Utah invokes sovereignty to ignore Biden admin’s Title IX transgender protections (www.kuer.org)
Cathal Crotty: No justice says victim as soldier avoids jail (www.bbc.co.uk)
Trump Says Foreigners Who Graduate From US Colleges Should Get Green Cards (www.usnews.com)
Lockheed Martin subsidiaries reach $70 million settlement for claims they overcharged Navy for parts (apnews.com)
Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have agreed to pay the federal government $70 million for overcharging the Navy for aircraft parts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday....
Food's climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks (grist.org)
Americans take the least vacations globally. We also get the least amount of time off. (ca.style.yahoo.com)
U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like where you live (www.kpbs.org)
Millions of Americans are already shut out of buying a home, and the cost of buying one continues to rise....
California to become third state to mandate heat protections for indoor workers (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden bans U.S. sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties (www.nbcnews.com)
Moscow’s influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said....
IRS says 'vast majority' of 1 million pandemic-era credit claims show a risk of being improper (apnews.com)
The EPA's new limits on PFAS in drinking water face legal challenges (www.npr.org)
Appeals court denies Bannon bid to stave off July 1 jail sentence (www.politico.com)
A federal appeals court has denied a last-minute bid by Steve Bannon, a longtime Donald Trump adviser and prominent conservative podcaster, to stave off a four-month jail sentence for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee three years ago....
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's home raided by FBI agents; feds target other locations (www.cbsnews.com)
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home raided by FBI agents; feds target other locations
Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth (thencbeat.com)
“We want to acknowledge some feedback received regarding our Juneteenth celebration,” Pezzuto said in his letter obtained by The North Carolina Beat. “Although our intent was to celebrate this nationally recognized day, some of you voiced your concerns regarding the associated food choices.”...
Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza: MSF hospitals facing "unthinkable reality" amid critically low supplies (msf.org.uk)
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in Gaza are facing critical shortages of essential medicines and equipment, having been unable to bring any medical supplies into Gaza since the end of April....
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...
Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88 (deadline.com)
Motion after motion puts Trump Florida case in slow motion as 3-day hearing begins (apnews.com)
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump is hearing arguments Friday on a long-shot defense effort to get the indictment thrown out based on the claim that the prosecutor who brought the charges was illegally appointed....
Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges (futurism.com)
Cross-post from lemmy.world/post/16743494...
Ukraine faces rolling blackouts after Russia attacks its power grid (www.pbs.org)
Ukraine, including Kyiv, is struggling to cope with a new wave of rolling blackouts after relentless Russian attacks took out half the country’s power generation capacity....
Miami New Times runs slur-filled pro-Trump political ad on back cover (www.axios.com)
Columbia University professors refute ICC and UN Gaza famine claims (www.i24news.tv)
Columbia University professors Awi Federgruen and Ran Kivetz have presented research findings asserting that sufficient food supplies are entering Gaza, disputing claims of famine perpetuated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations (UN, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday....
Why Democrats think Biden’s problem is Biden (www.politico.com)
Democrats keep doing surprisingly well in special elections. The party’s most vulnerable Senate incumbents are running ahead of their rivals in key battleground states. One of Democrats’ signature issues — reproductive rights — has repeatedly proved a winning message....
US bans sales of Kaspersky antivirus software over Russia ties (www.theguardian.com)
Washington says Moscow’s influence over company poses significant risk, as Kaspersky argues its activities do not threaten US security...
