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- Shooting in Buffalo leaves 3-year-old boy on tricycle dead and his 7-year-old sister wounded | AP Newsapnews.com Shooting in Buffalo leaves 3-year-old boy on tricycle dead and his 7-year-old sister wounded
Officials in Buffalo say a 3-year-old boy riding a tricycle was fatally shot and his 7-year-old sister was grazed by gunfire at a family gathering.
- DeSantis vetoes all arts grants in Floridawww.nytimes.com DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16822259
> Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers. > > ... > > Leaders of arts organizations in Florida, many of whom have worked in the state for decades, cannot remember a governor ever eliminating all of their grant funding. Even in the lean years of the Great Recession, at least a nominal amount — say, 5 percent of the recommended total — was approved. > > Established arts organizations usually know better than to overly rely on nonrecurring state dollars subject to the discretion of politicians, said Michael Tomor, executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art. But to cut funding at a time when arts organizations are still struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic sends a concerning message “that taxpayer dollars should not be used in support of arts and culture,” he added. > > ... > > Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, gave no explanation for zeroing out the arts grants. His office said in a statement that he made veto decisions “that are in the best interests of the State of Florida.” > > In all, Mr. DeSantis vetoed nearly $950 million in proposed spending and proclaimed that the remaining $116.5 billion came in under the previous year’s budget. > > Non-paywall link
- Family of taekwondo instructors saves Texas woman from sexual assaultwww.nbcnews.com Family of taekwondo instructors saves Texas woman from sexual assault
The An family, who own and operate a dojo in Harris County, used their years of training and discipline to pin down an attacker until law enforcement arrived.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16767093
> The piercing scream, like a sound from a horror film, triggered taekwondo instructor Simon An to draw on his years of martial arts training. > > Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, shortly after the doors of his family-owned and -operated studio in Texas opened for evening classes, An and his father, his mother, his older sister and his younger brother heard shrieks coming from a neighboring business. > > The family of five, each with a fourth-degree black belt, run the Yong-in Taekwondo studio in Katy, outside Houston. They initially ignored the sounds, assuming they came from employees playing around in their break room. But then a piercing “final scream” prompted the family into action, A said. > > His family ran to the store and opened a door. There they found a man on top of a young woman with his hands “in [in]appropriate places” as she attempted to fend him off, A said. > > An’s father, Hong, yanked the attacker away by his shirt and pinned him to the ground. An’s sister, Hannah, grabbed the girl and rushed her out of the room while An and his brother helped subdue the attacker.
- Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injurieswww.cbsnews.com Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries
Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16785323
> A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say. > > Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round. She suffered a traumatic brain injury and was blinded in one eye.
- More Americans are becoming 'house poor' due to high housing costswww.scrippsnews.com More Americans are becoming 'house poor' due to high housing costs
An annual Harvard report on housing released says half of all renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
- Vermont lawmaker apologizes for repeatedly pouring water in her colleague's bagapnews.com Vermont lawmaker apologizes for repeatedly pouring water in her colleague's bag
A Republican state lawmaker from Vermont has apologized for repeatedly pouring water into a Democratic colleague’s bag, after he caught her doing it on video. State Rep.
- New GOP Legislation says Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classroomswww.scrippsnews.com The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.
- Moderna reveals promising study results on combo flu-COVID vaccinespectrumlocalnews.com Moderna reveals promising study results on combo flu-COVID vaccine
The vaccine generated a higher immune response in a late-stage trial than standalone vaccines, the company said Monday
- What is quishing? US Postal Inspection Service warns of new scam used to commit identity fraudwww.scrippsnews.com What is quishing? US Postal Inspection Service warns of new scam used to commit identity fraud
If you've never heard of quishing, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service wants you to learn. The new scam is being used to commit identity fraud. Here's how to protect yourself.
- The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the processapnews.com The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
The guidance and ruling being announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting."
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23351575
> The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says. > > The guidance and ruling being announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting” — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes. > > Biden administration officials said after evaluating the practice that there are no economic grounds for these transactions, with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo calling it “really just a shell game.” The officials said the additional IRS funding provided through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act had enabled increased oversight and greater awareness of the practice. > > “These tax shelters allow wealthy taxpayers to avoid paying what they owe,” IRS commissioner Danny Werfel said.
- A Christian writer attacked Dolly Parton for being pro-LGBTQ+. It didn't end well for the writer.www.lgbtqnation.com A Christian writer attacked Dolly Parton for being pro-LGBTQ+. It didn't end well for the writer. - LGBTQ Nation
Ericka Anderson ended up apologizing to fans of the super-ally country star.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16614464
- Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange Countyktla.com Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange County
A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said. The officer was on traffic control duty…
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16497781
> A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said. > > The officer was on traffic control duty blocking Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton for an investigation into a suspected DUI crash that left a motorcyclist dead around 9 p.m. Wednesday when his vehicle was struck. > > A Fullerton Police Department spokesperson said the officer was standing outside his vehicle around midnight when he saw a Tesla driving in his direction and not slowing down.
- Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Findswww.propublica.org Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16503427
- US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stockswww.bbc.com US Supreme Court throws out Trump-era ban on bump stocks
It says the government does not have the right to ban the accessories, which were used in America's deadliest mass shooting.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23175048
- DeSantis Declares Emergency Over Floods After Cutting Stormwater Fundswww.commondreams.org DeSantis Declares Emergency Over Floods After Cutting Stormwater Funds | Common Dreams
"As I'm sitting here stuck on a Brightline train because of flooding in my district, all those stormwater projects he cut look pretty stupid right now," a Florida lawmaker said.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16503764
- Used EV prices fall below gas-powered cars for the first timespectrumlocalnews.com Used EV prices fall below gas-powered cars for the first time
The average used EV price fell almost 30% over the past year
- ‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enoughwww.theguardian.com ‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough
Record-breaking temperatures in the last few years shatter the myth that air conditioning alone will keep people safe
- US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defensesapnews.com US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses
The U.S. answered Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16446647
> The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region. > > The officials said President Joe Biden has approved the move. It would be the second Patriot system that the U.S. has given to Ukraine, although the Pentagon has routinely provided an undisclosed number of missiles for the system. Other allies, including Germany, also have provided air defense systems as well as munitions for them. > > The two U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been publicly announced. The decision was first reported by The New York Times. > > Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late last month pleaded for additional U.S.-made Patriot systems, arguing that they will help his forces fight the close to 3,000 bombs that he said Russia launches into the country every month.
- Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary groupwww.cnn.com Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group | CNN Business
A Florida jury on Monday found banana company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing the Colombian paramilitary group Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC).
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16425815
- Girl who died in ‘troubled teen’ facility was dead for up to 10 hours before staff realizedwww.fox13now.com Girl who died in ‘troubled teen’ facility was dead for up to 10 hours before staff realized
Arianna Duenez had struggled for years in residential treatment facilities in and out of California – becoming addicted to drugs in the process and increasingly expressing suicidal ideation.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16388765
- Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials saywww.cbsnews.com Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say
Planet-warming greenhouse gases are "building up, much like trash in a landfill," one researcher said.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16378375
> One of the major drivers of the exceptional heat building within Earth's atmosphere has reached levels beyond anything humans have ever experienced, officials announced on Thursday. Carbon dioxide, the gas that accounts for the majority of global warming caused by human activities, is accumulating "faster than ever," scientists from NOAA, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California San Diego found. > > "Over the past year, we've experienced the hottest year on record, the hottest ocean temperatures on record, and a seemingly endless string of heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires and storms," NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said in a press release. "Now we are finding that atmospheric CO2 levels are increasing faster than ever."
- Trump denies mocking soldiers, says only "a psycho" would have called them "losers" and "suckers"www.salon.com Trump denies mocking soldiers, says only "a psycho" would have called them "losers" and "suckers" | Salon.com
Award-winning news and culture, features breaking news, in-depth reporting and criticism on politics, science, food and entertainment.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16401750
- Martha-Ann Alito Condemns Pride Flags, the Left, and the Mediawww.rollingstone.com Martha-Ann Alito Condemns Pride Flags, the Left, and the Media
Martha-Ann Alito, wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a new recording bemoans having to “look across the lagoon at the Pride flag.”
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16411142
> In a new, secret recording, the Supreme Court justice’s wife bemoans having to “look across the lagoon at the Pride flag” > > Martha-Ann Alito, wife of Supreme CourtJustice Samuel Alito, is incensed about seeing rainbow Pride flags during Pride Month, according to a new recording obtained by Rolling Stone. If it were up to her, she would be flying a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag in response. Or she might design her own flag, one sporting the Italian word for “shame.” > > In recent weeks, Martha-Ann Alito has been at the center of a national firestorm over two flags seen flying at their residences that have been associated with right-wing movements that question the legitimacy of the results of the 2020 election. Justice Alito has blamed his wife for flying those flags — and rebuffed calls from Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from upcoming decisions in cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. > > Like her husband, Mrs. Alito is unbowed by the criticism and controversy — as she makes clear in comments recorded by liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor. Windsor, posing as a Christian conservative, spoke at length with Mrs. Alito at a dinner reception hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society last week. Windsor attended the dinner as a dues-paying member and bought a ticket; a colleague joined her. > > … > > When Windsor tells Mrs. Alito she is being persecuted and depicted as “a convenient stand-in for anybody who’s religious,” the justice’s wife gets quieter, and her tone turns more serious: “Look at me, look at me. I’m German. I’m from Germany. My heritage is German. You come after me, I’m gonna give it back to you. And there will be a way — it doesn’t have to be now — but there will be a way they will know. Don’t worry about it. God — you read the Bible. Psalm 27 is my psalm. Mine. Psalm 27, the Lord is my God and my rock. Of whom shall I be afraid? Nobody.”
