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Family awarded $1.5m after customs agents kept US citizens, aged nine and 14, imprisoned (www.independent.co.uk)

Trump Claims Support From Black And Hispanic Communities ‘Has Skyrocketed’ Due to Mugshot (www.mediaite.com)

Paris Hilton testifies to Congress on being ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ (www.independent.co.uk)

In a Push for Green Energy, One Federal Agency Made Tribes an Offer They Had to Refuse (www.propublica.org)

US Crime Rate Drops to ‘Historic’ Lows With Murders, Rapes, and Robbery Plunging, New Statistics Show (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat (www.vox.com)

South Carolina GOP Women Who Filibustered Abortion Ban (After Previously Voting for It) Are Ousted (www.jezebel.com)

FBI issues timeshare scam warning: How to protect yourself (www.masslive.com)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a rise in scams linked to Mexican Cartels targeting older Americans and timeshare owners.

Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace (www.reuters.com)

Earlier in the day, military units led by General Juan Jose Zuniga, recently stripped of his military command, had gathered in the central Plaza Murillo square, home to the presidential palace and Congress. A Reuters witness saw an armored vehicle ram a door of the presidential palace and soldiers rush in....

Military flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt fails (apnews.com)

Coup attempt underway in Bolivia as president urges people to mobilize against it (abcnews.go.com)

NBC Will Debut an A.I. Al Michaels for the Paris Olympics (www.si.com)

Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors (www.latimes.com)

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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)

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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...

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