Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say (apnews.com)
There is no trust now': Student loan borrowers respond to Supreme Court decision (www.npr.org)
Twitter Down: Users hit by Twitter outage as Elon Musk-owned site crashes again (inews.co.uk)
Aspartame Sweetener Possible Carcinogen Says W.H..O (www.reuters.com)
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Supreme court leaves intact Mississippi law disenfranchising Black voters (www.theguardian.com)
Supreme Court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness program | CNN Politics (www.cnn.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."
[The Verge] Twitter has started blocking unregistered users (www.theverge.com)
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)
US Supreme Court blocks student loan forgiveness plan (www.npr.org)
Virginia sheriff gave out deputy badges in exchange for cash bribes, feds say (www.cbsnews.com)
Supreme Court ruling restricts affirmative action in college admissions (www.washingtonpost.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)
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)
Amazon facing ‘urgent’ drug crisis after gutting of protections, says narcotics chief (www.theguardian.com)
Smoke from Canada's wildfires darkens Europe's skies (www.npr.org)
Supreme Court denies state legislatures the unchecked power to set election rules (www.politico.com)
CDC: First cases of locally acquired malaria in 20 years detected - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
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Florida homeowner shot at pool cleaner who showed up unannounced at night, sheriff says (www.usatoday.com)
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Florida homeowner shot at pool cleaner who showed up unannounced at night (9 pm), sheriff says (www.usatoday.com)
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Florida woman who shot Black neighbor through door won't face murder charge (www.cbsnews.com)
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