July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
Anatomy of a sellout: UPS tentative agreement includes two-tier wages for part-timers, freezes to pension contributions for some (www.wsws.org)
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Deaths due to extreme heat at national parks increasing, data from the National Parks Service shows (abcnews.go.com)
David Simon Reacts to Carlos Macci getting 30 months in prison in Michael K. Williams’ Death (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Carlos Macci, 72, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for being part of a four-man crew that sold a lethal bag of fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams in 2021. According to The New York Times, the judge said that “while she sympathized with Mr. Macci’s troubles, the deadly toll of fentanyl and his decision to keep selling...
Video shows 5 Arlington County officers tackling mentally ill man in Virginia. Experts question why. (web.archive.org)
Male Nurse Convicted of Sexually Assaulting 9 Incarcerated Women (jezebel.com)
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Family died in Rockies after trying to live ‘off the grid,’ official says (www.boston.com)
North Korea: Kim Jong Un shows off missiles to Russia defence chief Shoigu (www.bbc.co.uk)
Singapore to execute first woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ukraine war: Western tanks get pummelled on front line (www.bbc.co.uk)
Australia awards South Korea's Hanwha $4.7 bln defence contract (www.reuters.com)
Semiconductors: Can India become a global chip powerhouse? (www.bbc.co.uk)
The South Korean POWs left to plot escape from the North (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mastercard demands US cannabis shops stop accepting debit cards (www.bbc.com)
Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV (www.bbc.co.uk)
Blinken says door open for New Zealand to engage on AUKUS (www.reuters.com)
Airlines brace for hit from Pratt & Whitney's new engine problem (www.reuters.com)
SEC now requires companies to disclose cyberattacks in 4 days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
UFOs Are a Common Sight, Former Military Official Tells Congress (Non Paywall in comments) (www.wsj.com)
Whistleblowers testify about recovered UAP craft under oath (apnews.com)
Billionaire Leon Black faces lurid claim amid new flurry of Jeffrey Epstein developments (www.miamiherald.com)
Details here.The claim says he raped Jane, who has a condition called mosaic Down Syndrome, multiple ways so violently that she began bleeding. Black allegedly laughed at her attempts to push him away, and once, when she kicked him, he picked her up and threw her on the floor, according to the suit. Afterward, sobbing in pain,...
GOP abortion revolt swells against McCarthy spending bill (www.axios.com)
A growing number of House Republicans are involved in an effort to remove language from an annual spending bill restricting access to abortion pills, Axios has learned....