Justice Sotomayor’s Bodyguard Shoots Suspected Carjacker Outside Her Home (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump again demonizes migrants for “poisoning our country” (www.motherjones.com)
Russia will try to influence 2024 election to boost a past preferred candidate, US officials say (abcnews.go.com)
Columbia removes 3 deans for texts that touched on "antisemitic tropes" (www.axios.com)
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Ariane-6 first launch: Europe's rocket blasts off for first time (www.bbc.com)
US Justice Department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation (www.msn.com)
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Lawyers for megachurch pastor blame 12-year-old for ‘initiating’ sexual contact (www.independent.co.uk)
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former faith advisor Robert Morris accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the ex-Dallas megachurch pastor, new documents have revealed....
Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout (www.theguardian.com)
Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations...
Biden Has Democrats So Worried, He’s Bringing Them to Literal Tears (newrepublic.com)
FedEx’s Secretive Police Force Is Helping Cops Build An AI Car Surveillance Network (www.forbes.com)
“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Over Project 2025 (theintercept.com)
SiegedSec, a collective of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers,” has claimed credit for breaching online databases of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that spearheaded the rightwing Project 2025 playbook. On Wednesday, as part of string of hacks aimed at organizations that oppose trans rights, SiegedSec...
‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states — and the people who want to keep it legal (www.theguardian.com)
Child marriage, which activists describe as one or both parties entering a union while under age 18, remains legal in 37 US states. There are no federal laws against it, meaning minors can marry, with parental consent, before they can vote, drink, or buy lottery tickets in the majority of the country. Some states have a minimum...
NRA's ex-CFO agreed to 10-year not-for-profit ban, still owes $2M for role in lavish spending scheme (apnews.com)
The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar, Wilson “Woody” Phillips, has been banned for a decade from managing money for any nonprofit company in New York, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday....
Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer....
Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (apnews.com)
Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases....
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma dies at 89 (apnews.com)
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89....
U.S. Nuke Agency Buys Internet Backbone Data (www.404media.co)
A U.S. government agency tasked with supporting the nation’s nuclear deterrence capability has bought access to a data tool that claims to cover more than 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic, and can in some cases let users trace activity through virtual private networks, according to documents obtained by 404 Media....
TSA sets new single-day record with more than 3 million travelers at airport security (abcnews.go.com)
The previous 2.99M record was set just last month....
US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered (www.theguardian.com)
More than 146 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as dangerous weather fuels outbreak of new wildfires...
FTC Says Middlemen Appear to Be Driving Up Drug Prices (www.nytimes.com)
In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.
Project 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbook (www.theguardian.com)
Trump has disavowed the manifesto, but his goals for civil service cuts, deportation and more show a shared vision...
After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school suffers Israeli airstrike (news.un.org)
“Another day. Another month. Another school hit,” said Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the largest aid agency in Gaza, in a social media post after a school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, was “hit by the Israeli Forces” on Saturday. It was home to nearly 2,000 people forcibly displaced by the hostilities, the UNRWA...
Indonesia and US seal $35 million coral reef debt swap (www.msn.com)
The U.S. has agreed to forgive $35 million of Indonesian debt over the next nine years, the U.S. Treasury said on Monday, in return for the Southeast Asian country restoring and preserving coral reefs in what experts estimate is the world’s most biodiverse patch of ocean.
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)
Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or...
New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot (www.bbc.com)
Third Avenue Bridge, which connects New York’s the Bronx to Manhattan, got stuck in an open position due to the high heat on Monday....
