- Boston Mayor Marty Walsh confirmed Monday that the city was withdrawing its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, leaving the door open for another US city like Los Angeles.
- Oklahoma's state Supreme Court has ordered a monument to the Ten Commandments removed from the State Capitol grounds, prompting calls for impeachment from angry Republicans.
- The Boy Scouts of America has voted to lift a blanket ban on gay scoutmasters, but will continue to allow individual scout troops to maintain the bans individually.
- Analysts expect China's Shanghai stock market to continue to plummet in a "1929-style crash" as the index could lose another 15% in value by the middle of August.
- Scientific leaders including Dr. Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have signed a letter calling for the world's governments to ban "offensive autonomous weapons" and military AI robots.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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