FCC to block phone company over robocalls pushing scam “Tax Relief Program” (arstechnica.com)
Yellowstone gunman told woman held at gunpoint he planned mass shooting, park officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout (www.theguardian.com)
Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations...
Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill (www.theguardian.com)
Pastor facing federal charge after allegedly assaulting his wife over flight upgrade (abcnews.go.com)
Trump again demonizes migrants for “poisoning our country” (www.motherjones.com)
Johns Hopkins med school will be free for most after $1 billion donation (www.axios.com)
Starting this fall, most students at Johns Hopkins’ medical school will attend tuition-free thanks to a $1 billion donation from billionaire Mike Bloomberg....
Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works. (www.propublica.org)
New Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion, but the Pentagon is moving forward with the program, saying that given the threats from China and Russia it does not have a choice....
Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill (www.theguardian.com)
Satanic Temple objects to governor’s push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains...
FTC Says Middlemen Appear to Be Driving Up Drug Prices (www.nytimes.com)
In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.
More Taiwanese detained or face trials when traveling to China since Beijing implemented 'Anti-Espionage Law' (www.taipeitimes.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/645710...
Lawsuit accuses Hyundai of faking US sales data for electric cars (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17817702
Make No Mistake: Destroying Hospitals Is Part of the Kremlin’s Strategy -- [Opinion] (www.themoscowtimes.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/644459...
127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast (abc7.com)
How a Texas Program Funnels Millions to Anti-Abortion Groups With Little Accountability (www.propublica.org)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14334991...
Biden Has Democrats So Worried, He’s Bringing Them to Literal Tears (newrepublic.com)
Missouri man accused of imprisoning and torturing a woman for weeks indicted for murder (apnews.com)
A Missouri man accused of keeping a woman hidden in his basement while repeatedly sexually assaulting her was indicted Tuesday for allegedly murdering another woman....
Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (apnews.com)
Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases....
Columbia removes 3 deans for texts that touched on "antisemitic tropes" (www.axios.com)
These are the texts in question
‘Wall Street Journal’ sued by star reporter for discrimination (www.npr.org)
West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500 (www.propublica.org)
A West Texas pastor who used his parish’s resources to campaign for office and several pastors from other churches who donated to him were fined after the state’s ethics commission determined that each violated election law....
Pickleballers were losing their court to tennis. So they staged a sit-in. (www.washingtonpost.com)
US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered (www.theguardian.com)
More than 146 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as dangerous weather fuels outbreak of new wildfires...
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)
