From Jenna Orkin

AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general

Developer Abandons Keystone XL Pipeline Project, Ending Decade Long Battle

Not even ProPublica knows the source who provided blockbuster ‘Secret IRS Files’

This South L.A. startup will turn your front lawn into a farm

Little-known illnesses turning up in COVID long-haulers

Mining tin from the sea in IndonesiaMega-drought" takes dramatic toll on Colorado River system that provides water to 40 million people

Washington state approves offering free marijuana joints to those getting the Covid vaccine

Some cities think Elon Musk's tunnel could be the solution to their transportation issues but experts are skeptical

Some of the Boring Co. projects never materialized but officials in Fort Lauderdale are optimistic they will soon have one, NBC News reported.

El Salvador approved a law that will make it the first country to accept bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US dollar

Search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing no longer have to pay to replace Google search on Android phones

Millions of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are set to expire this month, and states are scrambling to use up their stockpiles or send them abroad

Fauci warns that the Delta coronavirus variant, first found in India, could take over in the US if people don't get their shots

• In the UK the Delta variant is dominant. "We cannot let that happen in the United States," he said

 

From Jenna Orkin

Plant-based eaters are less likely to get severe COVID: study says

Fauci warns dangerous Indian COVID variant could become dominant in US

Alaska Native Corporation to Protect Its Land, Dealing Blow to Massive Gold Mine Project

Biden Justice Department Seeks to Defend Trump in Suit Over Rape Denial

Digital Yuan May Prove Hong Kong Dollar's Cousin

Malaysia: Police using drones to check body temperature in public places

CIA Seeks New Approach in Afghanistan

Federal prosecutors subpoenaed material related to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's book on handling the COVID-19 crisis, report says

Scientists revived a tiny worm-like animal after 24,000 years frozen in Siberian ice. It was still able to eat and reproduce.

2019 audio shows Rudy Giuliani pushing a Ukrainian official to investigate Biden in exchange for better relations with Trump

 

From Jenna Orkin

Despite pandemic, level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits historic levels

“The 12 Million Mile Battery”

WSJ - The Science Suggests a Wuhan Lab Leak

The Covid-19 pathogen has a genetic footprint that has never been observed in a natural coronavirus. 

Oregon Republican told group how to get into state Capitol days before violent breachFire And Explosion Hit Iran Steel Mill In Third Such Incident In Five Days

New reports reveal that Zhou Yusen, a military scientist for the People’s Liberation Army who died in May last year, had filed a patent for a Covid-19 vaccine on 24 February 2020.

QAnon? The ‘big lie’? What might it take to get Latter-day Saints to stop believing in them?

China plans to build more bio labs amid scrutiny in Wuhan

Police in Malaysia are using drones to check people's temperatures amid a COVID-19 surge

Amazon could sidestep new G7 corporate tax measures because its profit margins are below a 10% threshold

Jeff Bezos says he's flying into space with his brother on July 20

 

From Jenna Orkin

Virus Spreads From B.C. Fish Farms to Wild Chinook Salmon, Study Finds

Hunting Burmese Pythons in the Dark of the Everglades

Amid controversy, Justice Dept. says it won’t seek to compel journalists to give up source information

My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world’s democracies 

Opinion ●  By Joe Biden

A slowing current system in the Atlantic Ocean spells trouble for Earth

Natural Gas, America’s No. 1 Power Source, Already Has a New Challenger: Batteries

Homeless Oaklanders were tired of the housing crisis. So they built a ‘miracle’ village

Oceana Finds Hundreds of Vessels Vanishing Along Argentina’s Waters

Delta Air Lines flight forced to divert after 'unruly passenger' reportedly tried to breach cockpit

Big Tech and government officials have praised the 'significant, unprecedented' G7 deal to back a global corporate tax rate of at least 15% 

From Jenna Orkin

West Virginia To Give Away Guns As Covid-19 Vaccine Incentive

Ransomware attacks are closing schools, delaying chemotherapy and derailing everyday life

Drought ravages California’s reservoirs ahead of hot summer

U.S. Waged Secret Legal Battle to Obtain Emails of 4 Times ReportersSon of the soil Pedro Castillo promises a presidency for Peru’s poor

Inside India’s ‘black fungus’ wards: Delta variant linked to hundreds of deaths from mucormycosis

Cargill Backs Cow Masks to Trap Methane Burps

Facebook says Donald Trump to remain banned for two years, effective from Jan. 7

California Drought

Ten retailers in a British coastal town are operating rent-free for 2 years, with no strings attached, as part of a plan to rescue the UK's 'high streets'

Trump is interested in running for House seat in 2022 in a bid to become Speaker and launch an impeachment inquiry against Biden

A dangerous movement hyping toxic bleach as a 'miracle cure' is more powerful than ever after exploiting the pandemic in Latin America

 

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Leprosy Drug Shows Potential as At-Home Treatment for COVID-19

Amazon HQ2 in Virginia: Green Buildings Surrounded by Nature

The Gods Were Right

They punished Prometheus for stealing their fire. Now look what humans have done with it.

