California to make financial literacy classes a requirement to graduate high school (abc7.com)
Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms (www.brproud.com)
A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments....
Two US astronauts stuck in space as Boeing analyzes Starliner problems (www.theguardian.com)
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US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits home (www.theguardian.com)
A family in Naples, Florida, whose home was struck by debris that fell to Earth from outer space and punched a hole in the roof is pursuing $80,000 from Nasa in compensation for damages....
FDA advisors voted against MDMA therapy – researchers are still fighting for it (www.bbc.com)
Some 13 million Americans struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Existing therapies only bring relief for a fraction of patients, and new treatments are sorely needed, according to psychiatrists wrestling with the scale of the problem. So, there was distinct disappointment when an advisory committee at the US Food...
Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88 (deadline.com)
‘This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again. (www.chicagotribune.com)
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A real nut case: Cold Stone Creamery faces suit over lack of real pistachios in pistachio ice cream (apnews.com)
Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan?...
People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates (arstechnica.com)
‘Trust Jesus’ MAGA Bus Crashes Into Pole Ahead of Staten Island Pro-Trump Rally (www.thedailybeast.com)
Neo-Nazi who protested drag shows has been arrested on child porn charges (www.advocate.com)
Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low (www.poynter.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15948872...
'People got betrayed': Cardi B says she's not voting in the presidential election (www.msnbc.com)
Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools (www.axios.com)
AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says (arstechnica.com)
Wife of U.S. soldier detained in Russia says he was having an affair, not involved in 'geopolitical intrigue' (www.nbcnews.com)
Megan Black said her husband’s trip to Russia was “ill-advised” but simply part of an extramarital affair. Black’s mother said she thought he had been set up by his girlfriend....
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Tennessee legislature bans local cities and counties from passing their own red flag laws (www.newschannel5.com)
Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant (www.nytimes.com)
US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests (www.bbc.co.uk)
Voters approve Pride flag ban in first-of-its-kind ballot measure in Huntington Beach CA (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 50,000 AT&T outages were reported at about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, according to tracking site Downdetector....
