Thursday, August 31, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Kim Jong Un says nuclear weapons to be deployed to navy as U.S., allies start new drills
Three-quarters of the public think Joe Biden is too old to serve another term, including 69% of Democrats.
America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
Faster trains to begin carrying passengers as Amtrak’s monopoly falls
A crackdown on ‘woke’ coverage is tearing Atlanta magazine apart
An FBI source, a Burisma deal, the Bidens and details that don’t match up
Gabon army claims overthrow of 56-year-old political dynasty after election
If AI Has Become Conscious, Here's How We Can Tell
Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
White House warns Russia, North Korea weapons negotiations are ‘actively advancing’
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush dismissed: Sources
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants
'Wildly hot' waters in the Gulf of Mexico could fuel Hurricane Idalia's rapid intensification
A deadly tick-borne epidemic is raging.
Racial diversity surged at Johns Hopkins in the last decade. Will it last?
The Case for Negotiating with Russia
The Doomsday Prepper's Daughter
Mass Shootings Will Keep Spiraling Upward without Big Changes in Gun Laws
Largest Bat-cave discovered
Toyota stops operations at 13 plants due to system failure
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved
Domestic Politics, Global Repercussions: India’s Curb on Rice Exports
Between Durra and Arash: One Disputed Gas Field, Two Names
It Took Just One Wolf to Revive An Entire Forest Ecosystem
Fountains of diamonds erupt from Earth's center as supercontinents break up
A Washington Post analysis found that the chatbot will draft political messages tailored for demographic groups, like suburban women or rural men
The Judge Who Escaped: ‘We Lost All of Our Achievement’
Since the Taliban's return to power, women judges – who once dared to sentence men for their crimes – have been forced into hiding. We spoke to one whose identity we are protecting.
How a Man in Prison Stole Millions from Billionaires
How Gene-Edited Insects Are Providing Food, Fuel and Waste Disposal
How to get ChatGPT to write you a killer cover letter that doesn't sound like it was AI-generated: step-by-step guide with exact prompts
Monday, August 28, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Lawyer Makes Alarming Statement About Why Trump Didn't Release All JFK Files: 'Suddenly He Became Afraid'
Native Hawaiians Are Resisting Land and Water Grabs After Maui Wildfires
How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear
5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues. Most are still flying.
How a Christie’s website revealed where people kept their art
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 12 (part 1 of 2)
Striving For Success, Destined for Disappointment - Wesley T. Miller
New dawn for Arctic’s first people: the Inuit plan to reclaim their sea
Biden alcohol czar says US may follow Canada, limit beers to two a week: 'what a joke'
Multi-level analysis of the gut–brain axis shows autism spectrum disorder-associated molecular and microbial profiles
Hillbillies in Higher Ed – Confronting Anti-Rural Bias in Academia
Sunday, August 27, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Vivek Ramaswamy Is Not the Next Trump
“What folks in the wildfire business call the zone zero or the ember ignition zone, is kind of a key factor in whether homes do or do not burn down,” Wara said.
Having nothing combustible in the 5 feet directly around a house is enormously important.
• “Climate havens” are areas touted by researchers, public officials and city planners as natural refuges from extreme climate conditions, and include the Great Lakes region, upper Midwest and upper Northeast. But these regions will not be immune to the severe impacts of climate change, write Julie Arbit, Brad Bottoms and Earl Lewis, all researchers at the Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan. On the contrary, cities in these locations will have to contend with some of the most extreme temperature and rainfall events to come, they say.
AI scores in the top percentile of creative thinking
A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco
THE AIRLINE PILOT SHORTAGE WILL GET WORSE
How a small-town feud in Kansas sent a shock through American journalism
Doug Casey on the Battle for Strategic Resources in Africa
Yale Students Got a Terrifying Message. From the Campus Police.
