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Pakistan’s high court gives more seats to imprisoned ex-PM’s party (apnews.com)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Friday found that the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was improperly denied at least 20 seats reserved parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s fragile governing coalition....

Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden ‘medically tailored’ cheeseburgers and sandwiches (www.statnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17483630...

NewPipe outage over: version 0.27.1 restores YouTube playback (github.com)

Joby Aviation's Hydrogen eVTOL Air Taxi Finds Success in 523-Mile Test; When's its Operations? (www.techtimes.com)

Joby Aviation successfully completed a 523-mile flight test for its hydrogen-powered VTOL.

South Korea to mass produce lasers that can take out drones at $1.50 a hit (www.cnn.com)

South Korea is beginning the mass production of a low-cost laser weapon that has successfully shot down small drones during testing, the country’s key arms agency said Thursday....

GOP jump-starts 2024 election challenges with Trump-inspired lawsuits (www.washingtonpost.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/republican-trump-election-votin…

The NSA Has a Long-Lost Lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper (www.schneier.com)

The NSA has a video recording of a 1982 lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper titled “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People.” The agency is (so far) refusing to release it....

Chicago Taxpayers Have Paid $35.7M to Defend Disgraced Detective Reynaldo Guevara, With No End in Sight (news.wttw.com)

Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/GBjmn

The U.N. Calls Restraint Chairs Torture. Illinois Jails Use Them Every Day. (illinoisanswers.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/the-u-n-calls-restraint-chairs-…

Malfunctioning swamp coolers, air conditioning confirmed at Nevada prisons amid heat wave (nevadacurrent.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/malfunctioning-swamp-coolers-ai…

Ukraine at a Crossroads: End the War or Risk Defeat (nationalinterest.org)

Concerns over conditions inside Arizona state prisons over no air conditioning (www.abc15.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/concerns-over-conditions-inside…

‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for help (www.theguardian.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/california-heat-wave-prison-inm…

Delta Airlines appears to think Palestinian flag is "terrifying" (www.theguardian.com)

Long Island bill could mean jail time, $1,000 fines for face masks that hide identity (www.nbcnewyork.com)

Is NATO Ready for War? (www.csis.org)

Dog rescues elderly owner from naked attacker in Manchester (www.nbcboston.com)

A loyal dog jumped into action to save his owner’s life during a violent encounter in New Hampshire earlier this week....

An arriving plane and a departing one tried to use the same runway, spurring an investigation, FAA says (www.cnn.com)

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating an incident in which a commercial flight aborted a landing as another plane apparently was taking off from the runway the first plane intended to use this week in upstate New York....

[Factorio] Friday Facts #419 - Display Panel & Inserter pickup fixes (factorio.com)

‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers (www.theguardian.com)

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Biden stands firm on critical night - but gaffes mar fightback (www.bbc.com)

Joe Biden took to the stage at his Thursday night news conference with everything on the line – his presidency, his re-election hopes, his political life. If those were the stakes, he barely acknowledged them at the hour-long session to mark the end of a Nato summit, having earlier introduced Ukraine’s President Zelensky as...