Save Right Whale Coalition Sickened Over Government Response to Deaths of Whales in NY, NJ (www.shorenewsnetwork.com)
Rising with the Hill Talking with Michael Shellenberger, journalist and founder of Public Documentary film, Thrown To The Wind m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZYkWtARR5k...
Rebuilding Maui after deadly wildfires could cost more than $5 billion, officials project (www.cbsnews.com)
A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company claimed the US doesn't have the skills to build its new factory (www.businessinsider.com)
TSMC says the opening of its Arizona chip factory has been delayed due to a shortage of skilled workers. The company says it needs to bring Taiwanese workers to Arizona to get construction back on track. An Arizona union says US jobs are being threatened — and is urging lawmakers to deny the workers’ visas.
Former Mississippi officers expected to plead guilty to state charges for racist assault (apnews.com)
Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo (www.bbc.com)
Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch (www.businessinsider.com)
Students in Massachusetts will get free lunch and breakfast at school thanks to a new 4% tax put on people who earn more than $1 million.
Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries and Angering Parents (www.nytimes.com)
As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers.
Taiwan will not back down to threats, Taiwan VP says on US trip (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, the island’s vice president told supporters on a U.S. visit that Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a willingness to talk to China.
2 eject from vintage Soviet jet before crash at Michigan air show (www.nbcnews.com)
No injuries were reported when the MiG-23, flying at Thunder Over Michigan, plummeted and hit vehicles in a nearby apartment complex parking lot, authorities said.
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‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com)
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Hawaiian couple sues power companies over Lahaina destruction amid historic Maui wildfires (www.foxnews.com)
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Niger coup: Ousted President Bazoum to be charged with high treason, junta says (www.bbc.com)
Niger’s military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.
The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think (www.nytimes.com)
Delivery vans in Pittsburgh. Buses in Milwaukee. Cranes loading freight at the Port of Los Angeles. Every municipal building in Houston. All are powered by electricity derived from the sun, wind or other sources of clean energy....
Police face criticism over central Kansas newspaper raid in which computers, phones seized (apnews.com)
South Carolina state Sen. John Scott, longtime Democratic lawmaker, dies at 69 (apnews.com)
Pilots eject from crashing MiG-23 aircraft during Thunder Over Michigan air show: video (www.foxnews.com)
Hawaii fires: tourists warned against travelling to Maui in wake of disaster (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say hotel rooms needed to house thousands of displaced residents
Why Some Wisconsin Lawmakers and Local Officials Have Changed Their Minds About Letting Undocumented Immigrants Drive (www.propublica.org)
“If we suddenly kicked out all of the people here, the undocumented, our dairy farms would collapse,” one lawmaker said. “We have to come up with a solution.”
Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns (www.nytimes.com)
A small town in Kansas has become a battleground over the First Amendment, after the local police force and county sheriff’s deputies raided the office of The Marion County Record....
San Francisco's North Beach streets clogged as long line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill (finance.yahoo.com)
Just one day after state officials approved massive robotaxi expansion in San Francisco, a long line of the driverless cars come to a standstill and clog traffic in North Beach neighborhood.
Arkansas education department nixes AP African American Studies course at last minute (arktimes.com)
Documentation confirming the course would not be recognized by the state arrived roughly 48 hours before the first bell of the school year was set to ring.