Fact & Spin

June 27, 2023: Russian mutiny, Club Q shooter sentencing and Tucker Carlson replacement

Facts & Spins for June 27, 2023 Top Stories: Colorado’s Club Q shooter is sentenced to life in prison, Wagner leader Prigozhin could reportedly still face charges for mutiny, The conservative New Democracy party wins a landslide victory in Greece, Indian PM Modi makes his first trip to Cairo, SCOTUS unfreezes a Louisiana redistricting case, Governments are advised to cut public spending or raise taxes to curb inflation, The UK’s Prince William launches a homelessness project, Virgin Galactic names the crew for its first commercial space flight, Fox News names a replacement for Tucker Carlson, and an error in a UK weight loss tool makes people fatter.
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June 24, 2023: Alleged Hunter probe misconduct, 1.3B diabetics and US-India deals

Facts & Spins for June 24, 2023 Top Stories: The DOJ is accused of slow-walking a Hunter Biden probe,  India and the US sign key deals in defense and tech, The US House postpones a possible vote to impeach Biden, Meta says it will end news access to Canadians, Russia is added to the UN 'List of Shame' for child killings, A Wyoming judge blocks a ban on abortion pills, SCOTUS upholds Biden’s immigration enforcement plan, A study estimates that over 1.3B will have diabetes by 2050, The IOC strips the International Boxing Association of it status, and a US climate change lawsuit seeks $50B over the 2021 heatwave.
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June 23, 2023: Sub crew lost, 100k cardiovascular deaths and lab-grown meat

Facts & Spins for June 23, 2023 Top Stories: OceanGate says the Titan submersible crew have most likely died, dozens are killed in an explosion at a restaurant in China, US students’ math and reading scores hit a record low, the Bank of England hikes rates to 5%, Canada Bread agrees to pay $38M for price fixing, US House Republicans vote to censure Adam Schiff, cardiovascular deaths surge in the UK, a US court strikes down a Florida transgender Medicaid rule, Australia threatens to fine Twitter over hate speech, and the USDA approves the sale of lab-grown meat,
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June 22, 2023 Top Stories: $6.2B Pentagon error, Musk-Modi talks and New Jersey PRC plot

Facts & Spins for June 22, 2023 Top Stories: A Pentagon accounting error leads to $6.2B in Ukraine aid surplus, Rishi Sunak says Russia “must pay” for Ukraine’s reconstruction, Biden calls Xi Jinping a “dictator” a day after high-level talks, Musk and Modi discuss major investments, the FTC sues Amazon over Prime subscriptions, 100 letters with white powder are sent to Kansas officials, a prison riot in Honduras kills at least 41, the search for the Titanic submersible reaches a crucial moment, a study claims 1 in 5 women conceive naturally after fertility treatment, and a former New Jersey cop is ensnared in a PRC harassment scheme.
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June 21, 2023: Hunter Biden plea deal, Olympics corruption allegations and napping brain benefits

Facts & Spins for June 21, 2023 Top Stories: Hunter Biden strikes a plea deal with the DOJ, Biden warns of a “real” threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons, India's Modi leaves for his first state visit to the US, four Israelis are killed in a West Bank gas station attack, China and Cuba are reportedly in talks to open a military site, US news chain Gannett sues Google, Intel confirms plans to build a $33B chip plant in Germany, French police search the 2024 Olympics organizers’ offices, the UN adopts its first-ever treaty to protect the high seas, and researchers find naps help aging brains.
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June 20, 2023: Blinken in Beijing, COVID supershedders and missing Titanic tourists

Facts & Spins for June 20, 2023 Top Stories: Antony Blinken meets with Chinese Pres. Xi Xinping in Beijing, Australia approves a landmark Indigenous rights referendum, Putin reveals a peace agreement allegedly signed with Ukraine last spring, Malians vote on a new constitution, More than 1.5M are reportedly dropped from Medicaid, Israeli helicopters fire missiles in a West Bank raid, Extreme heat kills over 170 in Northern India, Biden plans $600M in climate investments, A new study finds a small group of “supershedders” spread the most COVID, and a Titanic tourist vessel disappears.
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June 17, 2023: Pentagon papers death, Japan sex crime laws and alleged Chinese hacking

Facts & Spins for June 17, 2023 Top Stories: The Pentagon Papers whistleblower dies, Japan passes sweeping changes to its sex crime laws, Military leak suspect Jack Teixeira is indicted on six felony charges, Chinese hackers are accused of breaching hundreds of global networks, An African peacekeeping mission visits Ukraine, Canada’s Supreme Court upholds a migrant pact with the US, Former Mayor Bill de Blasio is ordered to repay NYC $500K, Texas shuts down diversity offices at public universities, The UK’s ex-police watchdog chief is charged with rape, and a deadly collision kills 15 in Manitoba, Canada.
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June 16, 2023: Partygate report, Native American adoption and synthetic embryos

Facts & Spins for June 16, 2023 Top Stories: The UK releases its long-awaited “Partygate” report, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China this weekend, Germany approves funds for an Israeli Arrow-3 missile defense system, SCOTUS rules Native Americans must be given priority for adopting Native children, Australia blocks a new Russian embassy from being built near Parliament, music publishers sue Twitter for alleged copyright infringements, India’s wrestling chief is charged with sexual harassment, a survey finds distrust is the main cause of partisanship in the US, India and Pakistan brace for a major cyclone, and scientists create the world’s first synthetic human embryo.
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June 15, 2023 Top Stories: 110M displaced, rate hike pause and news appetite loss

Facts & Spins for June 15, 2023 Top Stories: The UN says a record 110M are displaced worldwide, Washington launches a push to cool relations with Tehran, Putin claims Ukraine’s counteroffensive is failing, the US Fed pumps the brakes on rate hikes, Amnesty reports possible war crimes in Gaza fighting, Meta unveils 'Human-Like' AI image creation, a judge clears the way for more damages in Trump’s E. Jean Caroll case, the Microsoft-Activision blockbuster merger is paused, Malaysia asks Interpol to pursue an American comedian over a joke, and Reuters says the public is losing its news appetite.
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June 14, 2023: Trump not-guilty plea, rising nuclear stockpiles and cancer mortality down

Facts & Spins for June 14, 2023 Top Stories: Trump pleads not guilty to mishandling classified docs, the UK’s COVID inquiry begins, a report finds global nuclear weapons stockpiles are rising rapidly, Illinois passes a law to prevent book restrictions, NYC mandates the nation’s first minimum wage for food delivery workers, the UN voices support for a global AI watchdog, a British mother is jailed over her late-term abortion, Twitter’s new CEO details her vision for the company, the US’ first climate action case goes to trial, and a study finds that the UK’s breast cancer mortality rate is down 66%.
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