Indiana lawmaker under investigation after staffers accuse her of ‘rage’ and ‘general toxicity’ (www.independent.co.uk)
CDC endorses prophylactic antibiotics to reduce STIs in high-risk groups (www.statnews.com)
Democrats back Republicans into a corner and shine light on extremist stances on contraception (www.independent.co.uk)
Urged on by LGBTQ+ Activists, California Cities Weigh Stricter Smoking Rules (kffhealthnews.org)
'Democrats have a plan': Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashes new election conspiracy theory (www.rawstory.com)
Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump (www.cnn.com)
Feds Closed a Prison Notorious for Abuse. Things Only Got Worse (www.rollingstone.com)
Columbia Law Review board shutters website over article critical of Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime....
"How dare you?": Trump surrogate ripped for claiming life was better for Black people under Jim Crow (www.salon.com)
3 signs the US economy is nearing a recession have flashed in the last week, SocGen says (www.businessinsider.com)
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“No Schoolers”: How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk (www.propublica.org)
FBI Raids Corporate Landlord in Major Rent Price-Fixing Probe: What It Means for You (upriseri.com)
Remote tribe gets hooked on internet porn (www.telegraph.co.uk)
UN Secretary-General Urges Ban on Fossil Fuel Ads as Planet Warms (www.bloomberg.com)
Trump's VP search accelerates (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and JD Vance of Ohio. Another source described a three-way competition involving Burgum, Rubio and Vance.
Post Office scandal: Ex-chair was told of IT risks in 2011 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Snow in June on Scotland's mountains as Arctic air sweeps in (www.bbc.co.uk)
Deepfake Laws Forget Sex Workers (www.404media.co)
In the seven years since I first wrote about deepfakes, before there was even a word for the AI-powered face-swapping technology, people have finally started to realize that sexually explicit deepfakes meant to harass, blackmail, threaten, or simply disregard women’s consent have always been the primary use of the...
Boeing Starliner launches for the first time carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS (www.cnbc.com)
Global heat record broken for 12th straight month in May (www.axios.com)
Guterres, in his speech grounded in the new data, stated: “Our planet is trying to tell us something. But we don’t seem to be listening.”
Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was playing
Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips reserved for Tesla to X and xAI (www.cnbc.com)
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Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator (apnews.com)
The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday....
Colorado officials reach $8.5 million settlement with woman who was left handcuffed in a police car that was hit by a train (www.cnn.com)
Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train....
Global rich must pay more to tackle climate crisis, says architect of Paris deal (www.theguardian.com)
Rich individuals in all countries must pay more to tackle the climate crisis, whether through taxes or charges on consumption, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said....
