Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight (www.wsmv.com)
80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A new analysis released last week by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57 companies.
Google Delisted Thousands of ‘Music Piracy’ Domains in Response to UK Blocking Orders * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state (apnews.com)
Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November’s U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban supercharged the state’s role, transforming it into perhaps the nation’s most critical battleground....
Israel counting half-full trucks of aid in 'boost' to Gaza (today.lorientlejour.com)
The UN is disputing Israeli figures regarding aid truck deliveries into the besieged Gaza Strip, saying the trucks Israel is including in its tally are only half full, as per Israeli delivery regulations....
Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants (www.nytimes.com)
FDA head calls on Congress to pass mandatory testing for lead in food (www.nbcnews.com)
O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76. (abcnews.go.com)
Nearly 4 years after George Floyd protests, police misconduct complaint outcomes are finally released (minnesotareformer.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/nearly-4-years-after-floyd-prot…
Ohio police release body camera video of officer shooting 15-year-old boy who had toy gun seconds after initial encounter (www.nbcnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/ohio-police-release-body-camera…
US Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2017 Trump Tax Overhaul (truthout.org)
Billionaires now control 1 out of every 25 dollars of American wealth....
Tennessee GOP senators OK criminalizing helping minors get transgender care, mimicking abortion bill (www.nbcnews.com)
Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk (apnews.com)
Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream town....
How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent (www.texastribune.org)
Texas is in the minority of states that requires parental consent before a teenager can get birth control, in virtually all circumstances. But there’s long been one exception to that rule: the federal Title X program, which provides confidential contraception regardless of age, income or immigration status....
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales (www.theguardian.com)
‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration’s fight against gun violence...
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The CCDH studied the growth rates of 10 influential accounts that pay for X Premium and have posted anti-Jewish and/or anti-Muslim hate speech since October 7, 2023, when Hamas’ attack on Israel sparked the Israel-Gaza conflict. Some of these accounts had previously posted conspiracy theory content related to COVID-19, per the...
Plans for Saudi Arabia’s linear city cut from 170km to 2.4km (www.newcivilengineer.com)
Saudi Arabia’s wildly ambitious plan to build 500m tall, mirrored, 170km long parallel skyscrapers, forming a 1.5M population desert city has been curtailed to 2.4km long....
Freshly purged RNC peddles 2020 election lies in robocall to voters (www.salon.com)
Biden Is 'Considering' Ending Assange Case (consortiumnews.com)
Biden is considering Ending Assange Case
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence (www.cnbc.com)
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What" - The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway (www.propublica.org)
Myanmar military loses control of key town on Thai border, rebels say, in major win for anti-junta resistance (amp.cnn.com)
Rebels kicking ass with no military assistance from US...
Labor group demands California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers extend to all sectors (www.foxbusiness.com)
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76 (www.13abc.com)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76....