A Judge Ruled a Louisiana Prison’s Health Care System Has Failed Inmates for Decades. A Federal Law Could Block Reforms. (www.propublica.org)
Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally. (www.voanews.com)
CDC: Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis (www.cdc.gov)
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters announces guidelines for Bible usage. (oklahomavoice.com)
Harris Campaign Says 'Oil Barons Are Salivating' Over Second Trump Term. (www.commondreams.org)
A Judge Ruled a Louisiana Prison’s Health Care System Has Failed Inmates for Decades. A Federal Law Could Block Reforms. (www.propublica.org)
Prosecution and defense jointly file motion to seal Tim Herrington's high profile capital murder case in Mississippi (mississippitoday.org)
Archived at - web.archive.org/…/star-chamber-joint-motion-seeks…
Amid tensions with China, some US states are purging Chinese companies from their investments (apnews.com)
As state treasurer, Vivek Malek pushed Missouri’s main retirement system to pull its investments from Chinese companies, making Missouri among the first nationally to do so. Now Malek is touting the Chinese divestment as he seeks reelection in an Aug. 6 Republican primary against challengers who also are denouncing financial...
Private prison operator CoreCivic holds close ties with Tennessee lawmakers as it sidesteps state law (tennesseelookout.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/private-prison-operator-holds-c…
Fact-checking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress
The speech transcript
Elon Musk denies reported $45 million a month pledge to Trump, says he doesn't 'subscribe to cult of personality’ (fortune.com)
Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created a new super political action committee (PAC) to fund the Republican candidate, the billionaire told conservative commentator Jordan Peterson during an interview Monday evening....
In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes (apnews.com)
Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods said Wednesday that the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, a day after he said districts could only teach the course using local funds....
New York City nonprofit provides free swimming lessons to underserved communities. (www.voanews.com)
An unwelcome attendee has joined the Paris Olympic Games: Covid-19 (www.cnn.com)
Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas (www.nbcnews.com)
The law enforcement officer spent months methodically gathering evidence. He leafed through thousands of pages and highlighted key passages amid reams and reams of paper. He wore his body camera to record his interactions with witnesses and suspects. And he photographed what he saw as instruments of the alleged crime:...
The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz (www.theverge.com)
Two of Silicon Valley’s famous venture capitalists make the case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters.
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Pesticides may contain an alarming amount of ‘forever chemicals’: Study (thehill.com)
Toxic “forever chemicals” are increasingly appearing in U.S. pesticides — contaminating waterways and posing a possible threat to human health, a new study has found....
CrowdStrike CEO requested to testify on global IT outage (www.theregister.com)
The internet has entered its Kamala Harris ‘coconut tree’ era (www.nbcnews.com)
House Republican Rips ‘DEI Hire’ Kamala Harris: ‘What About White Females?’ (www.mediaite.com)
'We're close to the end': Biden world braces for the possibility that the president steps aside (www.nbcnews.com)
Commission says New York judge should be removed over profane rant at graduation party (apnews.com)
A New York state judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party should be removed from office, a judicial watchdog panel ruled....
Labor Unions Urge Biden to Halt Military Aid for Israel. (www.commondreams.org)
Kamala Harris Wins March for Our Lives' First-Ever Endorsement. (www.commondreams.org)
