This week's record-breaking global temperatures are likely highest in 'at least 100,000 years' (www.cnn.com)
Biden says US destroys last of chemical weapons stockpile (www.reuters.com)
Mortgage rates jump to 6.81%, their highest level this year (www.cnn.com)
Oklahoma Superintendent Insists Tulsa Race Massacre Can Be Taught Without Mentioning Skin Color (news.yahoo.com)
Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a ‘thumbs-up’ emoji, judge says (www.cnn.com)
Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks (www.texasobserver.org)
House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years (www.pbs.org)
Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting (abcnews.go.com)
Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded 3 days in a row (abc30.com)
[CNN] Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction (www.cnn.com)
FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm that Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors” (theintercept.com)
A new Senate report calls out the FBI for lying to Congress about its social media monitoring, pointing out the FBI’s hiring of ZeroFox.
Risk of major disruption as UPS strike looms in US (www.bbc.com)
Texas woman traumatized after being forced to carry an unviable pregnancy to term (www.npr.org)
Attorney who challenged Trump’s 2020 loss gives up law license as states weigh disciplining him (apnews.com)
FTC sues Amazon for 'tricking and trapping' people in Prime subscription (www.npr.org)
“Federal regulators have sued Amazon, alleging the company for years “tricked” people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel....
Aspartame Sweetener Possible Carcinogen Says W.H..O (www.reuters.com)
Isn’t everything, though?
US Supreme Court blocks student loan forgiveness plan (www.npr.org)
Supreme Court ruling restricts affirmative action in college admissions (www.washingtonpost.com)
Parkland school resource officer who stayed outside during mass shooting found not guilty | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Biden proposes 'new standard' after Supreme Court overturns affirmative action - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Florida woman who shot Black neighbor through door won't face murder charge (www.cbsnews.com)
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Mark Zuckerberg Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer To Fight In A Cage (deadline.com)
We are truly living in an Idiocracy. What kind of headline is this?