Columbia suspends Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace (thehill.com)
Warner Bros. Discovery Sheds 700,000 Direct-to-Consumer Subscribers in Q3 (www.thewrap.com)
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School bus driver charged with corruption of minors in Cumberland County (www.abc27.com)
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A school bus driver employed by Rohrer Bus and transporting South Middleton School District students was arrested for alleged inappropriate conversations with a student.
Moon may be ‘40m years older’ than previously thought, researchers say (www.theguardian.com)
It has shone down upon the dinosaurs, inspired the greatest poets, and been explored by intrepid astronauts. But despite its enduring presence, quite when the moon came into being has remained a matter of debate. Now researchers say they have the answer, revealing the Earth’s satellite is 40m years older than previously...
The Supreme Court’s very brief, very revealing new decision about guns, explained (www.vox.com)
Highlights: Late Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down a very brief order establishing that sellers of “ghost guns,” weapons that are sold dismantled in ready-to-assemble kits, must comply with the same gun safety laws and anti-crime laws as any other gun seller....
Families of U.S. citizens held hostage by Hamas urge the Biden administration to 'do more' and plead for information (www.nbcnews.com)
Relatives of U.S. citizens feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas urged the Biden administration Tuesday to help free their loved ones, saying they had yet to receive “formal communication” from the White House....
Oklahoma's death penalty system is broken, commission tells lawmakers (www.msn.com)
A Disney World water slide caused a painful 'wedgie' and severe injuries, suit says (www.npr.org)
A woman was hospitalized after a ride down Typhoon Lagoon's tallest water slide left her with severe vaginal lacerations and internal organ damage, according to the lawsuit.
A buildup of saltwater in the Mississippi River puts drinking water at risk (www.washingtonpost.com)
For six generations, Ricky Becnel’s family has run the massive tree nursery on the banks of the Mississippi River near Belle Chasse, La. Its 20 acres and half a million trees, most of them citrus, require pumping about 100,000 gallons a day of fresh water from the river during the warm season....
Bankrupt Birmingham city council may have to sell libraries and art galleries (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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India could be behind killing of Canadian Sikh - Trudeau (www.bbc.co.uk)
Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Since Australian independence in 1901, only eight of the 44 proposals for constitutional change have been approved....
Drugs are sold out in the open in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Inside the fight to curb it (www.cnn.com)
The California Highway Patrol may best be known for freeway chases and the Hollywood glamour of its motorcycle cops in television shows like “ChiPs.” But now the storied agency is patrolling the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin as part of a multiagency effort to crack down on rampant drug dealing that’s decimating...
Facebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concerns (www.engadget.com)
Among other recent penalties, the EU fined Meta €1.2 billion in May for moving EU citizens’ data to US-based servers....
Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry (www.washingtonpost.com)
On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools...
The Maui wildfires are a mass casualty disaster. People are flying in to find their loved ones (www.nbcnews.com)
Families and friends of the missing people are holding out hope nearly two weeks after the wildfires broke out, as teams have now searched more than 85% of the area.
Ramaswamy changes tune on Trump ahead of GOP debate: ‘Not the same Donald Trump’ (ptv-news.com.pk)
Ramaswamy previously expressed an expectation for Trump to be present at the debate but later stated that he has “no problem” with Trump skipping the first few primary debates.
Florida ethics commission chair can't work simultaneously for Disney World governing district (apnews.com)
Glen Gilzean, the new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district, can’t continue to work in his new job and chair the Florida Commission on Ethics at the same time since Florida law prohibits public employees from serving as members on the commission, according to a legal opinion issued Thursday....
Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets (apnews.com)
Ecuador was one of the calmest countries in Latin America until about three years ago. Today, criminals prowl relatively wealthy and working-class neighborhoods alike: professional hitmen, kidnappers, extortionists and thousands of thieves and robbers. Mexican and Colombian cartels have settled into coastal cities like Guayaquil...
San Francisco's North Beach streets clogged as long line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill (finance.yahoo.com)
Just one day after state officials approved massive robotaxi expansion in San Francisco, a long line of the driverless cars come to a standstill and clog traffic in North Beach neighborhood.
China property giant Country Garden warns of up to $7.6bn loss (www.bbc.com)
Country Garden, which is one of China’s biggest property developers, has warned that it could see a loss of up to $7.6bn (£6bn) for the first six months of the year.
Melting ice reveals remains of climber lost on glacier 37 years ago (www.cnn.com)
he remains of a German mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn have been recovered, as melting glaciers lead to the re-emergence of bodies and objects thought to be long lost.
US intelligence report says China likely supplying tech for Russian military (www.reuters.com)
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David Simon Reacts to Carlos Macci getting 30 months in prison in Michael K. Williams’ Death (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Carlos Macci, 72, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for being part of a four-man crew that sold a lethal bag of fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams in 2021. According to The New York Times, the judge said that “while she sympathized with Mr. Macci’s troubles, the deadly toll of fentanyl and his decision to keep selling...
