Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East (apnews.com)
A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and held the East in its hot and humid grip....
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Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry families (www.usatoday.com)
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Ranger wounded, suspect dead in rare shooting at Yellowstone National Park, NPS says (www.usatoday.com)
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Karine Jean-Pierre Throws Down With Fox Reporter Not Buying Biden’s Debate Excuses: ‘Have You Had a Cold Before?’ (www.mediaite.com)
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Drugs disguised as Taco Bell burritos found during Tennessee traffic stop (www.woodtv.com)
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Trump sneaker line sues over knockoffs days after Lauren Boebert brags about her ‘very China’ counterfeit pair (www.independent.co.uk)
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Boeing will get a ‘sweetheart’ plea deal, says lawyer representing 737 Max crash victims (edition.cnn.com)
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American Ninja Warrior winner Drew Dreschel sentenced to 10 years for child sex crimes (www.usatoday.com)
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Oklahoma public schools leader orders schools to incorporate Bible instruction (apnews.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms.
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman loses New York primary to pro-Israel George Latimer, most expensive primary race ever (www.bbc.com)
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Children are dying of starvation in their parents’ arms as famine spreads through Gaza | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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‘The grey zone’: how IDF views some journalists in Gaza as legitimate targets (www.theguardian.com)
As Israel’s offensive in Gaza has become the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, its military has repeatedly said it is not deliberately targeting the media…...
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Texas woman allegedly tried to drown Palestinian-American girl, aged 3 (www.theguardian.com)
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Trump Says Foreigners Who Graduate From US Colleges Should Get Green Cards (www.usnews.com)
Columbia University professors refute ICC and UN Gaza famine claims (www.i24news.tv)
Columbia University professors Awi Federgruen and Ran Kivetz have presented research findings asserting that sufficient food supplies are entering Gaza, disputing claims of famine perpetuated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations (UN, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday....
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Deluge of fake news websites threatens to drown out truth during US election (www.theguardian.com)
Fears that ‘pink slime’ sites could be as harmful to political discourse as foreign disinformation in 2016 and 2020...
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Biden Campaign Ad Calls Attention to Trump’s Felon Status (www.nytimes.com)
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Some TikTok influencers are maligning sunscreen. Here's what to know about the claims (www.npr.org)
One survey, from the Orlando Health Cancer Institute, found that 1 in 7 American adults under age 35 believe using sunscreen daily is more harmful than direct sun exposure.
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More than 171,000 people traveled out-of-state for abortions last year (www.axios.com)
Some 171,300 patients traveled out-of-state for abortions last year, new data estimates from the Guttmacher Institute show. State abortion bans that took effect in the post-Roe era have severely curbed access to reproductive care across the U.S....
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it (apnews.com)
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer....
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Rare white bison sighted in Yellowstone evokes Native American prophecy (www.bbc.com)
An incredibly rare white bison calf has been photographed in Yellowstone National Park, exciting Native American tribes who view its arrival as a religious prophecy heralding major change....
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Pro-Trump influencers fire up fears of migrant 'invasion' ahead of U.S. election (www.reuters.com)
One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera, holding signs with slogans like “I Love Biden” and “I Need Work Permit for My Family.”...
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Morale plummets inside The Washington Post as staffers express alarm over publisher’s attempts to squash story (www.cnn.com)
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Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was playing
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