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From Tennessee to Oregon: How lawyers turned the ADA into a ‘shakedown business model’ (www.kgw.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18438141...

Florida man sentenced to two years in prison for death threats against Swalwell (thehill.com)

Steve Martin turns down Tim Walz impersonation role on 'SNL,' dashing internet's casting hopes (apnews.com)

Steve Martin’s next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he’d portray....

Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz’s military service (www.politico.com)

Ohio Sen. JD Vance slammed the timing of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s retirement from a more-than-two-decades-long military career as a means of avoiding a deployment to Iraq on Wednesday, calling it “stolen valor garbage” and testing a new line of attack on the newly minted Democratic vice presidential contender....

British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots (www.politico.eu)

Elon Musk could be summoned for a grilling by British MPs over X’s role in race riots that have rocked the U.K. over the last week, as well as his own incendiary comments about the violence....

Elon Musk’s X Is Leaving San Francisco (www.wired.com)

NASA Says Boeing Starliner Astronauts May Fly Home on SpaceX in 2025 (www.nytimes.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18401352...

X, Owned by Elon Musk, Brings Antitrust Suit Accusing Advertisers of a Boycott (www.nytimes.com)

The company claimed that members of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media coordinated to dissuade brands from advertising on X....

Ex-cop accused of killing gay TV presenter and his boyfriend faces new charges (www.advocate.com)

Federal jury orders Naperville to pay $22.5 million in damages to estate of man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years (www.chicagotribune.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/naperville-federal-jury-trial-d…

Officials say suspects in foiled plot at Taylor Swift shows hoped to kill as many people as possible (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18415933

Reddit CEO hints that subreddit paywalls are on the way (mashable.com)

July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief (www.newsday.com)

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Thursday....

Israel halts PA funds transfer to Norway as 'punishment' (www.newarab.com)

Under Oslo’s terms, still in place, Israel collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians and theoretically makes monthly transfers to the PA - pending the approval of Israel’s finance ministry....

Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress (www.theguardian.com)

Climate denialists – 23 in Senate and 100 in House – are all Republicans and make US an outlier internationally...

Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die before implosion, according to more than $50M lawsuit (apnews.com)

The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence....

Driver Charged After Allegedly Hitting Pro-Palestinian Protester With Car (uk.news.yahoo.com)

Washington primary voters again are saying: 'Go away, Trump' (www.seattletimes.com)

FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot (www.ctvnews.ca)

Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip, a collapsible baton, pepper spray, a butterfly knife and a flashlight taser in her possession when a U.S. Secret Service officer searched her backpack, according to an FBI affidavit....

Republicans want someone younger than Donald Trump as president: new poll (www.newsweek.com)

In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75....

Media Bias Fact Check - Automation

Hello World, As many of you have probably noticed, there is a growing problem on the internet when it comes to undisclosed bias in both amateur and professional reporting. While not every outlet can be like the C-SPAN, or Reuters, we also believe that it’s impossible to remove the human element from the news, especially when...

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