Argentina designates Hamas a terrorist group in show of support for Israel (apnews.com)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began (apnews.com)
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Four US presidents were assassinated; others were targeted, as were presidential candidates (apnews.com)
Before Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates.
World’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it’s free to ride (apnews.com)
A World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves (apnews.com)
A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday....
Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76 (apnews.com)
Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday.
On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers (apnews.com)
A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds....
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
Just some good old “Freedom of Navigation”...
Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143154
Man plotted electrical substation attack to advance white supremacist views, prosecutors say (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man who authorities say was on his way to Ukraine to join a volunteer fighting unit has been arrested in an alleged plot to attack a U.S. electrical substation to advance his white supremacist views, the Justice Department said Thursday....
A second critically endangered Chinese pangolin is born in the Prague zoo in less than 2 years (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22142940
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said....
Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143154
A second critically endangered Chinese pangolin is born in the Prague zoo in less than 2 years (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22142940
A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143143
Pakistan’s high court gives more seats to imprisoned ex-PM’s party (apnews.com)
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Friday found that the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was improperly denied at least 20 seats reserved parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s fragile governing coalition....
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China (apnews.com)
Samsung Electronics workers announce ‘indefinite’ strike (apnews.com)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics declared an indefinite strike Wednesday to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pays and other benefits....
[AP News] IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers (apnews.com)
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China (apnews.com)
Las Vegas eyes record of fifth consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch US (apnews.com)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer as the desert city is on track Wednesday to set a record for the most consecutive days over 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) amid a lingering hot spell that will continue scorching much of the U.S. into the weekend....
Actor George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, asks president to leave race (apnews.com)
Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines (apnews.com)
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (apnews.com)
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny....
