Google users can now ask to have their explicit photos removed from search results (www.nbcnews.com)
The company also introduced a new dashboard that tracks when a person’s personal contact information appears in its search results.
Woman's escape from cinder block cell likely spared others from similar nightmare, FBI says (apnews.com)
A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon likely saved other women from a similar fate, authorities said, by alerting them to a man they now suspect in sexual assaults in at least four more states.
Influencer Andrew Tate released from house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trial (apnews.com)
Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday to be released from house arrest, his spokesperson said.
A Lufthansa pilot traced a 15-mile-long penis shape in the sky after being asked to divert his plane (www.businessinsider.com)
Scientists want you to mail dead butterflies for research if you live in these states (www.npr.org)
Have you seen any dead butterflies lately?...
This land has been in her family since the Civil War. Now, she's fighting to keep it. (www.whatimreading.net)
“I wanted to leave a legacy for our family,” 93-year-old Josephine Wright said.
IRS vows to digitize all taxpayer documents by 2025 (arstechnica.com)
Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used against deadly virus mutation in cats (abcnews.go.com)
Veterinarians in Cyprus are lauding a government decision to allow its stock of human COVID-19 medication to be used against a feline virus that has killed thousands of cats on the Mediterranean island
Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack, Ukraine sources say (www.bbc.com)
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation in Brazil at six-year low (www.bbc.com)
Data shows a 66% drop in deforestation rates in July 2023 compared to the same month last year.
Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty (apnews.com)
A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, Texas.
Class Action Lawsuit Takes Aim at Frontier’s “Low Cost” Model (www.flyertalk.com)
Two members of the 'Tennessee Three' will win back remainder of their terms in special elections, CNN projects | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
The two young, Black Tennessee state House Democrats whose expulsion sparked a nationwide controversy in April, will win reelection on Thursday, CNN projects.
US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures (apnews.com)
The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, five American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.
A woman escaped a makeshift cinder block 'dungeon' in Oregon, police say. The FBI believes there are more victims in other states | CNN (www.cnn.com)
After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in a man’s Oregon home, the FBI says it is looking for additional victims in other states....
After $700 Million U.S. Bailout, Trucking Firm Is Shutting Down (www.nytimes.com)
Arizona’s extreme heat is killing honeybees and melting their homes (www.accuweather.com)
As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees – a species vital to our ecosystem, especially food production.
Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
SEC now requires companies to disclose cyberattacks in 4 days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Noam Chomsky Wealth Inequality Documentary (www.youtube.com)
Lots of good information. Explains many of our current issues
Florida man, 78, arrested after death of wife whose dismembered remains were found in suitcases (www.nbcnews.com)
William Lowe Jr. was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and abuse of a body in the death of his 80-year-old wife Aydil Barbosa Fontes.
Six Former Mississippi Officers Face Civil Rights Charges in Assault on 2 Black Men (www.nytimes.com)
Six white former law enforcement officers from Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses several months after they raided a home where prosecutors said two Black men were stripped naked, beaten and shocked with Tasers....
Maternal care deserts overlap with lack of abortion access, analysis shows (abcnews.go.com)
The analysis showed that around 3.7 million — or 5.8% — of women of reproductive age in the U.S. live in a ‘double desert’ county that the March of Dimes considers having low access to maternity care or that is a maternity care desert, and that has no access to abortion services. Around 1.7 million women of reproductive...
Texas A&M settles with Dr. Kathleen McElroy for $1 million after botched hiring (www.chron.com)
Texas A&M has agreed to pay Dr. Kathleen McElroy $1 million following a botched attempt to hire her to direct its journalism school. News of the settlement comes days after A&M's board of regents selected a new interim president and agreed to pursue a settlement with McElroy during a special closed session on Sunday.
Nose-picking health workers more likely to get Covid, study shows (www.bbc.com)
