Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender, 73, Gets 25 Years for Molesting 5-Year-Old Girl at USD Church (timesofsandiego.com)
TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules (abcnews.go.com)
European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules....
China unveils 'blueprint' for Taiwan integration while sending warships around the self-ruled island | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
California judge halts district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns (apnews.com)
A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school....
Arkansas Education Department won’t allow credit for AP African American Studies course (www.nbcnews.com)
The Arkansas Education Department abruptly removed course credit for an Advanced Placement African American Studies course, just months after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed bills limiting what educators can teach in public schools.
Former Republican staffer admits GOP would intentionally spread lies (www.newsweek.com)
"I think what we are seeing [now] is an extension of the Tea Party movement," the former staffer told Newsweek.
Michigan meat processor ordered to pay fines after teen lost hand in grinder (www.cbsnews.com)
The owner of a meat business in western Michigan has been ordered to pay nearly $1,200 after a 17-year-old worker lost his hand in a grinder.
‘Coyote vs. Acme’ No Longer Dead After Big Backlash to Warner Bros. (www.rollingstone.com)
Now that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own them (www.washingtonpost.com)
In a dispute over a repair law, Subaru and Kia crippled their own wireless features in Massachusetts. Maine could be next.
House Democrat steps down from leadership role over party's support of Biden's reelection (www.cnn.com)
Texas couple arrested for jaguar cub deal in first case charged under Big Cat Public Safety Act (www.cbsnews.com)
A couple in Texas has been arrested after allegedly selling a margay cub and attempting to sell a jaguar cub in the first case charged under the Big Cat Public Safety Act, federal prosecutors said Wednesday....
With Shutdown Looming, Biden Calls Out Speaker McCarthy for a “Terrible Bargain” With MAGA Republicans (www.propublica.org)
President Joe Biden said in an interview on Friday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had made a “terrible bargain” and that “in order to keep the speakership, he’s willing to do things that he, I think, he knows are inconsistent with the constitutional processes.”...
Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Are Growing Rapidly, New Research Shows (www.vice.com)
A new report shared with VICE News outlines the massive growth so-called Active Clubs, neo-Nazi fitness and fight clubs, have experienced in both the United States and internationally.
Leaders of world’s biggest polluting countries skipping UN climate summit (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, leaders of two biggest carbon emitters, among those not attending summit in New York....
16-year-old girl stabbed to death by another teen during McDonald's sauce dispute (www.cbsnews.com)
Maui residents targeted in scams to grab land after tragedy, officials say (abcnews.go.com)
Florida appears to reverse effort to bar AP Psychology's LGBTQ content The (www.nbcnews.com)
The College Board accused Florida last week of effectively banning AP Psychology classes due to their sexuality and gender content.
AP: How rogue Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men (apnews.com)
Giuliani Admits to False Statements About Georgia Election Workers (web.archive.org)
Before and after satellite images show destruction in Gaza (www.cnn.com)
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[CNN] A ‘Pearl Harbor’ moment: Why didn’t Israel’s sophisticated border security stop Saturday’s attack? (www.google.com)
US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded COVID shot (arstechnica.com)
Compared with other countries, the US is again seeing exorbitant prices for a medicine—even one it helped develop....
X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)
The fight over California community solar: ‘It’s everyone vs. utilities’ (www.canarymedia.com)
Community solar and storage could help power California toward its goals for clean energy, grid reliability, energy equity and affordable housing — but only if regulators don’t allow the state’s biggest utilities to undermine it....
Who ‘banned’ what? Florida schools grapple with fallout from AP psychology dispute (www.politico.com)
The DeSantis administration’s latest culture war fight over a college-level psychology course is sending Florida schools scrambling to figure out how to handle the confusing standoff, with just days to spare before students return from summer break.
