Tennessee governor signs bill allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages (thehill.com)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ® signed a bill Wednesday allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages....
China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank. (www.businessinsider.com)
China is one of the world’s most unaffordable places to raise a child, a Beijing think tank says....
Trump asks judge to delay enforcing the $355 million civil fraud decision for one month (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the civil fraud case to delay enforcing the $355 million judgment against him for one month....
NY AG Urges Stricter Asthma Drug Warnings Due to Children’s Mental Health Risks (www.nytimes.com)
The New York attorney general on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to “take immediate action” and renew alerts to doctors and patients about the dangerous effects of Singulair for children, saying that the current warnings about the drug’s psychiatric side effects were not sufficient....
Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years, but signal weak (apnews.com)
Bluesky federation goes live (bsky.social)
Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking (www.cnbc.com)
Informant who allegedly lied about the Bidens is rearrested (www.washingtonpost.com)
The FBI informant charged with telling lies about President Biden and his son Hunter was rearrested Thursday in Las Vegas, apparently out of concern he might flee — just days after a federal magistrate decided he could be released on bond....
Intuitive Machines lands on moon in nail-biting descent of private Odysseus lander, a 1st for US since 1972 (www.space.com)
Two Alabama clinics pauses IVF services after court rules that embryos are children (www.nbcnews.com)
St. Louis Police Chief Receives a Third of His Pay From a Local Foundation, Raising Concerns of Divided Loyalties (www.propublica.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/st-louis-robert-tracy-police-ch…
University of Georgia cancels classes after woman found dead on campus (apnews.com)
The University of Georgia canceled classes after authorities say a woman was found dead on campus after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run.
Live updates: Odysseus moon landing (www.cnn.com)
Sanctuaries Can Protect Animals From Abuse, but Not From Climate Change (www.nytimes.com)
A growing number of animal refuges are being forced to move in the face of extreme rainfall, droughts and hurricanes caused by the planet’s warming....
Harvard condemns student and faculty groups for posting antisemitic cartoon (apnews.com)
Israel and Hamas truce talks reach ‘critical phase’ | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say (www.cnn.com)
And you all told me the blue maga border bill that Republicans rejected was 4d chess.
Hunter Biden's lawyers say prosecutors confused a picture of sawdust with cocaine (www.nbcnews.com)
The mix-up "sounds more like a storyline from one of the 1980’s Police Academy comedies than what should be expected in a high-profile prosecution,” Biden’s attorney wrote....
Russia’s War Machine Runs on Western Parts (foreignpolicy.com)
Couples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as children (www.telegraph.co.uk)
'A lot of money': Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case (abcnews.go.com)
Former President Donald Trump owes an additional $87,502 in post-judgment interest every day until he pays the $354 million fine ordered by Judge Arthur Engoron in his civil fraud case, according to ABC News’ calculations based on the judge’s lengthy ruling in the case....
Federal judge affirms MyPillow's Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden....
US Vice President says no decision to halt or condition military aid to Israel (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children” (arstechnica.com)
Anger and uncertainty spread in wake of Friday's ruling by the state's Supreme Court.
A Florida high school required parents' permission for students to watch Disney's 'Tangled,' prompting some to say local education laws are 'out of control' (www.businessinsider.com)
One parent said the influx of permission slips is getting "out of control" and "burdensome."
