Alex Peebles Reporter

STRAIGHT TO IT: Today’s quick hit headlines

Jun 07, 2021

Alex Peebles Reporter

By Alex Peebles (Reporter), Sean Walkup (Editor)

What a busy start to the week. Let’s get “Straight To It.”

Here are links to the stories above:

Politics

Government funding bill gives Congress a raise, sets new rules on ticket sales

5 mins ago

RFK Jr.’s lawyer: NYT report over polio vaccine petition ‘categorically false’

Republicans skeptical of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines

Straight Arrow News

U.S.

Most teens aren’t drinking, smoking or doing drugs, new survey shows

32 mins ago

Fully intact mastodon jaw found in New York resident’s backyard

Luigi Mangione charged with first-degree murder as an act of terrorism

Getty Images

International

Russia arrests Uzbek national in killing of senior general

6 hrs ago

CNN reports finding Syrian prisoner, fact-checker says source lied about identity

Switzerland to spend $250m upgrading nuclear bunkers

Reuters

Tech

Amazon invests $10 billion in Ohio data centers to drive AI evolution

22 hrs ago

OpenAI releases emails showing Elon Musk asked for control of the company

Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt warns of rapid AI innovation, urges caution

Getty Images