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- Breaking News: Florida Deputy Eddie Duran Fired After Fatal Shooting of U.S. Airman Roger Fortson
Florida deputy who fatally shot Airman Roger Fortson fired
- Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his convictiont.co Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
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> “We need to identify each juror. Then make them miserable. Maybe even suicidal,” wrote another user on the same forum. “1,000,000 men (armed) need to go to washington and hang everyone. That’s the only solution,” wrote another user. “This s--- is out of control.” > > “I hope every juror is doxxed and they pay for what they have done,” another user wrote on Trump’s Truth Social platform Thursday. “May God strike them dead. We will on November 5th and they will pay!”
- Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors. So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did.eu.jacksonville.com Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors. So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did.
After the state said its bridges will be lit red, white and blue all summer, LGBTQ supporters used rainbow-colored flashlights on Main Street bridge.
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/127419
- Boeing’s largest plant in ‘panic mode’ amid safety crisis, say workers and union officialswww.theguardian.com Boeing’s largest plant in ‘panic mode’ amid safety crisis, say workers and union officials
Managers in Washington accused of hounding staff to keep quiet over quality concerns, as employees point to union-busting
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> Managers in Washington accused of hounding staff to keep quiet over quality concerns, as employees point to union-busting > > Boeing’s largest factory is in “panic mode”, according to workers and union officials, with managers accused of hounding staff to keep quiet over quality concerns. > > The US plane maker has been grappling with a safety crisis sparked by a cabin panel blowout during a flight in January, and intense scrutiny of its production line as regulators launched a string of investigations. > > Its site at Everett, Washington – hailed as the world’s biggest manufacturing building – is at the heart of Boeing’s operation, responsible for building planes like the 747 and 767, and fixing the 787 Dreamliner.
- Discounting is back in fashion, as Americans get tired of paying more
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- He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job.theintercept.com He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job.
Alex Smith, a senior USAID adviser, said he was pressured to resign days after USAID censored his presentation on maternal health in Gaza.
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> Alexander Smith’s PowerPoint presentation doesn’t appear designed to court controversy. The slides, focused on declining maternal health in Gaza, cite public health data from the United Nations and World Health Organization. His employer, the U.S. Agency for International Development, had selected him to share it at the government agency’s Global Gender Equality Conference. > > But just before the conference, an issue of contention emerged. > > A single slide mentioned international humanitarian law in context of the health crisis in Gaza. USAID staff cited the slide and discussion of international law as potential fodder for leaks, documents and emails Smith shared with The Intercept show. Despite Smith’s willingness to make revisions, his presentation was eventually canceled. On the last day of the conference, he found himself out of a job. > > “I thought it is really obscene that misinformation can go out freely out into the world [about Gaza], but I can’t talk about the reality of starving pregnant women,” said Smith, who worked as a contracted senior adviser at USAID on gender and material health. “We can’t even whisper about that in a conference on that topic.”
- Neo-Nazi who protested drag shows has been arrested on child porn chargeswww.advocate.com Neo-Nazi who protested drag shows has been arrested on child porn charges
Stephen Thomas Farrea of Portsmouth, R.I., had been seen at many protests held by the Nationalist Social Club-131, a neo-Nazi organization.
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- FDA’s review of MDMA for PTSD highlights study bias and safety concernsarstechnica.com FDA’s review of MDMA for PTSD highlights study bias and safety concerns
FDA advisors will meet June 4 to discuss and vote on the therapy's effectiveness.
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/19935197
- Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countrieswww.newsweek.com Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries
Former president and convicted felon Trump could have difficulty entering nations including the U.K., Ukraine and China.
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- Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict
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- Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversyapnews.com Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy
Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and flags that flew outside Justice Samuel Alito's homes.
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> Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel Alito. > > Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators a day after Alito separately wrote them and House members to reject their demands that he recuse himself from major Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 rioters because of the flags, which are like those carried by rioters at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. > > Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a member of the Judiciary panel, had written Roberts a week ago to ask for the meeting and that Roberts take steps to ensure that Alito recuses himself from any cases before the court concerning the Jan. 6 attack or the Republican former president’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
- She Made an Offer on a Condo. Then the Seller Learned She Was Black.www.nytimes.com She Made an Offer on a Condo. Then the Seller Learned She Was Black.
