Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei (www.theguardian.com)
Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings
Maria Gomez-Perez, missing 12-year-old Georgia girl, is found in Ohio (apnews.com)
Harris Taunts Trump After He Backs Out of Debates (www.rollingstone.com)
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Neglect at Boarding School for Autistic Youth Left a Student With Vision Loss, Lawsuit Alleges (www.propublica.org)
FBI seeking to interview Trump as part of assassination attempt investigation (www.cnn.com)
Olympic athlete amputates finger to play in 2024 Paris Games (abcnews.go.com)
An Olympic athlete has had his finger amputated after he suffered an injury just so he can play in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games....
US Voter Registrations Surge as Republicans Try to Limit Ballot Access (www.commondreams.org)
Daughter of late Supreme Court Justice Scalia appointed to Virginia Board of Education (apnews.com)
The daughter of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been appointed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to serve on the Virginia Board of Education, drawing criticism from some Democrats who called the appointment politically motivated....
How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients (www.bostonglobe.com)
The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic' (www.rollingstone.com)
The former president and first lady threw their weight behind the presumptive Democratic nominee...
How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths (www.bbc.com)
BBC: How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths 25 JUL 2024...
Missouri Supreme Court blocks release of man whose conviction was overturned after more than 30 years in prison (www.nbcnews.com)
The case of Christopher Dunn marks the second time Attorney General Andrew Bailey has appealed the swift release of a person whose murder conviction was overturned....
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion (apnews.com)
A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday....
Harvey Weinstein in hospital with Covid and double pneumonia, his team says (www.nbcnews.com)
The convicted and imprisoned former movie mogul is in the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward for “the myriad of health conditions that he is still afflicted with,” a representative said....
Dallas megachurch faces new questions as disgraced founder’s son announces abrupt departure (www.independent.co.uk)
California's largest wildfire doubles in size to 164,000 acres, shows explosive growth (www.latimes.com)
The Park fire in Butte County — already the largest blaze in California this year — exploded to more than 164,000 acres by Friday morning, with its rapid spread forcing more evacuation warnings....
UN Chief Says Rich Countries 'Signing Away Our Future' With Fossil Fuel Development. (www.commondreams.org)
Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It's come at a cost for Black people in the South (apnews.com)
Uber and Lyft drivers remain independent contractors in California Supreme Court ruling (apnews.com)
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that app-based ride-hailing and delivery services like Uber and Lyft can continue treating their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees....
Kids? A Growing Number of Americans Say, ‘No, Thanks.’ (www.nytimes.com)
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Man dies at 27 from heat exposure at a Georgia prison, lawsuit says (apnews.com)
The Georgia sun scorched the slab of concrete beneath Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano’s body when nurses found him in a puddle of his own excrement, vomiting, according to a complaint....
Abbott must pay $495 million in premature infant formula trial, jury finds (www.reuters.com)
A jury on Friday found that Abbott Laboratories’ specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, ordering the healthcare company to pay $495 million in compensatory and punitive damages....
Israel Falsely Warned It Would Bomb a Media Office. The Actual Airstrike Killed Journalists on a Nearby Street. (theintercept.com)
The clock had not yet struck midnight on October 9, when Said Al-Taweel fell into a deep sleep in his office in al-Ghefari Tower, Gaza City’s tallest building. Alaa Abu Mohsen, Al-Taweel’s colleague, heard him snoring....
Critics Warn Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill 'Is Taken Straight From Project 2025'. (www.commondreams.org)
A teen lured an 8-year-old to his home with ice cream, then raped and murdered her. Now, he may go free. (www.independent.co.uk)
