The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 6, 2023

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

• The Biden administration agrees to provide controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine, but that many nations have pledged not to use due to risks to civilians.
• A new study from the USGS finds that almost half of the tap water in the United States is estimated to have one or more PFAS “forever chemicals.”
• SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins moved to dismiss charges against San Francisco Police Officer Kenneth Cha for the shooting of Sean Moore.
• Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ uses partial line-item veto to gut Republican tax cuts and lock in a school funding increase for 400 years.
• Orphan Wells Prevention Act to stop abandoned oil wells in California passes through state senate committee.

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