A Black woman claims a white homeowner tried to pull out of a sale because of her race.
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> Two federal laws — the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the much older Civil Rights Act of 1866 — make it illegal for both home sellers and their real estate agents to discriminate during a home sale. But more than 50 years after redlining was outlawed, racial discrimination remains an issue, housing advocates say. A multiyear undercover investigation by the National Fair Housing Alliance, a Washington-based nonprofit coalition of housing organizations, found that 87 percent of real estate agents participated in racial steering, opting to show their clients homes only in neighborhoods where most of the neighbors were of their same race. Agents also refused to work with Black buyers and showed Black and Latino buyers fewer homes than white buyers.
- Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate changeapnews.com Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
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- Jewish Leaders Condemn Josh Hawley for Backing Harrison Butkerwww.rollingstone.com Jewish Leaders Condemn Josh Hawley for Backing Harrison Butker
Dozens of Jewish leaders in Missouri criticized Hawley for supporting the Chiefs kicker after he gave a speech spreading an “antisemitic lie.”
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- "My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very endwww.salon.com "My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very end | Salon.com
Award-winning news and culture, features breaking news, in-depth reporting and criticism on politics, science, food and entertainment.
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- TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTSwww.bbc.com Trump trial live: Donald Trump found guilty in historic criminal trial - BBC News
He becomes the first former - or serving - president to be convicted of a crime, as he bids to return to the White House.
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- Man with suspended license appears in Michigan court over Zoom while drivingabc7.com Man with suspended license appears in Michigan court over Zoom while driving
If you are accused of driving with a suspended license, you probably shouldn't show up to a virtual court hearing while driving.
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- Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 electionwww.theguardian.com Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election
Former president calls verdict ‘a disgrace’ after being convicted in New York on all 34 counts of falsifying business records
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> >Donald Trump has been found guilty of using a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. > > >The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president. It marks a perilous political moment for Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination, whose poll numbers have remained unchanged throughout the trial but could tank at any moment.
- Trump campaign announces $35M fundraising haul after guilty verdictthehill.com Trump campaign announces $35M fundraising haul after guilty verdict
The Trump campaign brought in roughly $35 million after former President Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts in a New York hush money trial Thursday, as his campaign argues the verdict super…
- Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russiawww.nytimes.com Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia
White House officials said the president’s major policy shift extended only to what they characterized as acts of self-defense so that Ukraine could protect Kharkiv, its second-largest city.
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- Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacancieswww.cnn.com Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacancies | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years.
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> President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years. > > “The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life,” he said during a campaign rally in Philadelphia. > > It was as explicit a warning as Biden could offer about the stakes of the upcoming election, and a clear reminder that some of the nine justices have entered their seventies. > > Clarence Thomas is 75 and Samuel Alito is 74; both are conservative and appointed by Republican presidents. Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal who was nominated by President Barack Obama, turns 70 next month.
- Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year lowwww.poynter.org Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low - Poynter
Republicans have argued that Biden is responsible for high levels of crime. He has responded by saying that violent crime has fallen. He's right.
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> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15948872 > > > Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low
- Former OpenAI Board Member Says Sam Altman Created a Culture of ‘Psychological Abuse’gizmodo.com Former OpenAI Board Member Says Sam Altman Created a Culture of ‘Psychological Abuse’
It's finally revealed why Sam Altman was temporarily fired from the company.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15964771
- The first social media babies are adults now. Some are pushing for laws to protect kids from their parents’ oversharingwww.cnn.com The first social media babies are adults now. Some are pushing for laws to protect kids from their parents’ oversharing | CNN
Cam Barrett knows the precise date of her first menstrual period. Her mother posted the news on Facebook. Barrett, who lives in Illinois, is part of a growing movement of young people who are urging lawmakers to protect children whose parents monetize their private lives on social media.
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- New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstancesapnews.com New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed legislation making it a crime to knowingly approach within 25 feet of a police officer while they are “engaged in law enforcement duties” after the officer has ordered the person to stay back.
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> Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable. > > Under the law, anyone who is convicted of “knowingly or intentionally” approaching an officer, who is “lawfully engaged in the execution of his official duties,” and after being ordered to “stop approaching or retreat” faces up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days in jail or both. The law was signed by Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, Tuesday and goes into effect Aug. 1. > > While the legislation’s language does not specifically mention filming, critics say that by default it would limit how close a person can be to observe police. Opponents have also gone further to question the law’s constitutionality, saying it could impede on a person’s First Amendment rights.
