daily links: june 2023

6.5.23
CNN.com—Apple announces new AR/VR headset at its annual developers conference
NBC News—Mother of six year old who brought a gun to school and shot his teacher is charged with federal gun crimes
BBC News—Oklahoma school board approves nation's first tax-funded religious school, although its constitutional legality is likely to be challenged
USA Today—Cornel West announces 2024 bid for the presidency
CBS News—Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies at 79
ABCnews.com—Microsoft Outlook suffers major outage


6.6.23
BBC News—Atlanta City Council approves funding for controversial "Cop City" police training site
ABCnews.com—PGA announces that it will merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf
CBS News—Merck sues US government over Medicare drug prices
CNN.com—SEC sues Coinbase for allegedly acting as an unregistered crypto broker
NBC News—Chris Christie files paperwork to compete as a GOP candidate for the presidency in 2024
USA Today—McDonald's will release a special purple milkshake to celebrate the return of Grimace


6.7.23
ABCnews.com—Trump officially informed that he is the target of a federal investigation into his attempts to steal and hide classified documents after leaving the White House
USA Today—Embattled CEO of CNN ousted after tumultous year
NBC News—Lionel Messi joining Inter Miami CF of the American soccer league MLS
CBS News—Bob's Burger voice actor Jay Johnston arrested for participating in the Jan 6 insurrection
CNN.com—Professional wrestler the Iron Sheik dies at 81
BBC News—Parkland sheriff's deputy on trial for failing to respond to the school shooting where 17 people died


6.8.23
CNN.com—Key White House official testified to prosecutors that Trump was explicitly aware that there was a formal process for declassifying sensitive documents
CBS News—Supreme Court rules that Alabama's racial gerrymandering is unconstitutional
USA Today—California governor constitutional amendment that would set explicit limits on gun ownership
NBC News—Research shows that nutrient found in protein-rich foods helps slow aging in animals
ABCnews.com—Christian evangelist Pat Robertson dies at 93
BBC News—Female crocodile at zoo in Costa Rica becomes pregnant on her own


6.12.23
BBC News—JP Morgan will pay $290 million to settle lawsuits from victims of Jeffrey Epstein
ABCnews.com—FTC sues to block Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard
NBC News—Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, dies from suicide in his prison cell at 81
USA Today—Supreme Court declines to hear case from North Carolinians who want to have a Confederate flag on an official license plate
CBS News—Thousands of subreddits are going private for two days to protest Reddit's decision to charge for access to its API
CNN.com—Pat Sajak announces that he is retiring from Wheel of Fortune after 41 seasons


6.13.23
CNN.com—Trump pleads not guilty at his arraignment on 37 federal charges related to his mishandling of classified documents
NBC News—Inflation was at its lowest level in more than two years in May
BBC News—Paul McCartney says AI tools helped him complete the final Beatles song with John Lennon
USA Today—Denver Nuggets win their first NBA championship
CBS News—Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy dies at 89
ABCnews.com—Instant Pot maker files for bankruptcy


6.14.23
NBC News—Fox News sends cease and desist letter to fired star Tucker Carlson over his new Twitter show
CNN.com—Georgia says it won't update the software in its Dominion voting machines until after the 2024 elections, leaving several known vulnerabilities unpatched
ABCnews.com—Modelo overtakes Bud Light to become the most popular beer in the US
BBC News—Manager of Harvard's morgue accused of illegally selling body parts
USA Today—Elon Musk's Neuralink supposedly has FDA approval to proceed with human trials of brain implants
CBS News—Killer whales spotted off coast of New England


6.15.23
CNN.com—Multiple US government agencies hit in cyberattack
CBS News—Study finds that taking Adderall decreases productivity if you don't have ADHD
NBC News—Senate investigating merger of PGA with Saudi-owned LIV Golf
ABCnews.com—Nine additional women sue Bill Cosby for sexual assault
BBC News—Music publishers sue Twitter for $250 million for copyright violations
USA Today—Beyonce's launch of her global tour in Sweden may have meaningfully impacted the country's inflation rate for that month


6.20.23
CBS News—Federal judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth
ABCnews.com—Gannett sues Google, claiming it has an illegal monopoly on digital advertising
NBC News—More and more big insurance companies are refusing to take on new customers in Florida and California
BBC News—Taylor Swift announces international tour for 2024
USA Today—Domino's will no longer require an address for pizza delivery, instead allowing users to drop a pin on a map
CNN.com—Toyota developing EV with a manual transmission


6.21.23
USA Today—Fed chair says he still plans more rate hikes even though inflation is stabilizing
CBS News—Delaware city plans to allow corporations to vote in elections
CNN.com—Man who attacked Capitol police officer with a stun gun on Jan 6 sentenced to 12 years in prison
ABCnews.com—FTC sues Amazon for tricking millions of users into signing up for Amazon Prime
NBC News—Former FBI agent sentenced to four years in prison for illegally retaining classified documents. Reminder: what this person did is less severe than what Trump did.
BBC News—Archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city in the Yucatan Peninsula


6.22.23
ABCnews.com—Debris indicates that missing Titanic tourist sub likely suffered a catastrophic implosion and killed all five passengers instantly
CBS News—Wyoming judge temporarily blocks the state's ban on abortion medications
CNN.com—Two year old in Ohio fatally shoots his pregnant mother
NBC News—Georgia police department under investigation for using a picture of a black man as the practice target on their shooting range
BBC News—Climate change increasing the risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Europe
USA Today—The Furby is being rebooted for 2023


6.27.23
CBS News—Supreme Court rejects election law theory pushed by Trump and his supporters
CNN.com—Overstock purchases Bed Bath & Beyond's brand and e-commerce platform for $21.5 million
USA Today—Watchdog group says that scammers stole over $200 billion in Covid relief funds
BBC News—20 years of research worth $1 million lost after janitor turns off freezer in lab at RPI
NBC News—Jesse Watters to replace Tucker Carlson in the 8:00 primetime slot at Fox News
ABCnews.com—Ryan Seacrest will replace Pat Sajak as host of Wheel of Fortune


6.28.23
BBC News—Trump countersues E. Jean Carroll for defamation after she was recently awarded $5 million in a lawsuit against Trump
NBC News—Chicago among many American cities facing dire air quality threat due to Canadian wildfires
USA Today—Pepsi testing cola-infused ketchup in Major League ballparks on July 4
CBS News—DoorDash says it will offer its drivers the option to be paid a minimum hourly wage
ABCnews.com—Biden announces $4.2 billion investment to bring broadband internet to every American household by 2030
CNN.com—Madonna postpones world tour after being hospitalized for several days due to a bacterial infection


6.29.23
CNN.com—The rogue conservative Supreme Court once again overturns established precedent and rules that race can no longer be used as a factor in college admissions
CBS News—Popular sriracha hot sauce facing production issues due to limited supply of chili peppers
ABCnews.com—FDA approves gene therapy for severe cases of hemophilia
NBC News—DeSantis says he would eliminate key federal agencies, such as Commerce, Education, and the IRS, if elected president
BBC News—Virgin Galactic's rocket plane enters commercial service
USA Today—NFL suspends three players for at least one season for gambling policy violations

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