SUMMARY: British police are reviewing videos of rapper Bobby Vylan at Glastonbury Festival for leading chants of “death to the IDF” and “free Palestine.” Avon and Somerset Police are investigating whether criminal offenses occurred. The Israeli Embassy condemned the remarks as hateful, while UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting called them “appalling” and questioned how the BBC and festival organizers allowed the live broadcast. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has spoken to the BBC director general. The festival also featured Irish rap group Kneecap, whose member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh faces terrorism charges linked to waving a Hezbollah flag. About 200,000 attended the event.

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SUMMARY: Warren Buffett is donating \$6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares to five foundations, raising his total contributions since 2006 to around \$60 billion. The largest portion, 9.4 million shares, goes to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. Other recipients include the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Sherwood Foundation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and NoVo Foundation. Buffett’s Berkshire stock has risen 19.1% over the past year. He plans to end donations to the Gates Foundation after his death, letting his children decide future distributions. Nearly 99.5% of his estate is earmarked for philanthropy.

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SUMMARY: A Jacksonville man, Fred Rodolf, built a “Little Free Library” on Eaton Avenue in the Woodland Acres neighborhood to encourage community reading and engagement. With about two dozen books inside, the portable library allows residents to take a book and leave one behind. Rodolf, a merchant mariner who moved from Seattle in 2015, sees the project as a way to help improve the neighborhood, especially near the Boys and Girls Club. Inspired by a friend, he emphasizes the value of physical books as a refreshing break from digital screens. His library will soon be officially chartered and added to Jacksonville’s map of nearly 50 free libraries.

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