Joe Biden calls Zelensky "Putin" right before huge press conference ( www.newsweek.com )
Joe Biden's gaffe comes as Democrats abandon his campaign.
Democrats & Republicans are stealing funds intended for independent parties to use in the 2024 elections, according to Green Party USA ( x.com )
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US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island ( apnews.com )
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said....
Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word' ( apnews.com )
Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, who live near each other in the same Massachusetts town, each devoted decades to reporting, writing and book authorship....
Gunman at large after ambushing, killing deputy following assault on pizza worker over wrong order ( abcnews.go.com )
Media organizations urge Israel to open access to Gaza - Committee to Protect Journalists ( cpj.org )
New York, July 11, 2024—More than 60 media and civil society organizations have signed an open letter urging Israel to give journalists independent access to Gaza....
A million more U.S. workers can now get overtime pay: 'Most employers absolutely do want to get this right' ( www.cnbc.com )
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to meet with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago ( www.theguardian.com )
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will fly to Mar-a-Lago on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting....
Inside Goldman Sachs' expanding but risky financing engine ( www.reuters.com )
A Goldman Sachs bet put in place in 2021 on lending to private funds has helped drive record revenues in fixed-income financing. Now, the Wall Street bank is pushing even deeper into the growing but risky market....
'We're screaming into the void.' Across the U.S., heat keeps breaking records ( www.npr.org )
Louisiana 'miracle baby' 'Miracle baby' survives days alone on a roadside ( www.bbc.com )
A days-long search for a missing baby boy in Louisiana has ended after a truck driver spotted the one-year-old crawling through the grass alongside a busy highway....
Shelley Duvall, ‘The Shining’ and ‘Nashville’ Star, Dies at 75 ( variety.com )
Fire breaks out in spire of Rouen Cathedral in northwest France ( www.cbsnews.com )
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the Mayor of Rouen, which is in France's northern Normandy region, said no one was injured....
The UAW’s federal monitor twice pressured the union to back off its call for Gaza ceasefire, then launched an investigation ( www.dropsitenews.com )
The federally appointed monitor tasked with overseeing the United Auto Workers, Neil Barofsky, is ratcheting up his conflict with UAW President Shawn Fain, announcing another investigation into the union leader who rose to national prominence amid the successful “Stand Up Strike” against the Big Three automakers....
Donald Trump gets bad news about Kamala Harris ( www.newsweek.com )
Major update in case of baby girl who died 'of heat exposure' when her parents took her boating on lake in 120F weather ( www.dailymail.co.uk )
In a first, Republican majority on a Nevada county commission refuses to certify election ( www.usatoday.com )
Three Republican commissioners in a key Nevada swing county have refused to certify an election recount, creating new turmoil in a community that since the 2020 election has been a hotbed for election skepticism, misinformation, and vitriol against public officials. ...
EU should add China's Xinjiang region and the aluminum sector to Forced Labor Database, rights groups says ( www.hrw.org )
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"Their goal Is total ethnic cleansing of the Gaza people": Physician Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s expulsion order for Gaza City ( www.democracynow.org )
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Chicago police rebuff watchdog’s request to reopen probe into cops’ ties to Oath Keepers ( www.wbez.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240711133643/https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2024/07/09/chicago-police-rebuff-watchdogs-request-to-reopen-probe-into-cops-ties-to-oath-keepers
Private prison behemoth GEO Group is first corporation to max out donations to Trump Campaign ( www.citizensforethics.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240711125807/https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/private-prison-behemoth-is-first-corporation-to-max-out-to-trump/
Georgia elections board weighs proposal for extensive document review before certification ( www.wsbtv.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240711133037/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/state-elections-board-weighs-proposal-extensive-document-review-before-certification/YYWW2EBJPNAKNFFQ57D3CSGEBU/
With no residential address, homeless voters in Georgia face removal from the rolls ( www.wabe.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240711124129/https://www.wabe.org/with-no-residential-address-homeless-voters-in-georgia-face-removal-from-the-rolls/
Black man dies, crying for help, after hotel guards pin him down, video shows: Milwaukee police are investigating the killing of Dvontaye Mitchell, whose death has drawn comparisons to George Floyd’s ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240711125445/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/09/dvontaye-mitchell-milwaukee-hyatt-guards/
Senate Republicans block Democratic bill codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections ( www.nbcnews.com )
The legislation, which states that “protections for access to abortion rights ... should be supported," was blocked by Republicans who panned it as a "show vote."...
