PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - June 9

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June 9 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in the investigation into his handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

- General Motors said on Thursday its future electric vehicles will use the same charging hardware as Tesla, a move aimed at giving GM owners more access to charging and further endorsing Tesla's charging-port technology as the industry standard.

- Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled to employees a stand-alone app it plans to launch through Instagram to compete with Twitter.

- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's next temporary leader is Polly Trottenberg, who has been serving as the Biden administration's deputy transportation chief.

- Google said a long-delayed product that pays news publishers to feature their content would launch in the U.S. this summer, part of what the company said is an effort to support media outlets.

- Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill this week that would require minors to get parental permission to sign up for online accounts, including on social-media platforms and multiplayer games.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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