Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School ( www.nytimes.com )
Four killed in Kentucky mass shooting before suspect turned gun on himself ( www.independent.co.uk )
Trump World ‘panicking’ as Project 2025 gets on the radar of voters ( www.msnbc.com )
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out ( www.cnbc.com )
Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, told CNBC on Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out. The president has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race, despite calls for him to do so....
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them ( www.advocate.com )
A terrifying hurricane is brewing in the Atlantic ( www.motherjones.com )
Appeals Court Restores $26M Judgment Against ‘Unite The Right’ Rally White Supremacists ( newsone.com )
Neil Gaiman Denies Sexual Assault Allegations Made by Two Women ( www.rollingstone.com )
Neil Gaiman — the best-selling author whose work includes comic book series *The Sandman *and the novels Good Omens and American Gods — has denied sexual assault allegations made against him by two women with whom he had relationships with at the time, Tortoise Media reports....
Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France ( www.bbc.com )
The governing body said the fine was for "unseemly or inappropriate behaviour during the race and damage to the image of the sport".
South Carolina Man Dies After Firework Explodes On His Head ( www.wccbcharlotte.com )
Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said....
2nd local radio host says they were given questions ahead of Biden interview ( abcnews.go.com )
Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili ( www.pbs.org )
Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator....
House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision ( apnews.com )
A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.”...
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright ( apnews.com )
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....
Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025 | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
In a post to his social media site, Trump claimed, “I know nothing about Project 2025,” the name given to a playbook crafted by the Heritage Foundation to fill the executive branch with thousands of Trump loyalists and reorient its many agencies’ missions around conservative ideals....
Two-year-old becomes sixth child to die in a hot car so far this year ( www.independent.co.uk )
Dangerous heatwave hits US from Texas to California with grim records expected ( www.theguardian.com )
Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer...
Crews battle South Hill fertilizer warehouse fire in sweltering heat ( www.wral.com )
UT-Austin spares pro-Palestinian protesters from suspension, offers them probation instead ( feeds.texastribune.org )
In letters sent out to students this week, first reported by KUT, university officials said it would be appropriate to suspend them for their actions during the protests but would give them the option to take “deferred suspension” instead, a form of probation that would allow students to remain in class and keep the...
“Ephemeral Streams” Are Critical—and a Supreme Court Decision Puts Them at Risk ( www.motherjones.com )
Biden says he 'screwed up' debate but vows to stay in election ( www.bbc.com )
“I'm the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one's pushing me out. I'm not leaving," he said in a call to the broader campaign
Extreme pride in being an American stays near record low: Gallup ( thehill.com )
France to deploy 30,000 police after election runoff amid fears of violence ( www.theguardian.com )
About 30,000 police will be deployed across France on Sunday night amid fears of violence after the final results of a snap election in which the far right hopes to gain a majority in parliament....
France asks two Chinese spies to leave the country after attempt to forcibly repatriate exiled Chinese dissident ( www.lemonde.fr )
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