'I'm not leaving': Biden expands effort to tamp down calls to step aside (www.nbcnews.com)
Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall (apnews.com)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state....
Italian prosecutors investigate luxury brands Dior, Armani for "Made In Italy" products actually made by subcontractors within the European country exploiting low-cost Chinese labor (in.mashable.com)
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This Wouldn’t Be the First Time an Incumbent Stepped Aside. Here’s What Happened Last Time. (www.politico.com)
Thursday’s presidential debate debacle — widely regarded as a low point for President Joe Biden, who appeared feeble and sometimes confused — many Democratic elites and nonpartisan pundits are suggesting a break-the-glass-in-case-of-emergency move that resided on the margins of conventional political thought just a week...
Diabetes patients on GLP-1s instead of insulin have lower cancer risk, study shows (www.reuters.com)
Patients with type 2 diabetes taking GLP-1 treatments, which include Ozempic, have a lower chance of developing 10 types of obesity-related cancers than those taking insulin and other diabetes drugs, according to a study published on Friday....
Judge delays ban on noncompete agreements for employees | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
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Arizonans Submit Over Double the Signatures Needed for Abortion Ballot Measure (www.commondreams.org)
FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas (www.nbcnews.com)
The FDA said it had concluded that BVO was not safe for use after the results of studies, it conducted in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, found the potential for adverse effects in humans....
How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge's scathing order (apnews.com)
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country, taking some groups to court and making demands that a judge called harassment after the state tried shuttering an El Paso shelter....
French elections: Fifty violent attacks shock country ahead of crunch vote (www.bbc.com)
After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election....
Jeremy Corbyn leads pro-Palestine bloc by winning Islington North as independent candidate (www.thejc.com)
Jeremy Corbyn has retained his Islington North seat as an independent MP after he was expelled from Labour in May....
France: arts festival organizers say they received protests and threats from China after selecting Taiwan as its ‘guest of honour country’ for this year's event (focustaiwan.tw)
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Ranger wounded, suspect dead in rare shooting at Yellowstone National Park, NPS says (www.usatoday.com)
Osaka court grants refugee status to African man persecuted over homosexuality - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
The Osaka District Court on July 4 recognized an African man in his 30s who fled to Japan from his own country fearing persecution for his homosexuality as a refugee, overturning a government decision not to grant him asylum....
DC Campaign to Submit Over 40K Signatures for Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting (ivn.us)
Seeing as how some people here on Lemmy get upset at any mention of Ranked Choice Voting and respond that, in their opinion, it’s not perfect, and that we should therefore keep the voting system we have while we debate which alternative is perfect for several decades, allow me to preemptively respond....
Drugs disguised as Taco Bell burritos found during Tennessee traffic stop (www.woodtv.com)
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Google Says AI Could Break Reality (www.404media.co)
Generative AI could “distort collective understanding of socio-political reality or scientific consensus,” and in many cases is already doing that, according to a new research paper from Google, one of the biggest companies in the world building, deploying, and promoting generative AI....
Trump sneaker line sues over knockoffs days after Lauren Boebert brags about her ‘very China’ counterfeit pair (www.independent.co.uk)
Former Gordonstoun pupil criticises abuse payout delays (www.bbc.co.uk)
Boeing’s crisis in Washington is about to soar to a new phase (www.politico.com)
Embattled aerospace giant Boeing faces a monumental choice: Plead guilty to a felony fraud charge for its role in past deadly plane crashes, or roll the dice on a high-profile trial against the Justice Department....