Smoke exposure from California's wildfires linked to 52,000 early deaths, study says (www.statnews.com)
Bailey Anne Kennedy is first trans Miss Maryland USA (www.advocate.com)
Biden administration sets 50 miles per gallon fuel economy standard for 2031 (www.washingtonpost.com)
The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.
The Olympics has new guidelines for journalists covering trans athletes in Paris this summer (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Republican group pushing back on Trump immunity claim in $2M campaign (thehill.com)
Israeli minister Benny Gantz expected to announce exit from Netanyahu's coalition (www.axios.com)
Gantz’s move wouldn’t bring down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, which still holds a 64-member majority in the Knesset. But it would likely destabilize the government and exacerbate the political crisis in Israel as the war in Gaza continues and as hostage and ceasefire negotiations are ongoing.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Is Attacked in Copenhagen Square (www.nytimes.com)
Edit: it seems like the NYT missed the mark on this one....
Judge flags Facebook post claiming inside access to Trump verdict (www.bbc.com)
The US judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush-money case in New York City has written a letter to prosecutors and the former president’s defence team about a Facebook post in which a person claims to have known the jury’s decision before it became public....
Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives (apnews.com)
A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood....
New charges for alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer cast scrutiny on another man's murder conviction (apnews.com)
In new charges unveiled Thursday, prosecutors said Rex Heuermann — the man already accused in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings — was responsible for the death of one of the women, Sanda Costilla. The findings, authorities said, indicate that Heuermann began hunting victims more than a decade...
William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash (www.cbc.ca)
Retired major-general William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic Earthrise photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90....
Crowd boos Rob Schneider off the stage when he started telling anti-trans & anti-vaxx jokes (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Bannon put on notice that prison sentence may be 'the least of his problems' (www.rawstory.com)
Steve Bannon’s trial tribulations may have only just begun as he readies himself for prison and the district attorney who secured former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction prepares to take him to court in New York, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday night....
Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending (www.washingtonpost.com)
Kari Lake's election challenge lawyer suspended from practicing in Arizona (www.rawstory.com)
Nonprofit connected to Leonard Leo sent millions to his firm (www.politico.com)
US must pay more of Native American tribes' healthcare costs, Supreme Court rules (www.reuters.com)
'No Excuse': News Outlets Backed by Big Oil Ads Quiet After UN Chief's Call for Ban (www.commondreams.org)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator Menendez With a Mercedes-Benz (www.nytimes.com)
Trump aides Mark Meadows, Mike Roman enter not guilty pleas in fake electors case Friday (www.azcentral.com)
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor (www.propublica.org)
US officials are fighting against international human rights law—again (www.motherjones.com)
Bag of cash doesn’t stop jurors from convicting 5 of 7 defendants in $40 million food fraud scheme (apnews.com)
A jury convicted five Minnesota residents but acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million that was supposed to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. The case received widespread attention after someone tried to bribe a juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash....
Why Counterfeit Ozempic Is a Global-Growth Industry [Katherine Eban | June 04 24 | VanityFair] (www.vanityfair.com)
The semaglutide weight-loss miracle has a dark side: As desperate patients contend with shortages and sky-high prices, a world of criminals and con artists are filling the void with life-threatening fakes. Katherine Eban investigates our alarmingly active pharmaceutical underground.
