Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Harvard’s Legacy Admissions (www.nytimes.com)
An inquiry into admissions preference for family of alumni and donors began after the Supreme Court’s decision last month limiting affirmative action.
How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat (www.bbc.co.uk)
Unilever will let Russia employees be conscripted (www.bbc.co.uk)
Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims (abcnews.go.com)
A judge has ruled that a health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after submitting hundreds of false asbestos claims
Chick-fil-A changing its chicken sparks backlash (www.newsweek.com)
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has sparked a social media backlash after announcing that it will soon allow certain antibiotics in the chickens it raises, citing supply issues....
No place in the US is safe from the climate crisis, but a new report shows where it’s most severe (www.cnn.com)
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary after article criticising police (www.theguardian.com)
Anti-Defamation League director: 388 percent increase in antisemitism (www.politico.com)
Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC (abcnews.go.com)
A little-known New York City jail believed to be the last operating prison ship in the country is set to shutter the week...
Man stabbed to death in Devon street as two teens arrested (www.cornwalllive.com)
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Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive (apnews.com)
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Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings (apnews.com)
Barely four years before a gunman’s deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting like the one Wednesday night that claimed at least 18 lives....
A retired Vermont university dean was shot to death on a trail near campus. Now police are looking for her killer (www.cnn.com)
A retired university dean was found shot in the head on a hiking trail near the Vermont State University Castleton Campus where she’d worked, and authorities are searching for clues to help lead them to whoever killed the beloved educator.
Michigan's 1st 3D printed home is in Detroit — and almost complete (www.freep.com)
Bus crash near Venice kills 21 people (www.cnn.com)
At least 21 people were killed, including two children, when a passenger bus plunged from a bridge in Mestre, Italy, near Venice on Tuesday, in what has been described as an “apocalyptic scene.”
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
This Ukrainian doctor is a hero. He's getting kids the cancer care they need. (www.youtube.com)
onion video there a few tears
Address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine — Official website of the President of Ukraine (www.president.gov.ua)
Fellow citizens!...
'Be careful with feeding wildlife': Jupiter man attacked by rabid otter (www.wpbf.com)
Jupiter, Florida that is. He wasn’t an alien.
Black plaintiffs file lawsuits for wrongful arrests or jailing due to facial recognition technology (www.nbcnews.com)
Randal Quran Reid is among at least five Black plaintiffs who say they were misidentified by facial recognition technology and then wrongly arrested....
Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Apologizes For “Badly Chosen Words” About Black & Female Musicians (deadline.com)
Just hours after he was removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation board of directors, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner issued an apology for saying he chose interviews with a panth…
Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data (www.engadget.com)
It’s the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.
How slums in Delhi were flattened before the G20 summit (www.reuters.com)
The demolitions started four months ago. Bulldozers visited Janta Camp on a hot morning in May and video footage of the demolition shows temporary houses made of tin sheets being razed to the ground as people who once called them home stand watching, some of them breaking down in tears.
Injured pickup truck driver rescued after 5 days trapped at bottom of 100-foot ravine in California (www.cbsnews.com)
A motorist whose truck tumbled about 100 feet down a Southern California bluff was rescued after being trapped at the bottom of a ravine for nearly five days, authorities said....
Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation (www.washingtonpost.com)
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election.