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The man held by police in connection with the mass shooting at a July Fourth parade planned the attack for weeks — and dressed like woman to avoid detection, authorities said Tuesday.... Read more »

The July Fourth parade attack suspect legally purchased multiple weapons prior to Monday's shooting that killed six people, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News.... Read more »

This year's Fourth of July weekend, a time when Americans gather for barbecues, parades and fireworks, was marred by violence, rattling a nation already on edge in the wake of multiple mass shootings.... Read more »

Less than two weeks after Congress passed a bill to curb gun violence, Democrats reacted in horror after a gunman killed six at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois.... Read more »

Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks... Read more »

More than 60 million people are at the risk for severe storms on Tuesday across a 1,800-mile stretch from central Montana to the Mid-Atlantic.... Read more »

The person of interest identified by police after Monday’s shooting in a Chicago suburb left 6 dead and 38 hurt left a trail of tributes to mass shootings and public killings on social media platforms.... Read more »

Advice from a friend may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the fate that befell 53 migrants who died after being smuggled in a sweltering trailer truck.... Read more »

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA’s... Read more »

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Sydney, Australia, in a flood emergency affecting 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday.... Read more »

Communities across the United States were left shaken after fireworks were mistaken for gunfire during multiple July Fourth celebrations, causing scenes of chaos.... Read more »

A grandfather and a dedicated synagogue congregant were among the six people killed in the mass shooting at the July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois.... Read more »

Little is going President Joe Biden’s way as the summer lull sets in before the crush of midterm elections. Gas prices are up; his approval rating is down.... Read more »

Abortions rights activists and Congress need a new Supreme Court strategy, based on the 13th Amendment. The bill to protect women's health will meet the same fate Roe v Wade.... Read more »

Migration pressure at Hungary’s southern border has reached a “new level of danger,” the Foreign Minister said in Szabadka (Subotica), in northern Serbia, after meeting Nikola Selakovic, his Serbian counterpart on Monday. Péter Szijjártó insisted that migrants were “increasingly aggressive and violent,” adding that “they now have weapons and they... Read more »

It is likely that the animal, which has been seen several times lately, was spotted again near Kismaros, Pest county, Budapest Környéke reports. The news of the latest bear sighting, which was about 55 kilometers from Budapest, spread on Facebook. The case has been officially reported, and the municipality of... Read more »

Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin must stand up for their rights, for their preservation and prosperity in their homeland, stressed the deputy state secretary in charge of policies for Hungarian communities in Budapest on Monday. Welcoming this year’s recipients of the Dr. Szász Pál Scholarship for ethnic Hungarian law students,... Read more »

The two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor John Malkovich will take to the stage of the Erkel Theater in Budapest on October 2nd, with a musical stand-up version of The Music Critic. During the performance, the most iconic pieces of classical music will be dissected by a music critic played by... Read more »

In the wake of Roe v. Wade, providers are challenging abortion bans based on expansive rights protected in state constitutions. The post The Fight for Abortion Rights Turns to State Constitutions appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

A graduate student fell ill with a novel virus after working with wild bats in Uganda and Sudan. The post Infection of Wildlife Biologist Highlights Risks of Virus Hunting appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Exclusive documents and interviews reveal the sweeping scope of classified 127e operations. The post How the Pentagon Uses a Secretive Program to Wage Proxy Wars appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Author Robert Kuttner on how Biden can keep American fascism at bay. The post How the Democrats Forgot the New Deal and Paved the Way for Trumpism appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Worried the Democratic establishment is failing heed the urgency of the moment, a once-pacified left faces down arrests to send a message. The post Democrats Don’t Have a Plan, but Abortion Rights Activists Do: “We Will Primary Everybody” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The rolling judicial coup coming from this court is by no means over. The post The Supreme Court’s Shock-and-Awe Judicial Coup appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought the fossil fuel billionaire the ruling he’s always wanted. The post How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Two killed in the Ukrainian Army’s International Legion may have been neo-Nazis. The post Foreign Fighters in Ukraine Could Be a Time Bomb for Their Home Countries appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Dozens of Democratic insurgents flipped the script on the old guard of the state party. The post Sen. Joe Manchin May Not Be Kingmaker in West Virginia for Long appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

