Ohio social media act would require 16-year-olds to get parental consent before using social media, gaming services (www.wtol.com)
Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen? (apnews.com)
[Politico] Mayor Eric Adams doubles down on comparing Holocaust survivor to plantation owner (www.politico.com)
The mayor, speaking during an interview on 1010 WINS Friday morning, justified his rhetoric by saying the woman, a tenant activist, was disrespectful when she stood up at a town hall and pointedly asked the mayor about the Rent Guidelines Board, a body entirely composed of mayoral appointees that recently voted for another rent...
Gunman shoots multiple people, including child, in Philly, police say (www.nbcphiladelphia.com)
Police said a male shooter was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered.
There is no trust now': Student loan borrowers respond to Supreme Court decision (www.npr.org)
Supreme court leaves intact Mississippi law disenfranchising Black voters (www.theguardian.com)
Austin Fears of Rainey Street serial killer mount as fifth body is pulled from Lady Bird Lake this year in chilling discovery (www.newsbreak.com)
Twitter Down: Users hit by Twitter outage as Elon Musk-owned site crashes again (inews.co.uk)
Austin Fears of Rainey Street serial killer mount as fifth body is pulled from Lady Bird Lake this year in chilling discovery (www.newsbreakapp.com)
Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say (apnews.com)
Austin Fears of Rainey Street serial killer mount as fifth body is pulled from Lady Bird Lake this year in chilling discovery (www.newsbreak.com)
Wildfires raging across Canada, made more intense by global warming, have released more planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first six months of 2023 than in any full year on record. [France24] (www.france24.com)
Supreme Court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness program | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
[The Verge] Twitter has started blocking unregistered users (www.theverge.com)
Supreme Court ruling restricts affirmative action in college admissions (www.washingtonpost.com)
Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work (www.npr.org)
The court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."
That Chinese surveillance balloon "used commercially available, off-the-shelf technology that was American-made, according to three U.S. officials familiar with preliminary findings by the FBI." (www.nbcnews.com)
Virginia sheriff gave out deputy badges in exchange for cash bribes, feds say (www.cbsnews.com)
Parkland school resource officer who stayed outside during mass shooting found not guilty | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Biden proposes 'new standard' after Supreme Court overturns affirmative action - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
[Common Dreams] Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action for Colleges (www.commondreams.org)
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that "the court subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education, the very foundation of our democratic government and pluralistic society."
US goods trade deficit narrows; retail inventories rise [Reuters] (www.reuters.com)
Amazon facing ‘urgent’ drug crisis after gutting of protections, says narcotics chief (www.theguardian.com)
Florida woman who shot Black neighbor through door won't face murder charge (www.cbsnews.com)
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