Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
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New Jersey gamer flew to Florida and beat fellow player with hammer, say police (www.theguardian.com)
South Carolina GOP Women Who Filibustered Abortion Ban (After Previously Voting for It) Are Ousted (www.jezebel.com)
Charges announced over alleged $120K bribe attempt during pandemic relief fraud trial (abcnews.go.com)
Branded ‘Foreign Agents,’ Wives and Mothers of Mobilized Russian Soldiers Face Uncertain Future (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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'It's Horrifying': West Virginia Judge Revokes Bond of White Couple Who Reportedly Kept Their Black Adopted Children Locked In Shed In 'Despicable' Conditions with No Water, Lights and Little Food (atlantablackstar.com)
A white couple from rural West Virginia is back behind bars after a judge revoked the initial bond and raised it to $500,000 apiece — more than double the amount they faced last year when police arrested the pair on charges of locking their adopted Black children in a barn and forcing them to work as “slaves.”...
An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening (www.cnn.com)
Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s not.)...
Tennessee investigators turn Graceland fraud case over to the feds (www.salon.com)
Rep. Jamaal Bowman loses New York primary to pro-Israel George Latimer, most expensive primary race ever (www.bbc.com)
Deepfake Creators Are Revictimizing GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Survivors (www.wired.com)
Coffee recalled nationwide due to risk of fatal food poisoning (thehill.com)
In a Push for Green Energy, One Federal Agency Made Tribes an Offer They Had to Refuse (www.propublica.org)
Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks First US Religious Public Charter School (www.commondreams.org)
Dutch foreign ministry calls in Israeli ambassador over ICC spying claims (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands was asked to “report” to the Dutch foreign affairs ministry to explain allegations of a secret surveillance and espionage campaign by Israeli spy services against the international criminal court, it has emerged....
Florida man sneezes his intestines out of his body at restaurant (www.independent.co.uk)
I try to read all the articles I post but for this one I noped out after 1 sentence. Enjoy!
NBC Will Debut an A.I. Al Michaels for the Paris Olympics (www.si.com)
Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace (www.reuters.com)
Earlier in the day, military units led by General Juan Jose Zuniga, recently stripped of his military command, had gathered in the central Plaza Murillo square, home to the presidential palace and Congress. A Reuters witness saw an armored vehicle ram a door of the presidential palace and soldiers rush in....
Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans (grist.org)
Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse (arstechnica.com)
MAGA panics before Donald Trump's first debate with Biden (www.newsweek.com)
Children are dying of starvation in their parents’ arms as famine spreads through Gaza | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many (www.nbcnews.com)
Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now: Report (abcnews.go.com)
Evanston ranked choice voting ordinance passes, hopes to push county clerk’s office (archive.ph)
Court appears to dismiss Idaho's emergency abortion ban, leaving federal protection in place - SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)
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