Families urge judge to block law forcing display of ‘Protestant version of the Ten Commandments’ before kids return to public school in Louisiana (lawandcrime.com)
‘New York learning about trash cans in 2024 is an insane flex’: Eric Adams trolled over wheelie bins ‘trash revolution’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Toddler, 2, dies after shooting himself while left alone in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworks (www.independent.co.uk)
Trump-loving gays say their MAGA support is ruining their lives (www.lgbtqnation.com)
West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500 (www.propublica.org)
US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal (arstechnica.com)
Insurers Pocketed $50 Billion From Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated (www.wsj.com)
Trump-appointed judge forced to resign as damning ethics report details sex misconduct (www.rawstory.com)
Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site (www.theguardian.com)
Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill (www.theguardian.com)
Mask bans are growing in popularity. Critics call the trend a 'dog whistle' to quell protest. (www.nbcnews.com)
NYC Black Residents Die From Heat Stress At Double The Rate Of White Residents, Report Says (newsone.com)
World's First Dragon Ball Theme Park to Open in Saudi Arabia - IGN (www.ign.com)
Trump-backed GOP platform says states should be allowed to extend constitutional rights to embryos (www.salon.com)
The real lesson for America in the French and British elections (www.vox.com)
New Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion, but the Pentagon is moving forward with the program, saying that given the threats from China and Russia it does not have a choice....
Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition (apnews.com)
Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday....
The US president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did. (arstechnica.com)
‘Bob’s Burgers’ & ‘Anchorman’ Actor Jay Johnston Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge Related To January 6 Capitol Siege – Update (deadline.com)
… sentencing guidelines suggest a from eight to 14 months in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7....
A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years (apnews.com)
Scalpers Reverse-Engineer Ticketmaster's 'Non-Transferrable' Tickets (www.404media.co)
A lawsuit filed in California by concert giant AXS has revealed a legal and technological battle between ticket scalpers and platforms like Ticketmaster and AXS, in which scalpers have figured out how to extract “untransferable” tickets from their accounts by generating entry barcodes on parallel infrastructure that the...
US to expand security review of land purchases near military installations, Treasury says (www.reuters.com)
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Beryl weakens to tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as Cat 1 hurricane (apnews.com)
Tesla investors to urge judge to reject record $7 bln legal fee in Musk pay case (www.reuters.com)
Tesla shareholders will appear in court on Monday to argue that an unprecedented request for more than $7 billion in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the company is “outlandish,” the latest twist in a legal showdown over Musk’s $56 billion pay package....
