FCC ends affordable internet program due to lack of funds | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in Pennsylvania's juvenile facilities (apnews.com)
New York Education Department Hindered an Abuse Investigation at Boarding School for Autistic Youth (www.propublica.org)
San Diego ponders a bid to take over its for-profit energy utility (grist.org)
Voice analysis shows striking similarity between Scarlett Johansson and ChatGPT (www.npr.org)
A bare breast and ‘civil war’: MAGA diehards showed up at Trump Tower - and it got weird (www.independent.co.uk)
Oregon defendants without a lawyer must be released from jail, US appeals court says (apnews.com)
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don’t have a defense attorney....
It’s a summer of playing hooky: feeling pressured not to take their earned vacation, Americans are finding a loophole (fortune.com)
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President Biden hilariously sports Chiefs helmet during team's White House visit (www.nbcnewyork.com)
Pride event canceled because they were going to give away banned books (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Neo-Nazi who protested drag shows has been arrested on child porn charges (www.advocate.com)
Downey, Calif., bans Pride flag on city property; L.A. County, state officials clap back (www.advocate.com)
Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison (www.theguardian.com)
Trump campaign says it raised $52.8 million after guilty verdict in fundraising blitz (www.cbsnews.com)
Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict (www.reuters.com)
Jewish Leaders Condemn Josh Hawley for Backing Harrison Butker (www.rollingstone.com)
Tesla investor accuses Elon Musk of $7.5 billion of insider trades (www.forbes.com.au)
"My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very end (www.salon.com)
She Made an Offer on a Condo. Then the Seller Learned She Was Black. (www.nytimes.com)
Two federal laws — the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the much older Civil Rights Act of 1866 — make it illegal for both home sellers and their real estate agents to discriminate during a home sale. But more than 50 years after redlining was outlawed, racial discrimination remains an issue, housing advocates say. A multiyear...
Trump is not the only convicted criminal to run for U.S. president. Over a century ago, Eugene Debs ran from his prison cell. (www.nbcnews.com)
New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances (apnews.com)
Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable....
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change (apnews.com)
Columbia Coincidentally Rewrites Disciplinary Rules Just in Time to Screw Over Student Protesters (theintercept.com)
Just as summer vacation is getting underway, students at Columbia University in New York are left dealing with a raft of looming disciplinary charges from their participation in campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. But some students at the school said 11th-hour changes to disciplinary procedures are making it harder...
Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries (www.newsweek.com)
Private Equity–Backed Firm Bowlero Is Ruining Bowling (jacobin.com)
