Headlines for May 17, 2024

“We Don’t Want Ships. We Want Safety”: Displaced Gazans Reject U.S. Pier; U.N. Calls for Land Access, Spain Bars Ships with Weapons For Israel; 13 Foreign Ministers Warn Against Israel’s Rafah Assault, “Israel’s Genocide Has Reached New and Horrific Stage”: South Africa Requests Urgent ICJ Intervention, Police Raid and Arrest Students at Gaza Solidarity Encampments at UC Berkeley, DePaul University, WaPo: Billionaires and Execs Urged Eric Adams to Send Police to Columbia’s Gaza Encampment, SCOTUS Overrules Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, NYT: Upside-Down Flag Seen Outside Alito’s Home in Jan. 2021, a Symbol Used by Election Deniers, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pardons Known Racist Who Murdered BLM Protester in 2020, Texas Storms Kill 4, Cut Power to a Million Customers, Biden Admin to End New Leases in U.S.’s Largest Coal-Producing Region, Ron DeSantis Eliminates Climate Change as Priority in Florida’s Energy Policy, Congolese Mourners Call Out Rwanda and Western Supporters for “Genocide” on Its People, HRW Says Rwanda Denied Entry to Its Researcher, Another Deportation Flight Leaves the U.S. for Haiti Despite “Grave Dangers”, DOJ Moves to Reclassify Marijuana