Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96 (apnews.com)
Argentina designates Hamas a terrorist group in show of support for Israel (apnews.com)
A World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves (apnews.com)
A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday....
5 people escape hot, acidic pond after SUV drove into inactive geyser in Yellowstone National Park (apnews.com)
Five people were able to escape a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after the sport utility vehicle they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive geyser, park officials said Friday....
Four US presidents were assassinated; others were targeted, as were presidential candidates (apnews.com)
Before Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates.
World’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it’s free to ride (apnews.com)
IOC and Saudi Arabia agree on 12-year deal for video gaming Esports Olympics (apnews.com)
Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76 (apnews.com)
Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday.
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
Just some good old “Freedom of Navigation”...
On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers (apnews.com)
A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds....
A second critically endangered Chinese pangolin is born in the Prague zoo in less than 2 years (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22142940
China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of 'enabler' of Russia's Ukraine war (apnews.com)
China accused NATO on Thursday of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia, a reflection of its determination to oppose strengthening ties between NATO members and Asian nations such as Japan, South Korea and the Philippines....
Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143154
Man plotted electrical substation attack to advance white supremacist views, prosecutors say (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man who authorities say was on his way to Ukraine to join a volunteer fighting unit has been arrested in an alleged plot to attack a U.S. electrical substation to advance his white supremacist views, the Justice Department said Thursday....
Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143154
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island (apnews.com)
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said....
Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word' (apnews.com)
Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, who live near each other in the same Massachusetts town, each devoted decades to reporting, writing and book authorship....
A second critically endangered Chinese pangolin is born in the Prague zoo in less than 2 years (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22142940
A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143143
Pakistan’s high court gives more seats to imprisoned ex-PM’s party (apnews.com)
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Friday found that the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was improperly denied at least 20 seats reserved parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s fragile governing coalition....
[AP News] IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers (apnews.com)
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China (apnews.com)
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China (apnews.com)
Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines (apnews.com)
Actor George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, asks president to leave race (apnews.com)
