## Divided Supreme Court rules in major homelessness case that outdoor sleeping bans are OK

Authored by apnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a ruling from a California-based appeals court that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking.

In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court found that outdoor sleeping bans don’t violate the Eighth Amendment.

“This decision removes the legal ambiguities that have tied the hands of local officials for years,” he said.

Homeless advocates, on the other hand, have said that allowing cities to punish people who have no other place to sleep would ultimately make the crisis worse.

Cities had been allowed to regulate encampments under a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling but couldn’t completely bar people from sleeping outdoors.

She warned that striking down Eighth Amendment arguments against camping bans likely won’t end the fights over the ordinances in court.

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### Russia is losing 1,000 soldiers a day in its relentless 'meat grinder' tactics against Ukraine: report

Authored by businessinsider.com

Around 1,000 Russian troops a day were killed or wounded, officials told the publication.

But Russia is able to recruit new troops to replace the casualties, according to the Times.

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### Florida man arrested after shooting, destroying Walmart delivery drone, deputies say

Authored by fox35orlando.com

A Florida man is behind bars after he allegedly shot a Walmart delivery drone, rendering it inoperable in Lake County, deputies said.

Deputies were called to Walmart at 1450 Johns Lake Road in Clermont on Wednesday after drone delivery representatives reported the incident.

When the drone began to descend, one of the reps said he heard a loud sound consistent with a gun, deputies said. »

### America Lost the First Biden-Trump Debate

Authored by rollingstone.com

He seemed to embody the right-wing caricature of the president as an old man who has lost the plot.

Answering a question ostensibly about the national debt, Biden first got tripped up about whether the 1,000 richest people in America are “trillionaires” or “billionaires.”

This debate came close to the beginning of the general election — before the party’s national conventions have even locked in the nominees. »

### The Russians May Have Lost An Entire Airborne Brigade In Vovchansk

Authored by forbes.com

And now the defenders of Vovchansk, including some or part of several Ukrainian mechanized, marine and airborne brigades, have reportedly defeated an elite Russian airborne brigade.

According to a well-regarded Ukrainian correspondent who writes under the pseudonym “Nikolaev Vanek,” the 83rd Airborne Brigade has retreated from Vovchansk after a costly three-week deployment.

“The entire 83rd Airborne Brigade is urgently withdrawn to the rear to restore combat capability,” Vanek wrote. »

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