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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney's Picks: Tish James Sues Kalshi

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The Best of the Week’s News 
 

  • New York AG Tish James sues the Kalshi prediction market for allegedly being an illegal gambling operation. (CNN)
     

  • Coast guard rescuers save lives, but many suffer brain damage from years of piloting small boats amid the crashing waves. (NYT)
     

  • Breaking Monticello: How a right wing smear campaign tried to censor the brutality and the brilliance that defined Thomas Jefferson. (Prospect)
     

  • More than 1400 unaccompanied migrant children in New York State will lose access to a lawyer on Monday because a federal contract has not been renewed. (Gothamist)
     

  • Public defender org accused of illegally offering cash bonuses to disrupt a strike. (Queens Eagle)