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 People are still being awful on flights
NBC News · Harriet Baskas
Bad travel habits are a pandemic holdover despite the end of policies like the mask mandate.
 Teens turning to surgery and weight-loss drugs
Associated Press · Jonel Aleccia
Critics urge caution, but the kids and their parents say the aggressive measures are necessary options after years of ineffective programs.
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 Kenya’s tea pickers are destroying the machines replacing them
Semafor · Martin K.N Siele
Protests, often violent, highlight the challenges workers face as more agribusiness companies rely on automation to cut costs.
 Ja Morant’s landmark punishment isn’t about guns
theringer.com · Rob Mahoney
The NBA has suspended the Memphis Grizzlies star for 25 games. But why is debatable.
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 Jesse Watters’ rise at Fox
Insider Business · Noah Hurowitz
Is he the man to win back Fox viewers after the network’s acrimonious split with Tucker Carlson?
 Rodeo celebrates the legacy of Black cowboys
Axios · Russell Contreras
Photographer Ivan McClellan honors this overlooked history in a decade-long project — and the Juneteenth rodeo in Portland.
 A hard choice 200 meters from the top of Mount Everest
NPR · Manuela López Restrepo
As an above-the-knee amputee who doesn’t stop moving, Kirstie Ennis is clearly far from a quitter. So why did she decide to call it a day?
 Scientists find cannabis inside a totally different plant
Science Alert · Staff
The team found CBD in the fruits and flowers of Trema micrantha blume, a shrub that grows across much of Brazil.
 ‘Rural people are so angry they want to blow up the system’
The Guardian · Lisa Allardice
How Charles Dickens — and rage about the opioid crisis — helped Barbara Kingsolver write “the great Appalachian novel.”
 ‘I don’t know this kid, his mom, or where he lives’
Reason.com · Lenore Skenazy
Confused TikTok mom asks for help when random child comes over to play with her kid.
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