The Osage of Oklahoma were the richest people on the planet. Until they killed them. For their oil. (www.youtube.com)
Biden highlights business deals and pays respects at John McCain memorial to wrap up Vietnam visit (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden closed a visit to Vietnam on Monday by spotlighting new business deals and partnerships between the two countries and paying respects at a memorial honoring his late friend and colleague Sen. John McCain, who endured a lengthy imprisonment in Hanoi during the Vietnam War....
MFP Asks Court To Make House GOP Caucus Meetings Public (www.mississippifreepress.org)
The Mississippi Free Press asked a court on Monday to hold that Mississippi House Republican Caucus meetings must be open to the public under the Open Meetings Act. Last year, the full Mississippi Ethics Commission rejected the Mississippi Free Press’ argument and declared that the Legislature is not a “public body” under...
Why the United Auto Workers union is poised to strike major US car makers this week (apnews.com)
About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble....
PR Firm Has Been Paying Rotten Tomatoes Critics For Positive Reviews (www.screengeek.net)
The United States marks 22 years since 9/11, from ground zero to Alaska (apnews.com)
Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil....
Part of Montana national forest closed after grizzly bear attack, officials say (www.cnn.com)
Authorities have closed portions of Custer Gallatin National Forest just outside of Big Sky, Montana, after a person was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting....
FDA clears new Covid boosters: 5 things to know (www.nbcnews.com)
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday greenlighted updated Covid boosters from Pfizer and Moderna. The shots, which are formulated to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant, are expected to be available later this week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signs off....
Vietnam Air, Boeing near $10 billion deal for 50 737 Max planes, Bloomberg reports (www.cnbc.com)
Vietnam Airlines will sign an initial agreement to buy about 50 Boeing 737 Max jets in a deal valued at $10 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter....
Cornel West for President announces the hiring of political activist, author, and adviser Peter Daou as Campaign Manager (www.cornelwest24.org)
Passenger on Ill-Fated Diarrhea Plane Says Flight Attendants Were Forced to Craft "Makeshift Biohazard Suits" (futurism.com)
On Friday, an international Delta flight bound for sunny Barcelona was forced to U-turn back to its starting point, Atlanta, for an exceedingly rare air travel horror: a passenger had suffered diarrhea throughout the plane’s aisle so extensively that completing the flight was deemed untenable....
[Opinion] The modern CEO job is completely broken — but AI could make executives useful again (www.businessinsider.com)
From writers and teachers to bankers and lawyers, most jobs seem ripe to be replaced by artificial intelligence — with one notable exception. The only job that seems to be safe from the rise of ChatGPT and other AI tech is, oddly enough, the most expensive and easily automated role: CEO....
Biology doesn't care about your feelings (www.youtube.com)
California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student's baby (abcnews.go.com)
A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing....
California lawmakers vote to fast-track low-income housing on churches’ lands (apnews.com)
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California could soon turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing to help combat the ongoing homeless crisis, lawmakers voted on Thursday....
Senator Tuberville: No truce over military blockade on abortion (www.bbc.co.uk)
Military leaders claim Tommy Tuberville's actions are a national security risk, but the senator is defiant.
See you later, alligator: New Jersey police capture reptile on the loose for 2 weeks | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The alligator, described as a “non-indigenous reptile” between 3 and 4 feet long, was first spotted in the Ambrose Brook at Victor Crowell Park in Middlesex County on August 23, according to the Middlesex Borough Police Department....
Spain's soccer chief Luis Rubiales quits in kiss scandal (www.reuters.com)
Rubiales announced his resignation in a statement in which he said his position had become untenable, with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) later confirming he had sent a resignation letter to acting president Pedro Rocha....
Michigan State suspends coach Mel Tucker after allegations he sexually harassed a rape survivor (apnews.com)
UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says (www.cnbc.com)
Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Since Australian independence in 1901, only eight of the 44 proposals for constitutional change have been approved....
‘That ’70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women (apnews.com)
Chuck Todd Signs Off As Moderator Of ‘Meet The Press,’ *Successor Kristen Welker Says She’ll Approach New Role “As A Reporter”* (www.yahoo.com)
Iran, US on verge of prisoner swap under Qatar-mediated deal (www.reuters.com)
When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will see as many as five detained U.S. dual nationals leave Iran and a similar number of Iranian prisoners held in the U.S. fly home, according to eight Iranian and other sources...
Hawaii volcano Kilauea erupts after nearly two months of quiet (apnews.com)
Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting Sunday after a two-month pause, displaying glowing lava that is a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island....
