California socialite Rebecca Grossman sentenced to 15 to life for killing 2 kids in crosswalk (www.nbcnews.com)
A wealthy California woman who co-founded a burn center foundation in the Los Angeles area was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the hit-and-run killings of two children while they were in a crosswalk more than three years ago....
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95 (www.npr.org)
Bankruptcy lawyers look to expose financial ties between Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 charity (lawandcrime.com)
World Food Programme Pauses Use of US Aid Pier in Gaza Due to Israeli Attacks (truthout.org)
Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens after massive cleanup (www.washingtonpost.com)
Trump denies mocking soldiers, says only "a psycho" would have called them "losers" and "suckers" (www.salon.com)
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing (www.theguardian.com)
What’s Next for U.S. Immigration Policy on the Southern Border? (www.propublica.org)
Why Europe is lurching to the right (www.vox.com)
[TrekCore Giveaway] The Final Days of Star Trek Starship Sales at Master Replicas Have Arrived (blog.trekcore.com)
as part of the end of Master Replica’s Official Starships Collection program, we’ve partnered with their team to give away one XL-sized USS Enterprise-D ‘dreadnought’ model to a lucky TrekCore reader!
Inside the brain school (www.cbc.ca)
All of it was the brainchild of 79-year-old American psychologist Dr. James Hardt, whose neurofeedback program has been endorsed by self-help guru Tony Robbins and featured on CNN’s Larry King Live. Hardt says brain school can make participants smarter and happier. He says it can also allow them to levitate, walk on water and...
Google is ready to fill free streaming TV channels with ads (www.theverge.com)
Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 (www.theverge.com)
Apple has announced that its Messages app will support the RCS messaging standard in iOS 18. RCS offers more advanced features compared to traditional SMS, including higher-quality media, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption. This move will improve messaging between iOS and Android devices, which currently rely on the...
Chappell Roan rejects offer to perform at White House for Pride over Biden's Gaza response (www.salon.com)
France’s far-right forces hold talks on teaming up to beat Macron (www.politico.eu)
An alliance with Reconquest would strengthen Marine Le Pen’s National Rally ahead of a snap election....
Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership (www.cnbc.com)
UAW president under investigation by federal monitor (www.cnbc.com)
These are all the devices compatible with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 (arstechnica.com)
Starfield's latest update draws player ire by sticking a bounty hunting quest behind the Creation Club paywall (www.vg247.com)
Portugal’s socialists and liberals defeat far-right in EU elections (www.euractiv.com)
The Portuguese centre-left party (S&D) and the Liberal party (Renew) were the winners of Sunday’s European elections in Portugal, which, unlike most other EU countries, saw the defeat of the far-right Chega party (ID)....
Massive fire breaks out at Miami apartment building, employee of building found shot at scene (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 70 firefighters and 38 fire trucks are on the scene of the ongoing blaze at the Temple Court Apartments, according to Miami Fire Rescue....
Israel says Hamas weaponised rape. Does the evidence add up? (www.thetimes.com)
The Israeli government insists that Hamas formally sanctioned sexual assault on October 7, 2023. But investigators say the evidence does not stand up to scrutiny. Catherine Philp and Gabrielle Weiniger report on eight months of claim and counter-claim...
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...