The Guardian / Maya
YangFollowing Ruling,
Democratic States Stockpile Abortion Pills Despite a reprieve by the US supreme court, a growing number of Democratic states are stockpiling abortion pills as the legal fight for access to the abortion drug mifepristone is set to continue. |
New York Post / Nikki Mascali RoartyAlec Baldwin Holds Gun Backwards on Set Alec Baldwin was seen holding a gun on the new “Rust” set Friday, one day after involuntary manslaughter charges were dropped against him in connection to a fatal on-set
shooting. |
DW / Nik
MartinChina Developing Ability
to Hijack Satellites China is building hacking capabilities that will allow it to "seize control" of enemy satellites – a revelation that comes amid ongoing tensions between Beijing and Washington over trade and geopolitics. |
The Wrap / Joshua
CinsonGayle King and Charles
Barkley Headed to CNN Gayle King and Charles Barkley are teaming up this fall to host a new CNN prime show named after themselves, “King Charles,” the duo announcement on TNT on Saturday. |
Outkick / Amber
HardingPhil Jackson Says NBA Has
Gotten Too Political Phil Jackson dedicated most of his life to basketball. But as a guest on the “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” podcast, the legendary NBA coach says he doesn’t have much interest in the sport. |
CNN / David
AxelrodAxelrod on Why Biden
Faces No Serious Opposition President Joe Biden was the toast of Ireland last week, as he was treated to a hero’s welcome in a pageant-laden return to his ancestral home, but back in the USA, Biden is saddled with job approval ratings. |
CBS News / Sophia Barkoff
and Faris Tanyos Amid ongoing violence in Sudan which has left hundreds of people dead, the U.S. military has successfully evacuated American government employees from the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. |
USA Today / David
JacksonPAC Promoting DeSantis
Expands its Reach A political action committee that supports Ron DeSantis for president is financing television ads in four early voting states, another sign that the Florida governor will soon declare his 2024 candidacy. |
The Atlantic / Mark
LeibovichChris Christie Doesn't
Want to Hear the Name Trump “How many different ways are you gonna ask the same fucking question, Mark?” Chris Christie asked me. We were seated in the dining room of the Hay-Adams hotel. It’s a nice hotel, five stars. Genteel. |
People / Tracey Harrington
McCoy Dame Edna Everage Creator
Gone at 89 Barry Humphries, the Australian comedian who created the famed character Dame Edna, has died at 89. Humphries died on Saturday in an Australian hospital after being treated for different health issues. |
Wales Online / Jon
DoelIt's Always Sunny in
Wrexham Wrexham's Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were in tears and fans poured onto the pitch at the final whistle after the Welsh side finally won promotion back to the Football League. |
Variety / Chris
WillmanKreutzmann Out for Final
Dead and Company Tour Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, one of the founders of the Grateful Dead and a member of spin off group Dead and Company, will not be a part of the latter group’s farewell tour this summer. |
Wall Street
Journal WSJ: Biden's Second Term
Mistake The White House is whispering that next week President Biden will announce his intention to run for a second term, though the polls say that even most Democrats hope he doesn’t. |
MSNBC / Alex
WagnerAmerica's Stand Your
Ground Horror Story In 2012, it was a quick trip to a convenience store. The teenager was 17 and he was on his way back to his father’s place with a bottle of juice and a bag of Skittles. He was wearing a hoodie. His name was Trayvon Martin. |
Washington Examiner /
Salena ZitoPA Voters Less Wedded to
Trump Than You'd Think Richard Tems has fiercely defended Trump in editorials, interviews with reporters, and conversations with anyone within earshot. He voted for Trump twice and believed he was the right president at the right time. |
NBC News / Zoe
RichardsDemocrat Reactions to
Abortion Pill Democrats expressed cautious optimism and Republicans voiced frustration Friday night after the Supreme Court allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to remain widely available. |
Fox News / Peter
AitkenFlorida Man Shoots
Instacart Delivery Driver A Florida couple said someone shot at them when they delivered Instacart groceries to the wrong house last week and a man demanded to know who they were, then pulled up behind them in his truck. |
Business Insider /
Katherine Tangalakis-LippertTwitter Adding Verified
Mark to Dead People Dead celebrities are the latest to endorse Twitter Blue according to the verification badges applied to their profiles, including Kobe Bryant, Norm Macdonald, Anthony Bourdain, Chadwick Boseman, and Michael Jackson. |
The Street / Luc
OlingaMusk Wants a Second
Attempt at Starship Less than 48 hours after the explosion of Starship, the most powerful rocket in the world with which Musk promised to conquer Mars and to revisit the Moon, the billionaire has his eyes fixed on a second attempt. |
Rolling Stone / Brian
HiattWhat Happened with Frank
Ocean at Coachella? Frank Ocean’s Coachella performance was so bizarre, beginning with the fact that much of it took place backstage, that some critics assumed it had to be a deliberate deconstruction of expectations for festival headliners. |
Rigged Trials and Tainted Justice: The Plight of the Wrongfully Convicted By Bob Kosch
The arrest of a former U.S. President highlights the importance of due process, while thousands of wrongfully convicted individuals face misconduct or fabrication of evidence by police and prosecutors. |
For the
Left At Least Nine Killed in
Triple Suicide Bombing in Central Mali At least nine people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a triple suicide bomb attack destroyed about 20 buildings in the central Mali town of Sevare early on Saturday, a spokesperson for the regional governor said. |
For the
RightNAACP Sues Over
Mississippi Legislation Expanding State Power in Jackson The NAACP filed a lawsuit against Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) and other members of the government over two pieces of state law which would expand state influence over policing in the capital city of Jackson. |
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