Illegal medical lab containing bioengineered mice and infectious agents including HIV and herpes discovered in California (www.insider.com)
Oxford High shooter’s parents have been in jail 600 days. Is $500K bond excessive? (www.mlive.com)
Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communications – report (www.theguardian.com)
Forbes reports claim that engineer at Arnold air force base in Tennessee had taken home government radio technologies
Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes (apnews.com)
Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusion on...
Withering heat is more common, but getting AC is still a struggle in public housing (www.npr.org)
As heat waves get worse, air conditioning has come to feel like a must-have even in parts of the U.S. that historically haven’t needed it. Those who live in public housing are especially vulnerable to the heat — they’re not just low-income, but also disproportionately older, people of color, chronically ill and often...
Starlink has become the 'blood' of Ukraine's communication infrastructure, but officials are reportedly growing concerned about relying on Elon Musk's tech (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine’s digital minister has reported concerns about the country’s overreliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system amid the war with Russia, The New York Times reports.
Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Global warming is making big(ger) waves off the California coast, scientists say (www.latimes.com)
Climate change has left no part of the sea unaltered. As melting glaciers and hotter temperatures force global sea levels ever higher, the height and power of ocean waves are increasing along California’s coast — and elsewhere.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan bombing, death toll rises to 45 (www.reuters.com)
Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a political rally in northwest Pakistan held by a religious group allied to the government as the death toll from the attack rose to 45....
Fulton County D.A. receives racist threats as charging decision against Trump looms (www.cbsnews.com)
District Attorney Fani Willis warned Fulton County commissioners this weekend they should “stay alert” over the next month, according to emails obtained by CBS News.
Opinion: Long COVID is debilitating to me and 65 million other people. Where is the urgency to treat it? (www.latimes.com)
The mobilization against COVID-19 was impressive. A similar investment is needed to understand and treat the chronic resulting illness.
BBC News - Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken settle case (www.bbc.co.uk)
Former childcare worker charged with 1,623 sexual abuse offences against 91 children in Australia and overseas (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal police allege young girls, primarily in Brisbane and Sydney, were abused and raped over a 15-year period
Several injured when tourist bus plunges off mountain road in northern Spain (www.reuters.com)
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Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are people in costume (www.cnn.com)
Elon Musk’s X Sues Nonprofit That Accused It of Allowing Hate Speech (www.wsj.com)
Elon Musk’s social-media company is suing a nonprofit that has accused the platform of allowing the proliferation of hate speech, escalating a continuing clash between the billionaire and the research group....
Biden to keep US Space Command in Colorado, reversing Trump decision (www.cnn.com)
Florida may become first state to accept a ‘classical’ alternative to the SAT and ACT (www.nbcnews.com)
Here is a summary of the key points from the article:...
Oil major BP posts 70% drop in second-quarter profit, raises dividend by 10% (www.cnbc.com)
Oil major BP on Tuesday reported a nearly 70% year-on-year drop in second-quarter profits on the back of weaker fossil fuel prices, echoing a trend observed across the energy industry.
Africa and Russia relations increase as war continues with no end insite (web.archive.org)
“Russia is family for Africa,” declared the president of Burkina Faso at the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg....
A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district (www.theguardian.com)
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
Changes happening in Africa after the Russia-Africian Summit meeting (twitter.com)
“At 35 years old, Ibrahim Traoré has already:...
Same methods 'used on the plantation': Black task force member scorches Florida slavery guidelines (www.rawstory.com)
Three members of Florida’s original task force on African American education are outraged over having been “purposefully kept in the dark” about the state’s new academic guidelines ascribing “benefits” to slavery, the Daily Beast reported. The guidelines, approved July 19 by the Florida Board of Edu...
First room temperature and pressure superconductor discovered (lemmy.world)
Research paper: arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008...
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out (www.theguardian.com)
