LGBTQ+ people are coming out even younger than before, but 1 in 5 still hasn't come out at all (www.lgbtqnation.com)
For women athletes of color, outsized scrutiny over gender is nothing new, historians say (www.pbs.org)
Conspiracy theories and misinformation have spread online around tennis superstar Serena Williams, falsely alleging that she was born a man. In 2017, she wrote an open letter to her mother, thanking her for being a role model in facing people who were “too ignorant to understand the power of a Black woman.”...
About half of US state AGs went on France trip sponsored by group with lobbyist and corporate funds (apnews.com)
About half the U.S. state attorneys general traveled to France in a trip cosponsored by a group mostly funded by companies, including some under scrutiny of the top state lawyers....
Texas lockups violate minors’ constitutional rights, says US justice department (www.theguardian.com)
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the justice department has said in a scathing new report that accused the state of violating the constitutional rights of hundreds of minors in custody....
Vance’s links to the Project 2025 leader complicate Trump’s attempts at distance (www.nytimes.com)
Donald Trump disavowed the set of conservative plans after it became a popular target for Democrats, but his running mate, JD Vance, wrote a foreword for a forthcoming book by its principal architect....
Panel recommends Trump ally Jeffrey Clark’s law license be suspended over his role in efforts to overturn 2020 election (www.cnn.com)
Jeffrey Clark, the Trump-era Justice Department official who advocated for the department to contact Georgia and cast doubt on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, should face a two-year suspension from practicing law, a disciplinary committee in Washington, DC, said Thursday....
Arizona official who defended state's 2020 elections loses GOP primary (www.nbcnews.com)
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Doctors told Pelosi of concern for Trump’s mental health, ex-speaker says in book (www.theguardian.com)
In early 2019, at a memorial service for a prominent psychiatrist, a succession of “doctors and other mental health professionals” told Nancy Pelosi they were “deeply concerned that there was something seriously wrong” with Donald Trump, “and that his mental and psychological health was in decline”....
Pentagon Announces 'Long-Overdue' Plea Deals With Tortured 9/11 Defendants. (www.commondreams.org)
Outrage as Senate Panel Advances Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill. (www.commondreams.org)
US veteran arrested for role in failed Venezuelan coup. (www.voanews.com)
Cyberattack hits blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood (www.cnn.com)
Toyota acknowledges more certification cheating and apologizes (www.ctvnews.ca)
Toyota reported Wednesday more cases of cheating on certification tests for new models required by the Japanese government, on top of those acknowledged earlier....
Hamas and Iran say Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran. (forward.com)
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Some Ohio residents can now get $25,000 for injuries in $600 million train derailment settlement (apnews.com)
People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of the $600 million class-action settlement....
Florida mom is removed from school district job after letting trans daughter play volleyball (www.advocate.com)
Senate overwhelmingly passes package of bills aimed at protecting kids and teens online (abcnews.go.com)
California man defends his home as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West (apnews.com)
In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch....
FDA approves blood test to screen for colon cancer (www.nbcnews.com)
With DUI-related ejection from Army, deputy who killed Massey should have raised flags, experts say (apnews.com)
The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn’t stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving him a badge....
El Chapo’s Son Duped His Dad’s Former Partner Into U.S. Arrest (www.thedailybeast.com)
Joaquín Guzmán and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada were taken into U.S. custody last week after their plane touched down in Texas....
Room-temperature defluorination method uses light to clean up forever chemicals (phys.org)
A room-temperature defluorination method proposed by researchers at Ritsumeikan University could revolutionize PFAS treatment
Tommy Robinson says he has been arrested under Terrorism Act (www.theguardian.com)
3 in Gospel Music Hall of Fame quartet among 7 killed in plane crash. (www.voanews.com)
[CO] Judge bars GOP from meeting to vote on potential ouster of party leader Dave Williams (coloradosun.com)
A judge Friday moved to block plans for a Colorado GOP meeting where critics of embattled state Chairman Dave Williams intended to vote on his ouster....
