Millions battle flooding and overflowing sewers in Mumbai as monsoon rains, exacerbated by climate change, lash the city. / BBC News More than 60 million people in central states and the Southwest are under heat alerts. / The Washington Post See also: Political topics to watch for in the news in the
Six people were murdered and two dozen more were injured in a mass shooting at yesterday's Highland Park Independence Day parade. / Chicago Tribune The specter of civil war has long been used in American politics to stoke fear and avoid addressing citizens' grievances. / The New Statesman "
TMN will be off for the Fourth of July, and we'll see you again on Tuesday. Despite the Supreme Court decision limiting the EPA on greenhouse gasses, officials still have ways to address climate change—that may spawn more lawsuits. / The New York Times The Supreme Court'
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to release 296,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine in the coming weeks. / NPR A roundup of data on the rise and spread of the BA.5 Covid subvariant: what we know, where it's gaining, and how to defend against it.
A federal court allows Tennessee's six-week abortion ban to go into effect, as challenges to post-Roe restrictions reach courthouses in multiple US states. / Associated Press Related: A Texas judge has blocked the state's abortion ban enacted last year, allowing many clinics to resume services
Are LGBT rights and contraception next in the Supreme Court's crosshairs? Perhaps, but more likely targets are affirmative action, election laws, and business regulation. / The New York Times "Somebody who doesn't even know me took my options away from me, and it makes me furious.
This morning, Biden signed the gun-safety bill into law—the first major gun legislation in 30 years. Here's what's included in the bill. / NPR, CNN An annotated version of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, the case that overturned Roe v.
As the US Senate passes a gun control bill, the Supreme Court says Americans don't need a license to carry guns in public. / NPR, The Los Angeles Times Meanwhile, war fatigue in the West may doom Ukraine to "slow strangulation." / The Guardian The UN's
The Supreme Court just struck down New York's law requiring people have "proper cause" to carry a concealed weapon. / Axios Checking the "good guy with a gun" theory: In 22 of 433 shooting attacks, a bystander shot the perpetrator. / The New York Times "
An earthquake in Afghanistan, the deadliest in decades, kills at least a thousand people. / The Associated Press Border-crossing data show a steady flow of Ukranian refugees returning to their country. / The Economist Interview with a Ukrainian software engineer on what it's like to live with air raid
