daily links: june 2025

6.3.25
CBS News—Man lobs Molotov cocktails at Jewish rally in anti semitic attack that injured 12
ABCnews.com—Elon Musk calls Trump's funding bill a "disgusting abomination". Hey, now that these two are finally on the outs (which was inevitable), how about deporting an illegal alien who actually deserves it?
USA Today—Chinese researchers accused of smuggling crop-killing fungus into the US
CNN.com—Shareholders for Warner Bros. Discovery reject new $50 million pay package for CEO David Zaslav
BBC News—Tulsa's first Black mayor planning $100 million reparations package for the Black community in recognition of the losses in the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921
NBC News—Oreo cookie maker suing grocery store chain Aldi over copycat packaging


6.4.25
USA Today—CBO estimates that 11 million currently-insured Americans will lose their health insurance if Trump's budget bill is passed in its current form
CBS News—Trump administration threatens to pull Columbia's accreditation for not cracking down hard enough on antisemitism on campus. For those of you who don't know, it's not the federal government that certifies a schools accreditation, it's an independent commission that is not controlled by the president.
CNN.com—Texas passes law requiring Apple and Google to verify ages of all users of their respective app stores
ABCnews.com—Parents of an unsupervised 7 year old who was killed by a car while crossing a road are both charged with involuntary manslaughter
NBC News—Manhunt underway for Washington man accused of murdering his three daughters
BBC News—Jonathan Joss, a voice actor from animated series King of the Hill, is murdered in front of his husband by a homophobic neighbor who is also likely responsible for burning down the couple's home


6.5.25
ABCnews.com—Trump and Musk feud publicly, with the president threatening economic sanctions on the billionaire's businesses and the illegal immigrant saying the Orange One should be impeached and implying that there is proof that Trump is a pedophile in the unreleased Epstein documents
CBS News—Trump institutes travel ban on citizens of a dozen countries
NBC News—Lunar lander from private Japanese company fails to achieve it's mission goals and crashes into the moon
USA Today—Aaron Rodgers to sign one year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers
BBC News—Judge threatens to remove Diddy from the courtroom for disallowed interactions with jury members during the trial
CNN.com—Hooters abruptly closes dozens of locations as part of its bankruptcy reorganization


6.10.25
ABCnews.com—In a case of executive overreach, blantant Constitutional violations, and response overkill, Trump deploys both the National Guard and the Marines to escalate the violence in the ICE protests in Los Angeles
BBC News—RFK Jr. fires entire CDC committee that reviews and offers recommendations on vaccines
CNN.com—Trump wants to scale back Pell Grants and work study funding, both of which enable many low-income students to attend college
NBC News—Aaron Rodgers to sign one year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers
USA Today—In his first media appearance since joining the Steelers, Aaron Rodgers reveals that he got married during the offseason to an as-yet-unidentified woman
CBS News—Florida man convicted of pretending to be flight attendant in order to fly for free over 100 times


6.11.25
ABCnews.com—Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson dies at 82
NBC News—California governor Gavin Newsome sues Trump administration over illegal federalization and deployment of the National Guard in his state
CBS News—Harvey Weinstein found guilty of criminal sexual assault again after retrial in New York
CNN.com—Hundreds of anti-Trump "No Kings" rallies planned across the country for Saturday, the same day that Trump is holding a huge, expensive, and unnecessary military parade in DC to celebrate his birthday
BBC News—Southern Baptists make push to end same-sex marriage in the US
USA Today—Vintage Pyrex cookware selling for big money on eBay as it becomes a target for collectors


6.12.25
CNN.com—Supreme Court rules that family whose home was mistakenly raided by the FBI in the middle of the night is allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against the agency
ABCnews.com—246 dead after Air India jet crashes into hospital shortly after takeoff, but one passenger is confirmed to have survived
BBC News—Mistrial declared on one count of rape in latest Harvey Weinstein trial after jury foreperson refuses to return to the jury room to deliberate
CBS News—One of California's senators forcibly removed from Kristi Noem press conference about ICE raids after he attempted to question her. Fascists gonna fascist. I hate that we have come to this, and that so many people seem to be okay with it.
NBC News—House Republicans vote to revoke already-approved funding for NPR and PBS
USA Today—Jolly Rancher candies deemed unsafe by UK government and removed from shelves


6.17.25
NBC News—Conflict between Iran and Israel that started with an Israeli preemptive strike enters its sixth day with both sides launching missiles at each other daily
CBS News—Right winger who murdered a Democratic politician and her husband and attempted to murder another Democratic politician and his wife is taken into custody after extensive manhunt
USA Today—Kraft Heinz says it will remove all artificial dyes from its products by the end of 2027
BBC News—Seven men charged in jewelry heist that involved over $100 million worth of gold, gems, and watches
CNN.com—Celebrity chef Anne Burrell dead at 55
ABCnews.com—Tyler Perry facing $260 million lawsuit over sexual assault claims


6.18.25
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court upholds Tennesee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors
BBC News—US resumes issuing student visas but with enhanced vetting procedures
CNN.com—RFK Jr. wants to crack down on pharmaceutical companies advertising prescription drugs
NBC News—R. Kelly hospitalized after overdose and/or prison assassination plot
CBS News—US Steel and Nippon Steel finalized their long-in-the-works merger
USA Today—Trump delays TikTok ban by another 90 days


6.24.25
CNN.com—Initial intel suggests that Trump's likely-illegal strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities did not destroy them
ABCnews.com—Heat wave impacts much of the country, especially the East Coast, this week
CBS News—ICE currently has nearly 60,000 immigrants in custody, almost half of whom have no criminal record
NBC News—Federal judge rules that copyrighted works are fair use for AI training. Then what's even the point of having a copyright now?
BBC News—Tesla's robotaxi launch is going about as well as you would expect, with social media videos showing the driverless cars swerving erratically and breaking traffic laws
USA Today—Squishmallows introduces line of ultrasoft pillows


6.25.25
BBC News—33 year old unknown beats establishment candidate Andrew Cuomo (former governor of New York) and will be the Democratic candidate for mayor of NYC
ABCnews.com—Stock market on verge of all-time high despite tariff fears and global instability
CBS News—The Fed signals that it will not cut interest rates in the short term
CNN.com—Job search sites Monster and CareerBuilder file for bankruptcy
NBC News—Apples sued by shareholders who allege it overstated its progress on AI initiatives
USA Today—Jeff Bezos takes over Venice to celebrate his wedding


6.26.25
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court ruling will allow states to defund Planned Parenthood even if federal funds are allotted for that purpose
NBC News—Microsoft getting rid of the blue screen of death. I mean, your Windows machines will still crash, but now you'll get a black screen instead.
BBC News—North Korea opening beach resort in an effort to boost their tourism economy
CNN.com—Senate parliamentarian rules that certain provisions of Trump's budget bill do not meet the requirements for a simple majority vote
USA Today—Former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, the most accurate kicker in the history of the NFL, suspended for 10 games by the league in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations
CBS News—Anna Wintour stepping down as editor at Vogue, but will remain in a global editorial role at Conde Nast

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