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FTC Says Middlemen Appear to Be Driving Up Drug Prices (www.nytimes.com)

In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.

More Taiwanese detained or face trials when traveling to China since Beijing implemented 'Anti-Espionage Law' (www.taipeitimes.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/645710...

Lawsuit accuses Hyundai of faking US sales data for electric cars (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17817702

Make No Mistake: Destroying Hospitals Is Part of the Kremlin’s Strategy -- [Opinion] (www.themoscowtimes.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/644459...

127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast (abc7.com)

How a Texas Program Funnels Millions to Anti-Abortion Groups With Little Accountability (www.propublica.org)

cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14334991...

Biden Has Democrats So Worried, He’s Bringing Them to Literal Tears (newrepublic.com)

Missouri man accused of imprisoning and torturing a woman for weeks indicted for murder (apnews.com)

A Missouri man accused of keeping a woman hidden in his basement while repeatedly sexually assaulting her was indicted Tuesday for allegedly murdering another woman....

Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (apnews.com)

Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases....

Columbia removes 3 deans for texts that touched on "antisemitic tropes" (www.axios.com)

These are the texts in question

‘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....

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