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)
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.
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.
The Campaign To Keep Electric Bills High (www.levernews.com)
Voters in Maine decide whether to buy the state’s electric utilities.
Children trapped in Pakistan cable car after line snaps over ravine (www.reuters.com)
The students have been stuck in the cable car since 7 a.m. (0200 GMT) when they were travelling to school in a remote mountainous area in Battagram, about 200 km (125 miles) north of Islamabad, officials said....
Board votes to change Concord High School's mascot to be more inclusive (abc7news.com)
The cost to change the mascot is estimated to be around $200,000.
NASA is launching its own streaming service later this year (techcrunch.com)
NASA is getting in on the “+” streaming action. The government agency announced that it’s going to launch a new streaming service later this year called NASA+. The ad-free, no-cost streaming service will include live coverage of future launches, documentaries and new original series that will be exclusively available on...
Gov. Whitmer signs $24.3 billion state education budget including free school meals, expanded free pre-k (www.uppermichiganssource.com)
LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-Michigan) announces large investments for tutoring, free school meals, and support for safety and mental health programs. The budget includes $611 million to increase per-pupil funding by 5%, which is an additional $458 per student. We have increased per-pupil funding by 22%...
US health officials alarmed by ‘dire’ rise in dangerous, preventable syphilis infections in babies (edition.cnn.com)
‘Billionaire club’: the tiny island of Barbuda braces for decision on land rights and nature (www.theguardian.com)
