Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary (truthout.org)
Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users. (mashable.com)
DNA on plastic fork in Florida cracks 15-year-old unsolved NYC homicide (www.nbcnews.com)
Judge allows duct tape to be retested in Scott Peterson case, denies other requests: reports (www.usatoday.com)
Former SK hynix employee charged with stealing tech for Huawei — Chinese national was arrested at airport (www.tomshardware.com)
Aid Workers Describe Inferno, Bodies 'Burned Beyond Recognition' In Rafah (www.rollingstone.com)
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who came to Rafah to escape Israel’s bombing campaign are now fleeing as it has become clear it is not the “safe zone” that was promised....
California comedown: how illicit cannabis farms have left a wilderness where ‘you’re lucky to see a lizard’ (www.theguardian.com)
In the shadow of Mount Shasta in northern California, a sea of makeshift greenhouses and plywood huts sprawls between the conifer trees of the high desert. From the air, many of the polytunnels look in bad shape, their plastic covers torn by the wind to reveal what’s inside: hundreds of cannabis plants packet tightly together,...
How Ken Paxton is stretching the boundaries of consumer protection laws to pursue political targets (www.texastribune.org)
Consumer protection laws give attorneys general broad legal authority to request a wide range of records when investigating businesses or charities for allegations of deceptive or fraudulent practices, such as gas stations that hike up fuel prices during hurricanes, companies that run robocalling phone scams and unscrupulous...
Donald Trump Says He'll Stop All Electric Car Sales (Update: He Was Talking About Made-In-Mexico Chinese EVs) (gizmodo.com)
Trump reportedly considers White House advisory role for Elon Musk (www.theguardian.com)
Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face (nymag.com)
Revealed: how a US far-right group is influencing anti-gay policies in Africa (www.theguardian.com)
A long-standing US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda, including a governing party member who endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ laws by saying gays “should be castrated”, and a virulently homophobic founder of a “militaristic” Christian boys camp....
Texas’ Attorney General Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue Political Targets (www.propublica.org)
Former OpenAI Board Member Says Sam Altman Created a Culture of ‘Psychological Abuse’ (gizmodo.com)
The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like (prospect.org)
An 81-Year-Old ‘Serial Slingshot Shooter’ Is Arrested After Decade of Mischief (archive.ph)
Trump trial live updates: Trump says 'Mother Teresa could not beat these charges' as jury deliberates (abcnews.go.com)
No way did trump say that!...
A year after Titan sub implosion, an Ohio billionaire says he wants to make his own voyage to Titanic wreckage (www.cbsnews.com)
Walgreens is cutting prices on 1,500 items, joining Target, Walmart and Amazon | CNN Business (lite.cnn.com)
Alpacas test positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time (www.cnn.com)
CEO Who Tanked Company's Stock By 20% Reveals 5-Point $700m Plan To Save Cracker Barrel (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Cracker Barrel’s CEO faces an uphill battle to revive the restaurant chain after a blunt admission sent stock prices plummeting 20 per cent.
The Washington Post said it had the Alito flag story 3 years ago and chose not to publish (apnews.com)
Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that flew at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home, the Washington Post acknowledged it had the same story more than three years ago and decided not to publish it....
Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans (www.bbc.co.uk)
3 Black passengers sue American Airlines after alleging racial discrimination following odor complaint (www.cbsnews.com)
U.S. workers are less satisfied with nearly every aspect of their jobs than they were a year ago, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
