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- • 90%www.advocate.com Ohio Republican could face disqualification under name change law aimed at trans candidates
Republican State Rep. Tex Fischer could be disqualified under the same law used to disqualify a transgender candidate, or even possibly removed from his seat.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19095302
- • 87%www.thedailybeast.com Arizona’s Pro-Trump Police Union Turns Its Back on Kari Lake
Despite endorsing Lake during her 2022 gubernatorial run, the Arizona Police Association is now throwing its support behind her opponent, a Marine combat veteran.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19094557
> https://12ft.io/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizonas-pro-trump-police-union-endorses-kari-lakes-democratic-rival-ruben-gallego?ref=home
- • 68%www.zerohedge.com FBI Raids NY Home Of Ex-UN Weapons Inspector & Anti-War Pundit Scott Ritter
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
- newrepublic.com Nikki Haley’s Old Warning Haunts Trump as Biden Bows Out
Donald Trump’s former rival had a dire prediction on the 2024 race. It looks like it may soon become reality.
- • 100%www.cnn.com What you need to know about America’s shockingly good economic report | CNN Business
The US economy just got its latest health check, and it looks promising.
- abcnews.go.com Jan. 6 rioters, supporters work to rewrite history of the attack on the Capitol
ABC News' Jay O’Brien reports on the effort to rewrite the events of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17850004
> The convicted rioters are rebranded as hostages, not inmates.
- spectrumlocalnews.com Fired SpaceX employees sue for wrongfully terminating critics of Elon Musk
The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified monetary damages
- abcnews.go.com Alabama man accused of fatally shooting 5 people, including his wife and 2 kids
The quintuple homicide occurred in West Blocton in Bibb County Thursday around 10 p.m. CT, state authorities said.
How does a gun spot the criminals?
- • 72%www.cnbc.com Here are 6 buying categories cheaper today than they were before the pandemic
Prices naturally rise over time, but the pandemic pushed inflation to decades highs. These few categories, however, are cheaper than they were pre-pandemic.
- www.cnn.com A bank created fake accounts, forced clients into unnecessary car insurance and repossessed vehicles when they didn’t pay. Now it has agreed to $20 million in penalties | CNN Business
Fifth Third Bank on Tuesday said it agreed to pay $20 million in penalties imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to settle a CFPB investigation into its auto insurance practices, and a 2020 lawsuit the agency filed pertaining to the bank’s creation of fake customer accounts.
- www.seattletimes.com The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy
Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
- • 91%apnews.com New Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward
The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17364201
> WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion, but the Pentagon is moving forward with the program, saying that given the threats from China and Russia it does not have a choice. > > The Northrop Grumman Sentinel program is the first major upgrade to the ground-based component of the nuclear triad in more than 60 years and will replace the aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. > > It involves not only building a new missile but the modernization of 450 silos across five states, their launch control centers, three nuclear missile bases and several other testing facilities. > > The expansiveness of the program previously raised questions from government watchdogs as to whether the Pentagon could manage it all. > > Military budget officials on Monday said when they set the program’s estimated costs their full knowledge of the modernization needed “was insufficient in hindsight to have a high-quality cost estimate,” Bill LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters on a call. > > The high cost overrun triggered what is known as a Nunn-McCurdy breach, which occurs if the cost of developing a new program increases by 25% or more. By statute, the under secretary of defense for acquisition then must **undertake a rigorous review of the program to determine if it should continue; otherwise the program must be terminated. **
- • 97%www.theguardian.com Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill
Satanic Temple objects to governor’s push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17350565
> Satanic Temple objects to governor’s push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains > > Dark messengers of satanism could soon be walking the hallways of Florida’s public schools, and it’s a consequence of hard-right governor Ron DeSantis’s push for more religion in education. > > Members of the Satanic Temple say they are poised to act as volunteer chaplains under a state law that took effect this week opening campuses to “additional counseling and support to students” from outside organizations. > > Although HB 931 leaves the implementation of chaplain programs to individual school districts, and only requires schools to list a volunteer’s religion “if any”, DeSantis has made clear its intent is to restore the tenets of Christianity to public education. > > Without the bill, DeSantis said at its signing in April: “You’re basically saying that God has no place [on campus]. That’s wrong.” > > The satanists see the law, which comes amid a vigorous theocratic drive into education by the religious right nationally, as an equal opportunity: if Christian chaplains are permitted access to students, often at the most vulnerable and impressionable stages of their lives, then so are they.
