Push for Biden to Drop Out Reaches Very Top of Democratic Party. (www.commondreams.org)
Media Bias/Fact Check....
House Progressives Rip GOP for Siding With Credit Card Giants on Junk Fees. (www.commondreams.org)
'Cringe': Tim Scott panned as he declares 'America is not a racist country' at RNC (www.rawstory.com)
Colorado public health officials confirm new case of human plague (www.independent.co.uk)
Public health officials in Colorado have confirmed that a human has tested positive for the plague, a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease that’s typically spread through flea bites....
Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths (apnews.com)
Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend....
West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500 (www.propublica.org)
A West Texas pastor who used his parish’s resources to campaign for office and several pastors from other churches who donated to him were fined after the state’s ethics commission determined that each violated election law....
Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School (www.nytimes.com)
Vandals in Austria behead sculpture of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus (www.theguardian.com)
Artist behind controversial piece in Linz cathedral says vandalism shows there are still ‘people who question women’s right to their own bodies’...
State Farm seeking 30% rate hike for California homeowners (abc7.com)
Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant (apnews.com)
Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into the atmosphere over the last five years, an air quality board said Tuesday....
Deranged Politicians Are Trying to Ban Wearing Masks (futurism.com)
Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks First US Religious Public Charter School (www.commondreams.org)
16 Nobel prize-winning economists see a Trump inflation bomb (www.axios.com)
Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists are jumping into the presidential campaign with a stark warning: Former President Trump’s plans would reignite inflation and cause lasting harm to the global economy if he wins in November....
Texas abortion ban linked to rise in infant and newborn deaths. Is it a 'foreshadow' for other states? (www.nbcnews.com)
"They want the votes": Ted Cruz says Democrats are pro-Palestine just for show (www.salon.com)
Coke—and Dozens of Others—Pledged to Quit Russia. They’re Still There. (www.bloomberg.com)
After Vladimir Putin’s troops surged over the Ukrainian border in February 2022, the Coca-Cola Co. was among the first multinationals to pledge it would quit Russia in protest. Aiming to avoid the inevitable headaches of complying with expected Western sanctions on the Kremlin, Coke asked its partners there to pull its cans...
New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case (apnews.com)
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention....
Sudan’s Manmade Famine (www.foreignaffairs.com)
The biggest hunger crisis in the world is unfolding in Sudan, and it is manmade. As of now, more than half of the country’s 45 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance. In May, the United Nations warned that 18 million Sudanese are “acutely hungry” including 3.6 million children who are “acutely...
Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in Minnesota, the drivers won (www.npr.org)
FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaiian island....
As War Drags On, Gazans More Willing to Speak Out Against Hamas (www.nytimes.com)
Ordinary Gazans are bearing the brunt of the 8-month Israeli military onslaught on the territory and many blame the Palestinian armed faction for starting the war....
Curbing the Karens: Florida reins in over-mighty homeowners’ groups (www.theguardian.com)
The state’s homeowners’ associations (HOAs) are notorious for petty bureaucracy – including threats of eviction for the wrong kind of dog or decorative garage door hinges...
Dick Van Dyke, at 98, Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner Ever (www.rollingstone.com)
Judge flags Facebook post claiming inside access to Trump verdict (www.bbc.com)
The US judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush-money case in New York City has written a letter to prosecutors and the former president’s defence team about a Facebook post in which a person claims to have known the jury’s decision before it became public....