A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years (apnews.com)
US to expand security review of land purchases near military installations, Treasury says (www.reuters.com)
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Swing state's [PA] Capitol building reportedly evacuated over bomb threat mentioning Biden (www.rawstory.com)
Pew finds nation divided on whether the American Dream is still possible (www.cbsnews.com)
While 53% say the American Dream remains possible, another 41% believe the life of relative economic security the notion once conjured up is now out of reach, the survey of 8,709 U.S. adults found. That divide roughly held regardless of race, ethnicity, partisanship and education of respondents, the nonpartisan think tank found....
Former Lehigh University Freshman faked his father's death for full scholarship (www.nbcphiladelphia.com)
New York Times publishes story based on edited emails put together by anti-trans activist (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump....
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China honours woman who died saving Japanese family (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died....
U.S. soldier in Japan charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Okinawa (www.cbsnews.com)
Japan’s government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa. Prosecutors in the southern island region charged the U.S. soldier in March, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on...
Kenya Protests: Obama’s Sister Praised For Bravery After She, Daughter Get Teargassed On Live TV (newsone.com)
Campaign collects €30,000 for homeless Amsterdammer who returned lost wallet with €2,000 (nltimes.nl)
Autopsy finds boy suffocated in NC wilderness camp death (www.wbtv.com)
Missouri politicians put a trick measure on the November ballot to silence your voice (www.kansascity.com)
Robert Morris warned sex abuse accuser she could be prosecuted for seeking compensation, emails show (www.nbcnews.com)
Stonehenge Sprayed With Orange Paint One Day Before Solstice (www.forbes.com)
How the NFL’s ‘Worst-Ever’ Owner is Blocking Movie Showing ‘Rapist’ Trump (www.thedailybeast.com)
Georgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchen (www.independent.co.uk)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk....
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled. (www.platformer.news)
Whistleblower Says Microsoft Dismissed Warnings About a Security Flaw That Russians Later Used to Hack U.S. Government (www.propublica.org)
SpaceX retrieves space junk from Saskatchewan farmer (www.cbc.ca)
Bird flu detected in Houston-area wastewater (www.click2houston.com)
Who’s ready for Pandemic 2?
Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (www.theverge.com)
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the popular movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the two companies announced on Wednesday....