Stellantis recalls nearly 1.2M vehicles to fix software glitch that disables rear camera (www.cbc.ca)
Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a software glitch that can disable the rear view cameras....
Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....
XAUUSD FREE Signal (youtube.com)
UK millionaires are fleeing Britain in their thousands (lite.cnn.com)
A record number of millionaires could leave the United Kingdom this year as political turmoil and the potential for higher taxes under a future Labour government reduce the appeal of what was once among the top destinations for the rich....
New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case (apnews.com)
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention....
Justin Timberlake arrested for DWI in the Hamptons (abcnews.go.com)
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions....
Stanford disappoints critics of fossil fuel donations by hiring PR firm with big oil ties (www.theguardian.com)
University hires Brunswick Group amid anger from campus organizers at its sustainability school’s funding...
‘Terrified of losing their rights’: abortion is a leading issue for Arizona’s Latino voters (www.theguardian.com)
Organizers hope those disillusioned by electoral politics will vote with an eye on abortion rights after fall of Roe...
US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Vivek Murthy asks for required labels that state ‘social media is associated with significant mental health harms’...
Biden administration’s new protections for LGBTQ+ students blocked in 6 more states (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration cannot enforce new protections for LGBTQ+ students in Ohio, Virginia and four other states, a federal judge ruled Monday, becoming the latest court to rebuff efforts to expand the scope of a decades-old law that prohibits sex-based discrimination....
Doctor accused of illegally obtaining health data of Texas Children's patients, in crusade against Transgender medical treatments (www.houstonchronicle.com)
The doctor has publicly identified himself as the person who released information to a conservative activist about the transgender care program at Texas Children’s. Citing “whistleblower documents,” the activist published a story in May 2023 saying Texas Children’s provided transgender care, which was legal at the time,...
Federal judge blocks Iowa law that allows authorities to criminally charge people facing deportation (www.nbcnews.com)
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked an Iowa law that allowed law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the U.S....
US avocado inspectors stop work in Mexican state over ‘security situation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mango inspections also suspended ‘until further notice’ in state troubled by gang violence, but USDA says produce already in transit not affected...
Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US (www.theguardian.com)
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...
'Bling bishop' US pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
A flamboyant Brooklyn pastor known as the “Bling bishop” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for schemes that included preying on the bank account of one of his own followers....
The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered | CNN (www.cnn.com)
In 2007, Britain’s Ministry of Defense dismissed claims of rape brought by 2,187 women, Lenkanan and Noltwalal among them, saying “there was no reliable evidence to support any single allegation.”...
Maryland governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions (www.axios.com)
Biden to announce protections Tuesday for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and ‘Dreamers’ (www.pbs.org)
The president’s executive action will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation, allow them to obtain work authorization, as well as ease their path to permanent resident status, the three sources told PBS News. The announcement will be made at a White House event marking the 12th anniversary of an...
Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s trip to California | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
A US Secret Service member fired their gun while being robbed at gunpoint Saturday night during President Joe Biden’s trip to California for a Hollywood fundraiser.
Sudan’s Manmade Famine (www.foreignaffairs.com)
The biggest hunger crisis in the world is unfolding in Sudan, and it is manmade. As of now, more than half of the country’s 45 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance. In May, the United Nations warned that 18 million Sudanese are “acutely hungry” including 3.6 million children who are “acutely...
UN agency reports Sudan as largest global displacement crisis, calls on US not to overlook (www.politico.com)
An estimated 5.8 million people were forced to flee their homes in Sudan last year after fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, according to a new report....
'This kind of growth can’t be sustained’: As inflation rises, payday loans are undermining the Russian economy and threatening a new crisis (meduza.io)
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State abortion bans forcing interstate travel, U.S. Senate panel hears (michiganadvance.com)
More insanity that is 21^st^ Century American Life…...
China should pay for propping up Putin's war, Nato chief says (www.bbc.com)
Here’s Mr. Stoltenberg’s statement in a video (1 min)...
