Sunday Reads: June 30

Happy Fourth Great Falls. Enjoy the festivities, safely!

Voice of America: In U.S., fake news websites now outnumber real local media sites

The New York Times: Women are paying for birth control when they shouldn’t have to

Flathead Beacon: James Beard Award-nominated chef to take on executive role at FVCC’s Culinary Institute

Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender care for minors

Michigan Public Radio: New way for companies to invest in renewable energy gets five solar projects off the ground in Michigan

Associated Press: What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators.

Stateline: Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing

The Washington Post: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expected to plead guilty to a felony, according to court filing

Associated Press: Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside

Route Fifty: It’s OK to ban homeless people from camping in public, high court rules

NPR: The 4-day workweek transformed the lives of these nurse managers

Delaware Public Media: Delaware legislature passes “deep fake” artificial intelligence technology bills

Reuters: U.S. charges 193 people in $2.75 billion health care fraud bust

The Economist: How could Democrats replace Joe Biden as their candidate for president?

NBC News: Construction workers are dying by suicide at an alarming rate

NPR: NASA simulates how the U.S. might respond to asteroid threatening Earth

The Economist: America is educating a nation of investors

The New Yorker: The era of the line cook

The Atlantic: Why your airport burger costs that much

L.A. Times: L.A. County affordable housing, homelessness sales tax heads to ballot

The Economist: Russia’s latest crime in Mariupol: stealing property

The Washington Post: Biden seeks $3.1 billion to rebuild Baltimore bridge, other highways

AL.com: Newbern, Alabama’s first Black mayor to take office after nearly 4 years under proposed settlement with white predecessors

The New York Times: Gilead shot provides total protection from HIV in trial of young African women

E&E News by Politico: Hawaii reaches first settlement in youth climate case

Associated Press: Oklahoma rules publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional

Lexis Nexis: “Food as medicine” gains acceptance in state legislatures

PBS Newshour: Why fewer young men are choosing to pursue college degrees

NPR: New York City is moving to ban phones from school. Will it work?

The Economist: How to tax billionaires—and how not to

Associated Press: Amazon is reviewing whether Perplexity AI improperly scraped online content

Pew: Strong support across partisan lines for policies that boost housing

The New York Times: How fast food is getting faster

Foreign Affairs: Xi Jinping’s Russian lessons

The New Yorker: Would you clone your dog?