ICE is now able to track transactions made through nearly a dozen different digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Tether. The post Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Tracking how goods made by Uyghurs toiling in plastics factories end up in U.S. stores. The post Your Kitchen Floor May Have Been Made With Uyghur Forced Labor appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Elsewhere in Illinois, Working Families Party-backed candidate Delia Ramirez won an open primary. The post Progressives See Bittersweet Night in Illinois With Ouster of Marie Newman appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Butterfield’s revelations about the Nixon tapes changed the trajectory of the Watergate scandal and helped lead to the president’s resignation. The post Cassidy Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 Testimony Was an Alexander Butterfield Moment appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Any discussion of Jane’s Revenge, which is responsible for a series of vandalism attacks and threatening statements, is now subject to Facebook’s most stringent restrictions. The post Facebook Labels Abortion Rights Vandals as Terrorists Following Roe Reversal appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

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Poland is determined to ratify Sweden's and Finland's accession to Nato during the summer holidays, the government spokesman has said.... Read more »

Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland's defence minister, has signed an agreement for the delivery of 70 unmanned turret systems for the Rosomak wheeled armoured personnel carrier.... Read more »

The Polish government has approved a bill loosening the distancing rules for onshore wind farms.... Read more »

"The aim of disinformation campaigns is not necessarily to change the views or attitudes of their audiences, but to create a kind of chaos that prevents them from accessing verified data," said Alexandru Giboi, Secretary General of the European Association of Press Agencies (EANA).He added: "I would compare the situation... Read more »

Media of the Future is a conference that covered the most important topics of recent months—from combating disinformation, through changes in the media market, to the future of mass media in the face of war conflicts and technological transformation.Special guests of the fourth edition of the Conference were the heads... Read more »

A photo album illustrating the history of the Auschwitz Museum has been published to coincide with its 75th anniversary this month.... Read more »

Poland has accused Belarus of ‘barbarism’ after a Polish WWII memorial was ‘razed to the ground’.... Read more »

Inflation and high prices are currently the most important challenges facing the Polish government, its spokesperson has admitted.... Read more »

Since February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, 4.55 million people have crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border into Poland, the Border Guard (SG) tweeted on Tuesday morning.... Read more »

The exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has told Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, that the Belarusian opposition fully supports the Ukrainian authorities in its war against Russian aggressor.... Read more »

Politicians from all parties see eye to eye about Poland's security, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, said after a National Security Council (RBN) meeting on Monday.... Read more »

Those responsible for crimes against the Ukrainian state and nation will be brought before justice, said Zbigniew Rau, the Polish foreign minister who also chairs the Organization for the Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE).... Read more »

Poland’s governing party Law and Justice (PiS) would place first, if elections were held in the coming days, a recent poll by United Surveys shows.... Read more »

The oldest Polish museum abroad has been saved from closure after facing expulsion from a 13th century castle.... Read more »

BRATISLAVA, Jul 05 (IPS) - Women’s rights groups fear a new legal provision in Poland requiring doctors to collect records on all pregnancies could create what they have described as a ‘pregnancy register’ to monitor whether women are having abortions.Read the full story, “Rights Groups Question 'Pregnancy Register' for Polish... Read more »

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 05 (IPS) - A campaign against hunger, a problem that affects 15.5 percent of the Brazilian population, seeks to mobilize society once again in search of urgent solutions, inspired by a mass movement that took off in the country in 1993.Read the full story, “Mobilizing Against... Read more »

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are characterized by a “shallow commitment” to racial justice and equality, an independent UN-appointed rights expert told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, adding that they fail to address systematic racism and xenophobia.    Read the full... Read more »

BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) - The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association   World Zoonoses Day, which will be commemorated on July 6, celebrates the success of the first vaccine which was created against the zoonotic disease ‘rabies’. It was developed by Louis Pasteur, a... Read more »

SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 05 (IPS) - Long seen as means to seek advantage on the pretext of providing mutual benefit, free trade agreements (FTAs) may increasingly be used as economic weapons in the emerging new Cold War. Pivot to Asia, containing China In November 2009, President Obama observed,... Read more »

Seoul & Nonthaburi, Thailand, Jul 04 (IPS) - Recently, I watched a documentary titled Why We Can’t See Disabled People.Read the full story, “Why We Need a Digital Safe Space for LGBTQ Youth - Thoughts from Asian Teens”, on globalissues.org →... Read more »

PORTLAND, USA, Jul 04 (IPS) - It is time for countries, especially those with slow growing and ageing human populations, to welcome androids, i.e., humanoid robots with human-like appearance and behavior, including speech, sight, hearing, mobility, and artificial intelligence.Read the full story, “Androids in Human Populations”, on globalissues.org →... Read more »

Toronto, Jul 04 (IPS) - Africa’s unique natural capital assets were the center of conversation at the 2022 Africa Green Economy Conference. Held in a hybrid format from June 27 to 30, participants gathered to discuss the value of nature in Africa’s economy and call for more nature-positive ventures in... Read more »

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak after less than three months, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Read the full story, “DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak”, on globalissues.org →... Read more »

The Vičiūnai Group company in Kaliningrad, controlled by Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Liudas Skierius, received a solid sum of money from the Russian state budget last year, the investigative journalism centre Siena reported on Tuesday.... Read more »

Estonian experts say that the Russian army is now unlikely to have the capacity to mount a serious offensive on the so-called Suwałki Gap to cut Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia off from the rest of NATO, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reports.... Read more »

A special evaluation committee in Luxembourg has rejected Tomas Davulis, dean of Vilnius University’s Faculty of Law, as Lithuania’s candidate to the General Court of the European Union.... Read more »

Lithuania is ready to continue and step up its expert support to Ukraine, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has said.... Read more »

A body of a teenage girl was discovered on Monday night in Šiauliai, Lithuania’s fourth biggest town in the north of the country.... Read more »

Hackers had leaked data of around 50,000 customers of Švarod Broliai, a Lithuanian car washing and cleaning services provider, the company said late on Monday. The leaked data includes names, car registration numbers, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers, stolen from the cleaning centres’ booking system.... Read more »

Last month, Politico publication called the Suwalki Gap “the most dangerous place on earth”. While some residents of the region say they do not feel more threatened than the rest of Lithuania, others admit feeling anxious and are even stockpiling food in preparation for the possibility of war.... Read more »

Increasingly many Lithuanians believe that the war in Ukraine may last more than a year, according to Kantar’s War Barometer published on Monday.... Read more »

A Bayraktar combat drone has been delivered to Lithuania to be handed over to Ukraine, Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas said on Monday.... Read more »

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has begun his vacation on Monday. It is scandalous for the top diplomat to take a break at a time when Lithuania is dealing with the crisis surrounding the Kaliningrad transit sanctions, political analysts have said.... Read more »

Dismantling of Soviet sculptures started in Klaipėda on Monday, Vytautas Grubliauskas, the Lithuanian port city’s mayor, confirmed to BNS.... Read more »

Lithuanian troops are training to counter hybrid threats and conduct high-intensity collective defence operations in an exercise in Germany.... Read more »

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is attending the Ukraine Recovery Conference in the Swiss city of Lugano on Monday.... Read more »

The budget for NATO’s summit in Vilnius in 2023 is tentatively estimated at 30 million euros, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has told BNS.... Read more »

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Gaffney's in Saratoga Springs has reopened without live music.... Read more »

Pitcher Dan Keaney is the youngest member of the Albany Dutchmen. He graduated from Guilderland this summer and will head off to Marist in the fall for his rookie college season, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at him.... Read more »