- • 96%apnews.com Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition
Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17364145
> Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday. > > Starting in the fall, the donation will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000. Living expenses and fees will be covered for students from families who earn up to $175,000.
- • 90%www.scrippsnews.com Caesar salad, invented in Mexico by Italian immigrants, is still pleasing palates after 100 years
Caesar salad has something to celebrate: It’s turning 100. In the U.S., 35% of all restaurants have Caesar salad on their menus.
- • 100%gizmodo.com Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets
In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17271565
- • 90%www.scrippsnews.com US economy added 206,000 new jobs in June, outpacing historical norms, new data shows
Despite apprehension about the state of the U.S. economy, 206,000 new jobs were added in June as the economy continues to outpace historical norms.
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Satellite images renew fear over growing Chinese military presence in Cuba
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CSIS: Images pinpoint four Chinese military sites across Cuba
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Cuban official: Island isn't harboring Chinese military interests
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- www.morningstar.com Why Stocks Are Hitting Record Highs—and What Could Send Them Back to Earth
Optimism about the economy, inflation and the Fed are lifting stocks, but risks remain.
- • 92%phys.org Study: More complaints, worse performance when AI monitors employees
Organizations using AI to monitor employees' behavior and productivity can expect them to complain more, be less productive and want to quit more—unless the technology can be framed as supporting their development, Cornell research finds.
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average wages have surpassed inflation for 12 straight months
www.epi.org Average wages have surpassed inflation for 12 straight monthsAverage hourly wage growth has exceeded inflation for 12 straight months, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this morning. This real (or inflation-adjusted) wage growth is a key indicator of how well the average worker’s wage can improve their standard of living. As inflation ...
- www.scrippsnews.com Mattel is updating some of its most popular games, like Uno and Blokus, to make them more inclusive
Mattel is changing some of your favorite games, like Uno and Phase 10, to make them more inclusive. Here's how.
- • 100%www.scrippsnews.com CDC recommends updated COVID-19, flu shots this fall
As COVID-19 and the flu mutate, the CDC says that nearly all Americans over 6 months of age should get an updated shot this fall.
- • 94%spectrumlocalnews.com Oklahoma superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible
State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued a memo Thursday to school superintendents across the state.
- • 90%arstechnica.com Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17029482
> In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt "a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others," who may not have access to a local library or feel "safe accessing the information they need in public." > > During a press briefing following arguments in court Friday, IA founder Brewster Kahle said that "those voices weren't being heard." Judges appeared primarily focused on understanding how IA's digital lending potentially hurts publishers' profits in the ebook licensing market, rather than on how publishers' costly ebook licensing potentially harms readers.
- https:// www.goodnewsnetwork.org /us-crime-rate-drops-to-historic-lows-new-q1-stats-show/
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16968321
- • 96%www.theguardian.com They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities
Educators on the Fort Apache Reservation have repeatedly condemned teens for participating in a sacred dance. It follows a pattern of Christian discipline begun more than a century ago
- • 80%fox2now.com Five men charged with kidnapping after missing teen found in Missouri
MACON COUNTY, Mo. – Five men were arrested in Missouri on Monday are accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old Indiana girl. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the suspects were…
- www.lgbtqnation.com Gender non-conforming family called "Satanic" after being outed by school - LGBTQ Nation
"They’d all put my children in danger, and the school had done nothing to make us aware."
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16898725
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A Texas Democrat voted against rights for trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her – and won
www.independent.co.uk A Texas Dem voted against trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her and wonFor labor organizer Lauren Ashley Simmons, every battle is ‘David and Goliath.’ The state’s new class of LGBT+ lawmakers is telling the world that Texas is worth fighting for, Alex Woodward reports
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16863522
- www.nbcnews.com Texas woman arrested, accused of trying to drown 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim child in possible hate crime
Elizabeth Wolf, 42, was charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18630049
- www.cnn.com America’s housing crisis continues to worsen | CNN Business
In America, home prices are at record highs while hundreds of thousands are homeless.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16857757
