From Jenna Orkin Governor Josh Shapiro on How to Win Pennsylvania Trump's debate fumble let Harris redefine the race Juvenile Crimes - Epilogue And Final Author's Notes WESLEY T. MILLER Afghan religious police wield new power to enforce a ban on women raising their voices in public and looking at men other than their husbands or relatives. Houthis fire missile from Yemen into central Israel More than half of Brazil is racked by drought. Blame deforestation. What we know about suspect in apparent assassination attempt against Trump Saudi Central Bank Caught Secretly Buying 160 Tonnes of Gold in Switzerland Suspect in potential Trump assassination attempt charged with two gun-related crimes Suspected Trump golf course gunman tried to join Ukraine war, faced weapons charges

From Jenna Orkin China, Russia commence joint drills, patrol The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for Springfield bomb threat used ‘hateful’ language toward migrants, Haitians, mayor says Russia expels U.K. diplomats; Putin warns against deep strikes with Western weapons North Korea reveals uranium site as Kim Jong Un demands more nuclear weapons That said, an editor at Defector this week laid out an argument against the feasibility of human colonies at Mars. • Scientists will engineer the ocean to absorb more carbon dioxide. Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi Perplexing the Web, One Probability Puzzle at a Time

From Jenna Orkin 207 Chinese ships spotted in West Philippine Sea in new record-high: Navy Congress to get Super Bowl-level protection on Jan. 6, 2025 Fact-checking 55 suspect claims, mostly Trump’s, in debate with Harris Who won the Harris-Trump debate? We asked swing-state voters. China’s Energy Transition Is Slowing Its Oil Demand Growth Donald Trump Had a Really, Really Bad Debate Bitcoin miners got kicked out of China. Now they're sucking America dry. The illegal maneuvers the rich use to get richer Germany Suspends Schengen, Immigration Repercussion Across the Entire EU How an AI Debunkbot Can Change a Conspiracy Theorist's Mind

From Jenna Orkin Here is what will happen on day one of Trump’s presidency, according to Project 2025 DeSantis election police question people who signed abortion ballot petition 'Anything that can be built can be taken down': The largest dam removal in US history is complete – what happens next? How a dropped bag of Cheetos had ‘world changing’ impact on life in a cave Suspect in custody after teen is critically hurt in shooting at Nebraska high school The War Crimes That the Military Buried Inside the Trump Campaign’s Plan to Win Arizona How Kamala Harris Can Beat Donald Trump on the Debate Stage 9/11 FDNY first responders killed by Ground Zero toxins rises to 370 — surpassing total that died on day of terror attack As fast fashion giant Shein embraces AI, its emissions are soaring Officials are working to catch the tiger, setting up traps where it was sighted over the weekend.

From Jenna Orkin Fact-checking GOP Trump fliers flooding swing-state mailboxes Southern California Line Fire explodes in size; Nevada fire forces evacuations ‘Unschooling’ parents put their kids in charge of their own educations. Are they actually learning? Say’s Law is usually abbreviated as ‘supply creates demand.’ You make a nice loaf of bread. You sell it for a dollar. Now you have a dollar’s worth of ‘money.’ Before making the bread, you have nothing. And if it only cost you ninety cents — in labor and materials — to make the bread... you made a 10% profit. This extra, value-added, represents not only the wealth you added for yourself, but additional wealth for the whole world. Where previously it had ninety cents worth of raw ingredients (including your labor), now it has a loaf of bread worth $1. There is a common trope in journalism about the Arctic—that the melting of polar ice is setting up a geopolitical competition over resources that evokes the “Great Game,” the nineteenth-century British and Russian rivalry in Central and South Asia. But when I set out to report on that narrative, in early 2022, it quickly unravelled. What came into focus instead was far more urgent and ominous: an espionage war at the Arctic border of Norway and Russia, centered on preparations for nuclear war. Rep. Goldman: 'It's inexcusable' NYC hasn't released documents about 9/11 air quality Marketing Firm Admits Spying Through Phones South Korea finds mothers were forced to give up babies for adoption abroad ‘For me, there was no other choice’: inside the global illegal organ trade ‘I’ve never seen the depth of moral corruption’: controversial Netanyahu doc screens at Toronto

