Adult film star Austin Wolf arrested on child pornography charges (www.advocate.com)
UK: Rights group wins appeal over investigation into 'slave labour' cotton produced in China's Xinjiang region (www.reuters.com)
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Shot in 1.6 seconds: Video raises questions about how trooper avoided charges in Black man's death (apnews.com)
Julian Lewis didn’t pull over for the Georgia State Patrol cruiser flashing its blue lights behind him on a rural highway. He still didn’t stop after pointing a hand out the window and turning onto a darkened dirt road as the trooper sounded his siren....
Democrats consider the unthinkable: It’s time for Biden to go (www.politico.com)
One adviser to major Democratic Party donors said they were texting from a meeting of donors in Atlanta on Thursday night, some writing “wtf.”...
Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants (apnews.com)
How to watch the first US Presidential Debate 2024 online: free live streams available (www.techradar.com)
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Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports (www.cnbc.com)
Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act (www.propublica.org)
6.3 million people in need of humanitarian support and protection in Burkina Faso | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
Armed terrorist groups have severed humanitarian access in many localities across the country. Moreover, the Sahel region grapples with drought-related issues....
This small town Pride has four drag shows, including one for pets (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting (www.cnn.com)
California to make financial literacy classes a requirement to graduate high school (abc7.com)
Ford recalls over 550,000 pickup trucks because transmissions can suddenly downshift to 1st gear (apnews.com)
More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret (theintercept.com)
THE SENATE SELECT Committee on Intelligence submitted its 6,700-page “torture report” about the CIA to the White House in April 2014. More than 10 years later, the full report remains secret after a federal appellate court dismissed a lawsuit I filed in the hopes of forcing its release....
90 disability organizations call on CNN to make the presidential debate more accessible (19thnews.org)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends (apnews.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga....
Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking (www.pbs.org)
The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.
Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies - SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)
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America’s housing crisis continues to worsen, renters are struggling more than homeowners, report says (www.cnn.com)
'Jack him up on Mountain Dew!' GOP lawmaker floats wildest Biden debate conspiracy yet (www.rawstory.com)
Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony' (www.advocate.com)
The Army made her plead guilty or face prison for being gay. She’s still paying the price. (www.usatoday.com)
Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
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Christian conservative leader wants federal law to sue teachers who "groom" kids with "sodomy" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill | A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn (www.theguardian.com)
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