Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows (apnews.com)
New Report Argues Private Rail Is a Train Wreck, Public Ownership Needed (www.commondreams.org)
US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average hourly wage growth has surpassed inflation for 12 straight months (www.epi.org)
Planned Parenthood Warns House GOP Appropriations Bills Attack Global Health (www.commondreams.org)
GameStop investor retracts suit accusing Roaring Kitty of pump-and-dump scheme (arstechnica.com)
New York City promised to build a shelter for trans people. Activists are demanding it follow through (www.advocate.com)
A teen tech whiz nicknamed 'God's influencer' will become the first millennial saint (www.npr.org)
Banker Who Slugged Woman at NYC Pride Event Charged With Assault (www.thedailybeast.com)
Ye Employees Sue, Allege Black Employees Called ‘Slaves,’ Denied Pay (www.thedailybeast.com)
Steve Bannon swaps his podcast studio for a prison cell (www.motherjones.com)
Hunter Biden sues Fox News over miniseries, claiming the outlet "distorts the truth" (www.salon.com)
Sodium Gluconate Industry Size, Share, Demand & Growth by 2034 (www.futuremarketinsights.com)
The sodium gluconate market is predicted to be valued at US$ 621.8 million by 2024. The market valuation is estimated to be US$ 877.2 million by 2034, projected at a CAGR of 3.5%....
Biden border crackdown cuts crossings to 84K, nearly double Trump's average (www.newsweek.com)
Migrant apprehensions at the border continue to drop after President Biden’s execution order on asylum.
Family of 16-year-old girl who died in Utah ‘troubled teen’ facility holds vigil in her honor (www.fox13now.com)
Officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice resigns from White Sulphur Springs Police Department (www.wvva.com)
The former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has resigned from the White Sulphur Springs Police Department....
Met apologises for spying on police justice campaigners in 1980s and 1990s (www.theguardian.com)
White Nebraska man shoots and wounds 7 Guatemalan immigrant neighbors (abcnews.go.com)
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Judge declares mistrial in Karen Read murder case. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe (bostonglobe.com)
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Here’s what Boeing’s deal to buy Spirit AeroSystems means for the jet maker (www.marketwatch.com)
Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers (www.propublica.org)
US Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts (www.reuters.com)
Americans Show Heightened Concern About Antisemitism (news.gallup.com)
Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion' (www.reuters.com)
Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts....
Behind the ‘last firewall’: Hill Democrats scramble to save themselves (www.politico.com)
As President Joe Biden’s campaign scrambles to calm nerves about the president’s disastrous debate performance, Democrats on Capitol Hill are growing increasingly furious at those around him and increasingly despondent about his prospects for re-election — and their own chances of winning House and Senate majorities....
Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion (apnews.com)
Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane quality and safety amid increasing scrutiny by Congress, airlines and the Department of Justice....