US-linked Chinese military scientist filed patent for COVID vaccine just after contagion emerged: report State Election Officials Are Under Attack. We Will Defend Them.

Russia wants to be pioneer in small scale nuclear power.

"The Department of the Air Force seeks to leverage the current multi-billion dollar commercial investment to develop the largest rockets ever, and with full reusability to develop and test the capability to leverage a commercial rocket to deliver AF cargo anywhere on the Earth in less than one hour, with a 100-ton capacity," the document states.

Global food prices rise at rapid pace in May

The first invisible sculpture sold for 15 thousand euros. The artist Garau: “A concentrate of thoughts”

A single wildfire last summer destroyed at least 10% of the world's giant sequoia trees, a new report found

 

From Jenna Orkin

California churches win $2M in legal fees in COVID closure lawsuits

Shell’s historic loss in The Hague is a turning point in the fight against big oil

World's coal producers now planning more than 400 new mines -research

Israel Finds Probable Link Between Pfizer Shot, Myocarditis

Firefighters battle massive fire at Iranian oil refinery'Somber Harvest': Crops May Fail, Cattle Sold As The Northwest Descends Into Drought

China’s 'artificial sun' sets new world record, runs at 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds

A year after a showdown on 'the roof of the world,' India is gearing up to take on China at sea

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are building a $1 billion 'next-generation' nuclear reactor in Wyoming2 Iranian Navy Ships Are Heading To The Americas, Posing A Potential Provocation To The US, Reports Says

1. Trump — upset about mocking, small audience — deletes his blog

 

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China threatens nuclear war, expanding arsenal in case of ‘intense showdown’ with US
QAnon Has a Disturbing Takeover Plot to ‘Eliminate’ Elected Officials

The pandemic is getting worse, even when it seems like it’s getting better

Wuhan Was Fentanyl Capital - archive

What Is America’s Spy Court Hiding From the Public?

Fauci Set to Release Book on ‘Truth’ and ‘Service’ in November

A super serious “letter” published by The Lancet said, “We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.” Not to disprove, not to disagree with, not to offer evidence against, but to “condemn” — and not merely to condemn, but to stigmatize as evil and irrational “conspiracy theories.” But the organizer of that letter, Peter Daszak had funded, at the Wuhan lab, just the research that could have resulted in the pandemic. 

China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first

Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman

Email: Researcher Who Funded Wuhan Lab, Admitted To Manipulating Coronaviruses Thanked Fauci For Dismissing Lab Leak Theory

Arizona: Pennsylvania lawmakers to receive tour of GOP audit operation

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Observers of Arizona audit allege software malfunctions, security violations

10,000 volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics quit as the Japanese public's opposition to the games grows

 

From Jenna Orkin

Interview with Dennis Kucinich on his new book, "The Division of Light and Power"

The former presidential candidate on his new book, the "Punch and Judy show" of partisan politics, and how "People move into the system, and instead of changing the system, the system changes them."

Martha Nussbaum on #MeToo

A burning ship covered beautiful beaches in plastic ‘snow.’ Now Sri Lanka faces an environmental disaster.

Amazon warehouse workers suffer serious injuries at higher rates than workers at other companies. Critics blame productivity pressure.

I Wrote James Bond Movies. The Amazon-MGM Deal Gives Me Chills.

Iranian warships possibly headed to Venezuela reportedly spark US concern

Canadian MP Accidentally Exposes Himself on Camera Twice

Last June, 60% in a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll described Floyd's death as murder; that percentage has now dropped by double digits to 36%.

The Illinois House and Senate passed a bill requiring schools to teach Asian American history

The world's largest meat supplier says it was hit by a cyberattack

China's strict travel restrictions in Guangzhou show the country is taking extreme measures to control its COVID numbers and avoid the fate of other Asian nations

 

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Prison inmates in India refuse parole over COVID-19 fears on outside

Doctors prepare to ration care as covid surge leaves Malaysia in ‘total lockdown’

Biden administration, Gov. Newsom open California coast to offshore wind farms

Ah but who are the companies in charge?

The lawyer who took on Chevron – and now marks his 600th day under house arrest

Air travel hits a pandemic peak, but more passengers are resisting mask mandates.

Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict

Mexican judge rejects industry bid to halt GMO corn, glyphosate ban

The Ukrainian ambassador to Thailand died suddenly while vacationing with his son

Netanyahu rival Bennett announced he was joining forces with political opponents to unseat the Israeli prime minister

Far-right party leader Naftali Bennett backed a coalition to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and bring a "government of change."

China will allow couples to have 3 children in a major policy shift designed to reverse shrinking birth rates

Vietnam identifies a highly contagious new coronavirus variant with strains from the UK and India