ACLU Warns Trump Win Would Herald 'New Era of Mass Incarceration' (www.commondreams.org)
Utah State football player dies in an apparent drowning at reservoir (apnews.com)
Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS (www.tomshardware.com)
Windows 3.1, launched in 1992, is likely not getting any updates. So, when CrowdStrike pushed the faulty update to all its customers, Southwest wasn’t affected (because it didn’t receive an update to begin with)....
Philippines says reached deal with China to avoid disputed shoal clashes (www.aljazeera.com)
Heat-related deaths in Texas climb after Beryl left millions without power (www.theguardian.com)
Gareth Evans' ‘Havoc' Finally Wraps 3-Year Production (www.worldofreel.com)
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As Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws, its citizens describe a country on the brink (apnews.com)
Eka Gigauri is used to harsh words from officials about the anti-corruption work she does in Georgia. But seeing her face on posters, accusing her of being an agent of foreign influence, a traitor and a spy, rattled her....
Israeli Military Strikes Claim Lives of 64 Individuals in a Single Day (www.commondreams.org)
Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer. (www.voanews.com)
Barcelona to up tourist tax as Mallorca seeks visitor cap (www.dw.com)
Locals in Spain’s tourism hotspots are increasingly frustrated about mass tourism. Authorities are clamping down....
Salt Lake City wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations. (www.voanews.com)
'Twisters' whips up $80.5M at box office, while 'Deadpool & Wolverine' looms. (www.voanews.com)
"The Grindr Super Bowl": Gay dating app saw influx of users during Republican National Convention | Salon.com (www.salon.com)
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FlatOut 1, 2 and Ultimate Carnage all get Steam Workshop support, Steam Deck verification in new updates (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Campus Protests Led to More Than 3,100 Arrests, but Many Charges Have Been Dropped (www.nytimes.com)
How bodies of frozen climbers were finally recovered from Everest 'death zone' (www.bbc.com)
Tensions rise in Guyana as Maduro uses border dispute to build support ahead of Venezuela poll (www.theguardian.com)
Conspiracy Theorists Say Global Outage Was an Attack on Trump (gizmodo.com)
Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race, endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for nomination (www.cbsnews.com)
CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft (www.theverge.com)
Tesla Sales Drop 17% in California (cleantechnica.com)
