Memo Reveals Trump’s Plan to Slash the Size of the G.O.P. Platform (www.nytimes.com)
US Crime Rate Drops to ‘Historic’ Lows With Murders, Rapes, and Robbery Plunging, New Statistics Show (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays (gothamist.com)
After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays, according to three people with knowledge of the budget negotiations....
South China Sea: Chinese academics urged to ‘construct narratives’ to defend maritime claims by China (www.scmp.com)
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Undecided voter focus group disappointed in Biden's debate performance (www.axios.com)
All undecided voters in a U.S. swing states focus group hosted by pollster Frank Luntz said President Biden should be replaced as the Democratic nominee after watching his first presidential debate against former President Trump.
Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes. (www.nytimes.com)
Navy sued over stalled $1.2bn clean-up of radioactive San Francisco shipyard (www.independent.co.uk)
Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal. (www.nbcnews.com)
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The Boeing saga has reached a new level of absurdity | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Boeing admitted that a missing work order led to a door plug blowing off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January....
Iranian Snap Elections Head to Runoff After Reformist Pezeshkian Takes Narrow Lead | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
“They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network (www.theguardian.com)
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal....
Hiker dies in cow herd charge in Austrian Alps (www.freemalaysiatoday.com)
A hiker in the Austrian Alps died when a herd of cows charged her, while her two daughters survived with injuries […]. The woman was on a hike with her two daughters […] and two small dogs yesterday […] in the Salzburg region when the cow herd charged […]. “It is still not clear what happened,” a police spokesman...
US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza is being removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday....
Police in New York shoot and kill 13-year-old holding a pellet gun, authorities say (www.pbs.org)
An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned (kffhealthnews.org)
How the ACLU is planning for the return of Trump (www.motherjones.com)
Former Lehigh University Freshman faked his father's death for full scholarship (www.nbcphiladelphia.com)
Musk's interference to protect Russia allowed Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, and resulted in the deaths of civilians including children - Zelensky advisor. (sh.itjust.works)
One of many articles: nbcnews.com/…/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian…
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump....
Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers (apnews.com)
Trump–Biden Debate Conspiracies Have Already Flooded the Internet (www.wired.com)
This gay veteran spent 2 years in jail because he had sex. He can finally get a pardon. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
New York Times publishes story based on edited emails put together by anti-trans activist (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Iranian reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili head to runoff presidential election (www.pbs.org)
Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.
