Mexico's drought, heatwave and water shortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in protest (apnews.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Officially Announced (www.callofduty.com)
Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region where children are being evacuated (apnews.com)
A nighttime Russian attack destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said Friday, and authorities organized the evacuation of children from the area that is being pummeled by the Kremlin’s forces in a powerful new offensive....
A tired, testy and fractured Supreme Court prepares for more drama (www.cnn.com)
As Supreme Court justices try to resolve more than a dozen major cases over the next month, including whether Donald Trump must stand trial for election subversion, they appear mired in antagonism and distrust....
toxic help forum (lemmy.world)
Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a hidden backdoor that maintained persistent communication with a malicious website, researchers reported Thursday, in the latest episode of a supply-chain attack.
China’s largest chipmaker SMIC is now the world’s third-largest foundry in terms of revenue in the first quarter, according to Counterpoint Research. (www.cnbc.com)
13 Massachusett municipalities and 1 university use ShotSpotter. Critics wonder: Is it worth it? (www.wgbh.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/13-mass-municipalities-and-1-un…
Heat in India: North India boils as temperatures near 50C (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese mogul with deep MAGA ties is going on trial for massive fraud (www.motherjones.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/miles-guo-wengui-trial-bannon-t…
Staffing Crisis at Federal Prisons Highlighted at FCI Sheridan in Oregon (www.nytimes.com)
An inmate at a federal prison in Oregon faked a suicide attempt to obtain medical treatment for a serious infection because health care staffing levels were so low that patients were forced to wait days, or even weeks, for basic care, an independent watchdog found....
Minnesota Just Became The Latest State to Eliminate Prison Gerrymandering (boltsmag.org)
In 2010, ahead of the decennial redistricting process, Minnesota’s legislature considered adopting a bold reform: It would stop counting state prisoners as residents of the districts where they were incarcerated, and instead count them as residents of the districts from which they hailed before prison. At the time, this was a...
Millions raised for Arizona sheriff's animal shelter that was never built. Where did the money go? (www.azcentral.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/71496466007/
Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations (x.com)
There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell - a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their website describes them as “one of the largest...
NY Governor Hochul Quietly Nominates A Permanent Prison Chief (nysfocus.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/hochul-quietly-nominates-a-perm…
High Court Sides With Federal Prosecutors Over Repeat Offender Sentencing (www.law360.com)
Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett....
‘FUCK the LAPD’ Shirt Maker's Entire Shop Sold Out After Cops Threaten Him (www.404media.co)
The update we all saw coming.
Pakistan scrambles for relief on $15bn debt owed to China after investments of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (southasiajournal.net)
Archived link...
Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says (apnews.com)
Australian judge rules that social media platform X must answer to hate speech complaint (apnews.com)
An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law even though it does not have an office in Australia....
Kabosu, the Dog Behind the ‘Doge’ Meme, Has Died (www.ign.com)
Not sure if this counts as “world news”, but RIP Doge :(...
The 'Appeal to Heaven' flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right (apnews.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian nationalist movement and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen....
Farmers in India are weary of politicians' lackluster response to their climate-driven water crisis (apnews.com)
On a stifling hot day this May, farm worker Shobha Londhe is reminded of the desperate conditions that led her husband to take his own life. It’s the hottest and driest summer in years, she said, and for farm workers that often means little to no income, rising debts and intolerable heat....
Google Tries to Pay Off the Antitrust Division & said juries (normal people) cannot decide hard cases. (www.thebignewsletter.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15750986
