www.theguardian.com Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda
Organizers call for 11 million people to march and rally in this weekend’s effort to ‘protect democracy’
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Organizers call for 11 million people to march and rally in this weekend’s effort to ‘protect democracy’
Protesters poured into the streets of cities and towns across the United States again on Saturday, in the second wave of protests this month, as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot box.
By early afternoon, large protests were under way in Washington, New York and Chicago, with images of crowds cascading across social networks showing additional demonstrations in Rhode Island, Maryland, [Wisconsin](https://bsky.app/profile/jennyq
www.cbsnews.com 2 dismissed from Pennsylvania college swim team after student allegedly scratched racial slur onto another student's body
A student-athlete at Gettysburg College allegedly carved a racial slur onto another student-athlete's body, officials and the victim's family said.
At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania were suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student's body, officials said.
School administrators received "a deeply concerning report of a racial slur being scratched onto a student using a plastic or ceramic tool," officials at the 2,200-student private liberal arts school in Gettysburg said in a statement last week.
"This is a serious report, which is being actively assessed through the student conduct process," the college said. "At this point, the students involved are not participating in swim team activities."
The school declined to release further details, citing that process, as well as privacy laws.
The family of the student who was targeted told Gettysburg College's student newspaper, [The Gettysburgian](https://gettysburgian.com/2024/09/victims-family-speaks-out-on-racially-charged-hate-crime-at-gettysb
www.theguardian.com World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24
The world’s oldest living conjoined twins have died at the age of 62 in their native Pennsylvania.
Lori and George Schappell died on 7 April at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to an obituary. A cause of death was not disclosed.
The Schappell twins were born on 18 September 1961 in Reading, in southern Pennsylvania. They were joined at the skull with separate bodies, sharing 30% of their brain and essential blood vessels.
George had spina bifida and used a mobility device. Lori pushed and steered George’s wheeled stool so the two could move around.
The twins represented the rarest form of conjoined twinning, which affects only 2% to 6% of conjoined twins, NBC Today reported.
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www.theguardian.com World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24
The world’s oldest living conjoined twins have died at the age of 62 in their native Pennsylvania.
Lori and George Schappell died on 7 April at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to an obituary. A cause of death was not disclosed.
The Schappell twins were born on 18 September 1961 in Reading, in southern Pennsylvania. They were joined at the skull with separate bodies, sharing 30% of their brain and essential blood vessels.
George had spina bifida and used a mobility device. Lori pushed and steered George’s wheeled stool so the two could move around.
The twins represented the rarest form of conjoined twinning, which affects only 2% to 6% of conjoined twins, NBC Today reported.
George transit
www.theguardian.com ‘Mischief and problems’: rightwing activists ramp up drive to hand-count ballots
Mike Lindell and fellow influencers have hit the road since Donald Trump’s 2020 loss, threatening chaos for the 2024 election
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The push to hand-count ballots is ramping up, albeit with spotty success, as the 2024 election nears, according to a review by the Guardian and Votebeat. If more localities decide to try hand-counting in the November election, results could be inaccurate, untrustworthy or delayed, fostering more distrust in elections. In places that opt not to hand-count, supporters of the practice could use this choice as a reason to question or refuse to sign off on certification.
Either way, it raises the risk of throwing the 2024 election into chaos.
“It just gives additional grounds for calling into question the results of elections when there are no valid grounds,” said Heather Sawyer, executive director at American Oversight. “There’s no good reason to do it. And there’s lots of room for mischief and problems.”
The push hasn’t gained much ground in the large swing counties where Trump claimed votes were stolen from him. **It’s been more effective in small or rural counties that vot
Bucks County files climate lawsuit against Big Oil
whyy.org Bucks County is first in Pa. to take on fossil fuel industry
Filed a year after devastating flash floods killed seven people in Bucks County, the lawsuit alleges the oil industry deceived the public about its climate impact.
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