And another day of more travel advisories to FL, Trump team sends letter to AG Garland, Target pulls some Pride collection items, a drought deal for the CO River, Catholic clergy abuse IL kids, and regulating social media comes to a close:
“Pretty sure we are firmly in ‘First they came for…’ territory now.” — Schooley
Largest US gay rights group issues Florida travel advisory for anti-LGBTQ+ laws. The Human Rights Campaign joined the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Florida Immigrant Coalition and Equality Florida in issuing travel or relocation warnings for the Sunshine State, one of the most popular states for tourists to visit in the U.S.
Trump legal team seeks meeting with Garland as documents probe nears conclusion. Lawyers for Donald Trump are seeking a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland, the latest indication that special counsel Jack Smith is nearing the indictment phase of his probe of Trump’s handling of classified documents...In their letter, the lawyers don’t mention the prospect of indictments or even specify which of Smith’s investigations they’re referencing. Rather they describe it as an effort to “discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your Special Counsel and his prosecutors.”
Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal. Although ordinarily off limits to prosecutors, the notes ended up before the grand jury in Washington hearing evidence in the case after a US appeals court allowed attorney-client privilege to be pierced because judges believed Trump might have used Corcoran’s legal advice in furtherance of a crime.
Target pulls some Pride collection items after threats to employees. The retailer's decision comes amid a wider national debate over civil rights for transgender people.
California, Arizona, Nevada offer landmark drought deal to use less Colorado River water — for now. The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water through 2026, when current guidelines for how the river is shared expire. About half the cuts would come by the end of 2024. That’s less than what federal officials said last year would be needed to stave off crisis in the river but still marks a notable step in long and difficult negotiations between the three states.
U.S. House votes to overturn heavy duty truck emissions rules. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 221 to 203 on Tuesday to overturn Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that aim to drastically cut smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy-duty trucks. The White House said President Joe Biden would veto the measure that now goes to his desk after being passed by the Senate in April.
France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions. The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.
Biden Administration Seeks to Curb Misleading Use of Recycling Logo. But the widespread use of the symbol on products that are not routinely accepted for recycling is helping stoke “consumer confusion about what is recyclable and/or compostable” and is leading to “deceptive or misleading” claims on packaging, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency…At issue is the use of the logo along with the “resin number” of different types of plastics. Resin one and two plastics, such as bottles and jugs, are the most easily recycled products, but those marked with numbers three to seven, categories that include plastic bags, styrofoam and plastic trays, are typically not recycled and are instead sent to landfills or burned. American households produce about 51 million tons of plastic waste a year. Only 5 percent of it is recycled.
Catholic clergy sexually abused Illinois kids far more often than church acknowledged, state finds. More than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950, the state’s attorney general found in an investigation released Tuesday, revealing that the problem was far worse than the church had let on. -- Leave the pews.
Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next? The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for children and teens — and is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take “immediate action to protect kids now.” With young people’s social media use “near universal” but its true impact on mental health not fully understood, Dr. Vivek Murthy is asking tech companies to share data and increase transparency with researchers and the public and prioritize users’ health and safety when designing their products.
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