guillotine watch Pharma company will pay $15.4m in fines for bribing docs to prescribe an overpriced med that brings in $1b/year Cory Doctorow

china Online retailers Shein and Temu go to war Rob Beschizza

nazi LAPD buys dogs from breeding company with same name as Hitler's bunker Natalie Dressed

crime Private Christian college Liberty University to pay $14m fine for refusing to disclose campus crimes for years Rob Beschizza

cars Woman's stolen Kia stolen again, twice, even after security "fix" Rob Beschizza

tabloids Meghan Markle's "casting couch" and an Epstein "sex slave" murdered in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

labor Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days Thom Dunn

france French supermarket chain Carrefour puts "shrinkflation" warnings on price-gouging brands Rob Beschizza

Oakland US Coast Guard to battle pirates of the Oakland estuary Jason Weisberger

new age People who believe in "manifesting" to "cosmically attract" success are more likely to go bankrupt, science shows David Pescovitz

animals Whoops! Hungry koala eats thousands of nursery seedlings intended for a wildlife corridor Jennifer Sandlin

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News Google shows off AI "news article" writer to newspapers, leaving newspapers to wonder who did the fact-finding, investigating and reporting Rob Beschizza

How Les Sewing Sisters are tailoring a new sound in music Lee Keeler

politics Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas delays disclosures amid reports of property sales, trips Rob Beschizza

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

politics Donald Trump lashes out at Laura Ingraham after her 'hit piece' on poll numbers: "There go her ratings!" Carla Sinclair

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Mormons fined $5m for hiding $32bn of wealth Rob Beschizza

trains Norfolk Southern gave $5 to Ohio East Palestinians affected by toxic train explosion Thom Dunn