Maui resident: 'We still have dead bodies floating in the water' (www.bbc.co.uk)
A Lahaina resident talks about the recovery efforts after a wildfire swept through the Maui town.
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’ (www.cnn.com)
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history.
Only 1% of US Homes Have Changed Hands So Far This Year, Redfin Says (www.bloomberg.com)
The US home turnover rate in the first half of 2023 has fallen to the lowest in at least a decade as high mortgage rates compel owners to stay put, Redfin Corp. said....
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says (www.404media.co)
Swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year (apnews.com)
65% of Democratic Voters Want Biden to Step Aside: Poll. (www.commondreams.org)
US military to dismantle ill-fated Gaza aid pier, saying it is ‘mission complete’ (www.theguardian.com)
Vice Adm Brad Cooper, deputy commander at US Central Command, told reporters in a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday that the pier had achieved its intended effect in what he called an “unprecedented operation”....
The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports (www.theatlantic.com)
Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves (truthout.org)
Biden’s Call With Hispanic Lawmakers Goes Off the Rails (www.notus.org)
Private prison behemoth GEO Group is first corporation to max out donations to Trump Campaign (www.citizensforethics.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/private-prison-behemoth-is-firs…
Kroger and Albertsons to close these 63 grocery stores in California under proposed merger (www.foxla.com)
Hamas is losing the backing of ordinary people in Gaza who are paying the human price of its war (www.nbcnews.com)
Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota (apnews.com)
NH Supreme Court Hears Case On Whether ‘Keep New England White’ Banner Constitutes Free Speech (newsone.com)
Deepfake Creators Are Revictimizing GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Survivors (www.wired.com)
Hundreds of Coffee Products Recalled Nationwide for Potential Botulism (www.yahoo.com)
Here’s the list of the 250 products being recalled...
Lauren Boebert, Paragon of Virtue, Says 10 Commandments Should Be in Every U.S. Classroom (www.jezebel.com)
'Bling bishop' US pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
A flamboyant Brooklyn pastor known as the “Bling bishop” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for schemes that included preying on the bank account of one of his own followers....
Alex Jones Is Now Trying to Divert Money to His Father’s Supplements Business (www.wired.com)
Trump Targets J.B. Pritzker: ‘Presided Over The Destruction And Disintegration Of Illinois’ (www.offthepress.com)
On Sunday, former President Trump targeted Illinois Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker, who has been considered a rising star in the Democratic Party but who has presided over the state while natives flee. Pritzker was inaugurated as governor of the state in January 2019; between July 2021 and July 2022, over 142,000 people left...
Catholic Bishops finally apologize for church’s role in harming kids at Indigenous boarding schools (www.motherjones.com)
Pope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian media (www.usatoday.com)
White Supremacist Group At General Mills Used KKK Imagery To Intimidate, Silence Black Workers, Lawsuit Alleges (atlantadailyworld.com)
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