Texas imprisoned migrants after they should have been released, lawsuit claims (www.texastribune.org)
Immigrant rights advocates on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against two South Texas sheriffs and two state prison wardens on behalf of four Mexican migrants, claiming they were held in prison for as long as six weeks after they served their sentences or had their trespassing charges dropped....
Trump returns to X, the site formerly known as Twitter, shortly after surrendering in Georgia (apnews.com)
Former President Donald Trump has returned to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, firing off his first message in 2 1/2 years shortly after he surrendered at an Atlanta jail on charges he conspired to overturn his election loss....
The Campaign To Keep Electric Bills High (www.levernews.com)
Voters in Maine decide whether to buy the state’s electric utilities.
Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s arrest is extended by a Moscow court, state news agency says (apnews.com)
A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, Russian state news agency Tass reported....
CVS pushes into making cheaper versions of complex drugs with new discount Humira (www.cnbc.com)
CVS Health is partnering with drugmaker Sandoz to produce a near identical version of the blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira....
CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at spy agency (abcnews.go.com)
In a secluded stairwell at CIA headquarters last year, officer trainee Ashkan Bayatpour came up behind a colleague, wrapped a scarf around her neck and plainly spoke as he tried to kiss her on the mouth....
Navy Divers Deployed to Search for Maui's Remaining Wildfire Victims Underwater (themessenger.com)
Commander warned mission will take 'weeks, not days'
Pittsburgh active shooter: What we know about the suspect, William Hardison Sr. (www.wpxi.com)
William Hardison Sr. was killed during the shooting situation.
Man flees China by riding jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea (www.nbcnews.com)
A jet ski rider who has been detained since he washed up on South Korea’s coast is believed to be a Chinese dissident who feared for his safety and fled by crossing hundreds of miles of sea, trailing barrels of fuel behind him....
Mark Meadows surrenders to Fulton County authorities in 2020 election case (www.axios.com)
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows surrendered to Fulton County authorities on Thursday in connection to charges over his alleged efforts to reverse 2020 election results in Georgia.
Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring (www.justice.gov)
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider...
Trump surrenders in Georgia election subversion case (www.cnn.com)
See the link for the long-awaited mugshot
Families sue UK government over relatives’ deaths during Covid crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homes
Russian geneticist gets probation for DNA smuggling. Discovery of vials prompted alarm at airport (apnews.com)
Customs agents were alarmed at their discovery last August at Dulles International Airport: an undeclared cooler packed in a suitcase and filled with 10 test tubes of an unknown yellowish substance, brought to the U.S. by a woman claiming to be a Russian scientist....
School district in South Texas temporarily closes due to uptick in COVID-19 cases (www.ksat.com)
A school district in South Texas is closing temporarily after seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases among students and staff members....
Heavy drinking, handgun-carrying linked among rural youth (www.eurekalert.org)
In the rural United States, an adolescent who drinks heavily has a 43% greater probability of carrying a handgun in the following year, according to a study published this month in The Journal of Rural Health....
Uber raises the minimum age for most California drivers to 25, saying insurance costs are too high (apnews.com)
Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state....
An elementary student died and 23 others injured after their Ohio school bus was hit on first day of class (www.cnn.com)
An elementary student was killed and 23 other students were injured – including one with life-threatening injuries – after their school bus was hit by a minivan and overturned on the first day of school....
China quietly recruits overseas chip talent as US tightens curbs (www.reuters.com)
For a decade until 2018, China sought to recruit elite foreign-trained scientists under a lavishly funded program that Washington viewed as a threat to U.S. interests and technological supremacy....
New video shows Philadelphia Police officer shot Eddie Irizarry within seconds of getting out of patrol car (www.inquirer.com)
The video shows that Officer Mark Dial shot and killed Irizarry within five seconds of getting out of his cruiser.
We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work (www.nytimes.com)
We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work...
Man Dead At Rikers, Becoming 8th Inmate To Die In NYC Custody In 2023 (patch.com)
A man in Rikers Island died Tuesday morning, becoming the eighth New Yorker to die in city jail custody this year, advocates said....
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia (ABC News YouTube link) (youtu.be)
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane (www.bbc.co.uk)
UPDATED – Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed in western Russia killing all on board, according to the country’s aviation authority...