UN Secretary-General Urges Ban on Fossil Fuel Ads as Planet Warms (www.bloomberg.com)
Trump's VP search accelerates (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and JD Vance of Ohio. Another source described a three-way competition involving Burgum, Rubio and Vance.
Post Office scandal: Ex-chair was told of IT risks in 2011 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Snow in June on Scotland's mountains as Arctic air sweeps in (www.bbc.co.uk)
Deepfake Laws Forget Sex Workers (www.404media.co)
In the seven years since I first wrote about deepfakes, before there was even a word for the AI-powered face-swapping technology, people have finally started to realize that sexually explicit deepfakes meant to harass, blackmail, threaten, or simply disregard women’s consent have always been the primary use of the...
Boeing Starliner launches for the first time carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS (www.cnbc.com)
Global heat record broken for 12th straight month in May (www.axios.com)
Guterres, in his speech grounded in the new data, stated: “Our planet is trying to tell us something. But we don’t seem to be listening.”
Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was playing
Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips reserved for Tesla to X and xAI (www.cnbc.com)
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Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator (apnews.com)
The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday....
Colorado officials reach $8.5 million settlement with woman who was left handcuffed in a police car that was hit by a train (www.cnn.com)
Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train....
Global rich must pay more to tackle climate crisis, says architect of Paris deal (www.theguardian.com)
Rich individuals in all countries must pay more to tackle the climate crisis, whether through taxes or charges on consumption, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said....
Parole Plunges in South Carolina as Governor-Appointed Board Issues Denial After Denial (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/parole-plunges-in-south-carolin…
Unaccompanied minors are representing themselves in US immigration court, alarming advocates: In 2023, only 56% of unaccompanied minors were represented by counsel (abcnews.go.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240605123245/…/story?id=110…
Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx's proposal to not charge felonies from certain traffic stops has had success elsewhere (chicago.suntimes.com)
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has stirred debate since proposing that her office no longer file felony charges when the cases stem solely from minor traffic violations....
‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says (www.theguardian.com)
Measurable in Trump supporters, psycho-social phenomenon can have consequences for democracy, authors say...
Italian court dismisses Amanda Knox appeal against slander verdict (www.theguardian.com)
Knox, 36, hoped to overturn conviction for wrongly accusing a bar owner of murdering British student Meredith Kercher...
JPMorgan Forecast Over 85% Upside for Two Biopharma Stocks Targeting Obesity and Chronic Conditions (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content (www.reuters.com)
A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts....
Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon (apnews.com)
A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a Wednesday morning shootout outside the U.S. Embassy near Beirut that injured an embassy security guard, the military and embassy officals said....
34% of Brits Say UK Economy Is Huge Concern: Household Budgets Leaner and Food Scarcity Rising (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Tokyo Govt To Launch Dating App To Boost Birth Rate (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Users will be required to submit documentation proving they are legally single and sign a letter stating they are willing to get married.
Father of Baraboo High School graduate blocks superintendent from shaking daughter's hand (wiscnews.com)
The father of a Baraboo High School graduate forcibly pulled the district superintendent away from his daughter as she crossed the stage to receive a congratulatory handshake during the school’s graduation ceremony Friday....
Met chief says millions of men are danger to women and girls in England and Wales (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of men in England and Wales pose a danger to women and children, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said....