California Senate approves ban on transgender notification policies in schools (www.cbsnews.com)
Music publishers accuse Spotify of 'bait-and-switch subscription scheme' (www.engadget.com)
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions (www.reuters.com)
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West***- Ex-president Medvedev: Response needed against sanctions******- Calls for Western society, infrastructure to be targeted******- Western officials have accused Russia of sabotage******- Moscow has publicly rejected those allegations***...
Drenched South Florida faces fresh flood threats from more heavy rains (www.axios.com)
Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring “considerable to locally catastrophic urban flooding” across South Florida through Friday, the National Weather Service warns.
AOC backs Hunter Biden verdict and says its proof Dems are ‘willing to accept when our justice system works’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Girl who died in ‘troubled teen’ facility was dead for up to 10 hours before staff realized (www.fox13now.com)
NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’ (www.cnn.com)
Clarence Thomas took additional trips funded by Harlan Crow, senator reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor...
Eugene Young drops out of Delaware’s U.S. House race, potentially paving the way for Sarah McBride to become the first trans member of Congress (whyy.org)
Feds arrest Adderall telehealth CEO under Controlled Substances Act (www.theverge.com)
Vietnam War veteran comes out as gay in his obituary, reveals he will be buried next to "the love of my life" (www.cbsnews.com)
China's government launched additional "local communication centers" to increase propaganda efforts worldwide (chinamediaproject.org)
The addition of external propaganda bases in Zhejiang and Tianjin over the past two weeks brings the total number at the provincial level to 23. These International Communication Centers (ICCs), also being launched at the city level, are meant to remake China’s approach to delivering its message externally....
How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ (www.icij.org)
Kari Lake continues losing streak as appeals court confirms she is not, in fact, the real governor of Arizona (lawandcrime.com)
Senate Republicans block bill that establishes right to IVF across the US (www.theguardian.com)
Rare white bison sighted in Yellowstone evokes Native American prophecy (www.bbc.com)
An incredibly rare white bison calf has been photographed in Yellowstone National Park, exciting Native American tribes who view its arrival as a religious prophecy heralding major change....
The FDA reverses its ban on Juul e-cigarettes (www.nbcnews.com)
The Food and Drug Administration announcedThursday that it has reversed its ban on Juul e-cigarettes while it reviews new court decisions and considers updated information provided by the vape maker....
House Republicans launch investigation into news rating group NewsGuard (www.axios.com)
Yellen says China's trade policies could 'interfere significantly' with US bilateral relationship (apnews.com)
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years (www.bbc.com)
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”....
Meet Guy Sims Fitch, a Fake Writer Invented by the US Government (gizmodo.com)
Guy Sims Fitch was created by the United States Information Agency (USIA), America’s official news distribution service for the rest of the world. Today, people find the term “propaganda” to be incredibly loaded and even negative. But employees of the USIA used the term freely and proudly in the 1950s and 60s, believing...
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled. (www.platformer.news)
The FAA is investigating a new incident involving a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet in midair (www.npr.org)
Less than an hour after taking off from Phoenix on May 25th, the plane experienced an uncontrolled side-to-side yawing motion known as a Dutch roll while cruising at 32,000 feet. The pilots of Southwest flight 746 were able to regain control and the plane landed safely in Oakland, according to a preliminary report from the FAA....
Does exercise in greenspace boost the individual health benefits of each? (www.sciencedaily.com)
“It is clear that the use of parks and natural settings for physical activities could be a potentially powerful tool for promoting two important health behaviors simultaneously,” Maddock said. “This could be especially important given that the majority of Americans do not get enough exercise or spend enough time...
UN demands halt to siege of Sudan | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday, June 13 adopted a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force immediately halt its siege of the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn’t control and where more than a million people are reportedly trapped.
