Florida divers find trove of suspected cocaine packages in Atlantic Ocean (www.theguardian.com)
Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans [Patrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair | Jun 06 24 | NYTimes] (www.nytimes.com)
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Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters. They want their guns back (apnews.com)
A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their mansion in 2020. Now they want their guns back....
Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman’s Bumble dating app sting sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties (coppercourier.com)
Federal agents raided a property management company operating in Arizona as part of an investigation into price-fixing rent, marking a distinct escalation in the renewed push to enforce consumer protection laws....
Jewish US Army Major Explains Why He Resigned Over Gaza | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
After Harrison Mann’s resignation from the U.S. military was finalized on Monday, the Jewish U.S. Army major who worked in the Defense Intelligence Agency gave a pair of interviews this week explaining his decision to resign over American support for Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip....
“No Schoolers”: How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk (www.propublica.org)
Report Exposes Christian Nationalist “Threats” to Democracy in the US (truthout.org)
The NYPD is reportedly seeking to revoke Trump's concealed carry permit (www.motherjones.com)
Kyle Rittenhouse mocked for trying to make ‘gay’ a slur on the first day of Pride Month (www.advocate.com)
Children Among Dozens Killed in Attack on Sudanese Village (www.nytimes.com)
A gun and artillery assault by Sudanese paramilitaries on a village in Sudan’s main farming region killed at least 104 people, including dozens of children, Sudanese pro-democracy activists said.The exact circumstances of the attack on Wednesday at Wad al-Noura, a village 70 miles south of the capital, Khartoum, were disputed....
Former neighbors accuse Alitos of using 'power imbalance' to 'harass and intimidate' them (www.rawstory.com)
South Africa’s President Announces Plan to Form National Unity Government (www.nytimes.com)
Led by the A.N.C. since the fall of apartheid, South Africa has been in limbo since the watershed election on May 29 when voters punished the ruling party for failing to address issues like skyrocketing unemployment, regular power outages and high rates of crime....
George Soros's Fund Sells Uber, Novo Nordisk in Q1 to Focus on AI, Construction, and Apparel Stocks (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
George Soros is among the most successful investors in the world, popularly known as the man who broke the Bank of England. In 1992, he made a single-day profit of $1 billion from short-selling the British Pound.
California's war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired. Lawmakers are trying again (www.latimes.com)
It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering in a wave of anti-plastic legislation from coast to coast....
Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator (apnews.com)
The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday....
Poll: More than 60% of middle class say they’re ‘struggling financially’ and are not expecting things to turn around for the rest of their lives (www.thehill.com)
New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan (www.theguardian.com)
China wants to recruit military pilots from the U.S. and its allies to strengthen Chinese air power, bulletin warns (www.nbcnews.com)
The warning from the U.S. and its four closest intellignce partners follows several arrests of U.S. service members for allegedly trying to pass info to China....
Biden Claims Israel Isn't Starving Gazans. Rights Groups Say 'It Is Clear as Day' (www.commondreams.org)
America is next: South African minister says countries aiding Israel liable for ICC prosecution (www.jpost.com)
Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable (www.nytimes.com)
More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
Progressives Urge Biden to Push Harder on ‘Greedflation’ (www.nytimes.com)
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NAACP urges Biden to stop sending weapons to Israel, saying they're being used to "harm civilians" (www.salon.com)
'Washington Post' publisher tried to kill a story about him. It wasn’t the first time. (www.npr.org)
The Washington Post has written twice this spring about allegations that have cropped up in British court proceedings involving its new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis. In both instances Lewis pushed his newsroom chief hard not to run the story....
