‘Wall Street Journal’ sued by star reporter for discrimination (www.npr.org)
West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500 (www.propublica.org)
A West Texas pastor who used his parish’s resources to campaign for office and several pastors from other churches who donated to him were fined after the state’s ethics commission determined that each violated election law....
Pickleballers were losing their court to tennis. So they staged a sit-in. (www.washingtonpost.com)
US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered (www.theguardian.com)
More than 146 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as dangerous weather fuels outbreak of new wildfires...
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)
World's First Dragon Ball Theme Park to Open in Saudi Arabia - IGN (www.ign.com)
Trump-appointed judge forced to resign as damning ethics report details sex misconduct (www.rawstory.com)
Ariane-6 first launch: Europe's rocket blasts off for first time (www.bbc.com)
NRA's ex-CFO agreed to 10-year not-for-profit ban, still owes $2M for role in lavish spending scheme (apnews.com)
The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar, Wilson “Woody” Phillips, has been banned for a decade from managing money for any nonprofit company in New York, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday....
NYC Black Residents Die From Heat Stress At Double The Rate Of White Residents, Report Says (newsone.com)
Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition (apnews.com)
Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday....
US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal (arstechnica.com)
Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer....
Mask bans are growing in popularity. Critics call the trend a 'dog whistle' to quell protest. (www.nbcnews.com)
Richmond Agrees to Ranked Choice Voting Ballot Measure (contracosta.news)
Russia attacks Ukraine in broad daylight on Monday morning, killing at least 29 civilians and badly damaging Kyiv’s main children’s hospital in the deadliest air strike in months (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)
Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or...
Airport security missed live ammo in tourists’ hand luggage. The TSA doesn’t know how (www.independent.co.uk)
A lesbian couple was brutally beaten by group of men in Halifax. Police still haven't filed charges (www.advocate.com)
Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France (www.bbc.com)
The governing body said the fine was for “unseemly or inappropriate behaviour during the race and damage to the image of the sport”.
MRI scans show age-specific changes in the brains of kids with ADHD (healthimaging.com)
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Scalpers Reverse-Engineer Ticketmaster's 'Non-Transferrable' Tickets (www.404media.co)
A lawsuit filed in California by concert giant AXS has revealed a legal and technological battle between ticket scalpers and platforms like Ticketmaster and AXS, in which scalpers have figured out how to extract “untransferable” tickets from their accounts by generating entry barcodes on parallel infrastructure that the...
Conspiracy Theorists Think Biden Was Hit With Directed-Energy Weapons During Debate (gizmodo.com)
French court rules American man detained after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message can be extradited (apnews.com)
A French court ruled on Monday that the American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” can be extradited to the United States....
