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Ahri ban rates soar as League of Legends players commit to protest [due to absurd skin cost: $435] (www.pcgamesn.com)

Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for believing women can serve as pastors (apnews.com)

Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with women pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to boot one such church from its ranks....

China's electric vehicle makers face uphill battle in Europe (www.dw.com)

China has been accused of dumping cheap electric cars on EU countries. But poor sales, price wars and tariff threats have prompted a mood change among some Chinese auto producers....

Petition | Meta has announced it will be abandoning CrowdTangle, its industry leading transparency tool, this August - in the middle of the biggest election year on record (foundation.mozilla.org)

TELL META: Don’t Kill Your Crucial Transparency Tool, CrowdTangle!...

Internet Service Providers Try to Stop Net Neutrality in Court | Cord Cutters News (cordcuttersnews.com)

Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties (coppercourier.com)

Federal agents raided a property management company operating in Arizona as part of an investigation into price-fixing rent, marking a distinct escalation in the renewed push to enforce consumer protection laws....

A hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas. It likely sets a state record (apnews.com)

Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record....

Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump (www.cnn.com)

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator (apnews.com)

The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday....

GOP governor says June is about understanding & accepting homophobes (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Trump unleashes epic whining tirade as stunned Newsmax host watches interview derail (www.rawstory.com)

Half-Life Was 95% Ready for Dreamcast (timemachiner.io)

PlayStation VR2 players can access games on PC with adapter starting on August 7 (blog.playstation.com)

Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Getting Official Modding Support (store.steampowered.com)

It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

Florida sheriff’s office fires deputy who fatally shot Black airman at home (www.fox13news.com)

A Floridasheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground....

Colorado enacts right-to-repair law banning restrictions on parts pairing, mirroring Oregon's ban (www.cpr.org)

Summary:...

Netflix Announces Minecraft Animated Series (www.gameinformer.com)

I’m surprised it took that long.

Borrowers, especially the young, struggle with credit card debt in potentially bad sign for economy (apnews.com)

Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Moms for Liberty is coming for the swing states (www.motherjones.com)

Israel Responds to Move to Recognize Palestinian State by Withholding Funds (www.nytimes.com)

Israel will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority in the wake of the decision by three European countries to recognize a Palestinian state, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday, as its foreign minister denounced the European moves as giving “a gold medal to Hamas terrorists.”...