Trump heading for Republican 'coronation' as 2024 rivals struggle to stop him (www.reuters.com)
Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying (www.cnn.com)
Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%....
Illinois Supreme Court upholds end to cash bail; new system begins Sept. 18 (www.cbsnews.com)
In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.
Hate group leader celebrates video showing abuse of nonbinary child (www.lgbtqnation.com)
State Farm Seeks Enormous Rate Increases in California to Prevent Insolvency | KQED (www.kqed.org)
Why the FDA will have a hard time properly regulating cannabis (www.statnews.com)
CDC warns of disruptions to ADHD meds after $100M fraud arrest (thehill.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning those who take medication for ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, could face a disruption in accessing care after two executives were arrested for a $100 million fraud scheme....
Feds Claim Epoch Times Is a Giant Money Laundering Operation (www.thedailybeast.com)
Melinda French Gates announces $1 billion donation to support women and families, including reproductive rights (www.cbsnews.com)
Michigan man who had seizure on Royal Caribbean cruise forced to pay $2500 bill before evacuating (www.yahoo.com)
In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar (www.theguardian.com)
In Fort Mohave, Arizona, even Republican voters are fighting gas power plants as utilities try to lock in fossil fuels...
Psychedelics are about to become a casualty of Oregon’s opioid crisis (www.vox.com)
Four years ago, the state decriminalized all drugs. Now it’s trying to course-correct — and might make a mistake in the process....
150,000 more student loan borrowers to receive debt relief beginning Wednesday (abcnews.go.com)
The impacted borrowers are people enrolled in the SAVE Plan....
Donald Trump says his fraud ruling is the same treatment as Alexei Navalny (www.newsweek.com)
Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital (www.wsj.com)
Florida could remove the majority of mentions of climate change from state law (www.tampabay.com)
A bill backed by the speaker of the Florida House would also make wide-ranging changes to state energy policies....
Investigators identify source of deepfake robocalls simulating Biden's voice before NH primary (www.wcvb.com)
On Tuesday morning, Formella stepped up to a podium and announced the calls came from Life Corporation and Walter Monk of Texas.
Billionaires are hoarding trillions in untaxed wealth. They want the Supreme Court to keep it that way (www.rollingstone.com)
A new report from Americans for Tax Fairness found that America’s richest families accumulated $8.5 trillion in untaxed capital gains in 2022...
Quality of care declines after private equity takes over hospitals, finds nationwide analysis (medicalxpress.com)
Childhood vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high. Doctors worry diseases like measles could return (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli Soldiers Violently Assault Palestinian Journalist Live on CNN (www.commondreams.org)
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Why Americans are going hungry despite a strong economy (www.nbcnews.com)
Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe (apnews.com)
Former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook (www.cnn.com)
A nationally recognized online disinformation researcher has accused Harvard University of shutting down the project she led to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg....
X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out (www.nytimes.com)
