He has a badge and a gun — and he investigates school truancy (www.npr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/school-truancy-law-enforcement
National Women's Defense League to Harris: Dump Shapiro Over Sex Case Failings (www.thedailybeast.com)
Shapiro, 51, is the chief executive of a crucial battleground state rich with electoral votes, where Harris is set to campaign with her yet-to-be-named running mate on Tuesday. Speculation had mounted that based on the location of Tuesday’s rally, in Philadelphia, that it may just be Shapiro....
Super Mario 64 On Dreamcast (www.retronews.com)
There has been a recent increase in community-driven ports of popular games to new platforms, aided by skilled hackers who have dissected source code. Notable titles like Zelda, GTA III, and DOOM 64 have seen native versions emerge, and now the Dreamcast is set to receive a port of Super Mario 64....
New York parents who report abuse to protect themselves and their families often become the targets of child welfare investigators. A lawsuit is trying to change that. (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/I6FpG
Vance’s links to the Project 2025 leader complicate Trump’s attempts at distance (www.nytimes.com)
Donald Trump disavowed the set of conservative plans after it became a popular target for Democrats, but his running mate, JD Vance, wrote a foreword for a forthcoming book by its principal architect....
Senate unanimously approves bill adding dozens of new federal judgeships (www.courthousenews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/senate-unanimously-approves-bil…
Israel should apologise and consider compensation over killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza, report says [Daniel Hurst | 2 Aug 2024 | The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-Australian military chief finds IDF made ‘errors’ before strikes on World Central Kitchen and says families want Israeli apology from ‘appropriate level’...
With AI sexual abuse on the rise, the White House is tapping Big Tech for support. (19thnews.org)
The Bitcoin community goes MAGA (www.theverge.com)
Samsung Galaxy Ring initial review: First-gen growing pains (www.androidcentral.com)
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Terminal trove - New termonal tools (terminaltrove.com)
‘We didn’t sign that treaty’: in Canada, the Anishinaabe fight for land they never gave up (www.theguardian.com)
While Indigenous nations fight the crown for compensation owed from an agreement signed in 1850, one nation fights a different battle...
People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later (www.newscientist.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18206765...
Why we investigated Matthew Trewhella, the far-right Wisconsin pastor influencing Republican politics (www.propublica.org)
Some people said militant anti-abortion activist Matthew Trewhella was a ’90s figure who’s no longer relevant, but our reporting shows he’s influencing policies, bills and movements today....
Xiaomi plans to cut down on bloatware, but won't make it easier to disable ads (www.androidauthority.com)
The green line of death keeps killing displays and no one is telling us why (www.androidcentral.com)
Bookmaker to plead guilty in gambling case tied to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter (apnews.com)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to running an illegal gambling business, U.S. authorities announced Thursday....
Undocumented Immigrants in US Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes (www.bloomberg.com)
Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report....
U.S. Recognizes Edmundo González as Winner of Venezuela Election [Julie Turkewitz | Published Aug. 1, 2024 | Updated Aug. 2, 2024 | NY Times] (www.nytimes.com)
The United States on Thursday night recognized Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate, Edmundo González, as the winner of the country’s disputed election....
Samsung promises Galaxy S25 will get 'top-of-the-line' camera, display upgrades (www.androidauthority.com)
Panel recommends Trump ally Jeffrey Clark’s law license be suspended over his role in efforts to overturn 2020 election (www.cnn.com)
Jeffrey Clark, the Trump-era Justice Department official who advocated for the department to contact Georgia and cast doubt on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, should face a two-year suspension from practicing law, a disciplinary committee in Washington, DC, said Thursday....
Gershkovich’s release request: An interview with Putin [Avery Lotz | 14 hours ago | Axios.com] (www.axios.com)
Before Evan Gershkovich was released from Russian prison Thursday, he asked the Russian government for one thing — the chance to interview the man behind his imprisonment, Russian President Vladimir Putin....
Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' financial adviser $400k (apnews.com)
Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors, avoiding a potential deep-dive into the former New York City mayor’s finances that was threatened by a federal judge....
Axios: Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking (www.axios.com)
“I was prepared to go on stage to craft a statement, saying he decided not to go on stage because of fact-checking… we couldn’t compromise on that.”...
India police rescue American woman chained to tree in jungle who claims husband left her there to die (www.cbsnews.com)
Police in India found a 50-year-old American woman chained to a tree in a forest in the country’s western Maharashtra state, where she claims her Indian husband left her to die. Maharashtra Police told CBS News the woman, identified as Lalita Kayi Kumar, was found in a forest in the Sindhudurg district of the state, about 280...
