From Jenna Orkin

1. Facebook and NYU Langone's jointly developed machine learning solution can accelerate MRIs

   Oil Piracy Has Spiked During COVID Pandemic

   Confessions of a Xinjiang Camp Teacher

   Why the Mali coup could worry Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron

   The Press Cries Wolf

Apple just hit a market cap of $2 TRILLION, becoming the first US-listed company to reach that milestone

Australia's prime minister quickly backtracked a suggestion that he would make a COVID-19 vaccine mandatory, as governments appear to acknowledge anti-vaxxers

84% of medical misinformation on Facebook is never tagged with a warning, and is viewed billions of times, report says

1. Former top-ranking Trump official endorses Biden

2. An overwhelming majority of Americans say the US response to coronavirus makes them feel embarrassed

   A 19-year-old who admitted to blackmail, revenge porn, and bullying won his primary race for the Kansas House and is now running unopposed

• COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 80% in nursing homes earlier this summer, and it shows that care facilities are still struggling to contain the virus

• Just 6 of Trump's top donors have given to reelection bid
• Study: Everyone develops long-term immunity after COVID-19 infection

• STUDY: Women-led countries handled the coronavirus pandemic 'systematically and significantly better' than those run by men

 From Jenna Orkin

USPS Filed Patent for SECURE VOTING SYSTEM 

Southeast Asia Detects Mutated Virus Strain Sweeping the World

Former CIA officer charged with spying for China

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Masbate

An oil company wants to use giant chillers to refreeze the ground that climate change is thawing in order to drill for more oil — which will ultimately accelerate global warming

Belarus In The Firing Line For A Color Revolution

1. Former top-ranking Trump official endorses Biden
2. Just 6 of Trump's top donors have given to reelection bid

TikTok is hiring hundreds more US staff in a show of confidence against Trump

1. Chinese hospitals aborted late-stage pregnancies and killed newborns as part of a campaign to purge the Uighur culture, report says

   Documents reveal hundreds of nursing homes flagged for 'serious problems' and 'deficiencies' in care collected millions in PPP loans

   Tokyo installed see-through public toilets in a park to let people inspect their cleanliness before using them, at which point the glass turns opaque

   They couldn't open the door and take a look?

   "Massively Compromised" - Corporate Debt Issuance Soars To Record Highs

   German COVID-19 Cases Continue Surge As Pandemic Now No. 3 Cause Of Death In US: Live Updates

   Rolling Blackouts Expected Today For 3.3 Million California Households

 From Jenna Orkin

Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in U.S. in at least 107 yearss

Scientists See Signs of Lasting Immunity to Covid-19, Even After Mild Infections

Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Has 'Passed The Point of No Return', Scientists Say

New Covid Cases in Nursing Homes Soar Past Peak Levels

Postal Service plans to remove 671 high-volume mail processing machines

The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse

49 People Shot In 72 Hours As Wave Of Gun Violence Continues In NYC

NYC IS DEAD FOREVER. HERE'S WHY

 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern postponed the country's election by a month due to new coronavirus outbreaks

Nancy Pelosi called the House back into session early to block USPS organizational changes that could threaten mail-in voting

The UK conducted a wild pandemic experiment by letting an algorithm grade teens' exam results, and outraged students want to sue over bias

Hedge funds are reportedly shorting the dollar as fears rise over its status as the world's number one currency

More Black Americans are buying firearms. Rising racial tension after the George Floyd protests and the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered fears for their safety.

More than 2,000 people joined the National African American Gun Association (NAGAA) in the 36 hours after George Floyd's death.

 From Jenna Orkin

Iowa's corn yields could be cut in half where hurricane-force winds flattened fields

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

How Three Conspiracy Theorists Sparked QAnon

Trump said he's considering a pardon for Edward Snowden after previously calling for his execution

Analysis: Ventilation should be part of the conversation on school reopening. Why isn’t it?

Vladimir Putin has offered to send military assistance to support Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko as up to 200,000 protestors gather to demand his removal

'Trump warns presidential election result may not be known for 'years,' as allegations grow he's undermining the USPS to rig the election

New COVID-19 Cases Hit 5-Month High In South Korea, France Smashes Post-Lockdown Record: Live Updates

Turkey Hit By Bank Runs, Currency Panic As Locals Sell Their Cars And Houses To Buy Gold While Lira Implodes

1. USPS shutters crucial mail-sorting machines for absentee ballots

2. The machines USPS is removing from distribution centers can sort more than 36,000 pieces of mail per hour. Here's how they work.

3. American tourists are further banned from entering Canada until September and 'citizen detectives' are on the lookout

 From Jenna Orkin

Emergency medical technicians are quitting their jobs — COVID-19 makes it too dangerous

Measure the risk of airborne COVID-19 in your office, classroom, or bus ride

The world's strictest school social distancing: Thai kindergartners are sealed in perspex boxes at playtime while masks are mandatory for older kids in fight against coronavirus

Confess Your Climate Sins

A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury.