The State Liquor Authority is considering a major rule change that would save some independent restaurants and small liquor stores significant amounts of money and, from a consumer's perspective, could improve the variety and selection of alcoholic beverages.... Read more »

Blue Streaks have outstanding season, capped with being named the No. 1 team in the country.... Read more »

Warriors culminate season with Class A state championship.... Read more »

A policy that leaves hikers stranded on remote mountain roads can't be justified as a public-safety measure.... Read more »

Nearly seven months after closing its original home in Saratoga Springs, Tatu Tacos & Tequila will open later this week at 100 Congress St. in downtown Troy, the only commercial tenant in the new, 80-unit Vicina apartment building.... Read more »

Without Garcia, the ValleyCats cotinued their winning ways on Monday with a 7-6 triumph over the Ottawa Titans in front of a Fourth of July season-high crowd of 5,211 at Bruno Stadium.... Read more »

Chancellor says government must be run ‘properly, competently and seriously’; health secretary adds ‘I can no longer continue in good conscience’Javid and Sunak quit – throwing Johnson’s future into doubtNicola Sturgeon asked Boris Johnson to discuss a fresh referendum on independence when the two spoke by phone on Monday evening.... Read more »

The Recap: sign up for our weekly email of editors’ picksGet in touch! Email Daniel or tweet @DanielHarrisOn 30-all, Maria – who’s not settled at all – slices a forehand long, but responds with a heavier serve down the T, and it’s too good for Niemeier. She can’t press home... Read more »

Sloviansk mayor tells residents to evacuate amid expected increase in Russian bombingSloviansk mayor urges residents to fleeUkraine’s governor of Luhansk, Serhai Haidai, has posted an update to Telegram casting aspersions on the ability of pro-Russian proxies to restore stability in the newly occupied areas of Ukraine. He writes:In the recently... Read more »

YouTube has taken down page belonging to man in custody, while Instagram and Twitter have terminated his accountsSeeking clues for a possible motivation, police were combing through the social media profile and published songs of the alleged attacker in the shooting that left at least six dead and 30 wounded... Read more »

America’s national day became a twisted showcase of another form of US exceptionalism: its exceptionally easy access to guns and the resultant mayhemThe United States marked 246 years of independence with the traditional fireworks, flag-waving and barbecues – but this Fourth of July was also marred by an eruption of... Read more »

Staff at homeless shelters required to be ‘clean-shaven’ to ensure N95 masks fit but for Sikh facial hair is key expression of faithMore than one hundred Sikh security guards in Toronto have lost their jobs or been demoted after refusing to cut their beards in order to wear a face... Read more »

Defending champion secures 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victoryHe will play Cameron Norrie or David Goffin in semi-finalNovak Djokovic put his champion’s hat on just in time to shield him from the blinding brilliance of youth on a warm and cloying Tuesday afternoon on Centre Court and is through to... Read more »

Dorothy Bain QC releases her letter to the UK supreme court seeking its ruling on Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for a second referendum Scotland’s lord advocate has confirmed she fears Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for a fresh independence referendum may be unlawful.Dorothy Bain QC has now released the letter she wrote to... Read more »

Addison Bethea, 17, insisted ‘I’m still going to do what I love’ as she faces amputation following Fourth of July incidentA teenager who was in hospital to have her right leg amputated on Tuesday after a shark bit her off Florida’s coast said she had no intention of abandoning her... Read more »

Belgian retains yellow jersey after stage four victoryVan Aert had finished second in first three stagesWout van Aert, wearing the leader’s yellow jersey, took a spectacular win in stage four of the Tour de France in Calais, after attacking from the peloton alone in the closing stages of the 171.5... Read more »

As high summer approaches, visitors to the country no longer need to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to be allowed inPortugal has become the latest country to drop all Covid travel restrictions, so British tourists no longer need to show proof of vaccination or take a test.... Read more »

