Elon Musk says SpaceX and X headquarters moving to Texas, blames California trans student privacy law (www.cnbc.com)
Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in a WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it (apnews.com)
In a WhatsApp chat that quickly devolved into depravity, a group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted about their “world debauchery tour” of “boozing and whoring” on the government’s dime. They swapped lurid images of their latest sexual conquests. And at one point they even joked about “forcible...
Uvalde school police officer set to appear in court on criminal charges over mass shooting response. (www.texastribune.org)
Flipboard Brings Local News to the Fediverse (about.flipboard.com)
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it (apnews.com)
Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation....
US defers removal of some Lebanese, citing Israel-Hezbollah tensions. (www.voanews.com)
Trump said some disabled people "should just die," according to his nephew (www.motherjones.com)
Trump campaign files FEC complaint trying to block Biden funds transferring to Harris (www.cnn.com)
The Trump campaign on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission arguing money raised for President Joe Biden’s reelection bid cannot be transferred to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign....
A teen lured an 8-year-old to his home with ice cream, then raped and murdered her. Now, he may go free. (www.independent.co.uk)
Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South (apnews.com)
Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback. He said breaks were short and infrequent, with nothing to protect workers from the heat....
In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votes (www.msnbc.com)
SEC Charges Andrew Left and Citron Capital for $20 Million Fraud Scheme. (www.sec.gov)
US operation to capture Sinaloa cartel leaders had the help of one of the captured men: a son of ‘El Chapo,’ official says | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The Secret Battle for the Future of the Murdoch Empire (www.nytimes.com)
Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.
'Contamination Crisis': US Pesticides Contain PFAS, Endangering Food and Water. (www.commondreams.org)
US arrests cartel leaders 'El Mayo' Zambada and son of 'El Chapo'. (www.voanews.com)
Tagging seals with sensors helps scientists track ocean currents and a changing climate (theconversation.com)
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Dressage Star Booted From Olympic Games Over Alleged Horse Abuse (www.thedailybeast.com)
The American dream is over: Why some first-generation Gen Zers are moving abroad (www.nbcnews.com)
Gov. Gavin Newsom issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments in California (www.cnn.com)
California governor issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments. (www.voanews.com)
France's high-speed railway hit by 'sabotage' hours before Olympics (www.france24.com)
'Deal now': Israel hostage families protest as Netanyahu addresses US (www.france24.com)
Responding to Netanyahu’s speech, the Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said “45 minutes of speech and applause won’t erase the one sad fact: the words ‘Deal Now!’ were absent from the prime minister’s address.”
Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest (abcnews.go.com)
A Tennessee woman was sentenced Wednesday to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020....
