From Jenna Orkin

Chinese spy balloon flies over the United States: Pentagon

Excess Deaths Soaring as Health Card Systems Wobble

Norway discovers huge trove of metals, minerals and rare earths on its seabed

State and local authorities have reacted aggressively to protesters trying to stop 85 acres of the forest being torn down to build a sprawling, state-of-the-art, $90m police training complex – dubbed “Cop City” by opponents as it will feature a mock city for “tactical” exercises.

Harvard is shutting down project that studied social media misinformation

USDA announces rigorous new school nutrition standards NY Deer Lousy With Old COVID Variants, Study Shows — Mutation Worries Abound CHINA claims to have cloned mutant "super cows" that can pump out nearly twice as much milk.

1 out of every 4 migrant kids separated at the border by Trump still hasn't been reunited with their family 2 years later

• The Department of Homeland Security says nearly a thousand migrant children are still separated.

• Two years before beating Tyre Nichols, a Memphis police officer didn't report that a colleague ripped a woman out of her car and dislocated her shoulder just for laughing