- Republican activist with ties to DeSantis and Rubio indicted over January 6www.theguardian.com Republican activist with ties to DeSantis and Rubio indicted over January 6
Barbara Balmaseda, 23, charged with five counts after FBI investigation identifies her at riot alongside Proud Boys
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- Mother of Jan. 6 officer Michael Fanone swatted after he called Trump 'authoritarian'www.nbcnews.com Mother of Jan. 6 officer Michael Fanone swatted after he called Trump 'authoritarian'
Fanone was abducted by the mob on Jan. 6 and nearly killed when a MAGA-hatted rioter who believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election drove a stun gun into his neck.
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> Fanone was abducted by the mob on Jan. 6 and nearly killed when a MAGA-hatted rioter who believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election drove a stun gun into his neck. > > Michael Fanone, a former police officer who was nearly killed by a mob during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, spoke outside the courthouse during closing arguments in Donald Trump's hush money trial Tuesday, calling Trump "an authoritarian" with "a violence fetish." > > Hours later, Fanone's mother was "swatted" at her home in Virginia. > > On Tuesday, a fake "manifesto" attributed to Fanone was sent to a number of email addresses, including some associated with a high school that Fanone attended for a year more than two decades ago. The "manifesto," viewed by NBC News, claimed that the writer had killed their mother and planned to go to the recipient's school Wednesday and shoot more people. It provided Fanone's mother's home address.
- Judge denies special counsel request to bar Trump from statements on law enforcementabcnews.go.com Judge Cannon denies special counsel request to bar Trump from making statements about law enforcement
Trump's lawyers responded to the special counsel's request for a federal judge to bar Trump from statements that could pose a risk to law enforcement.
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- Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primarytruthout.org Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary
Shawn Thierry lost to Lauren Ashley Simmons, a queer union organizer endorsed by influential LGBTQ organizations.
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- NBC News: Over 150 Russian fake news sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, report findswww.nbcnews.com Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds
A new report from a media watchdog connects John Mark Dougan, who now lives in Russia, to scores of fake news sites.
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- CEO Who Tanked Company's Stock By 20% Reveals 5-Point $700m Plan To Save Cracker Barrelwww.ibtimes.co.uk CEO Who Tanked Company's Stock By 20% Reveals 5-Point $700m Plan To Save Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel plans menu refresh, store remodels & loyalty program to win back young customers after losing 16 percent in 4 years.
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> Cracker Barrel's CEO faces an uphill battle to revive the restaurant chain after a blunt admission sent stock prices plummeting 20 per cent.
- State laws threaten to erode academic freedom in U.S. higher educationtheconversation.com State laws threaten to erode academic freedom in US higher education
A wave of mostly partisan laws have sought to curtail what university faculty can say and teach.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15961752
- Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classroomswww.cnn.com Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms | CNN Politics
Schools in Louisiana could soon be required by law to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15964425
- Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.mashable.com Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.
Emails, phone numbers, addresses, and even financial details have allegedly been exposed by a notorious hacker group.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22209951
- Suspect killed his pregnant sister and dismembered her body because she was ‘no longer innocent’www.independent.co.uk Minnesota man killed pregnant sister and dismembered her, cops say
Jack Joseph Ball was charged with two counts of second-degree murder on Thursday for the killings of 30-year-old Bethany Ann Israel and her unborn child
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- Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy in Tahoe, Athlete Sayswww.thedailybeast.com Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy in Tahoe, Athlete Says
The athlete also told The Daily Beast that in the run-up to the 2016 election he received anonymous calls from strangers asking what he remembered of the weekend.
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- Americans shrug over falling birthratewww.newsweek.com Americans shrug over falling birthrate
As the number of births declines year-on-year, a large percentage of childless Americans are not planning to have any children.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15969534
- Trump Vows to Set Student-Led Peace Movement 'Back 25 to 30 Years'www.commondreams.org Trump Vows to Set Student-Led Peace Movement 'Back 25 to 30 Years' | Common Dreams
"In Trump's version of America, dissent will not be allowed unless he agrees with it like the January 6 attack," said one observer.
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