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Shein files for U.S. IPO as fast-fashion giant looks to expand its global reach (www.cnbc.com)

Shein has confidentially filed to go public and is moving forward with its long-rumored IPO....

Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer (apnews.com)

Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murder, will be sentenced for stealing from 18 clients (apnews.com)

For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them....

Irish ambassador meets Israeli official over Varadkar comments (www.bbc.com)

Derek Chauvin, officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, expected to survive prison stabbing (www.nbcnews.com)

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of George Floyd’s murder, is expected to survive after he was stabbed in prison, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office said Saturday....

Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue (www.bbc.com)

California jogger charged over killing of homeless man blocking sidewalk (www.theguardian.com)

Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, allegedly shot Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, in incident in Orange county...

Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams (inews.co.uk)

France moves to shut down far-right groups (www.euronews.com)

Health officials on alert after first case of mpox detected in Idaho county (www.idahostatejournal.com)

The first case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in Canyon County....

A millennial startup founder who’s turning carbon emissions into rocks lays out how he’ll eliminate 1 million tons by 2030—and what a great mentor Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy has been (fortune.com)

Talal Hasan, founder and CEO of carbon elimination company 44.01, talks net-zero targets and what it’s like working with a Bill Gates venture.

Trump tells appeals court that threats to judge and clerk in NY civil fraud trial do not justify gag order (www.cnn.com)

Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself....

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Niger coup leaders repeal law against migrant smuggling (www.bbc.com)

Spain ready to sign post-Brexit Gibraltar deal, says foreign minister (www.theguardian.com)

Jimmy Carter, currently in hospice, plans to attend late wife Rosalynn Carter's memorial (abcnews.go.com)

The former first lady died last week at the age of 96.

Grieving B.C. parents warn of 'predators' after sextortion suicide of son, aged 12 (www.cp24.com)

Streaker arrested after parading around Disneyland’s ‘It’s a Small World’ ride naked (www.news.com.au)

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison (apnews.com)

Births have increased in states with abortion bans, research finds (www.cnn.com)

Nearly a quarter of people seeking an abortion in the United States were unable to get one due to bans that took effect after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, researchers estimate. In the first half of 2023, states with abortion bans had an average fertility rate that was 2.3% higher than states where abortion was not...

Contract between Puerto Rico's government and coal-fired plant operator leaves residents in the dark (apnews.com)

FDA Approves First Therapy for Rare Type of Non-Cancerous Tumors (www.fda.gov)

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ogsiveo (nirogacestat) tablets for adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors who require systemic treatment. Ogsiveo is the first drug to be approved for the treatment of patients with desmoid tumors, a rare subtype of soft tissue sarcomas.

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