California Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speeding (jalopnik.com)
American couple doing missionary work killed by gangs in Haiti, wife is daughter of Missouri rep. (www.nbcnews.com)
Severe Memorial Day storms leave at least 20 dead across U.S. mid-South (www.salon.com)
Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting 'Free, free Palestine' (abcnews.go.com)
Sasha Jane Lowerson Made History as the First Trans Pro Surfer. She's Just Getting Started (www.rollingstone.com)
Ron DeSantis' new target in his 'war on woke'? Colors, apparently (www.msnbc.com)
As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to be illuminated in red, white and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day....
'Who really cares?' Fox News pundit throws cold water on Hunter Biden 'addiction' segment (www.rawstory.com)
Questions raised over Trump profiting off his Secret Service detail while he campaigns (www.rawstory.com)
Pilot dies after Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire field (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry (www.reuters.com)
Sky voice actor says nobody ever compared her to ScarJo before OpenAI drama (arstechnica.com)
OpenAl is sticking to its story that it never intended to copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice when seeking an actor for ChatGPT’s “Sky” voice mode....
McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills (www.cbsnews.com)
Millions in US face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections (www.theguardian.com)
Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries...
EU Adopts Groundbreaking Business Value Chain Law (www.hrw.org)
(Brussels) – The new EU directive adopted on May 24, 2024, requiring large companies to ensure human rights respect in their value chains signals a new era for corporate accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a question-and-answer document about the provisions, strengths, and weaknesses of the...
Mike Johnson flies same Christian nationalist flag outside his office that Samuel Alito flew at vacation home (www.advocate.com)
Even as Violent Crime Drops, Lawlessness Rises as an Election Issue (www.nytimes.com)
Borrowers, especially the young, struggle with credit card debt in potentially bad sign for economy (apnews.com)
"Very abnormal": Expert worries pro-Israel megadonors trying to make Dems a "pro-Netanyahu party" (www.salon.com)
57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 (ground.news)
Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap...
Forecasters warn Oklahoma may see tornadoes; Texas could bake in triple-digit temperatures (apnews.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Forecasters are warning of another day of heightened risk of dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest on Saturday and telling people in south Texas they may experience triple-digit temperatures — and that’s with four weeks to go before summer starts....
Arizona official uses deepfake version of himself to warn voters about AI misinfo (www.independent.co.uk)
Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a hidden backdoor that maintained persistent communication with a malicious website, researchers reported Thursday, in the latest episode of a supply-chain attack.
Library board members sue to stop far-right group banning LGBTQ+ books (www.lgbtqnation.com)
How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business (www.washingtonpost.com)
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