Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (www.bbc.com)
BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the former president....
Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather (www.latimes.com)
Scientists are sounding the alarm that a crucial component of the planet’s climate system is in gradual decline and could one day reach a tipping point that would radically alter global weather patterns....
Louisiana governor declares state of emergency due to police shortage (abcnews.go.com)
Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage....
Study of sea sponges lead scientists to believe Earth has already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming (abcnews.go.com)
The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade....
The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? | Washington Post (www.yahoo.com)
Washington Post link...
Engine maker Cummins to repair 600,000 Ram trucks in $2 billion emissions cheating scandal (apnews.com)
Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests....
Renting alone is too expensive for Gen Z (www.axios.com)
Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why (www.cnbc.com)
‘Astounding’: Alabama woman with two uteruses is pregnant in both wombs (www.theguardian.com)
Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mom of three was born with a rare uterine anomaly called uterus didelphys, or two uteruses. However, she was not diagnosed with the condition until last spring, when she discovered she was pregnant – in each uterus....
Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters (www.foxbusiness.com)
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
Bagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 states (apnews.com)
An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said Tuesday....
Roblox orders staff back to the office 3 days a week – or resign (www.businessinsider.com)
Workers are the unhappiest they've been in 3 years—and it can cost the global economy $8.8 trillion (www.cnbc.com)
The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices....
Confused Automakers Braced for Strike at the Wrong Plants (theintercept.com)
A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned (apnews.com)
A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game back....
Texas National Guardsman allegedly shoots across U.S. border wounding man in Mexico (www.cbsnews.com)
A soldier with the Texas National Guard allegedly fired a gun near the U.S.-Mexico border, hitting a 22-year-old man across the border in Mexico....
Andrew Tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of trial (www.bbc.com)
Warning: This lengthy article contains disturbing language and details of graphic evidence.
Trump criticizes judge after he’s warned against ‘inflammatory statements’ (thehill.com)
Former President Trump criticized the judge presiding over his 2020 election case, just days after she warned him against making any “inflammatory statements” that could intimidate witnesses or prejudice the jury pool....
Greg Abbott faces more backlash as migrant child dies on bus: "Barbaric" (www.newsweek.com)
In Tuesday's special election, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted against requiring a supermajority to amend their state constitution (www.cbsnews.com)
Voters in Ohio went to the polls to decide whether to approve a measure known as Issue 1 that would raise the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot. In the ultimate irony, the vote against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the special election was seeking to require in the first...
Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets (apnews.com)
A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Starlink has become the 'blood' of Ukraine's communication infrastructure, but officials are reportedly growing concerned about relying on Elon Musk's tech (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine’s digital minister has reported concerns about the country’s overreliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system amid the war with Russia, The New York Times reports.
Gunman who was killed by Yellowstone rangers had planned a July 4 mass shooting, park reveals (abcnews.go.com)
Yellowstone National Park officials say a gunman killed by park rangers as he fired a semiautomatic rifle at the entrance of a dining facility with 200 people inside had told a woman he planned to carry out a mass shooting...
Families urge judge to block law forcing display of ‘Protestant version of the Ten Commandments’ before kids return to public school in Louisiana (lawandcrime.com)
