Alvin Bragg Claims Victory as Jim Jordan Seethes at YouTube (www.thedailybeast.com)
2 years after Roe v. Wade, physicians still struggle to provide essential care (abcnews.go.com)
Christian nationalists are opening private schools. Taxpayers are funding them. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Eric Trump Says Dad’s Criminal Charges Are Attracting Black Voters: ‘Certain Communities Are Coming Over to My Father’ (www.mediaite.com)
‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss (www.washingtonpost.com)
There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election....
Texas woman allegedly tried to drown Palestinian-American girl, aged 3 (www.theguardian.com)
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan (apnews.com)
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions....
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US Espionage Act charge (www.reuters.com)
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus. (apnews.com)
Holy title, Batman!
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison (apnews.com)
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ATTACKED ME FOR MY REPORTING — AND THEY’RE DOING IT TO HIDE INFO FROM THE PUBLIC (theintercept.com)
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Autocracy is ‘evil,’ Taiwan president says after China threatens death for separatism (www.nbcnews.com)
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America’s housing crisis continues to worsen, renters are struggling more than homeowners, report says (www.cnn.com)
Trump promised green cards to all migrants who graduated in US. Then his campaign walked it back (www.independent.co.uk)
US Supreme Court divisions expected to be exposed as final rulings loom (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, managed to bridge its ideological divide in major rulings this month involving constitutional gun rights and access to the abortion pill, but that could change as the court heads into what may be the final week of its term....
Texas woman arrested for allegedly attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim child in possible hate crime (www.nbcnews.com)
Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures (apnews.com)
More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday....
Hundreds of Coffee Products Recalled Nationwide for Potential Botulism (www.yahoo.com)
Here’s the list of the 250 products being recalled...
Trump floats UFC-style migrant league amid border crisis (www.politico.com)
Autocracy is ‘evil,’ Taiwan president says after China threatens death for separatism (www.nbcnews.com)
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Rep. Neil Friske released from jail amid investigation into sexual assault, gun charges (www.freep.com)
This is the sober, clear-eyed proper reporting of the incident. The much more fun-to-read-one is over here....
How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State (www.propublica.org)
Last year, representatives of New Mexico’s oil industry met behind closed doors with the very groups with which they typically clash — state regulators and environmentalists — in search of an answer to the more than 70,000 wells sitting unplugged across the state. Many leak oil, brine and toxic or explosive gasses, and...
A Texas Democrat voted against rights for trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her – and won (www.independent.co.uk)
Fulop unveils pro-democracy government reform if he's governor - New Jersey Globe (newjerseyglobe.com)
As governor, Fulop would push for ranked choice voting and same-day voter registration.