(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest: Ousted TN lawmakers: One returned, one to go [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-10 x a classic civil rights case you learn in law school was about black residents in mississippi suing to desegregate public pools, winning, and then instead of desegregating, the city council closed all the pools entirely. and scotus upheld that. very familiar stuff here from texas https://t.co/85IZAYqdcv — Michael (@_FleerUltra) April 10, 2023 C/NET In the US, hearing aids are now available over the counter. Audiologists and established technology companies have teamed up to make hearing aids more accessible to the public. You no longer need to see a health practitioner to get hearing aids for age-related hearing loss, making hearing aids less expensive in general. Here's what's available and where you can purchase your own over-the-counter hearing aids. What type of hearing aid should I choose? There are three hearing aid designs to choose from: behind-the-ear, in-the-ear and in-the-canal. BBC The mother of a six-year-old child who shot his teacher at a school in Virginia has been criminally charged. Deja Taylor, 25, has been indicted by a grand jury with a felony child neglect charge and a misdemeanour charge. Police had previously said that the gun used in the shooting belonged to Ms Taylor. The child brought the gun in his backpack to Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News on 6 January. He then shot Abigail Zwerner, a 25-year-old teacher, in the hand and chest during a lesson. Ms Zwerner was seriously injured but survived the shooting. On Monday, prosecutors said in a statement that Ms Taylor has been charged with one count of felony child neglect and one count of misdemeanour for "recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child." The Guardian, UK The British and Irish governments have condemned petrol bomb attacks on police in Derry on the eve of Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland. A small crowd threw petrol bombs and other missiles at a police Land Rover during a parade by dissident republicans in the Creggan area of the city on Monday. The vehicle briefly caught fire and was withdrawn. There were no casualties but the images overshadowed the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement, which is drawing dignitaries to Northern Ireland. Rishi Sunak is to welcome Biden to Belfast on Tuesday night, the start of the US president’s four-day visit to the island of Ireland. Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary, said the scenes in Derry were disappointing. “Hopefully it will calm down very, very quickly and the police can go about their business,” he told the BBC. The Guardian, International The swimming pools, well-watered gardens and clean cars of the rich are driving water crises in cities at least as much as the climate emergency or population growth, according to an analysis. The researchers said the vast difference in water use between rich and poor citizens had been largely overlooked in seeking solutions to water shortages, with the focus instead on attempts to increase supply and higher prices for water. They said the only way to protect water supplies was by redistributing water resources more equally. The study used Cape Town in South Africa as a case study and found the richest people used 50 times more water than the poorest. When the Day Zero water crisis struck the city in 2018, after several years of drought, the poorest were left without enough water for their basic needs, the scientists said. The Guardian, UK A punk band from Germany say they were “humiliated” and “degraded” and after being refused entry to the UK for their British tour due to “opaque and confusing” post-Brexit rule changes. Trigger Cut, a three-piece from Stuttgart, were due to play seven venues in the UK this week but say they were turned away by the UK Border Force at Calais on Thursday 6 April. Tim Burgess, the frontman of The Charlatans, said the German band’s “nightmare” experience showed the damage Brexit was doing to touring musicians: “What happened to Trigger Cut is scary, as bands from the EU are facing confusing and complex rules that mean UK tour dates might just not be worth their while.” The Guardian, International As Israel faces a surge in violence on almost every front, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed his decision to fire defence minister Yoav Gallant for warning that his judicial overhaul was harming the military. In a televised speech late on Monday, Netanyahu said Gallant would stay in his position, two weeks after he dismissed the minister. “I decided to put the differences we had behind us,” he said. “Gallant remains in his position and we will continue to work together for the security of the citizens of Israel.” Gallant welcomed Netanyahu’s move, posting on social media a picture of him with the premier and the message: “We continue together with full power for Israel.” Al Jazeera A Palestinian child has been killed by Israeli forces in the Aqabet Jaber refugee camp in Jericho, as a settler march to an illegal outpost near the occupied city of Nablus brought more violence to the West Bank. Mohammad Fayez Balhan, who was 15 years old, was shot in the head, chest and stomach on Monday. “They shot him in the head,” the teen’s aunt Maysoon said. “What is going to happen to our people? What will happen to us?” The Israeli military said that it had been operating in Jericho’s Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in an attempt to apprehend Palestinians it suspected of attacks against Israelis, and that its forces had responded to being fired at by the suspects. Al Jazeera Al JazeeraThe administration of United States President Joe Biden has filed an emergency motion to stay a decision that would suspend the sale of the abortion pill mifepristone, as part of an ongoing legal dispute that could affect access to reproductive healthcare for millions of Americans. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed the motion in an appeals court on Monday, stating that last Friday’s ruling by conservative Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk would undermine the ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine the safety of medications and deny women access to abortion pills. Deutsche Welle Officials in the United States are scrambling to identify the source of an apparent breach of highly classified documents. The leak reportedly gives details on a range of topics, including Ukraine's air defense and Israel's spy agency. Chris Meagher, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, told reporters on Monday that the online leaks presented a "very serious" risk to national security.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reached out to allies and worked to assess the leaks since he became aware of them on Thursday, Meagher said. The department is looking closely at "how this type of information is distributed and to whom," he added. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters that officials "are engaging with allies and partners at high levels over this, including to reassure them of our commitment to safeguarding intelligence and the fidelity of securing our partnerships." While the Defense Department is still assessing the validity of photographed documents circulating online, they "appear to contain sensitive and highly classified material," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Sunday. NPR Local newsrooms haven't survived the cuts in the modern shift to digital media. Now, the country's largest newspaper company is feeling the squeeze again. Who is it? Gannett publishes newspapers like USA Today, as well as many local weekly papers. Despite managing many local outlets, it has been cutting down for years. At the end of 2019, Gannett merged with GateHouse Media and between them the two companies had roughly 25,000 employees. Less than four years later, the current workforce is around 11,000. Since that 2019 merger, Gannett has reduced the number of papers in its circulation at a steady rate. According to reporting from Nieman Lab, Gannett owned 261 daily and 302 weekly newspapers in 2019. By the end of 2022, those numbers had dropped to 217 dailies and 175 weekly newspapers, a reduction of 171 in total. NPR A gunman opened fire at the Old National Bank Building Monday morning, killing four people. The Louisville Metro Police said the shooter is also dead. Here's what we're following: Gunman: The 23-year-old male shooter was an employee of the bank, police say. The 23-year-old male shooter was an employee of the bank, police say. Downtown Louisville: The shooting unfolded right across from Louisville's Slugger Field during peak commuting hours. A separate, unrelated shooting happened shortly after. The shooting unfolded right across from Louisville's Slugger Field during peak commuting hours. A separate, unrelated shooting happened shortly after. Victims: Police say two officers were shot, including one who is in critical condition at a hospital. NY Times *** Everyone should be able to read the article if I did the “give this article” correctly. Please let me know if you cannot read it after clicking the link. A federal judge’s ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses threats to the U.S. government’s regulatory authority that could go far beyond one drug, legal experts say. The decision by a Texas judge appears to be the first time a court has moved toward ordering removal of an approved drug from the market over the objection of the F.D.A. If the initial ruling, a preliminary injunction issued on Friday, withstood appeals, it could open the door to lawsuits to contest approvals or regulatory decisions related to other medications. And if upheld, the Texas decision would shake the very framework of the pharmaceutical industry’s reliance on the F.D.A.’s pathways for developing new drugs, legal experts said. x The White House responded to a TX federal judge’s decision to suspend the FDA’s approval of an abortion pill: 'If the decision stands, it will put women’s health at risk and undermine the FDA’s ability to ensure patients have access to safe and effective medications.' pic.twitter.com/iVtLBX0mY7 — NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 11, 2023 The crew of the Overnight News Digest consists of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, jeremybloom, Magnifico, annetteboardman, rise above the swamp, Besame and jck. 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