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Alabama due to resume executions despite botching three last year (www.theguardian.com)

James Barber due to die on Friday but granddaughter of Dorothy Epps, the woman he murdered, doesn’t want it to happen

Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say (apnews.com)

Arresting Vladimir Putin in South Africa would be 'declaration of war', says Ramaphosa (www.bbc.co.uk)

Home searched in Tupac Shakur murder investigation (abcnews.go.com)

Police searched a home in the Las Vegas area on Monday night in the long-dormant murder case of Tupac Shakur, according to a law enforcement source....

U.S. soldier believed to be in North Korean custody after unauthorized border crossing, officials say (www.cbsnews.com)

A U.S. service member crossed into North Korea and was believed to be in the custody of the country’s forces, a U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday. It was the United Nations Command, which operates the Joint Security Area within the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, that first said an unidentified U.S....

Minnesota mayor faces pressure to resign or meet LGBTQ+ group's demands after his comments on Pride (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

Second Alzheimer’s drug in pipeline can slow the disease by a few months but with safety risk (www.kcrg.com)

I know someone else has posted this but this one is less sensational and gives better facts.

Sleeping woman run over and killed by lawnmower (www.nzherald.co.nz)

Riots in France Highlight a Vicious Cycle Between Police and Minorities (www.nytimes.com)

Years before France was inflamed with anger at the police killing of a teenager during a traffic stop, there was the notorious Théo Luhaka case....

Iran's morality police to resume headscarf patrols (www.bbc.com)

Iranian police are resuming controversial patrols to ensure women obey dress codes and cover their hair in public, state media reports.

Thai cave survivor reunites with rescuer at high school graduation 5 years later (abcnews.go.com)

Insurance may not cover birth control drug Opill without prescription (www.cnbc.com)

California man gets life sentence in deaths of 3 teens killed after doorbell prank (www.nbcnews.com)

Anurag Chandra, 45, followed “doorbell ditch” pranksters who were in a Toyota Prius that ultimately went off a road. Three of six teens in the car died.

‘Oh thank God’: Democratic swing state voters feel relief after Biden drops out (www.theguardian.com)

Michigan and Wisconsin party members are hopeful as some Trump voters also approve of the president’s decision...

Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West - High Country News (www.hcn.org)

If Donald Trump is re-elected president in November, a coalition of more than 50 right-wing organizations known as Project 2025 will be ready with a plug-and-play plan for him to follow, starting with a database of potential administration appointees carefully vetted by coalition members; an online “Presidential Administration...

Harris to address major Democratic donors on Friday, source says (www.reuters.com)

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will talk to major Democratic donors on Friday, according to a source familiar with the call, after President Joe Biden said he planned to return to the campaign trail next week even as more lawmakers called for him to step aside....

DNC officials defend virtual roll call vote (www.politico.com)

The Democratic National Committee is forging ahead with a virtual roll call to pick the party’s presidential nominee, even as a steady stream of congressional Democrats called for Joe Biden to exit the race....

Springfield IL deputy indicted; faces three murder charges in killing of Sonya Massey - Body cam footage from the incident will be released to the public on Monday (www.sj-r.com)

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A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player (www.washingtonpost.com)

Incarcerated men allege they were cut off from loved ones and lost privileges in slavery lawsuit (www.cpr.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/colorado-inmates-allege-punishm…

US court overturns Alaska oil lease sale in a win for environmentalists (www.reuters.com)

A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration’s signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale....

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