Wednesday, the 20th of May
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At the top of the news, California police officer charged over alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.
Also in the digest... Jessica Vosk, Stephen Colbert, and United States.
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Lead Stories
National
Mock funeral mourns death of academic freedom as UT System weighs rule on cutting programs
World
US lifts sanctions against Francesca Albanese, UN rapporteur on Palestinians
Khimberly Zavaleta
Dark Twist In 12‑Year‑Old’s Water Bottle Incident As Autopsy Findings Enrage Parents With Troubling New Detail
World
‘We will not go back to Jim Crow’: thousand of Mississippians rally for voting rights
National
Father of teen who killed boyfriend in car crash placed on leave over comments made in Netflix documentary
World
Racist Florida Art Teacher Fired, Under Investigation for Hanging Black Baby Doll in Classroom
World
Canada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation
National
Ohio woman accused of illegally voting as a noncitizen acquitted at trial
World
UK struggles to reassure Ukraine after easing new sanctions on Russian oil
World
Russian warplanes ‘repeatedly’ intercepted RAF spy plane over Black Sea
National
9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement
National
AP Was There when Cuban fighter jets shot down two exile planes from Miami
World
US indicts Cuba's former president Raul Castro, 94, in connection with a 1996 incident
World
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Sport
‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights
National
Arizona set to execute a prisoner for the killing of a man set on fire in 2002 attack
National
In South Texas House Runoff, It’s a Progressive Insurgent Versus the Establishment
Thomas Massie
Fox News finally let Thomas Massie on air 4 hours into election day. What he says they did for 18 months raises eyebrows
World
US puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role
World
Lithuanian leaders rushed to bunkers as drone violates country’s airspace
Organisations
People
Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin
Xi Jinping
Narendra Modi
Elon Musk
Joe Biden
Boris Johnson
Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
Jeff Bezos
Bill Gates
Rupert Murdoch
Kylie Jenner
Barack Obama
Anthony Albanese
Tom Brady
Kim Kardashian
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Piers Morgan
Harry Styles
Kamala Harris
Novak Djokovic
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lachlan Murdoch
Ghislaine Maxwell
Tucker Carlson
Daniel Andrews
Emmanuel Macron
Rishi Sunak
Ricky Gervais
Marine Le Pen
Johnny Depp
Justin Bieber
Ivanka Trump
Joe Rogan
Jack Dorsey
Gavin Newsom
Bruce Willis
Greg Abbott
Tiger Woods
Nancy Pelosi
Liz Cheney
Rafael Nadal
George W Bush
Authors
Arwa Mahdawi
Rebecca Nicholson
Michelle Grattan
George Monbiot
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Jonathan Freedland
Simon Tisdall
Marina Hyde
Aditya Chakrabortty
Robert Reich
David Sims
John Naughton
Catherine Bennett
Michael Bradley
Richard Roeper
Ryan Lizza
David A. Graham
Marina Koren
Arthur C. Brooks
Conor Friedersdorf
Derek Thompson
Michael Hiltzik
Mary McNamara
Jonathan Zimmerman
Jean Guerrero
Steve Lopez
George Skelton
Erika D. Smith
Maggie Haberman
Simon Kuestenmacher
Michael Pascoe
Tim Ferguson
Alan Kohler
Paul Bongiorno
David Frum
Gillian Tett
Robinson Meyer
Max Chafkin
Patt Morrison
