Gov. Kristi Noem says Trump should pick a woman VP to show that he supports women’s health (www.motherjones.com)
A real nut case: Cold Stone Creamery faces suit over lack of real pistachios in pistachio ice cream (apnews.com)
Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan?...
Democratic-leaning doctors flex political muscle over abortion restrictions (www.axios.com)
In Ohio, doctors have worked to pass a ballot measure that enshrined reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. In Texas, they’ve battled in court over a narrow exception to the state’s abortion ban....
Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction (www.nbcnews.com)
The former president was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case against him....
Trump and Biden neck and neck nationally and in battlegrounds (www.cbsnews.com)
EU elections: Macron to dissolve French parliament after crushing loss to far right (www.theguardian.com)
As National Rally achieves best ever result in France, populists also make gains in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands...
Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’ (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative-dominated court restores books denounced by officials as ‘pornographic filth’ to school libraries...
US patients charged for ‘hospital facility fees’ – even if they don’t set foot in one (www.theguardian.com)
Hospitals adding charge to bills from doctors’ offices, outpatient surgical clinics and diagnostic centers they own...
Centrist Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's war Cabinet, resigns over frustration with Netanyahu (thehill.com)
Biden visits American cemetery in France that Trump skipped (www.reuters.com)
More chaos at The Washington Post as the publisher’s ethics are questioned - Poynter (www.poynter.org)
Large chunk of Wyoming's Teton Pass road collapses; unclear how quickly it can be rebuilt (apnews.com)
A large chunk of a twisting mountain pass road collapsed in Wyoming, authorities said Saturday, leaving a gaping chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson....
A Christian group teaches public school students during the school day. Their footprint is growing (apnews.com)
An Ohio nonprofit that provides off-site Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours says it will triple its programs in Indiana this fall after new legislation forced school districts to comply....
Outrage over ‘massacre’ in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages (www.theguardian.com)
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation....
Evanston faces lawsuit over reparations payments to Black residents (www.nbcnews.com)
Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, argues that the reparations plan is unconstitutional because applicants qualify for payments based on their race....
A Michigan man went viral for driving with a suspended license. But he never had one [never had a license] (www.npr.org)
Mods: Let me know if you want me to remove the clarification I put in brackets in the headline, I thought it was necessary....
Burbank police accused of dumping homeless man outside LA councilmember's office (www.cbsnews.com)
A Los Angeles City councilmember furiously criticized the Burbank Police Department after security video appeared to show two officers dumping a homeless man in front of his field office on Thursday....
NYPD officer accused of shooting driver in New Jersey road rage incident (www.nbcnews.com)
That 30-year-old victim, of Voorhees Township, was transported to a local hospital where he remains in treatment....
Justice Clarence Thomas formally reports trip to Bali paid for by conservative donor (www.cnn.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel....
Adults and teens pick dumbphones to curb social media addiction (www.bbc.com)
Adults and teens concerned about their screen time are turning in their smartphones for “dumber” models....
Sharks attack three swimmers off two Florida beaches (www.theguardian.com)
Woman, 45, sustains ‘significant trauma’ and has part of arm amputated, as two teens injured in second attack...
Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap (www.cnbc.com)
Former President Donald Trump recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden but still tried to take credit for it....
Damning Report on Judge Cannon Reveals She’s Prone to Exploitation (newrepublic.com)
Lawyers who appeared before Judge Aileen Cannon had some sharp critiques of how she oversaw the courtroom....