After hours of impassioned debate, British lawmakers in the House of Commons voted Friday to pass a bill that would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. The bill passed by 23 votes, with hundreds protesting about the divisive issue outside of parliament, from both sides of the debate. (Andrews, CBS News)
Read MorePopular social news aggregation and discussion forum platform Reddit hosts hundreds of thousands of active communities, or subreddits. Which ones have the most members? This chart ranks the 15 largest communities on Reddit based on number of members as of May 2025. (Zhu, Visual Capitalist)
Read MoreThe streaming future is now the streaming present. Americans watched more television via streaming services than they did through cable and broadcast networks in the month of May, Nielsen said in a report on Tuesday. It is the first time that has happened over a full month. (Koblin, The New York Times)
Read MoreA new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The study, published in JAMA on Wednesday, looked at data on more than 4,000 kids from an ongoing longitudinal study following them for years, starting at ages 9 to 10. (Chatterjee, NPR)
Read MoreIn the first major case on transgender issues, the Supreme Court decided that a Tennessee law prohibiting certain medical transition treatments for minors can stay in place. On Wednesday, the court ruled 6–3 in favor of the ban, emphasizing that it did not violate equal protection for the sexes under the 14th Amendment. (Prude, Christianity Today)
Read MoreIn June 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, along with 2,000 federal troops, to occupy the former Confederate state. On June 19, Gen. Granger issued several general orders—among them, orders that declared the state government of Texas illegitimate, that Confederate soldiers and officials must report for parole, and that cotton was to be bought and sold with government oversight. General Order No. 3 pertained to the institution of slavery in Texas. (Traces of Texas, Texas Highway)
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