Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors (www.latimes.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/wI5Gu
Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse (arstechnica.com)
Charges announced over alleged $120K bribe attempt during pandemic relief fraud trial (abcnews.go.com)
Court appears to dismiss Idaho's emergency abortion ban, leaving federal protection in place - SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16958292
Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet (www.cnn.com)
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses (www.404media.co)
A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...
Dutch foreign ministry calls in Israeli ambassador over ICC spying claims (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands was asked to “report” to the Dutch foreign affairs ministry to explain allegations of a secret surveillance and espionage campaign by Israeli spy services against the international criminal court, it has emerged....
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint (forward.com)
Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...
Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now: Report (abcnews.go.com)
Ford recalls over 550,000 pickup trucks because transmissions can suddenly downshift to 1st gear (apnews.com)
Supreme Court tosses out claim Biden administration coerced social media companies to remove content (www.nbcnews.com)
The court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues....
Two US astronauts stuck in space as Boeing analyzes Starliner problems (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/boeing-starliner-astronauts
Tesla recalls every Cybertruck again. (mashable.com)
Small Alabama Town Wins Lawsuit Allowing Residents To Vote For First Time In Decades (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
For decades, white officials appointed Newbern’s mayor and council members in lieu of holding elections. Most residents weren’t even aware that there were supposed to be elections for these positions....
NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call (apnews.com)
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency’s investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the vinyl chloride inside....
Biden pardons thousands of US veterans convicted under law banning gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has moved to correct a “great injustice” by pardoning thousands of US veterans convicted over six decades under a military law that banned gay sex....
Trump’s endorsement is starting to show its limits (www.politico.com)
Tuesday was a rough primary night for Donald Trump — and he wasn’t even on the ballot....
Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over wiper, trim issues in latest setback (www.reuters.com)
Tesla said on Tuesday it was recalling most Cybertrucks in the United States over issues with their windshield wipers and exterior trim, the latest setback for the futuristic truck whose mass production is expected to start next year....
Evanston ranked choice voting ordinance passes, hopes to push county clerk’s office (archive.ph)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends (apnews.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga....
Shot in 1.6 seconds: Video raises questions about how trooper avoided charges in Black man's death (apnews.com)
Julian Lewis didn’t pull over for the Georgia State Patrol cruiser flashing its blue lights behind him on a rural highway. He still didn’t stop after pointing a hand out the window and turning onto a darkened dirt road as the trooper sounded his siren....
Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
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New Jersey gamer flew to Florida and beat fellow player with hammer, say police (www.theguardian.com)
Federal judge rejects $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard and retailers | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
'It's Horrifying': West Virginia Judge Revokes Bond of White Couple Who Reportedly Kept Their Black Adopted Children Locked In Shed In 'Despicable' Conditions with No Water, Lights and Little Food (atlantablackstar.com)
A white couple from rural West Virginia is back behind bars after a judge revoked the initial bond and raised it to $500,000 apiece — more than double the amount they faced last year when police arrested the pair on charges of locking their adopted Black children in a barn and forcing them to work as “slaves.”...