Labour votes to abolish private schools at party conference

Bolivia's lawmakers have approved 'Miracle Mineral Solution' — a toxic bleach — as a treatment for COVID-19. Only the president can stop it becoming law

Did Buffett Just Bet Against The US? Berkshire Buys Barrick Gold, Dumps Goldman

'We are going to pay the price': Famed investor Jim Rogers sounds the alarm on central bank money-printing and exorbitant debt — and warns the next market meltdown will be 'the worst in my lifetime'

Empty Apartments in Manhattan Hit Record High As Two Year Crisis Begins  

European club promoters created a virtual nightclub to simulate Berlin's party scene — and turned away 40,000 people in its first night

Rent the Runway is permanently closing all of its physical stores as the company rethinks retail during the pandemic

 From Jenna Orkin

Amid Tensions With Turkey, Greece in Joint Manoeuvres With France

Postal workers are sounding the alarm as mail sorting machines are removed from processing facilities

How QAnon rode the pandemic to new heights — and fueled the viral anti-mask phenomenon

The Left Needs to Stop Falling for Absurd Sex Panics

USPS says removal of NYC mailboxes has nothing to do with Trump, it's 'routine maintenance'

Postal Service Warns 46 States Voters Could Be Dis-enfranchised

Coronavirus Updates: NYC Spring Virus Death Toll Approached That Of 1918 Flu Pandemic

 

GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene, endorsed by Trump, promotes 9//11 conspiracy

US Seizes 4 Iranian Fuel Tankers En Route To Venezuela, Diverts To Houston

Michael Cohen predicts that Trump will 'never leave office peacefully' because he's terrified of being sent to prison

President Trump's Brother Robert Hospitalized In New York

Fed governor says central bank will partner with MIT on possible digital currency

 From Jenna Orkin

CNN: Joe Biden Could ‘Step Aside’ For Kamala Harris

CDC warns US faces ‘worst fall’ ever if Americans ignore COVID-19 guidelines

Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up”: union leader

Reynolds: 10 million acres of corn, soybeans flattened; farmers 'have never seen anything like this'

Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic

ACLU Calls for Dissolving Dept of Homeland Security

Health Card On Bill Gates Concept

Fox News host claims that 'something's going to happen' to Joe Biden

73% of teachers don't think their schools should reopen in the fall

Germany Reports Biggest COVID-19 Tally In 3 Months As Outbreak Spreads "All Over The Country": Live Updates

The IEA warns global oil demand will shrink further in both 2020 and 2021, held up by gloomy air travel

Assad Nearly Passes Out During Speech Amid Feared COVID-19 Explosion In Syria

Real Estate Collapse: In Q2, A Record 44 NYC Neighborhoods Closed Fewer Than Five Deals

A 30-year-old corpse was discovered in the basement of an abandoned $41.2 million mansion

Ghislaine Maxwell Taken Off Suicide Watch, Claims Mistreatment Including 'Numerous Body Scans'

 From Jenna Orkin

International report confirms 2019 was among three warmest years on record

South China Sea: Chinese military told not to fire first shot in stand-off with US forces

Luxury Homes Tie Chinese Communist Elite to Hong Kong’s Fate

Greek Armed Forces on high alert for potential confrontation with Turkey

‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air

 

Age-Related Differences in Nasopharyngeal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Levels in Patients With Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Award of Posthumous Degrees by Boston University

1. Op-ed: The Russian vaccine is terrifying

2. How decades of US welfare policies lifted up the white middle class and largely excluded Black Americans

   Tropical Depression 11 Could Become Earliest 'J' Storm On Record

   The number of Americans training to become teachers has dropped by a third since 2010, and it's creating a critical educator shortage that will affect every state

   "Hard Times Are Here": UK Economy Suffers Record Collapse As GDP Plummets To 2003 Levels

   John McAfee Arrested For Wearing A Woman's Thong As A Facemask In Germany

3. Trump donated to Kamala Harris twice as private citizen

 From Jenna Orkin

Landlord removes windows and doors after Maple Ridge, B.C. mom late with rent

Behind the Cover: Climate Migration

Orson Welles' Narration of Plato Parable of the Cave

Dying young: the healthcare workers in their 20s killed by Covid-19

America's PPE shortage could last years without strategic plan, experts warn

 

Turkey Sends Military For 'Gunnery Drills' Off Rhodes As Contested Gas Exploration Resumes

"Financially Devastated" - 83% Of NYC Restaurants Unable To Pay July Rent

New Zealand Revives Lockdown 2 Months After 'Declaring Victory' Over Coronavirus: Live Updates

Massive office landlord Vornado is planning to install face-reading cameras to track tenants in all of its buildings— including one where Facebook just inked a big lease

Putin announced that Russia approved a COVID-19 vaccine — and gave it to his daughter — despite serious concerns over its safety

Illinois makes it a felony to assault retail workers over mask mandates, sending a strong message to anti-mask shoppers

 

From Jenna Orkin

Three Amazon tribesmen in Peru killed during protest against oil firm

How Satellites Tracked The Fateful Journey Of The Ship That Led To Mauritius’ Worst Oil Spill Disaster

More than 97,000 children tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two weeks of July, report says

Homes explode in Baltimore, killing 1 and injuring 3 others

Botswana diamond exports fall by two thirds on COVID-19

Chicago police return fire as looters hit Mag Mile, smashing windows and confronting officers

Mary Ferrell

We Need to Change Our COVID-19 Strategy

Belarus erupts in protest after opposition alleges rigged election

Saudi Aramco sees profit dives 50% for the first half of the year, but keeps its $75 billion dividend payout intact