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Hunter Biden reaches plea deal with feds to resolve tax issues, gun charge ( www.politico.com )

Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Inside a Totally Different Plant ( www.sciencealert.com )

German energy prices are so high they're driving companies to relocate, industry body says ( www.cnbc.com )

This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England ( www.npr.org )

This story is well known in the UK. Apparently less so in the US.

Europe Keeps Breaking Heat Records as Fastest-Warming Continent ( www.bloomberg.com )

How Russia's National Space Corporation 'Roscosmos' helps pro-Kremlin bikers kill Ukrainians ( web.archive.org )

Rather than focusing on the advancement of astronautics, which is facing difficulties, organizations like Roscosmos are currently providing support to the motorcycle group known as the Night Wolves, who are engaged in the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin found the nationalist macho values of the Wolves, combined with their...

A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired. ( techcrunch.com )

Federal judge knocks down Florida's Medicaid ban on gender-affirming treatment ( www.politico.com )

Chinese PM hits back at EU call for de-risking ( www.politico.eu )

Musk-owned Twitter stiffed employees on promised bonuses, class action says ( arstechnica.com )

Titanic sub search: underwater noises picked up by Canadian plane, US coast guard says ( www.theguardian.com )

Congress has reintroduced the PRESS Act. Now lawmakers must pass it. ( freedom.press )

Abortion Pill Use Is Surging. Now It’s Under Threat ( 12ft.io )

Making Headway on Indigenous Land Rights ( reasonstobecheerful.world )

Tesla hacker discovers secret ‘Elon Mode’ for hands-free Full Self-Driving ( www.theverge.com )

A Tesla software hacker has found an ‘Elon Mode’ driving feature that seems to allow Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving to operate without any driver monitoring....

Ballsy EU Commission moves to make Russia pay for Ukraine ( www.politico.eu )

AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic ( apnews.com )

Parts of Broward County under quarantine due to giant African land snails ( www.nbcmiami.com )

The snail can grow up to eight inches long, and can potentially carry the parasite rat lungworm, which may cause meningitis in humans and animals. The snail should not be handled without gloves because of the meningitis risk....

Binge drinking, prison and loony bin — how Russians evade mobilization or avoid, at least, deployment to the front ( web.archive.org )

Young Russians shared their strategies for evading combat: one individual became a defendant in a criminal case, another sought refuge in a psychiatric clinic, and a third, originally from the Luhansk region and having fled the war in Donbass to Russia in 2014, has successfully resisted being dispatched from his unit for several...

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