Mirta Díaz-Balart, wife of Fidel Castro before Cuban revolution, dies at 95 (www.washingtonpost.com)
JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)
The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...
Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili (www.pbs.org)
Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator....
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets (gizmodo.com)
France asks two Chinese spies to leave the country after attempt to forcibly repatriate exiled Chinese dissident (www.lemonde.fr)
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These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)
Airport security missed live ammo in tourists’ hand luggage. The TSA doesn’t know how (www.independent.co.uk)
Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Abortion Rights, Strikes Down Restrictions (www.commondreams.org)
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling (www.theguardian.com)
UT-Austin spares pro-Palestinian protesters from suspension, offers them probation instead (feeds.texastribune.org)
In letters sent out to students this week, first reported by KUT, university officials said it would be appropriate to suspend them for their actions during the protests but would give them the option to take “deferred suspension” instead, a form of probation that would allow students to remain in class and keep the...
Crews battle South Hill fertilizer warehouse fire in sweltering heat (www.wral.com)
South Carolina Man Dies After Firework Explodes On His Head (www.wccbcharlotte.com)
Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said....
Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025 | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
In a post to his social media site, Trump claimed, “I know nothing about Project 2025,” the name given to a playbook crafted by the Heritage Foundation to fill the executive branch with thousands of Trump loyalists and reorient its many agencies’ missions around conservative ideals....
US cities can now punish homelessness. Will it help or hurt a crisis? (www.bbc.com)
The high court’s ruling is already having a ripple effect on cities across the country, which have been emboldened to take harsher measures to clear out homeless camps that have grown in the aftermath of the pandemic....
Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)
The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport....
American Pride Remains Near Record Low (news.gallup.com)
Judge says FTC lacks authority to issue rule banning noncompete agreements (arstechnica.com)
Gotta love a shitty repub SCOTUS. Its awesome.
Washington Post: Sen. Mark Warner Forming a Group Of Democratic Senators To Call On Biden To Drop Out (www.realclearpolitics.com)
Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it (walledculture.org)
Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential vote | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad.
Salem hikes tour guide fee by 3,000% after surge of witch-enthusiasts flood town (www.independent.co.uk)
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright (apnews.com)
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....
'Exhausted,' 'bad epsiode': Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive (abcnews.go.com)
Who is in the new Labour cabinet? (www.theguardian.com)
With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times