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Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: The Los Angeles Unified School District is moving forward with a plan to ban cellphone use during the school day, a move that has teachers and parents at odds. The district school board on Tuesday voted in favor of banning phones and social media throughout the day on school campuses, including break periods. The policy …

From the Justice Department: Donavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and five counts of abuse and harassment using a telecommunications device. Parish also admitted to a special finding that he targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived religion. According to court documents, during April and May 2022, the defendant used …

Yahoo Sports reports: Willie Mays, the iconic Hall of Fame center fielder who is known as the greatest all-around baseball player, died Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants announced. He was 93 years old. Mays, nicknamed “The Say Hey Kid,” had a professional baseball career that spanned four decades, beginning with the Negro Leagues in the late 1940s and ending with …

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: Justin Timberlake was arrested on Long Island’s Sag Harbor, local police confirmed Tuesday. A court spokesperson says he is expected to be arraigned on at least one DWI charge later in the day. No details on the circumstances of his arrest were immediately available, other than that it happened Monday night. He is currently …

NewsNation reports: The state of Maine is asking people to submit designs for a new state flag, with the winner being put up for a vote in November. The contest is part of an effort to create a more distinctive look for the state flag. Maine’s current flag shows the state’s seal, which depicts a man standing on each side …

The Los Angeles Times reports: A major wildfire in northern Los Angeles County continued burning Monday evening southeast toward Pyramid Lake, scorching more than 15,000 acres to become the state’s largest blaze of the year. The Post fire was 15,611 acres as of 7:34 p.m. Monday and 20% contained. It was burning in steep, hard-to-reach areas and threatening homes as …

The New York Times reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has dissolved his war cabinet, an Israeli official said Monday, after the departures of two significant members prompted demands from far-right politicians for representation in the influential group. The two members, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, quit Mr. Netanyahu’s small war cabinet last week amid disagreements over the direction …

Mediaite reports: Footage emerged Monday of Jesse Ventura, armed with a mic and sitting behind a stall for his THC edibles brand Retro Bakery, where he revealed, “I had a visitor in Tucson this winter, and apparently I came in second. Robert F. Kennedy came and visited me for three hours.” He continued: “I’ll say this, personally, I think Bobby …

NBC News reports: Almost 72 million people across the country were under warnings of extreme heat Monday morning, the National Weather Service said. With Thursday’s seasonal solstice taking place amid a weeklong heat wave expected for the East Coast and the Midwest, the summer of 2024 is coming in hot. Extreme heat warnings were in place for Chicago, St. Louis, …

The Baltimore Banner reports: A possible chemical agent was released in front of the main stage at the Baltimore Pride Parade and Block Party on Saturday night, causing a stampede. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. and police did not release the chemical agent, according to a spokesperson. The main stage for the event was located near North Avenue and …

The New York Times reports: There will be no opening statements. President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals. Red lights visible to the candidates will flash when they have five seconds left, and turn solid red when time has expired. And …

CBS News reports: Federal officials said Thursday they’re investigating an unusual rolling motion on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 that might have been caused by a damaged backup power-control unit. The Federal Aviation Administration said it’s working with Boeing and the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the incident on a May 25 flight from Phoenix to Oakland. …

Bloomberg News reports: President Joe Biden and challenger Donald Trump face the same problem in their first debate: How to sway voters in a tight race where most Americans say they’ve already made up their minds. The candidates are already at work, conferring with close advisers before the first face-to-face showdown of 2024 on June 27 in Atlanta. That forum …

Samuel Alito’s archenemy ProPublica reports: Billionaire political donor Harlan Crow provided at least three previously undisclosed private jet trips to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in recent years, an investigation by Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats has found. The flights, which were detailed by Crow’s lawyer in response to inquiries from the committee, took the justice to destinations including the region …

Politico Europe reports: A brawl erupted in Italy’s parliament on Wednesday, with one lawmaker leaving the chamber in a wheelchair. The scuffle kicked off during a vote in the Chamber of Deputies, Italy’s lower house of parliament, on the government’s controversial bill paving way to give Italy’s regions greater autonomy. As seen in a video of the incident, Leonardo Donno, …

The Business Insider reports: The man who was raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, as their own son from ages 6 to 19 is in jail awaiting trial on drugs and weapons charges, Business Insider has learned. Mark Martin, the grandson of Thomas’ sister, Emma Mae Martin, lived with the Thomas family in Virginia from …

Rolling Stone reports: In a new recording, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito lashes out at the news organization ProPublica, describing the news organization’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Supreme Court as driven by political animus, insisting: “They don’t like our decisions.” Asked to elaborate, Alito got specific. “ProPublica,” he said. “ProPublica gets a lot of money, and they have spent …

Axios reports: A ballot measure that would set a maximum age limit of 81 on U.S. Congress members representing North Dakota was approved by voters in the state on Tuesday. The vote that’s believed to be the first of its kind comes after age emerged as a top concern for voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, as 81-year-old President …

Gothamist reports: New Yorkers who tend to forget their wallets at home or lose their purses now have another way to officially prove their identities: a digital version of their state-issued IDs. The New York DMV is rolling out a secure mobile ID that residents can download and use on their phones, whether at airports or bars that accept it. …

Reuters reports: Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the U.S. Secretary of State called “a hopeful sign”. Conversations on plans for Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war ends will continue on Tuesday …