India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher (apnews.com)
Georgia’s second-largest school district says that it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”...
South Carolina's new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban (abcnews.go.com)
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc (apnews.com)
Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six countries that will join the BRICS bloc of developing economies as new members from 2024, South Africa’s president said Thursday....
South Carolina Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban (www.cnn.com)
Elon Musk to strip headlines off news links on Twitter in latest overhaul (www.theguardian.com)
Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says (news.sky.com)
Parents are smashing eggs on their kids heads in new TikTok prank. Doctors say they should stop. (www.nbcnews.com)
The hashtag #eggprank has more than 670.7 million views. But some commenters have expressed concern that parents might be hurting or humiliating children.
Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Qur'an burnings (www.ctvnews.ca)
Early testing suggests variant BA.2.86 has been detected in US wastewater, according to new CDC report (www.cnn.com)
Feds determine five Chinese solar panel companies have been skirting US tariffs (www.cnn.com)
After a more than year-long investigation, federal officials have concluded that five Chinese solar panel companies have been skirting US tariff laws by routing their operations through four other Southeast Asian countries.
Putin’s voice in BRICS address raises eyebrows (thehill.com)
As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday addressed an annual business summit of world leaders gathered in South Africa. But this time, the Russian leader delivered his remarks with an altered voice....
TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, the workers building it say (www.businessinsider.com)
TSMC says its Arizona chip factory’s opening has been delayed partly over a skilled-worker shortage....
Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says (abcnews.go.com)
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama can enforce a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children, the second such appellate victory for gender-affirming care restrictions that have been adopted by a growing number of Republican-led states.
US Agency No Longer Knows Who is Visiting Potentially Dangerous Chemicals Plants (www.bloomberg.com)
Sorry for the shitty article. It’s the only one I found.
Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set (www.reuters.com)
Hawaii fire survivors urged to submit DNA to help identify victims (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Josh Green tells people to prepare for ‘a lot more loss of life’ as search continues for bodies in ruins of Lahaina
American workers are demanding almost $80,000 a year to take a new job (archive.today)
The amount of money most workers want now to accept a job reached a record high this year, a sign that inflation is alive and well at least in the labor market....
Roger Stone's hubris exposes Trump's plan: New video shows lawyers faked distance from Capitol riots (www.salon.com)
Tapes suggest Trump knew the insurrection was coming, but carefully avoided having his fingerprints on the planning
We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization’s Collapse (www.thenation.com)
Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?
Federal judge rejects bids to halt Georgia prosecution of Trump aides over 2020 election (www.politico.com)
Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark had both pleaded with the judge to prohibit District Attorney Fani Willis from arresting them by a Friday deadline.
With lawsuit dismissed, student loan debt forgiveness begins for 800,000 borrowers (www.usatoday.com)
MOE's introduction of the Imam Al-Nawawi 40 Hadith module in public schools is unconstitutional, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism & Taoism says. (twitter.com)
Absent Donald Trump tries to upstage Republican primary debate (www.ft.com)
Justice Dept. brings wave of cases over $836 million in alleged covid fraud (www.washingtonpost.com)
In one of the largest national crackdowns on fraud targeting federal coronavirus aid, the Justice Department on Wednesday said it had brought 718 law enforcement actions in connection with the alleged theft of more than $836 million....