Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks (www.texasobserver.org)
House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years (www.pbs.org)
Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S. added 209,000 jobs in June, showing that hiring is slowing but still solid (www.npr.org)
'Forever chemicals' could be in nearly half of U.S. tap water, a federal study finds (www.npr.org)
United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans (apnews.com)
Judge orders arrest of gun training center owner in Vermont (apnews.com)
Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded 3 days in a row (abc30.com)
Biden aims to trash Trump's expansion of `junk' health insurance (www.usatoday.com)
The CDC is helping states address gun injuries after years of political roadblocks (www.npr.org)
Newsom calls on DOJ to investigate Florida over migrant transports (www.politico.com)
World records hottest day for third time in a week (www.bbc.com)
18-month-old dies when parents leave her in hot car overnight after Fourth of July party, Florida authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
Arizona governor approves over-the-counter contraceptive medications at pharmacies (www.npr.org)
OceanGate suspends its commercial and exploration operations after Titan implosion (www.npr.org)
An Iowa teenager receives life for the beating death of his high school teacher (www.npr.org)
Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Water Breaks (www.texasobserver.org)
House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results....
[Politico] U.S. to include controversial cluster munitions in new Ukraine weapons package (www.politico.com)
[CNN] Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction (www.cnn.com)
SCOTUS reaffirms vital protections against retaliatory defamation claims (freedom.press)
Expanding Broadband in Portland, The Time Is Now (www.eff.org)
Musk and Zuck may fight in court: Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads (arstechnica.com)
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