Retired US Army sergeant arrested for alleged attempts to spy for China (www.bbc.com)
A former US Army sergeant has been arrested for illegally retaining classified information and attempting to provide it to China’s spy service....
US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport (apnews.com)
Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her luggage....
Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker (apnews.com)
Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker....
Elon Musk is now silencing his critics for reporting on his association with prominent human trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell (tiblur.com)
VIDEO: CIA contractors caught trafficking children at the border. (tiblur.com)
Biden to build more US border wall using Trump-era funds (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, carrying forward a signature policy of former President Donald Trump....
US job growth smashes expectations raising prospects for rate hikes (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in September, suggesting that the labor market remains strong enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, though wage growth is moderating....
Students whose college years were upended by Covid face their next hurdle: repaying loans (www.nbcnews.com)
After Covid completely upended life on college campuses, students and recent graduates are encountering a new challenge: student loans....
Gene therapies for rare diseases are under threat. Scientists hope to save them. (www.nature.com)
"We have the technology, but we’re not going to save your kid because we can’t make any money on you’? Really?”
Missouri high school teacher put on leave after district officials discover her OnlyFans account (www.usatoday.com)
Extreme Misogyny in Incels Probably Not Caused by Sexual Frustration (researchinenglish.com)
Thousands of US workers are on strike today. Here's a rundown of major work stoppages happening now (apnews.com)
It’s been a big year for labor organizing in the U.S. And from auto production lines to Hollywood, all eyes are on strikes taking the world of work by storm....
NC lawmakers exempt themselves from public records laws while Democrats blast 'secret police' powers (www.wunc.org)
Why Summers May Never Be the Same (news.yahoo.com)
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Rudy Giuliani owes nearly $550K in unpaid taxes, IRS says (www.nbcnews.com)
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that's disinformation | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that’s disinformation By Mengchen Zhang, Teele Rebane and Heather Chen, CNN Published 3:20 AM EDT, Sun October 1, 2023...
US economy added 336,000 jobs in September surpassing expectations (www.theguardian.com)
The US workforce added 336,000 jobs last month, much more than expected, as the world’s largest economy remained resilient in the face of higher interest rates....
Health care strike over pay and staff shortages heads into final day with no deal in sight (apnews.com)
A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages headed into its final day on Friday without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week....
Biden to announce $9 billion more in student debt relief (www.reuters.com)
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said....
Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools (apnews.com)
A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers’ sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases....
An anti-affirmative action group is suing the US Military Academy at West Point over race-based admissions policies | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The US Military Academy at West Point is being sued for its race-based admissions policies by the same group that won a landmark case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Supreme Court over affirmative action earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide (arstechnica.com)
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging that the online retailer was illegally maintaining a monopoly. Much of the FTC’s complaint against Amazon was redacted, but The Wall Street Journal yesterday revealed key details obscured in the complaint regarding a secret algorithm. The FTC alleged that Amazon...
UPS reaches tentative contract with 340,000 unionized workers potentially dodging calamitous strike (apnews.com)
Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say (abcnews.go.com)
The all-important 10-year yield has spiked — and that’s got Wall Street, banks and borrowers really nervous (www.cnbc.com)
