cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30044102

> > If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed. > > Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250115030931/https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-draft-terms-hostages-3df21b67620fdc8f62aa1d1e96487880 > > SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fisrael-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-draft-terms-hostages-3df21b67620fdc8f62aa1d1e96487880

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/32952945

> > Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Capital One, N.A., and its parent holding company, Capital One Financial Corp., for cheating millions of consumers out of more than $2 billion in interest. The CFPB alleges that Capital One promised consumers that its flagship “360 Savings” account provided one of the nation’s “best” and “highest” interest rates, but the bank froze the interest rate at a low level while rates rose nationwide. Around the same time, Capital One created a virtually identical product, “360 Performance Savings,” that differed from 360 Savings only in that it paid out substantially more in interest—at one point more than 14 times the 360 Savings rate. Capital One did not specifically notify 360 Savings accountholders about the new product, and instead worked to keep them in the dark about these better-paying accounts. The CFPB alleges that Capital One obscured the new product from its 360 Savings accountholders and cost millions of consumers more than $2 billion in lost interest payments. The CFPB’s lawsuit seeks to stop the companies’ unlawful conduct, provide redress for harmed consumers, and impose civil money penalties, which would be paid into the CFPB’s victims relief fund.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52590720

> Summary > > Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffett, operates the nation’s dirtiest coal plant fleet, emitting the most nitrogen oxides (NOx) in 2023 despite $41B in renewable energy investments. > > The plants lack advanced pollution controls (SCR scrubbers), causing significant health and environmental damage, including up to 260 annual deaths and $3.9B in healthcare costs. > > For example, the plants in Iowa reduce air quality in Omaha and surrounding areas, leading to premature deaths, healthcare costs, and lost school days. Omaha’s air quality ranks in the bottom third of U.S. cities. > > Berkshire has resisted installing pollution controls, prioritizing cost-effectiveness over environmental responsibility.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24262115

> Summary > > Childhood vaccination rates in Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia, traditionally high, are declining due to rising vaccine skepticism. > > CDC data shows the percentage of kindergartners with vaccine exemptions reached a record 3.3% nationwide in 2023-24. > > Experts link this trend to anti-vaccine movements and "health freedom" advocacy. > > This trend could lead to a resurgence of preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough, as seen in states with low vaccine uptake like Florida and Georgia.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24261280

> Summary > > Several states, including Alabama, Maryland, and New Hampshire, are introducing legislation to ban or restrict cellphones in schools. > > The measures claim to reduce distractions and address concerns over teen mental health linked to heavy social media use. > > Proponents argue such bans help students focus, but opponents, including parents, warn of safety and communication issues. > > “If something were to happen in the school, my child should be able to have their cellphone to be able to call for help, to be able to call me,” said parent Jeara Underwood. > > Experts emphasize teaching responsible tech use rather than imposing broad bans.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/32934810

> > Chronic outages are a way of life throughout the island, where privatization, under-investment, and climate change leave the grid at constant risk of collapse.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20786729

> “Emergency rooms are dangerous places for people with Long COVID,” says David Putrino, who studies and treats the condition as director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York. > > “Imagine you go to an emergency department, you wait 13 or 14 hours, your condition actually deteriorates, and then you’re told, ‘Hey, good news, everything is normal and we’re sending you home,’” Putrino says. “Going home doesn’t sound like a survivable outcome. So at that point you might break down...and often that gets reinterpreted as ‘Let’s put this person on a psych hold.’” > > Such experiences fit into a long, troubling tradition in medicine. Because there often aren’t conclusive tests for these types of complex chronic conditions, and because many patients do not outwardly appear unwell, they’re frequently told that they aren’t physically sick at all—that symptoms are all in their heads. “Mainstream medicine really isn’t geared toward treating conditions and diseases that it cannot see under a microscope,” says Larry Au, an assistant professor of sociology at the City College of New York who has studied one of the consequences of that disconnect: medical gaslighting of Long COVID patients.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24278901

> The ambulance pulls up on a narrow street at the Balata Palestinian refugee camp in Nablus in the West Bank, seemingly no different from one of the many emergency vehicles that drive in the area every day. But then five armed Israeli soldiers emerge from the vehicle, going on to take part in a raid that results in the death of two civilians, including an 80-year-old woman, in an incident that Israel’s army admitted constituted “a serious offence … [and] violation of existing orders and procedures”. > > The Guardian has reviewed video captured by a surveillance camera, spoken with witnesses and a survivor of the military operation, conducted by the IDF on 19 December 2024 using a hospital vehicle with Palestinian licence plates. It was described by rights groups as a “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the use of medical vehicles to carry out military attacks that result in injury or death of people.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24262644

