daily links: july 2022

7.5.22
CNN.com—Rudy Giuliani and Lindsey Graham subpoenaed by Fulton County DA investigating Trump's interference in Georgia's 2020 elections
ABCnews.com—Seven people killed in mass shooting on July 4 in upscale Highland Park neighborhood outside of Chicago
NBC News—Amazon puts limits on Plan B pill purchases after demand surges in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade
USA Today—Two key ministers leave Boris Johnson's cabinet
BBC News—Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider discover three new exotic particles
CBS News—San Francisco homeowners fined $1500 for parking in a paved spot on their property they have used for over 30 years, and further told that they will be fined $250 per day if they continue to use the space


7.6.22
CNN.com—Tip to police likely prevented another mass shooting in Richmond, VA, on July 4
BBC News—Black man in Ohio killed after running from police, who shot him 60 times and then handcuffed his dead body
USA Today—Cheer star Jerry Harris sentenced to 12 years in prison for soliciting sex from minors
NBC News—Mike Grier becomes first general manager in NHL history
ABCnews.com—Trump social media company subpoenaed by federal investigators
CBS News—Amazon Prime members now get GrubHub+ free for one year


7.12.22
CNN.com—Latest Jan 6 public hearings reveal more damning evidence that Trump was explicitly engaged in seditious and treasonous activity in an attempt to hold on to the presidency, and that the also attempted to influence the testimony of at least one witness before they met with the committee
CBS News—NASA reveals first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope
USA Today—For the first time in two decades, the dollar is equal to the typically-more-valuable Euro
BBC News—Twitter sues Elon Musk after the billionaire announces his intention to abandon his takeover bid
NBC News—US tourist drops his phone into Mt. Vesuvius and gets stuck in the volcano's crater trying to retrieve it
ABCnews.com—Composer of James Bond Theme, Monty Norman, dies at 94


7.13.22
BBC News—US considering allowing birth control pills to be sold over the counter
ABCnews.com—FDA approves Novavax Covic vaccine, which is based on more traditional vaccine development technologies
NBC News—Bill Gates is giving his foundation another $20 billion, bringing its endowment to $70 billion total
CBS News—Yelp closes three offices, saying the future of work is remote
CNN.com—Netflix planning to introduce cheaper ad-supported tier
USA Today—Barbie releases Jane Goodall doll made from recycled plastic


7.14.22
CNN.com—Watchdog group says Secret Service erased text messages from Jan 5 and 6 AFTER they requested as part of an oversight investigation
ABCnews.com—Uber sued by 550 women who say they were assaulted, sometimes sexually, by their Uber drivers
NBC News—Lawsuit seeks to ban Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate from appearing on the ballott after he was arrested for his involvement with the Jan 6 insurrection
BBC News—Hidden Van Gogh self-portrait that the artist painted over discovered using x-rays
USA Today—MLB sues radio host for libel over a tweet about one of his clients
CBS News—Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife and the mother to Ivanka, dies at 73


7.19.22
USA Today—UK sets record for its hottest temperature ever recorded as all of Europe suffers through a heat wave
CNN.com—16 Democractic members of Congress among the dozens of people arrested for protesting the overturning of Roe v Wade at the Supreme Court
BBC News—Two people in Ghana dies from Ebola-like Marburg virus, prompting fears of an outbreak
ABCnews.com—Amazon sues Facebook group admins, accusing them of coordinating campaigns of fade reviews in exchange for free products or money
NBC News—Nasal vaccines for Covid are in development
CBS News—Blue Angels name the first female pilot to join the elite performance squadron


7.20.22
CBS News—Giulliani ordered to testify before Georgia special grand jury investigating Trump's meddling in the 2020 election
ABCnews.com—More than half of all guns seized by police being used by criminals are made by just five manufacturers
BBC News—Tesla sells most of its Bitcoin holdings
CNN.com—Georgia elementary school logo rollout criticized for looking a lot like a Nazi insignia
NBC News—Charlotte Hornets star charged with domestic violence and child abuse
USA Today—Toys R Us stores-within-a-store to appear in every Macy's for the holiday season


7.26.22
BBC News—Russia says it will pull out of the ISS in 2024 and build its own space station instead
ABCnews.com—7.3 magnitude earthquake hits northern Philippines
CBS News—DC man who assaulted three police officers during Jan 6 insurrection sentenced to 63 months in jail
USA Today—GOP Congressman attends gay son's wedding only days after voting against protecting same-sex marriage
CNN.com—Player in amateur adult soccer league dies after brawl breaks out in wake of controversial call by the referee
NBC News—Klondike is discontinuing the Choco Taco after 40 years


7.27.22
CNN.com—Recent DOJ comments could signal that the Jan 6 probe includes potential charges against Trump himself
NBC News—Walgreens employee in Wisconsin refuses to sell condoms to customers because of his religious beliefs; Walgreens says this is allowable under its company policies
CBS News—Mega Millions jackpot grows to over $1 billion
BBC News—Jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin on moon mission sells for $2.8 million at auction
USA Today—James Webb telescope gets its own postage stamp
ABCnews.com—170 carat pink diamond discovered in Angola is the largest gemstone of its kind found in 300 years of mining

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