8 Alabama death row inmates ask to be executed by nitrogen gas
Friday, August 25, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join China and Russia in BRICS economic bloc
US approves $12 bn Apache helicopter sale to Poland
Huawei accused of building secret microchip factories to beat US sanctions
Ex-cop is identified in mass shooting that left him, 3 others dead at O.C. biker bar, sources say
Scientists drill into Greenland rocks on unprecedented mission to gauge future melting
Latest on the Crash
Prigozhin was thought to have died in a 2019 plane crash, only to reappear days later. This time, there's more evidence he's dead.
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
Trump-admiring libertarian’s surprise primary win upends Argentina
Loyal Source’s quality of care and staffing have been under scrutiny since the May 17 death of Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was infected with the flu while in CBP custody after crossing the Rio Grande into South Texas with her family. As the child’s symptoms worsened and her mother pleaded for urgent care, medical staff did not call a doctor and mishandled files showing Reyes Alvarez had a heart condition and sickle cell disease, according to a CBP timeline.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash
India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first
How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’
Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’
See Rudy Giuliani's mug shot after the embattled Trump ally turned himself in at Fulton County Jail
Why the ‘Sleeping Beauty Problem’ Is Keeping Mathematicians Awake
The key to depression, obesity, alcoholism – and more? Why the vagus nerve is so exciting to scientists
This songbird’s genes may show how climate change has sped up evolution
Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump reunite to try to upstage Fox News
Justice Dept. brings wave of cases over $836 million in alleged covid fraud
The Constitutional Case for Barring Trump from the Presidency
Does the Fourteenth Amendment empower state election officials to remove him from the ballot?
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
‘Disaster capitalism at its finest’: Fights over water amid west Maui’s charred ruins ignite new fears
New study warns against risks of ‘time-traveling pathogens’
Former J.P. Morgan Precious Metals Traders Sentenced to Prison
Ann Pettifor Explains Why Neoclassical Economists Are the Last People To Listen to on Climate Change
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
3 dead after drinking milkshakes tied to a listeria outbreak in Washington state
San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits
The Need to GROW
A Chinese spy used fake LinkedIn profiles to target officials to hand over secrets, report says
Biden’s decision to send the munitions — a choice he described as “difficult” — bypassed a U.S. law prohibiting the transfer of cluster munitions with a dud rate of more than 1 percent.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
State lawmakers move to ban Chinese land ownership
U.S. tells Americans to leave Belarus immediately
The richest Americans account for 40 percent of U.S. climate emissions
Is Beekeeping Wrong?
With his inexperience on the mountain and lack of proper equipment, it's unclear why Mohammad was sent up to assist the rope-fixing team at an altitude of over 8,000 meters.
Being a rope fixer is the hardest job on the mountain, veteran climbers like Friere said.
Over 40 countries sick and tired of the Western-led world order are clamoring to join a group where China and Russia are members
There’s more coal being shipped by sea than ever before
Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power
EPA plans to disband board studying wastewater discharge in Mass. Bay
In Wuhan, doctors knew the truth. They were told to keep quiet.
Monday, August 21, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Radioactive snakes may monitor Fukushima fallout
Medicine without doctors? State laws are changing who treats patients.
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 11 - Achieving My Destiny WESLEY T. MILLER
The beheading of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, and the tiny clue that may clinch the case against his personal assistant
UK population collapse ‘good for the planet’ as number of newborns hits 20-year low
EPA: PFAS drinking water crisis worse than previously reported
Water utility data submitted to the agency shows hundreds of new detections of “forever chemicals” in water.
New York is building the world’s tallest jail in Chinatown. Can anyone stop it?
Ecuador votes to halt oil drilling in Amazonian biodiversity hotspot
Referendum result comes as blow to president, requiring state oil firm to dismantle operations area of YasunÃ
Ally of former leftist Ecuador president to face tycoon’s son in runoff election
Luisa González, who has pledged to revive Rafael Correa’s social programmes, to run against Daniel Noboa in October
‘Orphaned by decree’: Italy’s same-sex parents react to losing their rights
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