EU elections: Macron to dissolve French parliament after crushing loss to far right (www.theguardian.com)
As National Rally achieves best ever result in France, populists also make gains in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands...
Indiana’s school censorship law threatens a small bookstore's future (www.advocate.com)
Harvey Weinstein appeals LA rape conviction weeks after New York conviction was overturned (www.independent.co.uk)
Israeli forces rescue four hostages in Gaza raid, scores of Palestinians killed, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Israeli minister Benny Gantz expected to announce exit from Netanyahu's coalition (www.axios.com)
Gantz’s move wouldn’t bring down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, which still holds a 64-member majority in the Knesset. But it would likely destabilize the government and exacerbate the political crisis in Israel as the war in Gaza continues and as hostage and ceasefire negotiations are ongoing.
New charges for alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer cast scrutiny on another man's murder conviction (apnews.com)
In new charges unveiled Thursday, prosecutors said Rex Heuermann — the man already accused in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings — was responsible for the death of one of the women, Sanda Costilla. The findings, authorities said, indicate that Heuermann began hunting victims more than a decade...
'No Excuse': News Outlets Backed by Big Oil Ads Quiet After UN Chief's Call for Ban (www.commondreams.org)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Why Counterfeit Ozempic Is a Global-Growth Industry [Katherine Eban | June 04 24 | VanityFair] (www.vanityfair.com)
The semaglutide weight-loss miracle has a dark side: As desperate patients contend with shortages and sky-high prices, a world of criminals and con artists are filling the void with life-threatening fakes. Katherine Eban investigates our alarmingly active pharmaceutical underground.
Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans [Patrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair | Jun 06 24 | NYTimes] (www.nytimes.com)
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Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters. They want their guns back (apnews.com)
A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their mansion in 2020. Now they want their guns back....
Children Among Dozens Killed in Attack on Sudanese Village (www.nytimes.com)
A gun and artillery assault by Sudanese paramilitaries on a village in Sudan’s main farming region killed at least 104 people, including dozens of children, Sudanese pro-democracy activists said.The exact circumstances of the attack on Wednesday at Wad al-Noura, a village 70 miles south of the capital, Khartoum, were disputed....
South Africa’s President Announces Plan to Form National Unity Government (www.nytimes.com)
Led by the A.N.C. since the fall of apartheid, South Africa has been in limbo since the watershed election on May 29 when voters punished the ruling party for failing to address issues like skyrocketing unemployment, regular power outages and high rates of crime....
Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Michigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk (www.propublica.org)
When Gretchen Whitmer campaigned for Michigan governor in 2018, she took aim at Michigan’s bottled water industry — and the state policy that gave it unfettered access to free water....
Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann linked to 2 additional deaths, law enforcement sources say - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Rex Heuermann, a New York City architect, was arrested last July
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FTC prepares to sue largest U.S. alcohol distributor, alleging 'secret kickbacks' (www.cnbc.com)
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How the super rich ship their luxury cars around the world (www.cnn.com)
Gilgo Beach killings suspect expected to be indicted in killings of 2 additional women, sources say | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings, is expected to be indicted Thursday on new murder charges in the killings of two additional women, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN....
Post Office scandal: Ex-chair was told of IT risks in 2011 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit (apnews.com)
A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic....