Deal on Swedish NATO membership within reach - Stoltenberg (www.euronews.com)
Why Europeans don’t have Threads yet (www.politico.eu)
Spanish election raises concerns over shape and stability of country's Council of EU presidency (www.euronews.com)
UPS-Teamsters could strike Aug 1: What you need to know (therealnews.com)
California thief steals $500,000 worth of wine by drilling hole through store roof (www.theguardian.com)
Burglar takes more than 600 bottles of high-end wine and liquor from Venice shop after lowering himself into store with rope
Boy, 7, shot and killed during Florida jet ski dispute; grandfather wounded while shielding child (www.cbsnews.com)
Former Arizona House speaker spoke with FBI in 2020 election probe | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
A former top Republican official in Arizona, who rejected pressure from Donald Trump and his allies following the former president’s 2020 election defeat, told CNN Wednesday night that he has spoken with the FBI as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the vote.
Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld (arstechnica.com)
Mum Pulls Child Out Of School After Receiving Note From Teacher Saying Lunchbox Is Unhealthy
Are schools overstepping their jurisdictions? I know children can be picky eaters. I used to be as well. So this is rather concerning....
Risk of major disruption as UPS strike looms in US (www.bbc.com)
After Discord leak, Pentagon to tighten procedures for classified info (www.politico.com)
Texas woman traumatized after being forced to carry an unviable pregnancy to term (www.npr.org)
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)
Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks (apnews.com)
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts.
Attorney who challenged Trump’s 2020 loss gives up law license as states weigh disciplining him (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...
How Do You Convince People Your Sweatshop is Cool? Pay an Influencer To Tour It. (www.vice.com)
US Judge restricts Biden officials from contact with social media firms (www.reuters.com)
July Fourth hot dog eating contest men's competition won by Joey Chestnut with 62 hot dogs and buns (www.cbsnews.com)
Joey Chestnut wolfed down 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to win the men’s competition of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest for the 16th time Tuesday. The champion eater whose nickname is “Jaws” fell short of the record 76 hot dogs and buns that he set at the Independence Day event in 2021.
FTC sues Amazon for 'tricking and trapping' people in Prime subscription (www.npr.org)
“Federal regulators have sued Amazon, alleging the company for years “tricked” people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel....
Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard (apnews.com)
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.