- Biden supporters mostly back him in 2024 election because they oppose Trump, poll findswww.theguardian.com Biden supporters mostly back him in 2024 election because they oppose Trump, poll finds
Poll comes as the Biden campaign has ramped up its rhetoric in attacking Trump directly in recent weeks
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16385374
- Consumers say they're pulling back on tipping servers, drivers and hair stylistswww.nbcnews.com Consumers say they're pulling back on tipping servers, drivers and hair stylists
Higher sticker prices have made some people stingier in recent years, a new Bankrate survey finds. “They’re no longer appreciating service industry workers as much.”
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/26401474
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16273386 > > > People are a little bit stingier in barber chairs and Ubers than they were just a few years ago. > > > > The shares of adults who say they always tip their hair stylists, servers at sit-down restaurants and food delivery people have each fallen 8 percentage points since 2021, according to a Bankrate survey released Wednesday. That rate slipped 7 percentage points for taxi and ride-hail drivers over the same period. > > > > Three years ago, the economy was reopening from the pandemic and inflation was higher than it is now, but so was concern for front-line workers. > > > > At the time, three-quarters of consumers reported always tipping restaurant servers, but today just two-thirds do. Despite modest upticks since last year, barely more than half of people now count themselves reliable tippers of hairdressers (55%) and food delivery drivers (51%), while only 41% say the same when it comes to ordering a ride. > > > > The survey reflects Americans’ growing ease bypassing ubiquitous tipping prompts, from coffeeshops to airport terminals in the post-Covid economy, especially as sticker prices have risen. While consumer spending has held remarkably steady, many households are feeling the squeeze from persistent inflation and tightening their belts accordingly. Some of that newfound caution may be factoring into when, where and how much people tip.
- Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price capwww.cnbc.com Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap
Donald Trump and President Biden are scheduled for their first presidential debate on June 27.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16344332
> * Former President Donald Trump recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden but still tried to take credit for it. > * Trump has lagged Biden on the issue of health care in recent voter surveys. > * Trump spent much of his term trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which covers roughly 45 million Americans, without offering an alternative health-care option.
- Biden administration sets 50 miles per gallon fuel economy standard for 2031
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16298614
> The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.
- Dick Van Dyke, at 98, Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner Everwww.rollingstone.com Dick Van Dyke, at 98, Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner Ever
Dick Van Dyke became the oldest Daytime Emmy winner ever as the 98-year-old actor was awarded for his guest role on 'Days of Our Lives.'
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16333330
- EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales dataarstechnica.com Tesla may be in trouble, but other EVs are selling just fine
Almost every other automaker is seeing double-digit EV sales growth.
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/20259039
- L.A. County wants to cap rent hikes at 3%. Landlords say that would push them to sellwww.latimes.com L.A. County wants to cap rent hikes at 3%. Landlords say that would push them to sell
A proposal to cap rent increases at 3% for many landlords in unincorporated L.A. County is meant to keep housing affordable for at-risk tenants.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16335932
> Paywall removed: https://archive.is/MbQYG
- Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters. They want their guns backapnews.com Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters. They want their guns back
A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their mansion in 2020.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16260441
- Trump pushes early and mail-in voting initiative ahead of November despite casting doubt on voting methods for yearswww.cnn.com Trump pushes early and mail-in voting initiative ahead of November despite casting doubt on voting methods for years | CNN Politics
The Trump campaign on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at promoting absentee, mail-in and early in-person voting – practices that former President Donald Trump has disparaged for years while promoting false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16245052
- President Joe Biden says he will not pardon his son Hunter Biden if he's convicted on gun-related chargeswww.nbcnews.com President Joe Biden says he will not pardon his son Hunter Biden if he's convicted on gun-related charges
The president also told ABC News that, regardless of the verdict, he would accept the outcome of the trial, which began this week.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16253063
- Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse.arstechnica.com Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse.
Vaccine misinformation persists as measles cases are soaring.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16223678
- It Was Legal Boilerplate. Trump Made It Sound Like a Threat to His Life.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16224038
- "How dare you?": Trump surrogate ripped for claiming life was better for Black people under Jim Crowwww.salon.com "How dare you?": Trump surrogate ripped for claiming life was better for Black people under Jim Crow | Salon.com
Award-winning news and culture, features breaking news, in-depth reporting and criticism on politics, science, food and entertainment.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16217135
- Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips reserved for Tesla to X and xAIwww.cnbc.com Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to ship thousands of AI chips reserved for Tesla to X and xAI
Emails circulated inside Nvidia show that Elon Musk was telling the chipmaker to prioritize shipments of GPUs to X and xAI ahead of Tesla.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16206338
> KEY POINTS > > * Emails circulated inside Nvidia and obtained by CNBC show that Elon Musk told the chipmaker to prioritize shipments of processors to X and xAI ahead of Tesla. > * Musk has said he can grow Tesla into a major player in artificial intelligence and that the company is spending heavily on Nvidia’s AI processors. > * By ordering Nvidia to let X jump the line ahead of Tesla, Musk delayed the automaker’s receipt of over $500 million in processors by months.
- Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume - ABC Newsabcnews.go.com Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was playing
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16207280
> A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was playing
