Free drink refills could be banned in Wales under Welsh government consultation (www.bbc.co.uk)
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....
Kaspersky is shutting down its business in the United States (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Gun violence and incarceration issues go ‘hand in hand’ in Shreveport Louisiana, residents say (www.mpbonline.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/gun-violence-and-incarceration-…
Unable to earn enough at home, Syrian opposition fighters are travelling via Turkey to Africa to work as mercenaries, often under Russian command (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/834864...
Rooftop where gunman shot at Trump was identified as a security vulnerability before rally: sources (www.nbcnews.com)
Two sources told NBC News that the Secret Service flagged a building near the rally site as a security concern. Investigators will be scrutinizing how a gunman was allowed to scale it....
In New York, Wage Theft Violators Get Millions in Government Contracts (www.propublica.org)
Accused fake elector will formally declare Trump nominee at Republican National Convention (lawandcrime.com)
California bans rules requiring schools to tell parents of child’s pronoun change (www.theguardian.com)
RNC official: Nothing in our platform says we won't ban abortion nationwide (www.motherjones.com)
Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance for vice president (www.nbcnews.com)
Gaza: Palestinian with Down syndrome ‘left to die’ by Israeli soldiers after combat dog attack [12 July 2024 | Middle East Eye] (www.middleeasteye.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17606053...
T-Shirts With Photo of Fake Trump Shooter Listed for Sale Online (gizmodo.com)
That photo of a smiling Secret Service agent is fake: Beware the disinfo around the Trump shooting. (www.politico.com)
It’s Too Hot to Fly Helicopters and That’s Killing People (gizmodo.com)
Six motorcyclists rode into Death Valley National Park on July 6. Only five came out alive. With temperatures reaching 128 degrees Fahrenheit in California, the cyclists faced extreme heat exposure that killed one and sent another to a local hospital, according to the National Park Service....
5 Cases of Bird Flu Reported in Colorado Poultry Workers, Doubling This Year’s US Tally (kffhealthnews.org)
Dow jumps 300 points to record as Trump survives assassination attempt (www.cnbc.com)
Sacramento high school biology final includes racist questions, targets students (www.sacbee.com)
A Luther Burbank High School freshman was surprised to read his full name included on a biology final. Not only that, but he was being ridiculed. “In high school, there are individuals who are cross-eyed like (the name of a fellow student) and (the name of the student previously mentioned), which is a dominant trait. We call...
“I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will (www.democracynow.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/805380...
House Republican Immediately Accuses Biden of Having ‘Sent the Orders’ to Kill Trump in Bizarre Post (www.mediaite.com)
Collins followed up with another tweet calling for the local county prosecutor to “immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”...
Largest UK public sector trial of four-day week sees huge benefits, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
“In the largest public sector trial of the four-day week in Britain, fewer refuse collectors quit,” reports the Guardian, “and there were faster planning decisions, more rapid benefits processing and quicker call answering, independent research has found.” South Cambridgeshire district council’s controversial...
Schools receive third — and potentially final — round of federal funding for homeless students (apnews.com)
From the start of the 2023-24 school year to its conclusion, the number of students experiencing homelessness in Kalispell’s public school system jumped from 293 to 365. Assistant Superintendent Sara Cole said the increase reflects a growing trend in her district, one driven primarily by the soaring cost of living in the wake...
China, United Arab Emirates (UAE) hold joint air force drills in Xinjiang - where China has arbitrarily detained up to a million Muslims, according to rights groups (www.al-monitor.com)
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AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cellular customers' calls and texts (www.nbcnews.com)
