Federal appeals court rules cops who handcuffed 10-year-old girl for drawing offensive picture must face excessive force lawsuit (lawandcrime.com)
U.S. to again ship 500-pound bombs to Israel, reversing suspension (www.washingtonpost.com)
The United States is resuming a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel that had been held up since May, when the Biden administration suspended delivery of two types of large, airdropped weapons amid concerns about the ballooning scale of civilian casualties in Gaza, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested (www.rawstory.com)
Anti-LGBTQ+ GOP governor candidate allegedly endangered kids at his childcare center (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Democrats & Republicans are stealing funds intended for independent parties to use in the 2024 elections, according to Green Party USA (x.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/36853360...
Media organizations urge Israel to open access to Gaza - Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org)
New York, July 11, 2024—More than 60 media and civil society organizations have signed an open letter urging Israel to give journalists independent access to Gaza....
Zelenskyy: Seeing children die makes me want to kill Putin (english.nv.ua)
NYPD recruit dies during Bronx training exercise in sweltering heat (www.independent.co.uk)
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....
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to meet with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will fly to Mar-a-Lago on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting....
Private prison behemoth GEO Group is first corporation to max out donations to Trump Campaign (www.citizensforethics.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/private-prison-behemoth-is-firs…
Louisiana 'miracle baby' 'Miracle baby' survives days alone on a roadside (www.bbc.com)
A days-long search for a missing baby boy in Louisiana has ended after a truck driver spotted the one-year-old crawling through the grass alongside a busy highway....
Actor George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, asks president to leave race (apnews.com)
Georgia elections board weighs proposal for extensive document review before certification (www.wsbtv.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/YYWW2EBJPNAKNFFQ57D3CSGEBU/
Fire breaks out in spire of Rouen Cathedral in northwest France (www.cbsnews.com)
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the Mayor of Rouen, which is in France’s northern Normandy region, said no one was injured....
Chicago police rebuff watchdog’s request to reopen probe into cops’ ties to Oath Keepers (www.wbez.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/chicago-police-rebuff-watchdogs…
New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it (presswatchers.org)
This is from May 7th, but I hadn’t seen it....
She was put in a body bag and sent for embalming while still alive. Her horrified family wants answers (www.independent.co.uk)
South Korean politician links rising male suicides to women (www.bbc.com)
A politician in South Korea is being criticised for making dangerous and unsubstantiated comments after linking a rise in male suicides to the increasingly “dominant” role of women in society....
Donald Trump gets bad news about Kamala Harris (www.newsweek.com)
Colorado dropped Medicaid enrollees as red states have, alarming advocates for the poor (kffhealthnews.org)
Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program....
Major update in case of baby girl who died 'of heat exposure' when her parents took her boating on lake in 120F weather (www.dailymail.co.uk)
FedEx’s Secretive Police Force Is Helping Cops Build An AI Car Surveillance Network (www.forbes.com)
Philadelphia radio host who interviewed Biden leaves station | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders has stepped down from WURD after admitting that her post-debate interview with President Joe Biden included questions that had been pre-selected
Latvian and Estonian court documents show how the Russian government is recruiting Baltic citizens to vandalize and set fire to targets in the West (theins.press)
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