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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.

Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywhere (www.scientificamerican.com)

The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA fragments from fungi that mycologists can’t link to known organisms. These slippery beings are so widespread scientists are calling them “dark fungi.” It’s a comparison to the equally elusive dark matter and dark energy that permeates the universe.

Home price inflation is so high, it's changing American economic life (www.marketplace.org)

We’ve been dealing with high inflation in this economy over the last several years, with everything from groceries to new vehicles to construction supplies soaring in price....

Baltimore seeks to keep Dali crew from leaving US after bridge collapse (www.bbc.com)

In a petition sent to a judge on Tuesday, the city argues that allowing the foreign crew of the Dali to leave the country could interfere with two investigations being led by the FBI and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)....

North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code (www.propublica.org)

Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....

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