EU should add China's Xinjiang region and the aluminum sector to Forced Labor Database, rights groups says (www.hrw.org)
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New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it (presswatchers.org)
This is from May 7th, but I hadn’t seen it....
Colorado public health officials confirm new case of human plague (www.independent.co.uk)
Public health officials in Colorado have confirmed that a human has tested positive for the plague, a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease that’s typically spread through flea bites....
CNN to cut 100 jobs as it prepares to launch digital subscription products (www.latimes.com)
CNN is cutting 100 positions across the company as it accelerates its push into digital subscription products that reach beyond its shrinking cable TV audience....
AOC files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito (www.nbcnews.com)
She was put in a body bag and sent for embalming while still alive. Her horrified family wants answers (www.independent.co.uk)
Zelenskyy: Seeing children die makes me want to kill Putin (english.nv.ua)
Fire breaks out in spire of Rouen Cathedral in northwest France (www.cbsnews.com)
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the Mayor of Rouen, which is in France’s northern Normandy region, said no one was injured....
NYPD recruit dies during Bronx training exercise in sweltering heat (www.independent.co.uk)
Senators unveil bipartisan deal on stock trading ban (www.axios.com)
A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress, setting the bill up for action in the Senate later this month.
Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines (apnews.com)
South Korean politician links rising male suicides to women (www.bbc.com)
A politician in South Korea is being criticised for making dangerous and unsubstantiated comments after linking a rise in male suicides to the increasingly “dominant” role of women in society....
Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested (www.rawstory.com)
Trump's Project 2025 is now being searched in Google more than Taylor Swift and the NFL (www.dailykos.com)
Actor George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, asks president to leave race (apnews.com)
Oldest federal judge who refused to take mental exam loses lawsuit over suspension, but she’s still not admitting defeat (lawandcrime.com)
Donald Trump gets bad news about Kamala Harris (www.newsweek.com)
Kroger and Albertsons to close these 63 grocery stores in California under proposed merger (www.foxla.com)
U.S. to again ship 500-pound bombs to Israel, reversing suspension (www.washingtonpost.com)
The United States is resuming a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel that had been held up since May, when the Biden administration suspended delivery of two types of large, airdropped weapons amid concerns about the ballooning scale of civilian casualties in Gaza, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
Georgia elections board weighs proposal for extensive document review before certification (www.wsbtv.com)
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Colorado dropped Medicaid enrollees as red states have, alarming advocates for the poor (kffhealthnews.org)
Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program....
Judge signals he’s likely to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case (www.politico.com)
Utah drag queen Tara Lipsyncki was forced to sell her childhood home & go into hiding after far-right attacks (www.advocate.com)
Hamas is losing the backing of ordinary people in Gaza who are paying the human price of its war (www.nbcnews.com)
Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths (apnews.com)
Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend....
