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'Irate male' assaulted Newfoundland officers with block of cheese, police say (www.ctvnews.ca)

...The RNC did not say if the officers were injured or what kind of cheese was used.

Vanderbilt doctors link weed killer to birth defect (www.newschannel5.com)

Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)

FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers (www.npr.org)

The FTC estimates about 30 million people, or one in five American workers, from minimum wage earners to CEOs, are bound by noncompetes. It says the policy change could lead to increased wages totaling nearly $300 billion per year by encouraging people to swap jobs freely.

The Superiority of American Logistics (Artist: Patso Catso) (sh.itjust.works)

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Creepy Study Suggests AI Is The Reason We've Never Found Aliens (www.sciencealert.com)

Ukraine says it has no reserves as Putin amasses half-million troops for summer offensive: report (nypost.com)

Students borrowing from the federal government this fall will face the highest interest rate in more than a decade (www.nbcnews.com)

Ada goes to the set: let’s make an animated movie - FSFE - Help us make a film of this story to spark more kids’ interest in coding and tinkering! (fsfe.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15670510...

According to the Federal Reserve Americans owe over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing $37,667 (medium.com)

Biden's new China tariff wall faces leakage via Mexico, Vietnam | Reuters (www.reuters.com)

Beautiful (sh.itjust.works)

France imposes a state of emergency in New Caledonia as unrest continues (www.npr.org)

Blushing hens: Study finds French chickens get red in the face when scandalized (www.salon.com)

Nearly 1 in 5 US abortions now provided through telehealth, with thousands accessed under shield laws each month, report says (apnews.com)

Most abortions in the United States are medication abortions, and telehealth has become an increasingly common way to access abortion pills — especially since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision revoked the federal right to an abortion....

Macron Calls State of Emergency Over Protests in the colony of New Caledonia (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)

js Monk and Fly (sh.itjust.works)

Marvel Subpoenas Instagram to Expose 'Captain America: Brave New World' Leaker * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

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Los Angeles renters now need $117K a year to live comfortably, study says (www.ktla.com)

A Ukrainian sport plane drone just flew 800 miles (1300 km) into Russia to blow up an oil refinery (www.forbes.com)

It’s the deepest Ukrainian drone strike of the war, so far...

Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review (apnews.com)

A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address...