Cocaine dumped in the sea off Florida could have 'crazy' consequences if sharks eat it, scientists find (news.sky.com)
More states want to let kids work as bartenders | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Los Angeles developer gets six-year term for $500,000 bribe to councilman (www.theguardian.com)
Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates (edition.cnn.com)
Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by UK band The 1975 (www.reuters.com)
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House (apnews.com)
26-year-old allegedly enrolled in Nebraska high school and sent sexually explicit text messages to underage students, police say (www.cnn.com)
A 26-year-old man is charged with sex crimes after enrolling in a public school district in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he pretended to be 17, police say.
Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates (www.cnn.com)
The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
'Video voyeur hunter' in Nagoya accused of voyeurism - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
NAGOYA -- A 30-year-old man here who claims to "have caught about 50 video voyeurs" has been arrested for allegedly taking an upskirt video.
‘There’s nothing American about promoting violence’: country star Jason Aldean criticised for anti-protest song (www.theguardian.com)
Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community
‘The KHP waged war’: Federal judge orders end of Kansas trooper ‘two-step’ maneuver (kansasreflector.com)
Kansas illegally searched out of state drivers. Pressing the question… why would you ever want to go to Kansas....
Who is Mila Antonova, Russian bridge player who had alleged affair with Bill Gates? (nypost.com)
Florida's new Black history curriculum says "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit" (www.cbsnews.com)
Warcraft fans trick AI article bot with Glorbo hoax (www.bbc.com)
The game's Reddit community was buzzing with excitement about a new feature... that doesn't exist.
"Now I Know Why My Wife Was Fired from Her Government Job" | Nieman Reports (niemanreports.org)
When Forbes tech reporter Emily Baker-White found out last year that ByteDance, the controversial China-based firm that runs the video-sharing platform TikTok, had used the app to track her whereabouts as she covered the company, she knew she was on to a major story. And she was worried — but not necessarily about herself. The...
How LA Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels (www.propublica.org)
Google wants you to let its AI bot help you write news articles (www.niemanlab.org)
White nationalists convicted of planning to riot at Idaho pride event (www.nbcnews.com)
A total of 31 Patriot Front members, including one identified as its founder, were arrested in 2022 after someone reported seeing people loading into a U-Haul van like “a little army.”
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier (www.cnn.com)
The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s operation along the Texas-Mexico border, according to sources familiar and a letter obtained by CNN.
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution (www.nbcnews.com)
The high court allowed the execution of James Barber despite botched attempts to execute other inmates last year.
Texas A&M President Resigns Amid Fallout Over Journalism Program (www.nytimes.com)
The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the effort to appoint Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program....
Axios- Many hospitals posted record margins during pandemic, study finds (www.axios.com)
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
