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Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, But Allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf (www.themarshallproject.org)

‘Shameful loss’: wolves declared extinct in Andalucía (www.theguardian.com)

For centuries, wolves have roamed the mountain ranges of Andalucía in southern Spain, but after years of decline the creature has been officially declared extinct in the region....

Sunak's family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)

A firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law signed a billion-dollar deal with BP two months before the prime minister opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea....

Christie on new Trump charges: ‘These guys were acting like the Corleones with no experience’ (thehill.com)

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ® compared new charges against former President Trump that accuse him of working with Mar-a-Lago employees to delete surveillance footage at the club to the tactics of the fictionalized Corleone organized crime family....

“He rang the doorbell and started threatening me with murder in Chinese”: How Chinese authorities go after dissidents abroad (theins.ru)

Following the release of a report by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders in September 2022, probes were launched by several countries into the activities of the “overseas police stations” established by China worldwide. These investigations uncovered that the Chinese government had been utilizing these stations...

Hamburg: Climate activists let air out of tyres of 33 cars (mainly SUVs!) again (www.ndr.de)

From the article: *Large SUVs were particularly affected. According to the police, notes were attached to the cars indicating that they were harmful to the climate. The tyres were not punctured, but merely deflated. The cars were parked in the area between the S-Bahn line and Elbchaussee around Kanzleistraße. *...

Police discontent disrupts courts in Marseille (www.reuters.com)

PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - The French government sought on Wednesday to allay rising discontent within the police force over the incarceration of an officer that prompted a ‘go slow’ by colleagues and disrupted the courts in the country’s second biggest city....

Lush paid managers £5m in bonuses after taking £5m in state support (www.theguardian.com)

China's judiciary, conviction rate in 2022 reaches 99.975% while criminal justice data culled from official reports and database (safeguarddefenders.com)

Some 1,430,000 criminal verdicts at court of first instance were issued in 2022. Of those, 354 were not guilty judgments, the NGO Safeguard Defenders says.

Third defendant charged in classified documents case, Trump faces new charges (www.msnbc.com)

A third person has been charged in the classified documents case in addition to Donald Trump and Walt Nauta....

After rebranding, X took @x from its original Twitter owner and offered him merch (apple.news)

Gene X Hwang knew his days on Twitter as @x were numbered....

President who threatened to eat his opponent to attend upcoming Russia-Africa summit, while most invited leaders decline (theins.ru)

At least 40 people killed in blast at political event in Pakistan – reports (www.theguardian.com)

US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan (ground.news)

Could be a huge deal.

Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data (www.reuters.com)

To the surprise of no one, California cops spend most of their time harassing taxpayers via traffic stops instead of work on solving actual crimes.

‘We Can Never Forgive This’: In Odesa, Attacks Stoke Hatred of Russia (www.nytimes.com)

NYT gift article (expires in 30 days)...

Utopia to blight: Surviving in Henry Ford’s lost jungle town (wapo.st)

El Salvador’s Congress votes to allow mass trials in gang crackdown (www.aljazeera.com)

Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case (www.npr.org)

A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has charged former President Donald Trump with a new count of willful retention of National Defense Information in the case related to his handling of classified documents. The new charge stems from a top-secret presentation Trump waved at aides at his Bedminster, N.J., resort....

Elon Musk's SpaceX fires at least five over critical letter (www.reuters.com)

Arizona announces limits on construction in Phoenix area as groundwater disappears (www.cnn.com)

Jury decides conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for his lies about the school massacre (www.cnn.com)

Justice! I love it!

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