NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’ (www.cnn.com)
New study links COVID-19 to lasting neuropsychiatric issues, highlights vaccination benefits. (www.news-medical.net)
Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows (apnews.com)
Biden Offered No Alternative to Trump’s Pro-Policing Authoritarianism in Debate (truthout.org)
Donald Trump’s overarching narrative for the debate was that Joe Biden has diminished U.S. power by opening the border and allowing millions of “Illegal immigrants” released “From prisons, jails and mental institutions” to come into the country to “Take our jobs,” overwhelm our health care and Social Security...
New Jersey gamer flew to Florida and beat fellow player with hammer, say police (www.theguardian.com)
'It's Horrifying': West Virginia Judge Revokes Bond of White Couple Who Reportedly Kept Their Black Adopted Children Locked In Shed In 'Despicable' Conditions with No Water, Lights and Little Food (atlantablackstar.com)
A white couple from rural West Virginia is back behind bars after a judge revoked the initial bond and raised it to $500,000 apiece — more than double the amount they faced last year when police arrested the pair on charges of locking their adopted Black children in a barn and forcing them to work as “slaves.”...
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus. (apnews.com)
Holy title, Batman!
Israeli army strapped wounded Palestinian to jeep (www.bbc.com)
Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win (arstechnica.com)
Woman busted giving Botox injections in Florida mall’s parking lot for $150 to $350, cops say (www.independent.co.uk)
TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch' (www.bbc.com)
TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers’ data protection and national security concerns....
Church of Scientology ignored woman’s ‘very real psychosis,’ stopped her from receiving mental health care before suicide, lawsuit claims (lawandcrime.com)
Detroit pastor says people laughed in his face when he invited them to Trump church event (www.rawstory.com)
Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Quasi-Confesses to Molesting 12-Year-Old Girl (www.thedailybeast.com)
The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake (www.yahoo.com)
Retired firefighter and veteran comes out as gay — in his obituary (www.advocate.com)
Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.”...
Girl who died in ‘troubled teen’ facility was dead for up to 10 hours before staff realized (www.fox13now.com)
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to https://apnews.com/article/france-macron-election-legislative-parliament-national-rally-07b742fe000170af8ee410e292bf23e2...
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)
US study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat
American Pride Remains Near Record Low (news.gallup.com)
Idaho book ban goes into effect on Monday (www.khq.com)
A new book ban goes into effect in Idaho on July 1....
The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases (apnews.com)
Eric Trump Says Dad’s Criminal Charges Are Attracting Black Voters: ‘Certain Communities Are Coming Over to My Father’ (www.mediaite.com)
Black Voters in This City Could Determine 2024. And It’s Not Looking Good for Biden. (www.politico.com)
The Biden campaign is increasingly worried about a group that could determine an important chunk of Electoral College votes.
