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3-year-old’s body discovered in freezer of Detroit home;  mother arrested
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3-year-old’s body discovered in freezer of Detroit home; mother arrested

detroit — When a team of Detroit cops and a state child advocate arrived at a rundown house on the city's west side Friday morning to conduct a wellness check, the woman who answered the door acted strangely, police officials said."She tried to push the officers away as if there was nothing going on," Detroit Police Chief James White said. "Something was not right about the conversation."Their suspicions raised, the officers called for a supervisor and the team entered the home. They found five children living in squalor — and the decomposed body of another child, thought to be a 3-year-old boy, entombed in a basement freezer."This case has shocked me, and shocked our investigators," White said during a Friday press conference down the street from the crime scene.Following the discove...
Disney sends memo to employees
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Disney sends memo to employees

Disney store is seen in Times Square, New York City.Nick Pfosi | ReutersDisney sent an internal memo to employees Friday, assuring them it will help pay for pregnancy-related care if they have to travel to a different state in lieu of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Paul Richardson, chief human resources officer, and Pascale Thomas, vice president of enterprise benefits and well-being, signed the memo, which CNBC has obtained.Readmore: Political and corporate reactions to the abortion decision"Our company remains committed to removing barriers and providing comprehensive access to quality and affordable care for all of our employees, cast members and their families, including family planning and reproductive care, no matter where they live," Richardson and Thomas ...
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US to proceed with production of biofuels despite global food crisis | Biofuels

The US will press ahead with biofuels production, the deputy secretary for agriculture has said, despite increasing concerns about a global food crisis, and calls from campaigners to prioritize grain for human consumption over its use as a fuel.Jewel Bronaugh, the deputy secretary of agriculture, said US farmers could continue to produce biofuels without harming food production. “We are keeping food security top of mind, but at the same time we also want to remain steadfast in the support and promotion of biofuel,” she told journalists in London, where she met the UK government to discuss a possible trade deal and cooperation on food issues.She said biofuels could help to reduce the need for fossil fuels, and thus help to tackle the climate crisis, and were important in keeping down th...
Italy boasts of being ‘king of TikTok’ although it haggles over nationality
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Italy boasts of being ‘king of TikTok’ although it haggles over nationality

AFPThe success of Khaby Lame on social networks highlights the difficulties of the children of emigrants to access Italian citizenshipMINOR DARIO Correspondent in Rome Friday, June 24, 2022, 7:15 p.m. If you are under 25 you probably don't know him, but Khaby Lame is a world leader. A few minutes after midnight on Thursday he became the most followed person on TikTok, the social network for which the youngest have a predilection and that goes beyond videos of girl dances. At 22 years old, Lame, who started using this platform to have fun when he lost his job during the confinement caused by the pandemic, has excee...
Live Reactions – Footwear News
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Live Reactions – Footwear News

Brands and retailers are reacting to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday morning, though many big fashion names have remained silent so far. The ruling, which had been expected since a leaked opinion surfaced in early May, eliminates protections for abortions after nearly 50 years. The move is expected to lead to abortion bans in about half of the 50 states. Levi Strauss & Co., which previously announced benefits to help employees cover the cost of traveling to obtain an abortion, said on Friday that it remains committed to supporting its employees as well as reproductive health organizations. “We stand strongly against any actions that hinder the health and well-being of our employees, which means opposing any steps to restrict access to the full range...
“It is the will of God”
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“It is the will of God”

donald trump welcomed this Friday the decision adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States, which has ended the constitutional protection that protected the right to abortion, a ruling of enormous importance that leaves the issue in the hands of each of the states of the country. "This brings the issue back to the states, where it's always had to be," the former president told Fox News. Asked about the role he has played in the historic decision, which would not have been possible without the conservative judges he appointed to the Supreme Court, the Republican preferred to wink at his Christian electorate. "It is the will of God"affirmed the tycoon, who could appear again as a candidate for the 2024 presidentia...
Brussels will present in July an emergency plan to respond to Russian gas cuts
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Brussels will present in July an emergency plan to respond to Russian gas cuts

The possibility that Russia close the gas tap it remains a very real threat. There are now 12 countries in the European Union, including Poland, Bulgaria or Germany, which have suffered a blow to their supply and no one rules out further cuts. Therefore, the European Comission already works with the industry and the 27 member states in a european emergency plan demand reduction that, as announced by its president Ursula von der Leyenwill present in the month of July. “We have to be prepared to face new interruptions in gas deliveries from Russia”, he said at the end of a European Council that has dedicated its second day to evaluating the economic situation, the high prices of energy and the worrying increase in infl...
Russia has run out of spare parts for its planes because of the war.  Solution: hack them
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Russia has run out of spare parts for its planes because of the war. Solution: hack them

If the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made anything clear, it is how long the war's tentacles are and how they spread through the economy and society. In recent months, the food, energy, technology, transport and even public administration sectors on the other side of Europe have suffered its effects. Now, four months after the start of the Kremlin offensive, its effects are being strongly felt in another equally strategic and sensitive area: aviation. The trigger: international sanctions on Russia. The effects of the war in the sector. In March, shortly after the start of the war and the Kremlin sanctions were activated, two of the large aeronautical multinationals announced their decision to stop any support to Russian airlines. Washington-based Boeing announced it would s...
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‘Fewer rights than their grandmothers’: read three justices’ searing abortion dissent | Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan

AAfter today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had. The majority accomplishes that result without so much as considering how women have relied on the right to choose or what it means to take that right away. The majority's refusal even to consider the life-altering consequences of reversing Roe and Casey is a stunning indictment of their decision.One last consideration counsels against the majority's ruling: the very controversy surrounding Roe and Casey. The majority accuses Casey of acting outside the bounds of the law to quell the conflict over abortion – of imposing an unprincipled “settlement” of the issue in an effort to end “national division”. But that is not what Casey did. As shown above, Casey applied traditional principl...
Paying Jalen Brunson whatever it takes makes sense for the Mavericks
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Paying Jalen Brunson whatever it takes makes sense for the Mavericks

If the options come down to letting Jalen Brunson walk to the New York Knicks or overpay him, the answer is to overpay him. If Dallas is a serious organization with championship aspirations then the only recourse is to pay market value. Even if the market is being set by Jalen's dad and godfather. A lucrative sign and trade to New York is not happening. It's been detailed how difficult that is to do here, but it's worth repeating that a sign-and-trade is an extremely low probability given the Mavericks cap situation. I've seen people posting potential sign-and-trades where the Knicks give the Mavericks good players and picks. I feel safe predicting that this is not happening. With the Knicks clearing current space there is no reason for them to do a sign and trade. There are p...