Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School (www.nytimes.com)
A scrap of cloth found in Goodwill turns out to be part of American history (whyy.org)
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year (apnews.com)
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth....
Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane (www.theverge.com)
‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat (www.theguardian.com)
Tokyo Governors Race Has 56 Candidates (www.nytimes.com)
A ridiculous number of candidates contended to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many were not even trying to win.
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)
Google’s research focuses on real harm that generative AI is currently causing and could get worse in the future. Namely, that generative AI makes it very easy for anyone to flood the internet with generated text, audio, images, and videos.
Four killed in Kentucky mass shooting before suspect turned gun on himself (www.independent.co.uk)
Americans can no longer afford a summer vacation (www.newsweek.com)
New York City hasn't fulfilled its promise to build shelters for trans houseless people (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Trump's Camp Says It Has Nothing to Do With Project 2025 Manifesto -- Aside From Writing It (theintercept.com)
The Trump campaign attempted to distance itself from the conservative Project 2025 playbook on Friday. Despite significant overlap between Project 2025 personnel and staffers from former president Donald Trump’s administration and campaign, Trump issued a statement saying he had “no idea who is behind” the project....
Papal arch enemy Archbishop Vigano found guilty of schism and excommunicated (www.reuters.com)
Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Friday. Vigano, the papal envoy in Washington from 2011-2016, went into hiding in 2018 after alleging that the pope knew for years about sexual...
Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France (www.bbc.com)
The governing body said the fine was for “unseemly or inappropriate behaviour during the race and damage to the image of the sport”.
Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today (www.engadget.com)
127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast (abc7.com)
Inside a violent gang’s ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree (arstechnica.com)
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims.
Biden’s doctor reportedly met with top neurologist at White House (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden’s doctor met with a leading Washington DC neurologist at the White House this year, it was reported on Saturday....
Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota (apnews.com)
Human Rights NGOs urge Austria to investigate sexual crimes by Russia military in Ukraine (www.jurist.org)
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GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’ (atlantadailyworld.com)
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Secret Meetings, Private Threats and a Massive Arms Race: How the World is Preparing for Trump (www.politico.com)
In Brussels, NATO officials have devised a plan to lock in long-term military support for Ukraine so that a possible Trump administration can’t get in the way....