Personal Digest: High-stakes: California mail-voting under threat
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less than three months before midterms — The Supreme Court allowed a new presidential order to proceed that could upend California’s vote-by-mail system with under three months to go before the midterm elections.
 | CaliforniaMail‑voting under threat weeks before midterms |
| Southern CaliforniaWildfire evacuations and heat-driven wildlife roaming neighborhoods Wildfires (latimes.com) · Wildlife (edhat.com) · Heat Illness (dir.ca.gov) |
 | ParentingFrom parental stress to sleep resets: raising kids in an intense era Murder (firstthings.com) · Criminal Law (idahoednews.org) · Postpartum Depression (psypost.org) |
 | ClimateOceans, heat and water: climate impacts stack up like bad weather Omega-3 Fatty Acids (google.com) · Heat Waves (google.com) · Wildfires (rv-times.com) |
 | FilmFestival picks, Ridley’s new sci‑fi, and PTA’s cine roadshow Science Fiction Films (hollywoodreporter.com) · Academy Awards (variety.com) · Paul Thomas Anderson (google.com) |
 | CulturePop culture as political chess: presidents play to the crowd |
 | TelevisionClassic sitcoms honored and appointment TV makes a comeback I Love Lucy (variety.com) · Reality Television (variety.com) |
 | GeographySupreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s 6th — redistricting drama continues |
 | Video GamesLeaked GTA6, DRM blowback, and Gamescom’s tidal wave of reveals DRM (latestly.com) · E-commerce (finance.yahoo.com) · Cybersecurity (pagesix.com) |
 | EconomyTariffs, sanctions, and a puzzling nudge toward narrower gaps Tariffs (google.com) · International Trade (global.morningstar.com) · International Sanctions (time.com) |
 | MusicDolly’s final bow, AI rules, and Dudamel’s curtain call Dolly Parton (nbcnews.com) · Broadway Theatre (variety.com) · Artificial Intelligence (socialnews.xyz) |
 | EntertainmentGoodbye Dolly, hello Diablo collab — and Ridley gets cosmic props Dolly Parton (yakimaherald.com) · Video game development (news.blizzard.com) · Artificial Intelligence (finance.yahoo.com) |
 | Los AngelesLA preps vertiports as air taxis aim for downtown takeoff |
 | MediaState media theatre and new social paywalls redraw media norms |