From Jenna Orkin China has the largest standing army, with over 2 million active personnel. However, when reserve personnel are included, the Chinese military falls behind Vietnam, India, South Korea, and Russia. Vietnam's forces have 600K active personnel but over 5 million in reserve. This is because Vietnam (along with countries like South Korea and Israel) has a standing policy of conscription for young adults. Pakistani National Charged for Plotting Terrorist Attack in New York City in Support of ISIS Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’ The Arrest of Telegram’s Founder Illuminates Global Anxieties About Social Platforms The typical peak of hurricane season arrives in early September, but the Atlantic has been eerily quiet. Where are all the storms? While the world's eyes are on Gaza, Palestinians see a land grab underway in the West Bank Wesley T. Miller Juvenile Crimes Cont'd Woman ‘raped by 72 men after drugged by husband’ captivates world as she testifies against alleged abusers Moving Corpses The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’

From Jenna Orkin Russia: School Strike Targeted Soldiers, Foreign Instructors FBI warns of North Korean ’social engineering’ schemes to steal crypto Finland Unveils World's First Deep-Earth Repository To Bury Nuclear Waste From 2007 through 2021, suicide rates among young people ages 10 to 24 increased by 62 percent. From 2014 to 2021, homicide rates rose by 60 percent. Plus, there is a drastic shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists across the U.S. Child mental health is in a state of emergency, writes Steven Berkowitz, a professor of psychiatry at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. These Are the Rules of the ABC Presidential Debate Amazon’s Alexa favored Harris over Trump after AI upgrade A True Shock? Economist Jeffrey Sachs Reveals Secret at Heart of U.S.-Russian Relations Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice The Arrest of Telegram’s Founder Illuminates Global Anxieties About Social Platforms

From Jenna Orkin Iraq cracks down on lottery-based suicide sect that has seen dozens of deaths Adani Green switches on 1 GW of 30 GW Khavda renewables park Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates Ex-aide to NY Governor Hochul charged with acting as Chinese agent Starvation crisis of ‘historic proportions’ in Sudan, aid groups warn The international community is failing to address ‘the immense hunger’ amid Sudan’s civil war, three humanitarian agencies say. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating an emerging business practice that the agency calls “surveillance pricing,” which uses AI to tailor prices to individuals. Mongolia explained why it didn't arrest Putin when he visited New laws allowing religion into science classes is a dangerous precedent, writes Amanda L. Townley, the executive director of the National Center for Science Education. Testosterone changes the immune system in trans men. Fossil fuel industry representatives are infiltrating science curriculum decision making in many states.

From Jenna Orkin The country’s largest publishers sue Florida over school book bans Oceanographers discover 2-mile-high underwater mountain, new species — and rare "flying spaghetti monsters" Israelis are fed up. After a night of protests, the country is going on strike, demanding a Gaza deal. ‘Dark’ tanker crash exposes dangers of China’s thirst for cheap oil Trump eyes plan that may give Elon Musk role in auditing U.S. agencies Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 39 Not Always the Good Guy, Not Always the Bad Guy - Wesley T. Miller Hvaldimir, beloved beluga whale and alleged Russian spy, found dead UK suspends 30 arms export licences to Israel after review Man accused of enlisting strangers to rape drugged wife goes on trial in France Dominique Pélicot, 71, being tried with 50 other men over alleged abuse of woman for years at couple’s Provence home US seizes Nicolás Maduro’s jet and flies it to Florida

From Jenna Orkin China Greenlights Record-Breaking Nuclear Expansion The Mother of All Lies review – pursuing the truth of Morocco’s brutal dictatorship years “Incident” Shows How Officers React When a Police Killing Is Caught on Tape Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art 'Catastrophic' SpaceX Starship explosion tore a hole in the atmosphere last year in 1st-of-its-kind event, Russian scientists reveal Forever Chemicals on Farms IDF recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza tunnel, including a US citizen whose parents spoke at the DNC Not all AI health tools with regulatory authorization are clinically validated “Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam” When you combine the Uncertainty Principle with Einstein’s famous equation, you get a mind-blowing result: Particles can come from nothing. Astronaut: Aliens Have Visited