https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJk7BiKc4Wc
https://apnews.com/article/plastics-waste-pollution-oceans-global-south-dd9ce2a092c5d5826a3436d9f47764c7
A new study finds that every year people create 57 million tons of plastic pollution. The material winds up everywhere from the deepest oceans to the highest peak of Mount Everest to inside people's body.
https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-rescheduling-dea-election-5b3c7b20d67577c0a99d510b7e549dc9
A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election.
https://apnews.com/article/harris-interview-walz-cnn-eba7d9e9b53a46987f62f7f9206f0db8
The Democratic presidential nominee will be joined by her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash in Savannah, Georgia.
https://apnews.com/article/college-protest-israel-hamas-war-arrest-charges-7cb75debddc2e8bd795d16515d07de09
More than 3,200 people were arrested on college campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza.
https://apnews.com/article/harris-running-mate-shapiro-kelly-cooper-beshear-cbc119f7645a63d0cf041c42572d7985
Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate as she approaches one of most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-gaza-war-congress-joint-session-9a7885972989b2397b49e5b971ffe0e0
Some of the demonstrations have condemned Israel but others have expressed support while pressuring Netanyahu to strike a cease-fire deal and bring home the hostages.
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-poll-biden-newsom-whitmer-7ef83e5c8e510e39d7c54f7e28310064
As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, most Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-democrats-drop-out-election-2024-3f9e3d15431fd4974771a54e1d0e4ea7
Key Democrats publicly and privately are sending signals of concern in the runup to the party's own nominating convention next month.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/oldest-federal-judge-who-refused-to-take-mental-exam-loses-lawsuit-over-suspension-but-shes-still-not-admitting-defeat/
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman lost her legal challenge to a suspension over concerns of mental deterioration. A judge rejected her constitutional challenge to the law underlying her suspension.
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