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Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20749204...

Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com)

cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1021018...

Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100 (www.huffpost.com)

Over 7,000 students see their lunch debts wiped after $1 million donation (www.goodmorningamerica.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11260815...

Mark Cuban is ‘proud to pay’ $275.9 million in taxes (www.cnbc.com)

Neighbors call police on boy asking to mow lawns to save for a PS5, officers pitch in to buy him the console (katu.com)

Texas church defies government crackdown by blessing drag queens (www.lgbtqnation.com)

The Cathedral of Hope — an LGBTQ±affirming United Church of Christ in Dallas, Texas — has made a concerted effort to defend the queer community from “persecution,” as the state government targets drag queens and transgender people....

South Korea passes ban on dog meat consumption (edition.cnn.com)

Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI (www.euronews.com)

U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease (www.politico.com)

Meet a Missouri dad who went from a ‘full-on bigot’ to fighting bathroom bans on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter: ‘When it was my child, it just flipped a switch’ (fortune.com)

Better late than never! 🥳

Well, this is something! (fossil-free electricity in Europe) (files.mastodon.social)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/12727327...

Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions (www.cnn.com)

Texas Girl Born in Jail Heading to Harvard After Graduating at the Top of Her Class (people.com)

US student, 14, wins award for developing soap to treat skin cancer (www.theguardian.com)

Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’...

Texas church launches program to help fund transgender kids’ healthcare (www.lgbtqnation.com)

A Texas church has chosen a radically different path from many denominations nationwide. Instead of demonizing LGBTQ+ people, the Galileo Church in Fort Worth has opted to support and welcome the community....

Sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky is moving from science fiction to reality

Occidental Petroleum is investing in billion-dollar projects to suck carbon dioxide out of the sky. The effort is raising hopes — and eyebrows...

Leave Texas and other Draconian states and risk getting pulled over for driving pregnant? Nope, just have the pills mailed from California. (www.cbsnews.com)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned. California already has a law protecting doctors who provide abortions from out-of-state judgments.

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