> Summary > > Spain plans to introduce a tax of up to 100% on properties purchased by non-EU residents, aiming to address a housing crisis. > > The measure would limit property purchases for investment purposes by foreigners, prioritizing homes for residents. > > The proposal, inspired by similar policies in Canada and Denmark, is part of broader efforts to improve housing affordability. > > Other measures include tax exemptions for affordable housing landlords, tighter tourist rental regulations, and transferring thousands of homes to public housing programs. > > Details and a parliamentary timeline are pending.

Opposing War. What should be done? A discussion meeting on how we can develop a practical internationalist postion in the face of war escalation. Wednesday, January 15 · 7 – 8:30pm At the moment, revolutionaries upholding internationalist positions are in a minority. Many have embraced support for one side in the conflicts created by capitalism, either supporting Russia or the Ukraine, or siding with Hamas in the mayhem unleashed in the Gaza strip, Lebanon and the wider Middle East.Some questions need answering. How do we increase the audience for an internationalist position that opposes imperialist war? How do we give practical solidarity to those directly effected by war, to the war resisters, conscientious objectors, draft dodgers and deserters who have risked much, whether in Russia, Ukraine or Israel? How do we sabotage the war efforts? This and other questions raised by the drive to war will be addressed at an online meeting with a speaker from the Anarchist Communist Group as well as a range of guest speakers There will be plenty of time for discussion.As well as a speaker from the ACG, there will be speakers from Old Moles Collective- Old.moles.collective @gmail.com ,Alex Alder, author of https://libcom.org/%E2%80%A6/british-anarchism-succumbs-war-feverand Jan, an antimilitarist activist

The Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield on Tuesday, descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather. Agents in unmarked SUVs rounded up people in vans outside a Home Depot and gas station that serves a breakfast popular with field workers.“It was profiling, it was purely field workers,” said Sara Fuentes, store manager of the local gas station. Fuentes said that at 9 a.m., when the store typically gets a rush of workers on their way to pick oranges, two men in civilian clothes and unmarked Suburbans started detaining people outside the store. “They didn’t stop people with FedEx uniforms, they were stopping people who looked like they worked in the fields.” Fuentes says one customer pulled in just to pump gas and agents approached him and detained him.Fuentes has lived in Bakersfield all her life and says she’s never seen anything like it. In one instance, she said a man and woman drove up to the store together, and the man went inside. Border Patrol detained the man as he walked out, Fuentes said, and then demanded the woman get out of the vehicle. When she refused, another agency parked his vehicle behind the woman, blocking her car. Fuentes said it wasn’t until the local Univision station showed up that Border Patrol agents backed up their car and allowed the woman to leave.Fuentes says none of the regular farm workers showed up to buy breakfast on Wednesday morning. “No field workers at all,” she said.“They were stopping cars at random, asking people for papers. They were going to gas stations and Home Depot where day laborers gather,” said Antonio De Loera-Brust. “It’s provoking intense anxiety and a lot of fear in the community.”The Fresno Bee reported that, “Immigration advocates [stated that] they’re hearing from families that their loved ones are located at the Golden State Annex Detention Center in Kern County as well as a detention in Imperial County near the U.S.-Mexico border.” The Golden State Annex has been the site of ongoing hunger and work strikes by detainees, in protest of unpaid labor and horrific conditions.Large protests have quickly spread in response to the raids last week. In Bakersfield, “[s]everal hundred Kern County residents gathered at the corner of Ming Ave. and Wible Road to protest Border Patrol’s three-day operation.” The Rapid Response Network, a coalition of groups in the Bakersfield area, state that they will also continue to hold Know Your Rights trainings. One protester stated, “We’ve always been here, and we’re going to stand up for our students, our families, our workers. We stand by them and we’re not afraid. We’re not scared.”The protests then spread to Fresno, one of the state’s largest cities, with hundreds rallying against the raids. One protester was quoted as stating, “We are not going to sit back anymore. All the youth, all these people that are here today and all these people across the country are going to fight back against deportation, against family separations, because enough has been enough.”In 2006, massive student walkouts and wildcat strikes by immigrant workers beat back draconian anti-immigrant legislation. With the threat of mass deportations under Trump, the possibility of a new strike wave and growing protests is escalating.