights group the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) announced that the organisation, alongside lawyer Alexander Gorski and the European Legal Support Centre, have successfully challenged the travel restriction. | The la…
(2024-05-15). Slovakia PM Fico shot, fighting 'life-threatening' injuries. newarab.com 
Fico, a populist leader accused of being Kremlin-friendly, has been prime minister since last year. | "Today, after the government meeting in Handlova, there was an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Robert Fico", the government said in a post on social media. | "He is cu…
(2024-05-15). Police clash with pro-Palestine protesters at Amsterdam University. presstv.ir Video posted on social media showed police in riot gear clashing with protesters, who were shouting: "Shame on you."