Euro slumps to 20-year low against US dollar as jump in natural gas prices intensifies economic strainRising worries about a European recession hit stock markets on Tuesday as the euro slumped to a two-decade low and the pound fell to its lowest since the start of the pandemic.Shares tumbled in... Read more »

Allegations involving different woman relate to 2021 Player arrested on bail to date in August, police sayA leading Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of rape has been further arrested on suspicion of two incidents of rape against a different woman.The player has been released on bail until August by... Read more »

George Degiorgio says he would have asked for bigger payment for murder had he known more about victimOne of the men accused of detonating the car bomb that killed the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has confessed to the crime and said he would have asked for a bigger fee... Read more »

Officials have confirmed to the Olive Press on behalf of the Spanish royal family that Queen Letizia has tested positive for Covid-19. Speaking exclusively to the Olive Press, a spokesperson for the royal family said she was exhibiting ‘mild symptoms’ of the illness. “She feels okay. I can confirm with... Read more »

THE IBERIAN PENINSULA is going through its driest period for 1,200 years, according to new research. The majority of rain in Portugal and Spain falls in the winter months, but a high-pressure weather phenomenon known as the Azores high can block wet weather fronts which provide much needed rain. Researchers... Read more »

NETFLIX is behind a film set that has sprung up in Marbella, filming a new mythical drama called Kaos which is based on the Costa del Sol. The streaming giant is notoriously tight-lipped on new filming and releases. On Monday June 4,  residents of Los Altos de Marbella, an exclusive... Read more »

Actress Angelina Jolie is said to be on the lookout for a house in Mallorca. The Hollywood star is the latest in a long line of celebs looking to up-sticks to the Baleares, with her former husband Brad Pitt already owning a house there.  In 2016, Brad Pitt paid €3.5... Read more »

Nearly half of those surveyed by Spanish Newspaper El Mundo think that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez should call a general election. However, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez struck a positive note about winning the next poll, which is due to take place at some point in 2023, saying: “I am going... Read more »

THE MP for Equality, Irene Montero, has been heavily criticised by political rivals for flying to New York in the Falcon – a private plane owned by the Spanish government. In the Spanish parliament, Elias Redondo, coordinator of the centre-right PP, has demanded the cost of the trip be made... Read more »

A MAN has been arrested in Spain in connection with the slaying of Dutch investigative reporter Peter R. de Vries. Another man has been held on the Caribbean island of Curacao, with both men suspected of sharing videos of the brutal killing on social media. De Vries, 64, was gunned... Read more »

A FOREST FIRE that ignited on Sunday in Valencia has already burned through some 800 hectares. An emergency team comprising four planes, four helicopters and brigades from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition have been dispatched to extinguish the blaze, located west of Valencia city in Venta del Moro. Multiple... Read more »

SPANISH police have impounded three underwater drones built specifically to smuggle narcotics from Morocco via the Strait of Gibraltar. The inventive method made use of unmanned submersibles which are able to carry up to 200kg of drugs. Their discovery is the culmination of over a year-long investigation, with eight people... Read more »

POLICE have busted a football match-fixing ring that operated in Spain and Gibraltar. Investigators say the network had made more than €500,000, mostly on illicit gambling linked to Spain’s Third Division. Although links to Gibraltar’s National League have been made by Interpol, no information to say how widespread the practice... Read more »

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested one of the most-wanted criminals in Spain. The man, who has not been named, is only 20 years old yet has racked up a long criminal record with some 300 criminal offences to his name. He has been particularly renowned for his persistent robberies in... Read more »

SPAIN’S jobless figure dropped to 2,880,582 in June, its lowest level since October 2008. This was 42,409 fewer than in May, according to data published by the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Economy. The Spanish Social Security system has now set a new record with 20.3 million people working across... Read more »

THERE has been an outbreak of a poultry disease on a chicken farm in Huercal-Overa, Almeria. Newcastle disease virus (VND) has been detected in chickens, the Junta has confirmed. The farm which houses around 10,000 chicks, reported a surge in sudden deaths on 24 June. Tests confirmed many had VND,... Read more »

