Fact-checking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress
The speech transcript
Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history (www.cnbc.com)
Southwest plans to offer pricier seats with extra legroom and end open seating on its planes....
Roger Stone sentencing proposal change was ‘highly unusual’ but politics didn’t play an improper role, DOJ watchdog says (www.cnn.com)
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Prosecution and defense jointly file motion to seal Tim Herrington's high profile capital murder case in Mississippi (mississippitoday.org)
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Private prison operator CoreCivic holds close ties with Tennessee lawmakers as it sidesteps state law (tennesseelookout.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/private-prison-operator-holds-c…
Deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey in Springfield was discharged from Army for serious misconduct (ipmnewsroom.org)
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Amid tensions with China, some US states are purging Chinese companies from their investments (apnews.com)
As state treasurer, Vivek Malek pushed Missouri’s main retirement system to pull its investments from Chinese companies, making Missouri among the first nationally to do so. Now Malek is touting the Chinese divestment as he seeks reelection in an Aug. 6 Republican primary against challengers who also are denouncing financial...
Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it. (apnews.com)
In a WhatsApp chat that quickly devolved into depravity, a group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted about their “world debauchery tour” of “boozing and whoring” on the government’s dime. They swapped lurid images of their latest sexual conquests. And at one point they even joked about “forcible...
We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser (www.reuters.com)
Rupert Murdoch in secret legal battle with children over media empire – report (www.theguardian.com)
Billionaire media tycoon, 93, attempting to secure Lachlan Murdoch’s control rather than assets going to all children...
Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing playbooks used in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault on the vice-president...
Woman found dead hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband (abcnews.go.com)
Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and larceny charges....
Michigan outlaws the 'gay and trans panic defense' in criminal trials (www.nbcnews.com)
The law prohibits using a victim’s sexuality or gender identity as justification for criminal action....
Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book says (www.theguardian.com)
An unwelcome attendee has joined the Paris Olympic Games: Covid-19 (www.cnn.com)
Pesticides may contain an alarming amount of ‘forever chemicals’: Study (thehill.com)
Toxic “forever chemicals” are increasingly appearing in U.S. pesticides — contaminating waterways and posing a possible threat to human health, a new study has found....
MrBeast collaborator Ava Kris Tyson leaves YouTube channel after online users accuse her of grooming (www.nbcnews.com)
FULL SPEECH: President Joe Biden gives address after dropping out of 2024 election (youtu.be)
U.S. District Court judge is considering food stamp backlog case against Alaska’s health department (www.salon.com)
Yosemite hiker slips on cables in Half Dome and falls to death during storm (www.theguardian.com)
New York City nonprofit provides free swimming lessons to underserved communities. (www.voanews.com)
In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes (apnews.com)
Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods said Wednesday that the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, a day after he said districts could only teach the course using local funds....
Surfer’s Leg Washes Up on a Beach After Great White Shark Attack (www.thedailybeast.com)
California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company (www.propublica.org)
Texas woman's lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules (apnews.com)
A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges were quickly dropped, a federal judge ruled Wednesday....
