‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...
After Trump Shooting, America Reverts to Blaming the Other Side (www.politico.com)
Even before the most basic details of the shooting at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally yesterday had emerged, the ceaseless, grating background noise of American political life had cranked itself up once again....
Bitter tensions as reporters feel misled by White House over Biden health (www.theguardian.com)
With Joe Biden’s candidacy teetering in the wake of last month’s alarming debate showing, journalists who had covered his presidency full-time for years suddenly asserted that it lacked that most basic political element: credibility....
Avengers Assemble! Heavyweight New Plan to Force Biden Out (www.thedailybeast.com)
A House Democrat says a heavyweight group of “super friends” is being assembled to head to the White House and tell Biden it’s time to go....
Judge signals he’s likely to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case (www.politico.com)
Los Angeles-Orange County home prices 10 times greater than incomes, report finds (www.ocregister.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/eyxeJ...
Schumer Hints at Bill to Carve Trump’s Jan. 6 Acts Out of Presidential Immunity (truthout.org)
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)
Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or...
The battle over J&J’s bankruptcy plan to end talc lawsuits (www.reuters.com)
After being rebuffed twice by federal courts, the $350 billion healthcare giant is attempting again to end the litigation in a so-called “Texas two-step” bankruptcy. The maneuver involves offloading its talc liability onto a newly created subsidiary, which then declares Chapter 11. The goal is to use the proceeding to force...
French court rules American man detained after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message can be extradited (apnews.com)
A French court ruled on Monday that the American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” can be extradited to the United States....
Las Vegas hits 120 degrees, hottest day on record (www.fox5vegas.com)
Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today (www.engadget.com)
“Ephemeral Streams” Are Critical—and a Supreme Court Decision Puts Them at Risk (www.motherjones.com)
Russian teen sentenced to 5 years for anti-Putin flyers (www.msn.com)
A Russian court sentenced a 15-year-old student to five years in a juvenile detention centre. Arseniy Turbin was accused of participating in a terrorist organization. According to investigators, he wanted to be a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion and distributed flyers containing criticism of President Vladimir Putin to his...
Delta flight diverts to New York after passengers are served spoiled food (apnews.com)
Students at fake university in Michigan created by ICE can sue US, court rules (www.freep.com)
Students who enrolled at a fake university set up by federal immigration agents have the right to sue the U.S. government, a federal court has ruled....
Plastic manufacturers may have broken US laws (www.motherjones.com)
Hunter Biden sues Fox News over miniseries, claiming the outlet "distorts the truth" (www.salon.com)
Descendants Push for Monument at Tulsa Race Massacre Site (www.thedailybeast.com)
Memo Reveals Trump’s Plan to Slash the Size of the G.O.P. Platform (www.nytimes.com)
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses (www.404media.co)
A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...
Human Arm Found On Illinois Beach Identified As Black Wisconsin College Student Killed And Dismembered After First Date | Essence (www.essence.com)
A human arm found approximately 50 miles from Milwaukee on an Illinois Beach has been identified as belonging to Sade Robinson, the Black Wisconsin college student killed and dismembered after a first date on April 1 with Maxwell Anderson....
Hillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For. (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16925582...
Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case (abcnews.go.com)
“Until sentence is imposed, all individuals covered by Paragraph (b)” – referring to members of the court staff, the district attorney’s staff and their families – “must continue to perform their lawful duties free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” Merchan wrote in the ruling....
