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‘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....
Eight-year-old pekingese Wild Thang wins World’s Ugliest Dog contest (www.theguardian.com)
The World’s Ugliest Dog annual contest may not render the most flattering title to its victor, but don’t tell that to Wild Thang....
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....
Trump floats ‘migrant league of fighters’ in latest dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he floated the idea of having a “migrant league of fighters” to UFC President Dana White, again employing dehumanizing language to describe people who enter the US illegally....
Virginia proposed changes to African American history course, documents show (www.washingtonpost.com)
The elective course was reviewed to see if it complied with Youngkin executive order banning ‘inherently divisive concepts’...
The battle for lithium: US and China fight over Argentina’s white gold (english.elpais.com)
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Social care: The crisis Britain’s politicians are too scared to discuss (www.politico.eu)
Voters may want social care to be on the ballot at the UK general election, but no one seems to be listening....
12 countries push for EU crackdown on vapes (www.politico.eu)
The European Commission has delayed action on tobacco and nicotine, but countries say it should consider a ban on flavored vapes....
LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves (apnews.com)
Idaho librarian June Meissner was closing up for the day at the downtown Boise Public Library when a man approached her asking for help....
Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say (apnews.com)
More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabiaas the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday....
Trump’s sledgehammer message to Philadelphia is light on facts, heavy on fear (www.theguardian.com)
The former president used his first rally in the city of brotherly love to tie violent crime with illegal immigration, despite the evidence against this...
Iran's water crisis leads to alarming ground collapse (www.dw.com)
A drought in Iran is causing the ground to subside, threatening Tehran and hundreds of other towns....
Greece introduces the six-day work week (www.dw.com)
From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government’s solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week...
Putin threatens to arm North Korea, warns U.S. ally South against 'big mistake' (www.nbcnews.com)
The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un....
A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old child in possible hate crime incident (www.cnn.com)
A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police....
Police: Vandal spray paints ‘F--- Elon’ on 34 Tesla Cybertrucks in Fort Lauderdale (www.local10.com)
Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged. The owner parked the exotic cars in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale....
A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees (www.cnn.com)
A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico.
DeSantis vetoes all arts grants in Florida (www.nytimes.com)
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers....
Virginia exonerates man who spent 45 years in prison for death of 3-year-old (www.nytimes.com)
On Tuesday, a Virginia appeals court fully absolved Marvin Grimm Jr. of the 1975 crime, saying that new evidence had dismantled the state’s original case against him....
Appeals court finds 'Obamacare' pillar unconstitutional in suit over HIV-prevention drug (www.nbcnews.com)
If the Supreme Court ultimately takes the case and overturns the pillar, this could have a widespread impact on out-of-pocket health care costs, including costs for the HIV-prevention pill, known as PrEP....
Busiest transit hub in U.S. rocked by delays as infrastructure breakdowns hit during heat wave (www.nbcnews.com)
New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rail service was severely disrupted this week, leaving some commuters stranded for hours on the hottest days of the year....
New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves (www.theguardian.com)
Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement...
California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote (www.theguardian.com)
Joseph Komrosky, who decried critical race theory and called Harvey Milk a pedophile, was recalled by 51% of Temecula voters...
Federal firefighters left in limbo as fire season heats up (www.nbcnews.com)
After a year of funding uncertainty in Congress, agencies are struggling to recruit and retain firefighters....
5 men convicted for Jetflicks, illegal streamer with more content than Netflix, Hulu and Amazon combined (www.nbcnews.com)
The men made millions of dollars streaming stolen copyrighted content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, the Justice Department said....
New Colorado law will ban sales of dental floss, clothes, & other household products containing toxic "forever chemicals" (www.cbsnews.com)
Your favorite clothes, cookware, and even dental floss may contain toxic chemicals that are harmful to human health. Now, a new Colorado law is aiming to make those products safer....
China threatens death penalty for Taiwan independence ‘diehards’ (www.theguardian.com)
Beijing ramps up pressure over ‘crime of secession’ while Taipei says China has no jurisdiction over Taiwan and urges its people not to be intimidated...
Penile cancer: 6,500 amputations in Brazil in a decade (www.bbc.com)
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Russia launches 'massive' overnight attack on Ukraine power grid (www.bbc.com)
Ukrainian energy facilities have come under a massive attack from Russia, in the latest onslaught targeting the country’s power grid, officials say....
Greece wildfire: Anger after yacht fireworks spark blaze (www.bbc.com)
Fireworks launched from a yacht in Greece sparked a forest fire on the island of Hydra on Friday, the local firefighting authority has said....
The United States will need 7 million migrants to cover old age support programs for baby boomers (english.elpais.com)
The country’s aging population and low fertility rate jeopardizes the solvency of Social Security and the Medicare program, according to a new study by Brookings...
Buying a home in the US has never been this hard (english.elpais.com)
Prices are soaring and the option to buy is receding for millions of tenants nailed by rising rents...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis leaves EU scrambling for medicines (www.politico.eu)
Vital drugs are either not authorized or are deemed too expensive, as cases rise....
Housing crisis: The hottest political issue European politicians aren’t talking about (www.politico.eu)
The Continent’s housing crisis has gone from being a slow burn to a four-alarm fire — but some countries are handling it better than others....
‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state (www.theguardian.com)
Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay – as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration...
Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii (www.theguardian.com)
State’s transport department given a 2045 deadline to fully decarbonize and achieve zero emissions under agreement...
US bans sales of Kaspersky antivirus software over Russia ties (www.theguardian.com)
Washington says Moscow’s influence over company poses significant risk, as Kaspersky argues its activities do not threaten US security...
Trump to ask judge to toss out lawyer notes in Mar-a-Lago documents case (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: if ex-president succeeds, prosecutors could be left with only a sliver of evidence for obstruction charge...
Car maker fined $6.4m for selling China-made vehicles as Italian (www.bbc.com)
The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy....
Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....
Family of taekwondo instructors saves Texas woman from sexual assault (www.nbcnews.com)
The piercing scream, like a sound from a horror film, triggered taekwondo instructor Simon An to draw on his years of martial arts training....
USC student will not be charged in fatal stabbing of homeless person (abcnews.go.com)
A University of Southern California student will not face charges for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man he said was done in self-defense....
Disney told L.A. residents to move to Florida for a planned campus. They did, it was canceled and now they're suing (www.latimes.com)
Walt Disney Co. continues to face fallout from its scuttled plans to move 2,000 California employees to a proposed Florida campus — a controversial decision the company reversed last year following the return of Chief Executive Bob Iger....
The US plans to halt some orders for Patriot missiles and give them to Ukraine instead: report (www.businessinsider.com)
The US plans to stop open orders for Patriot interceptor missiles, the Financial Times reported....
Putin warns South Korea: Sending killer weapons to Ukraine would be a ‘big mistake’ (www.politico.eu)
Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....
Pakistani 'blasphemy vigilante' mob kills man (www.dw.com)
A crowd of vigilantes in Pakistan killed and burned the body of a man whom they accused of desecrating the Quran. Police registered a case against the mob of hundreds....
French women voters swing sharply to far right (www.politico.eu)
France’s National Rally has sought to style itself a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman: immigration....
U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like where you live (www.kpbs.org)
Millions of Americans are already shut out of buying a home, and the cost of buying one continues to rise....