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Record 193 LGBTQ athletes at Paris Summer Olympics (www.outsports.com)

Cisgender students allowed to sue Virginia schools to avoid sharing restrooms with trans classmates (www.advocate.com)

US 15 years behind China in nuclear power – report (www.power-technology.com)

China Has Just Gained First-Mover Advantage In Nuclear Fusion (oilprice.com)

Judge temporarily bans Wayne LaPierre from returning to lead the National Rifle Association but does not appoint a monitor (www.nbcnews.com)

The judge denied one of the most significant remedies proposed by New York Attorney General Letitia James after a jury found the NRA and its executives liable in a civil corruption trial....

Canadian Foreign Minister applauds Venezuela's commitment to democracy, calls on election authorities to publish detailed results (x.com)

An inmate’s body temp was 107.5 when he died. The state of Texas says heat did not kill him. (www.kut.org)

EU diplomats, skeptical on Maduro’s election victory, to meet Tuesday (www.politico.eu)

European diplomats will on Tuesday discuss President Nicolás Maduro’s self-proclaimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election as leaders around the world decline to recognize his reelection....

William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80 (wapo.st)

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Triple Meteor Showers Set to Dazzle the Night Sky Over the Next Two Weeks (gizmodo.com)

Israel foreign minister urges NATO expel Turkey over threat to enter Israel (www.reuters.com)

Megan Thee Stallion to Join Kamala Harris During Rally in Atlanta for Special Performance (www.billboard.com)

Bike lanes and narrowed streets don’t slow emergency vehicles (arstechnica.com)

Michigan Supreme Court decision will likely strike hundreds from sex-offender registry (apnews.com)

Michigan’s policy of putting people on a sex-offender registry even if their crime was nonsexual is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court said Monday....

Instagram Will Let You Make Custom AI Chatbots—Even Ones Based on Yourself (www.wired.com)

Donald Trump says he 'probably' will debate Kamala Harris but 'can also make a case for not' (apnews.com)

Donald Trump on Monday seemed to back away from his earlier commitment to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, questioning the value of a meetup and saying he “probably” will debate but he “can also make a case for not doing it.”...

Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics (www.wired.com)

Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US (www.theguardian.com)

California man defends his home as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West (apnews.com)

In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch....

Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI (apnews.com)

Three journalists who were sentenced to years in prison after writing about corruption and abuse of power in Morocco were released Monday after receiving pardons from King Mohammed VI....

Kim Jong Un's sadism knows no bounds 😨 (media.tummy.town)

FDA approves blood test to screen for colon cancer (www.nbcnews.com)

With DUI-related ejection from Army, deputy who killed Massey should have raised flags, experts say (apnews.com)

The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn’t stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving him a badge....