Iran signals a major boost in nuclear enrichment at key site (www.washingtonpost.com)
A major expansion underway inside Iran’s most heavily protected nuclear facility could soon triple the site’s production of enriched uranium and give Tehran new options for quickly assembling a nuclear arsenal if it chooses to, according to confidential documents and analysis by weapons experts....
2nd-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District, votes to ban cellphone and social media for students starting in 2025 (abcnews.go.com)
World First: California to welcome cannabis for sale and consumption at State Fair (www.theguardian.com)
‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age (www.theguardian.com)
Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....
Massachusetts’ 911 system is down statewide, Boston Fire says (www.cnn.com)
Wikipedia calls top Jewish civil rights org ‘unreliable’ on Israel-Palestine crisis (www.independent.co.uk)
Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....
UK millionaires are fleeing Britain in their thousands (lite.cnn.com)
A record number of millionaires could leave the United Kingdom this year as political turmoil and the potential for higher taxes under a future Labour government reduce the appeal of what was once among the top destinations for the rich....
New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case (apnews.com)
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention....
Shooter who killed five people at Colorado LGBT+ club pleads guilty to hate crimes (www.independent.co.uk)
Justin Timberlake arrested for DWI in the Hamptons (abcnews.go.com)
Today in History: Senate approves Civil Rights Act (apnews.com)
Happy Juneteenth!...
TikTok faces fresh US pressure over child privacy (www.bbc.com)
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over potential violations of children’s privacy to the Department of Justice (DOJ)....
U.K.’s Richest Family Spent More on Dog Than Paying Staff, Court Hears (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: Israel’s use of heavy bombs raises ‘serious concerns’ under laws of war (www.theguardian.com)
In a report published on Wednesday, the OHCHR provided details on six Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, which it said were emblematic of a concerning pattern, involving the suspected use of up to 2,000-pound bombs on residential buildings, a school, refugee camps and a market....
Election Updates: A Trump whistle-blower wins his House primary in Virginia. (www.nytimes.com)
Karine Jean-Pierre calls out Republican attacks on transgender Americans during Pride Month (www.advocate.com)
Russia turns to blackmail and 'financial incentives' to hire Germans to spy to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says (www.reuters.com)
Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe’s expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany’s domestic security service said....
Willie Mays, SF Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead (www.sfchronicle.com)
RIP
Former Trump national security adviser urges resumption of nuclear testing (www.theguardian.com)
Doctor accused of illegally obtaining health data of Texas Children's patients, in crusade against Transgender medical treatments (www.houstonchronicle.com)
The doctor has publicly identified himself as the person who released information to a conservative activist about the transgender care program at Texas Children’s. Citing “whistleblower documents,” the activist published a story in May 2023 saying Texas Children’s provided transgender care, which was legal at the time,...
Conservative media conglomerate amplifies misleading attacks on Biden’s fitness (www.motherjones.com)
Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US (www.theguardian.com)
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...
'Bling bishop' US pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
A flamboyant Brooklyn pastor known as the “Bling bishop” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for schemes that included preying on the bank account of one of his own followers....