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Satellite images show growing Chinese military presence in Cuba: CSIS (www.newsnationnow.com)
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  • Satellite images renew fear over growing Chinese military presence in Cuba

  • CSIS: Images pinpoint four Chinese military sites across Cuba

  • Cuban official: Island isn't harboring Chinese military interests

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Optimism about the economy, inflation and the Fed are lifting stocks (www.morningstar.com)
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Study: More complaints, worse performance when AI monitors employees (phys.org)
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average wages have surpassed inflation for 12 straight months (www.epi.org)
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Specific Gut Bacteria That Triggers Compulsive Eating Identified by Scientists Who Also Found Bacteria to Prevent it (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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The American Recovery is the Best in the World – And Still Improving: 10 Major Metrics (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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Mattel is updating some of its most popular games to help the color blind (www.scrippsnews.com)
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CDC recommends updated COVID-19, flu shots this fall (www.scrippsnews.com)
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Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from 'Fernwood 2 Night' and 'Roseanne,' dies at 80 (spectrumlocalnews.com)
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Oklahoma superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible (spectrumlocalnews.com)
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Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17029482

In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt "a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others," who may not have access to a local library or feel "safe accessing the information they need in public."

During a press briefing following arguments in court Friday, IA founder Brewster Kahle said that "those voices weren't being heard." Judges appeared primarily focused on understanding how IA's digital lending potentially hurts publishers' profits in the ebook licensing market, rather than on how publishers' costly ebook licensing potentially harms readers.

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US Crime Rate Drops to ‘Historic’ Lows With Murders, Rapes, and Robbery Plunging, New Statistics Show (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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Pet rats were taught to drive tiny cars (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities (www.theguardian.com)
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FBI Cracks Down on Rental Price-Fixing Scheme, Raiding Company That Uses Software to Raise Cost of Housing (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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US Crime Rate Drops to ‘Historic’ Lows With Murders, Rapes, and Robbery Plunging, New Statistics Show (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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Five men charged with kidnapping after missing teen found in Missouri (fox2now.com)
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Gender non-conforming family called "Satanic" after being outed by school (www.lgbtqnation.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16898725

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A Texas Democrat voted against rights for trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her – and won (www.independent.co.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16863522