Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition (apnews.com)
Biden, Lula press Venezuela to publish election tallies (www.reuters.com)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday they agreed the Venezuelan government must quickly publish the vote tallies of Sunday’s contested election to end the crisis in the oil-producing country....
Amazon liable for recalled, hazardous products sold online, US agency rules [Sarah Fortinsky | 07/30/24 | TheHill] (thehill.com)
Correction: The headline of this article was updated to reflect that the CPSC is an independent federal agency....
‘It puts everyone in a really bad position’: Black journalists react to Trump joining NABJ panel (www.theguardian.com)
Many criticize ex-president’s appearance at Black journalists’ conference as irresponsible...
Far right attack police outside Southport mosque after knife killings (www.theguardian.com)
Landslides caused by heavy rains in southern India kill at least 93 and bury many others (www.pbs.org)
Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed 93 people and left many others feared trapped under the debris.
Upstate NY judge faces removal over 'racially offensive' rant at graduation party [Gary Craig | July 23, 2024 | DemocratAndChronicle.com] (www.democratandchronicle.com)
New York’s judicial watchdog has decided that an Oneida County judge should be removed from the bench because of a “racially offensive, profane, prolonged public diatribe outside a high school graduation party.”
Reproductive justice expert weighs in on suit brought by Starr County woman (myrgv.com)
“It is a little unprecedented because it is very rare that people that are indicted after their arrest for something that is clearly not a crime or that they’re clearly excluded from prosecution for — which is the case,” Rocap said. “Nothing she did could she be prosecuted for.”
Kamala Harris Wipes Out Trump’s Swing-State Lead in Election Dead Heat (www.bloomberg.com)
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Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools (apnews.com)
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Across Venezuela, statues of Hugo Chávez are being attacked over alleged stolen election (www.pbs.org)
Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chávez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of an election by the late president’s handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro....
U.S. will buy regular flu shots for farmworkers to prevent bird flu from getting more dangerous (www.pbs.org)
Health officials are worried about what might happen if people are infected with bird flu and seasonal flu at the same time. It’s possible the viruses could swap gene segments, in a process that scientists call reassortment.
Who Is Fuad Shukr, Target of the Israeli Strike on Beirut? (www.nytimes.com)
Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander and target of an Israeli strike on Beirut, was said to be a close adviser to the group’s leader and someone wanted by the U.S. government for his role in a 1983 bombing attack that killed roughly 300 American and French soldiers in Beirut....
Starbucks is reeling as customers go elsewhere, sales decline (www.nbcnews.com)
White House says no need to restrict 'open-source' artificial intelligence — at least for now (www.kob.com)
William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died (abcnews.go.com)
William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80....
Head of pro-Trump Project 2025 steps down as Democrats ramp up attacks (www.cbsnews.com)
How Flavor Flav became a sponsor and 'official hype man' of USA Water Polo at the Paris Olympics (www.cnbc.com)
Nearly 1 in 5 LGBTQ adults have never come out, Gallup survey finds (www.nbcnews.com)
Hacker Shows How to Get Free Laundry For Life (www.404media.co)
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Maduro Slams Attempted 'Coup Against Venezuela' as Far-Right Cries Fraud. (www.commondreams.org)
SEC Charges Nader Al-Naji with Fraud and Unregistered Offering of Crypto Asset Securities. (www.sec.gov)
Judge permanently overturns part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge has permanently blocked the restrictions Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers placed on handling race-related issues in workplace training – part of the controversial Individual Freedom Act, better known as the “Stop WOKE Act.”...
William Calley, US military officer convicted of infamous massacre of Vietnamese villagers dies. (www.voanews.com)
Exclusive: The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Roberts made no serious effort to entice the three liberal justices for even a modicum of the cross-ideological agreement that distinguished such presidential-powers cases in the past. He believed he could persuade people to look beyond Trump.
