Puerto Rico Criminalizes Abortion As MurderPuerto Rico’s Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez signed Project 923 into the 18-2026 law, criminalizing abortion as murder and drawing strong condemnation from human rights groups, who deem it a gross violation of bodily autonomy and due process.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/puerto-rico-criminalizes-abortion/Cuba hardliners ask Trump's DOJ to indict Raul Castro"We respectfully request the Department of Justice consider indicting Raul Castro, who is responsible for the cold-blooded murders of three Americans and a U.S. permanent resident in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shoot-down of two civilian aircraft by Cuban Mig fighter jets," the letter said. The letter was written authored by Miami Republicans Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York who is of Cuban descent, co-signed the letter.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/cuba-trump-raul-castro-indicthttps://archive.ph/zrpuUMistrial declared in the case of Stanford students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024The jury voted 9 to 3 to convict on a felony charge of vandalism and 8 to 4 to convict on a felony charge of conspiracy to trespass. After deliberating for five days, jurors said they could not reach a verdict. Judge Hanley Chew asked each one if more time deliberating would help break the impasse, and all answered, “No.”
https://apnews.com/article/stanford-propalestinian-protest-trial-39368c0f262ec66f4c2935622ce3779d ‘No Concessions’: San Francisco Teachers End 4-Day Strike After Winning Raise, Family Healthcare United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) said its bargaining team reached a two-year tentative deal with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) at around 5:30 am local time Friday. The 120 public schools that were closed due to the walkout by around 6,000 teachers are set to reopen for classes next Wednesday.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/san-francisco-teacher-strike-endsIndian man pleads guilty in assassination plot against prominent Sikh separatist leader in New YorkGupta, 54, told Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn that he was in India when he paid $15,000 online in 2023 to someone he thought could carry out the killing of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who is an American citizen. Gupta was unwittingly communicating, though, with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a hitman.
https://apnews.com/article/india-nikhil-gupta-pannun-sikh-murder-510a7b86f39b80305d4ff462243f2210 ‘Masked Engagement’: Leaked Docs Reveal DHS Infiltrating Private Online Spaces Ken Klippenstein exposed the open source monitoring program, which DHS calls “masked engagement,” with new reporting Thursday that details how agents “assume false identities and interact with users—friending them, joining closed groups, and gaining access to otherwise private postings, photographs, friend lists, and more.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dhs-agents-onlineDSA councilmember Nithya Raman enters Los Angeles mayoral raceNithya Raman, a sitting member of the Los Angeles City Council and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, announced her candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles. Entering the race well into the election cycle, Raman is attempting to position herself as a “change agent” prepared to challenge the city’s political establishment.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/13/rpzi-f13.htmlLegislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workersThursday, senators voted to change that law. The new law allows employers to pay 14- and 15-year-olds $13.50 an hour. Sixteen through 19-year-olds can also be paid at that lower rate for a 90-day training period. Sen. Jane Raybould, the bill’s sponsor, said reducing the minimum wage for younger workers would make businesses more likely to hire, helping young people as well.
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