AN EASYJET passenger plane was escorted by Spanish fighter jets towards Menorca after a bomb threat scare on the plane. At the weekend, passengers on a G-EZAO Airbus from Gatwick Airport were stunned as they noticed F18 fighter jets flying very close to their plane when their flight was due... Read more »

Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports: The Great Salt Lake has dropped to a new historic low, FOX 13 News has confirmed. The imperiled lake has dropped to 4,190.1, below last year’s record low of 4,190.2 feet. The Great Salt Lake has already dropped 11 feet since it was first... Read more »

ABC News reports: Two of Britain’s most senior Cabinet ministers have quit, a move that could spell the end of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership after months of scandals. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned within minutes of each other. Javid said “I can no longer... Read more »

The Independent reports: The Highland Park shooting suspect “planned his attack for several weeks” and dressed in women’s clothes as a disguise so that he could slip under the radar as he fled the scene of the mass shooting, according to law enforcement. Robert Crimo III, 21, was arrested on... Read more »

Courthouse News reports: The poll, a collaboration between Republican and Democratic pollsters Neil Newhouse and Joel Benenson, respectively, surveyed 1,000 registered voters around the U.S.. A slight majority of those, 56%, said they believed the government was corrupt and “rigged against everyday people like me,” with self-identified Republicans polling substantially... Read more »

The Hill reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) shared a compilation of around a dozen vulgar and threatening calls to his congressional office to highlight an increase in threats of violence in politics. “Threats of violence over politics has increased heavily in the last few years. But the darkness has reached... Read more »

Florida Politics reports: A state circuit judge has issued his formal order stalling Florida’s 15-week abortion ban days after determining the law unconstitutional. In a 68-page order released Tuesday, Judge John Cooper followed through on his verbal ruling Thursday, a preliminary win for abortion rights advocates. Abortion providers and advocates... Read more »

Law & Crime reports: Days before the end of Donald Trump’s tenure, the departing president’s administration imposed a rule that gutted the “non-discrimination” provisions for the receipt of the roughly $500 billion in funds administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A federal judge has rescinded that... Read more »

Fox News reports: In a recent interview, podcast host Joe Rogan admitted he never had former President Donald Trump on his popular show because he was “not interested in helping him.” Rogan, who has had his fair share of controversial guests come on his show, mentioned that he would never... Read more »

Futurism reports: What happens in VR in Vegas, amirite? Forget strap-ons — a porn outfit called VR Bangers is helping customers strap into a brand new porn experience in Sin City. For the curious and/or terminally lonely, the adult entertainment outfit says it’s delivering smut-enabled VR headsets via delivery robots.... Read more »

Mediaite reports: Dave Rubin has been suspended from Twitter after violating its hate speech guidelines. Rubin decried the Twitter suspension of psychologist Jordan Peterson, who posted in a June 22 tweet about actor Elliot Page, who is a transgender man. “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just... Read more »

The Guardian reports: Twelve members of a religious group in Toowoomba have been arrested after the death of an eight-year-old girl, who Queensland police say was allegedly denied life-saving medication in the belief she would be healed by God. Elizabeth Rose Struhs had type 1 diabetes and died in her... Read more »

The Washington Post reports: As gas prices climbed toward record highs this May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) secured a pause on the state’s fuel taxes — a $200 million plan he helped pay for with a pot of federal funds awarded earlier in the pandemic. The policy was intended... Read more »

CNN reports: Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said while she didn’t know where the gun used in Monday’s mass shooting in her city came from, she told NBC, “I do know that it was legally obtained.” Rotering said she had known the shooting suspect, Robert E. Crimo III, as a... Read more »

Raw Story reports: Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), who graduated with an accounting degree from Clemson University, got confused while trying to attack President Joe Biden. The Republican politician showed a list that attempted to blame Biden for inflation, which is actually a problem that is happening around the world.... Read more »