Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?

"I've arrested dozens upon dozens of human traffickers, human smugglers, child molesters, you name it. I've never dragged a suspect one-handed across a street," Eric Balliet told @wcconews.bsky.social

Guardian dollar-store investigation sparks Congressional inquiry Lawmakers demand answers on overcharges/price disparities at Dollar General and Family Dollar -- questioning questioning ‘how seriously’ the two national chains prioritize ethics and affordability www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... /1

MY LATEST: Dollar General will pay at least $15 million to settle claims that it overcharged shoppers at many of its 20,000 stores. Earlier, @jocelynzuck.bsky.social and I reported that the chain failed 4,300+ price-accuracy inspections over four years. @theguardian.com @michaelwhudson.bsky.social

Our @us.theguardian.com investigation of widespread overcharging by Dollar General and Family Dollar has caught the attention of 30 members of Congress, who have written to the CEOs requesting documents and demanding answers. @jocelynzuck.bsky.social @michaelwhudson.bsky.social @budzinski.house.gov

Guardian dollar-store investigation sparks Congressional inquiry Lawmakers demand answers on overcharges/price disparities at Dollar General and Family Dollar -- questioning questioning ‘how seriously’ the two national chains prioritize ethics and affordability www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... /1

This happens at non-"dollar store" places as well, like Kroger-owned chains. There's currently a class action lawsuit about it! www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...

Here's a jaw-dropping story from @barryyeoman.com and @jocelynzuck.bsky.social on how dollar-stores are quietly overcharging customers who can ill-afford it. Not on just occasional items, either: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dollar stores overcharge cash-strapped customers while promising low prices Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General/Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Dollar General stores have failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections in 23 states since January 2022, a Guardian review found."

A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes.

Thanks to The Sunday Long Read for including our investigation of the dollar-store industry in today's newsletter. @thesundaylongread.bsky.social has long been my go-to nonfiction curation source, so I feel honored by the mention. @theguardian.com @jocelynzuck.bsky.social @michaelwhudson.bsky.social

Dollar stores overcharge cash-strapped customers while promising low prices Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General/Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It’s a long article but worth reading. Shocking but not surprising. Seems like it amounts to electronic pickpocketing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for over 100 days — for covering a protest. He's the only known journalist in ICE custody on U.S. soil. @attorneynora.bsky.social of @freepress.bsky.social breaks down why this is a chilling warning for immigrant reporters.

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “We have witnessed these ongoing harms and can provide evidence and testimony of their impacts....Facilities may be forced to close & veterans may be forced into costlier, often overburdened community health systems ill-equipped to meet their specialized needs”

Trump Has Dismantled Anti-Human Trafficking Programs and 'Repeatedly Sided With Sex Offenders' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...

Today in the Guardian US Revealed: Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and sex abuse www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 1/

Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Important story from @voosen.me on FY'25 cuts to NOAA's climate, weather research programs that bring spending below what Congress authorized. Hints at the bigger research cuts to come in FY'26. www.science.org/content/arti...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, agency staff warns Congress in a withering.

Dozens of studies in recent years have linked ultra-processed fare to health problems such as high blood pressure and heart attacks, and also to some problems that one might not expect: cancer, anxiety, dementia, and early death.

A federal judge ruled construction must temporarily stop at “Alligator Alcatraz” as hearings challenging the Everglades-based detention center’s environmental impact continue.

Epstein victims speak out: This "smacks of a cover up." Several victims have sent letters to the judges who will decide whether to grant the DOJ’s request to unseal the grand jury materials in their cases.

Perhaps unpopular opinion — if you’ve been covering business and the economy for 25 years, you don’t have to cite “economists say” to state the truth — that firing the commissioner of the BLS is a bad thing.

“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

Think outside the car! In Europe, incomes are lower than the US and gas is €€€. But Europeans spend much less of their income on transportation. (source: itdp.org/2024/01/24/h...) Why? Europe has: 🔹 Denser cities with closer destinations 🔹 Much better transit 🔹 More trips taken on foot or a bike

Cars are expensive. Really expensive. And we usually don’t fully account for all the costs, let alone the externalities. Including the cost of parking all our cars at home. In 2021, while 90% of Americans had at least one car, nearly a quarter of the US population had three or more vehicles.

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

AI data centers are using more power. Regular customers are footing the bill. kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/18/r...

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said she will ask a federal court to unseal more grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case. But those transcripts, which could take weeks to release, would constitute only a fraction of the evidence the FBI has. wapo.st/40TzAVW

@laurahazardowen.bsky.social @sarahscire.com @joshuabenton.com edits elevated this story. Not lost on me, thinking abt impact / audience / cadence, that I'm lucky to work somewhere that gave me the time to dive deep. Special s/o to Josh for design magic (don't miss the Texas storybreaks!!) (3/3)

The factors leading to the Landing’s closure may be unique. But its challenges — how to balance the pursuit of impact with building an audience; how to carve out a niche among more established local outlets; how ample seed funding can become a liability — are relevant to other news nonprofits. (2/3)

If you are involved in trying to make nonprofit news sustainable, I wrote and reported this story for you! So much news that deserves our attention right now, but I hope you'll spend some time with my Houston Landing retrospective for @niemanlab.org (1/3) www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/what...

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorney’s office.

“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing." Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.

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“Majority of Houston police calls to ICE have come on traffic stops.” www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

The death toll in Central Texas climbed to at least 70 as of midday Sunday, as rescuers searched for people swept away by devastating floods and forecasters warned that downpours would continue in already hard-hit areas. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

More than 100 immigrants from 95 countries became U.S. citizens at the home of George Washington on the Fourth of July.

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

At least 51 people have been confirmed dead by the floods that swept through a region of Central Texas as a frantic search-and-rescue operation continues for those missing, including 27 girls from a beloved summer camp. Follow updates here:

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Portland friends: I will be giving a #scienceontap public lecture on my book Doctors by Nature at the Alberta Rose Theatre on July 23rd. Beer, books and science! Good combo. 🧪 @princetonupress.bsky.social www.scienceontaporwa.org/events/alber...