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Beryl weakens to tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as Cat 1 hurricane (apnews.com)

Schiff acknowledges his concern over Trump’s threats against him (www.salon.com)

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year (apnews.com)

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth....

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazy (www.rollingstone.com)

Elon Musk denies tweets misled Twitter investors ahead of purchase (arstechnica.com)

Vatican Excommunicates Its Former Ambassador to the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)

Mexican cartels are diversifying business beyond drugs. Here's where they are profiting (www.usatoday.com)

As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields (wgno.com)

Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision....

Measles: Cases rise in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland (www.bbc.co.uk)

Nationwide discount retailer with 1,400 stores sparks fears of mass closures as it mulls bankruptcy (www.dailymail.co.uk)

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents (www.npr.org)

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BTS' Jin to be torchbearer for Paris Olympics — reports (www.philstar.com)

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Nonbinary runner Nikki Hiltz makes record time in qualifying for the Paris Olympics (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Alzheimer’s scientist indicted for allegedly falsifying data in $16M scheme (arstechnica.com)

A federal grand jury has indicted an embattled Alzheimer’s researcher for allegedly falsifying data to fraudulently obtain $16 million in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health for the development of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug and diagnostic test....

16-year-old Quincy Wilson now the youngest-ever male US track Olympian (www.independent.co.uk)

A teen tech whiz nicknamed 'God's influencer' will become the first millennial saint (www.npr.org)

Here’s what Boeing’s deal to buy Spirit AeroSystems means for the jet maker (www.marketwatch.com)

Bitcoiner contributes to Julian Assange’s freedom, pays $500K debt in BTC (cointelegraph.com)

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Iranian reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili head to runoff presidential election (www.pbs.org)

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.

Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife (knowablemagazine.org)

The wall has been devastating to wildlife, it has effectively stopped them from accessing water, but it has not stopped humans.

'Stay awake or be arrested': Sotomayor's passionate dissent in homeless encampments case (www.usatoday.com)

Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act (www.propublica.org)

More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret (theintercept.com)

THE SENATE SELECT Committee on Intelligence submitted its 6,700-page “torture report” about the CIA to the White House in April 2014. More than 10 years later, the full report remains secret after a federal appellate court dismissed a lawsuit I filed in the hopes of forcing its release....

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