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Inmate hung a noose. Los Angeles County Jailers were too busy watching 'explicit video' to intervene, inspectors say (www.latimes.com)

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Behind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game Flop (www.bloomberg.com)

At My Fingertips (sopuli.xyz)

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars (www.cnn.com)

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre....

Brussels says Ukraine and Moldova ready for EU membership talks (www.euractiv.com)

Diplomatic sources say Hungary is threatening to derail the opening of accession negotiations....

The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant (apnews.com)

Four Texas teens charged over Grindr gunpoint robbery and assault (www.advocate.com)

Why Counterfeit Ozempic Is a Global-Growth Industry [Katherine Eban | June 04 24 | VanityFair] (www.vanityfair.com)

The semaglutide weight-loss miracle has a dark side: As desperate patients contend with shortages and sky-high prices, a world of criminals and con artists are filling the void with life-threatening fakes. Katherine Eban investigates our alarmingly active pharmaceutical underground.

Saudi Arabia joins BIS- and China-led central bank digital currency project (www.reuters.com)

A 1-Minute Trailer At Summer Game Fest Costs $250K (kotaku.com)

UN chief will add Israel to global blacklist for violations against children (english.alarabiya.net)

Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery (www.theguardian.com)

A new account rekindles allegations that Trump disrespected Black people on 'The Apprentice' (apnews.com)

Gene Folkes had just been jettisoned as a contestant on “The Apprentice” and was commiserating with a crew member at a bar inside the lobby of Trump Tower. He was indignant — and not just at having been kicked off the reality show after its star, Donald Trump, had delivered his catchphrase: “You’re fired.”...

DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service (arstechnica.com)

Trump ally Bannon must report to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says (www.voanews.com)

For Science: Gamer Motivation Survey data suggest strategic gaming in is a nasty decline (massivelyop.com)

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to weigh life sentences for felony murder (penncapital-star.com)

Under the felony murder doctrine, a person accused of committing a felony can be charged with murder for a death that occurs during the felony, even if the defendant was not the killer and had no intent to kill. In Pennsylvania, conviction comes with a mandatory sentence of life without parole, one of the most severe renderings...