Texas woman charged over threat to kill judge overseeing Trump case (www.axios.com)
This one doesn’t sound like she was serious, but it’s a look at what is to come.
Whistleblowers testify about recovered UAP craft under oath (apnews.com)
Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates (www.cnn.com)
The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Stranded Boeing Astronaut Forced to Slum It in a Sleeping Bag by Himself (futurism.com)
It sounds less than ideal — but as the report notes, Williams and Wilmore’s difficulties don’t end with their sleeping arrangements....
JD Vance won’t commit to VP debate – after Tim Walz tells him ‘see you on October 1’ (www.independent.co.uk)
The “stolen valor” guy is a coward.
Young Jewish man stabbed in NYC by attacker yelling ‘Free Palestine’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
A young Jewish man was stabbed early Saturday morning near the Chabad movement’s headquarters in New York City by a man yelling “Free Palestine,” according to a local rabbi who said he knows the victim, as well as CCTV footage of the incident published online....
Trump campaign confirms security breach, blames Iran (www.dw.com)
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign team said Saturday that some of its international communications had been hacked by those “hostile” to the United States....
"We're never gonna let that happen again": Trump's RNC speech confirms plans for a Big Lie 2.0 (www.salon.com)
Donald Trump runs for cover as shots fired at Pennsylvania rally (www.msn.com)
Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested (www.rawstory.com)
Pope Francis Decries Populism and Says There’s a ‘Cancer’ Ailing Democracy (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....
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....
Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants (apnews.com)
U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis (www.cbsnews.com)
Doctor accused of illegally obtaining health data of Texas Children's patients, in crusade against Transgender medical treatments (www.houstonchronicle.com)
The doctor has publicly identified himself as the person who released information to a conservative activist about the transgender care program at Texas Children’s. Citing “whistleblower documents,” the activist published a story in May 2023 saying Texas Children’s provided transgender care, which was legal at the time,...
The Feds Want to Know How Fake Titanium Got in Boeing's Planes (gizmodo.com)
Up to ten people including children shot at public splash pad in Michigan (www.theguardian.com)
Republicans push conspiracy theories after Hunter Biden verdict: ‘A fake trial’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes...
Florida teen says she was denied entry to prom for wearing a suit (www.nbcnews.com)
'Let her go! Let her go!' Fontana officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock (www.yahoo.com)
Seconds later, a shout rang out: “He’s got a gun!”...
Nearly half of cancer patients have more than $5,000 in medical debt, even though most are insured (www.nbcnews.com)
Americans have now spent all $2.1 trillion of their pandemic savings, San Francisco Fed says (fortune.com)
California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters (www.reuters.com)
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment....