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GameStop investor retracts suit accusing Roaring Kitty of pump-and-dump scheme ( arstechnica.com )

Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel ( apnews.com )

Conspiracy Theorists Think Biden Was Hit With Directed-Energy Weapons During Debate ( gizmodo.com )

After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law ( apnews.com )

President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election....

Taiwan raises travel alert for Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau over Beijing's new judicial guidelines introducing death penalty for supporters of Taiwanese independence ( www.jurist.org )

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Gang violence in Haiti has displaced 300,000 children, the United Nations says ( www.npr.org )

Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months. The spike in violence began in late February after a series of coordinated attacks on key government infrastructure eventually led Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign in April....

In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges ( apnews.com )

They’re asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge. The strategy could mean electors won’t be summoned in advance to defend their voting rights and the identities of those seeking to purge voters...

7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll ( apnews.com )

A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues....

Trump Tower is coming to Saudi Arabia | CNN Business ( www.cnn.com )

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‘Epidemic’ of sex trafficking alleged at Red Roof Inn hotels across US ( www.independent.co.uk )

New Report Argues Private Rail Is a Train Wreck, Public Ownership Needed ( www.commondreams.org )

Banker Who Slugged Woman at NYC Pride Event Charged With Assault ( www.thedailybeast.com )

Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss ( apnews.com )

A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing....

Steve Bannon swaps his podcast studio for a prison cell ( www.motherjones.com )

Instances of anti-LGBTQ vandalism reported in nearly two dozen states during Pride Month ( www.nbcnews.com )

Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion' ( www.reuters.com )

Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts....

US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average hourly wage growth has surpassed inflation for 12 straight months ( www.epi.org )

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