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Islamophobia in US hit record high in 2023 due to Israel’s war on Gaza

An advocacy group reports a 56 percent increase in anti-Muslim complaints in 2023 compared to the previous year, reaching the highest level in the US in nearly three decades.
Chrome privacy case

Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy...

Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.
Islamophobia

Why I’m fasting in Ramadan as a non-Muslim American

A Colorado-based artist explains her motivations for participating in the holy month, the backlash she's received and what she's learned from the experience.
historic Francis Scott Key Bridge

In Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore lost a piece of its cultural identity

Generations of Maryland workers — longshoremen, seafarers, steelworkers and crabbers whose livelihoods depend on Baltimore’s port — watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River.
medical reform

Medical professors demand vice health minister be excluded from media responses

An association of medical professors urged the government Saturday to exclude Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo from making media responses to facilitate talks in the upcoming negotiations for medical reform.
caste-based delivery systems

‘Pure veg fleet’: How Indian food app Zomato sparked a caste, purity debate

Delivery workers worry that vegetarian-only fleets today could pave the way for caste-based delivery systems tomorrow.
ban on ‘shaheed’

Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’

The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has ruled that a ban on the use of the word “shaheed” – “martyr” in Arabic – should be lifted. Meta has acknowledged that the term “shaheed” accounts for more content removals under the company’s content moderation policy than any other single word or phrase on its platforms.
Jameek Lowery

He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was...

Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. He was having a mental breakdown — and needed help. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his cellphone and began a social media broadcast of an anti-police rant.
Palestinians at Gaza hospital

Live blog: Israeli forces kill more than 200 Palestinians at Gaza hospital

Israel's war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 174th day — has killed at least 32,552 people and wounded 74,980 as hawkish PM Netanyahu says Palestinians can "just move" away from Rafah invasion.
think about suicide

More women than men think about taking own lives: health ministry report

More women than men think about suicide and actually attempt to take their own lives due mainly to economic pressures and psychological problems, according to a report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Thursday.

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