As the Voting Rights Act nears 60, conservative judges are gutting it from every angle (www.motherjones.com)
'Corrupt and Rigged': 9/11 Defense Lawyer Say Austin Broke Rules by Blocking Plea Deals (www.commondreams.org)
Henry Schein announces layoffs as part of plan to save $75M to $100M (www.newsday.com)
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Hotel to Search Rooms During DEF CON Hacking Conference (www.404media.co)
Resorts World Las Vegas, a hotel that is hosting attendees of the DEF CON hacking conference this week, will perform daily inspections of rooms including those displaying a privacy sign, according to a letter from the hotel given to guests. An information security professional posted a photo of the letter online. Members of the...
Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid (apnews.com)
Two special prosecutors said Monday that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town’s newspaper....
Trump tells Adin Ross he wants to ‘fire’ Black journalist who grilled him onstage (www.independent.co.uk)
Donald Trump said he would “fire” the ABC News journalist who grilled him about his past comments during a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31....
Google loses massive antitrust case over search dominance | AP News (apnews.com)
Judge Cannon Should Have Stuck to the Beaten Path (www.lawfaremedia.org)
Healey on MBTA’s new tap-to-go payments: ‘You don’t have to hunt for change anymore.’ (www.bostonglobe.com)
Governor Maura Healey descended the flight of stairs at Park Street Station on Thursday morning to try the MBTA’s new “tap-to-go” payment method for buses and subways....
Sunderland rioter admits violent disorder and possession of cocaine and heroin (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
New York City subway riders are breathing in hazardous air, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Study shows average platform has four times the level of pollution exposure deemed safe by EPA...
Volunteer with key role in New Orleans church bankruptcy admits to stunning lack of qualifications (www.theguardian.com)
Lee Eagan said he lacked prior experience, failed to familiarize himself with rules and suffered cognitive decline as case expenses soar to $40m...
Why are US ‘pro-Israel’ groups boosting a far-right, anti-Muslim UK extremist? (www.timesofisrael.com)
WASHINGTON — Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, aka “Tommy Robinson,” is one of the most prominent anti-Muslim activists in the world. A political adviser to a right-wing British party, he is the founder and former chair of a far-right Islamophobic group....
Personal Data of 3 Billion People Stolen in Hack, Suit Says (news.bloomberglaw.com)
Trump says he has 'no choice' but to support electric vehicles because Elon Musk 'endorsed me very strongly' (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott' after Twitter takeover (apnews.com)
Faced with free speech challenge, Nazareth council repeals ‘for sale’ sign ban (www.lehighvalleylive.com)
["Biden is Dead" Conspiracy] What Do Conspiracy Theorists Do When Proved Wrong? Double Down or Move On. (www.nytimes.com)
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New Yorkers are warned from the skies about impending danger from storms as city deploys drones (apnews.com)
Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather....
Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From (www.404media.co)
Abhishek has 115,000 YouTube subscribers, dozens of instructional videos, and is part of a community of influencers selling classes and making YouTube content about how to go viral on Facebook with AI-generated images and other types of spam. These influencers act much like financial influencers in the United States, teaching...
Judge denies Trails Carolina’s ‘threadbare’ attempts to strike, dismiss sexual assault lawsuit (myfox8.com)
New bans on panhandling in medians spark debate over free speech rights. (stateline.org)
Virginia man charged with threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris (www.cnn.com)
A Virginia man has been charged with making death threats against Vice President Kamala Harris and appeared in federal court on Monday....
NASA delays next crew launch to buy more time at the space station for Boeing's troubled capsule (apnews.com)
NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing’s troubled new crew capsule....
The race to become the world’s first document-free airport | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
