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[META] Political News
Hello fellow Lemmys. The mod team here at !news has been in discussions about the best approach to ensure we stay unbiased with news during the U.S. Election Cycle....
Warning shots from South as NK soldiers cross border (www.bbc.com)
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed the border by mistake, Seoul’s military said on Tuesday....
American troops begin withdrawal from Niger | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
This withdrawal follows the departure of the French army from Niger at the end of 2023 and the arrival of Russian military instructors, as Niger seeks to diversify its defense partnerships.
Russia Releases Female Prison Inmates to Join Ukraine War (www.nytimes.com)
Russia released a group of women from a prison in late May to join the fighting in Ukraine, according to two former inmates who maintain contact with those still there, potentially signaling a new phase in the Kremlin’s use of criminals in its war effort.
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...
Twitter Xed Out: How Are Journalists Using Social Media Now? - Emerson Today (today.emerson.edu)
Professional sentiment about needing to operate a public-facing social media handle had begun to wane, but Musk’s Twitter tinkering drastically altered news gathering and sharing....
The Dreamers of a decade ago are today teachers, nurses, journalists, lawyers — but still lack US citizenship (english.elpais.com)
The DREAM Act was introduced in Congress in August 2001, and has still not been approved. This law would allow 3.5 million undocumented young people who arrived in America as minors to regularize their situation...
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Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. (www.nytimes.com)
Millionaire investment banker slugs woman on NYC street during Brooklyn Pride, shocking video shows (nypost.com)
A millionaire investment banker allegedly slugged a woman in the face, sending her crashing down onto a Brooklyn street Saturday night....
What is Cara, the Instagram alternative that gained 600k users in a week? (www.creativebloq.com)
Key points:...
Democratic-leaning doctors flex political muscle over abortion restrictions (www.axios.com)
In Ohio, doctors have worked to pass a ballot measure that enshrined reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. In Texas, they’ve battled in court over a narrow exception to the state’s abortion ban....
My tortured soul is thimble deep (lemmy.world)
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quits emergency government (www.reuters.com)
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post-conflict plans for Gaza....
Centrist Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's war Cabinet, resigns over frustration with Netanyahu (thehill.com)
A Michigan man went viral for driving with a suspended license. But he never had one [never had a license] (www.npr.org)
Mods: Let me know if you want me to remove the clarification I put in brackets in the headline, I thought it was necessary....
Israel’s obstruction of investigation into 7 October rape allegations risks truth never being found, advocates warn (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Israel’s leadership is pushing the allegations that Hamas fighters raped Israeli women during the October 7 attacks for its own political objectives while the government’s ongoing refusal to allow the United Nations to conduct a full investigation into the matter threatens to hinder any evidence, advocates have warned.
World leaders neglected this crisis. Now genocide looms. (www.vox.com)
It Called Itself a Yoga School. Prosecutors Say It Was a Sex Cult. (www.nytimes.com)
Prosecutors say the organization exploited and drugged some of its female members, forcing them to sell their bodies and generating hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly from clients in Argentina and the United States. BAYS also ran an illicit clinic where some members were administered drugs to induce prolonged sleep,...
FBI releases file on OJ Simpson - link below (vault.fbi.gov)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 475 pages of documents relating to O.J. Simpson, the NFL Hall of Fame running back who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend.
Israel Lists Names Of 17 Alleged Militants Killed In Gaza School Strike, But Many Don't Match Hospital's List Of Dead (apnews.com)
Israel’s military said Friday an additional eight militants were among those killed in a strike on a U.N.-run school in central Gaza, raising the number of alleged militants to 17....
The future of the smart kitchen: robots, apps, and AI, oh my! (www.theverge.com)
Israeli minister Benny Gantz expected to announce exit from Netanyahu's coalition (www.axios.com)
Gantz’s move wouldn’t bring down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, which still holds a 64-member majority in the Knesset. But it would likely destabilize the government and exacerbate the political crisis in Israel as the war in Gaza continues and as hostage and ceasefire negotiations are ongoing.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Is Attacked in Copenhagen Square (www.nytimes.com)
Edit: it seems like the NYT missed the mark on this one....
Children Among Dozens Killed in Attack on Sudanese Village (www.nytimes.com)
A gun and artillery assault by Sudanese paramilitaries on a village in Sudan’s main farming region killed at least 104 people, including dozens of children, Sudanese pro-democracy activists said.The exact circumstances of the attack on Wednesday at Wad al-Noura, a village 70 miles south of the capital, Khartoum, were disputed....
South Africa’s President Announces Plan to Form National Unity Government (www.nytimes.com)
Led by the A.N.C. since the fall of apartheid, South Africa has been in limbo since the watershed election on May 29 when voters punished the ruling party for failing to address issues like skyrocketing unemployment, regular power outages and high rates of crime....
Biden rules out pardon for son Hunter (www.axios.com)
The president’s son is currently standing trial on three felony gun charges that could carry a sentence of up to 25 years in jail if he is found guilty....
Now with 100% extra stick! (lemmy.world)
Nvidia hits $3tn and surpasses Apple as world’s second most valuable company (www.theguardian.com)
Phoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakes (www.theguardian.com)
Thou'st see-eth me rolleth, thou'st hateth (files.catbox.moe)
New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan (www.theguardian.com)
James Comer Helped a Donor Get Chinese Hemp. What They Got Tested as Marijuana (www.thedailybeast.com)
FBI raids Atlanta corporate landlord in probe of rental market price fixing (www.ajc.com)
Other sources:...
'Democrats have a plan': Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashes new election conspiracy theory (www.rawstory.com)
Columbia Law Review board shutters website over article critical of Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime....
Italian court dismisses Amanda Knox appeal against slander verdict (www.theguardian.com)
Knox, 36, hoped to overturn conviction for wrongly accusing a bar owner of murdering British student Meredith Kercher...
Met chief says millions of men are danger to women and girls in England and Wales (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of men in England and Wales pose a danger to women and children, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said....
Clerical error was behind Michigan man’s viral suspended license hearing (www.theguardian.com)