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)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/675777...
US mountaineer buried by avalanche 22 years ago found preserved in ice, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Senators unveil bipartisan deal on stock trading ban (www.axios.com)
A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress, setting the bill up for action in the Senate later this month.
Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines (apnews.com)
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions (www.nytimes.com)
Paywalled, but link is a gift article from me
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (apnews.com)
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny....
He shot up a gay bar during a festival. Now he's going away for a long time. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Judge signals he’s likely to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case (www.politico.com)
Billionaire Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang convicted of fraud by New York jury (www.theguardian.com)
Archegos Capital Management’s founder guilty of 10 of 11 criminal counts over investment firm that collapsed in 2021...
Woman used severed thumb of murdered ‘sugar daddy’ to steal money, police say (www.independent.co.uk)
Utah drag queen Tara Lipsyncki was forced to sell her childhood home & go into hiding after far-right attacks (www.advocate.com)
Donald ‘I Know Nothing About Project 2025’ Trump Said He’s ‘Bringing Back’ Project 2025 Contributor (www.jezebel.com)
US dismantles Russian government-backed AI disinformation campaign (www.nbcwashington.com)
U.S. officials said the scheme was organized in 2022 after a senior editor at RT, a Russian-state-funded media organization, helped develop technology for a so-called social media bot farm...
Tesla Cybertruck Fail: Fan Frustrated By Repeated Breakdowns Of Not Just One But Two Vehicles! (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Two weeks after taking possession of the vehicle, his Cybertruck malfunctioned on the road, displaying multiple error messages. This ordeal is documented on his YouTube channel.
Russia will try to influence 2024 election to boost a past preferred candidate, US officials say (abcnews.go.com)
