Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)
New Zealand: Quiz team apologises for KKK hoods, as iwi condemn their actions as 'shocking and disgraceful' (www.stuff.co.nz)
Medicine without doctors? State laws are changing who treats patients. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Arlene Wright is a doctor, but she doesn’t want people to call her one....
Trader Joe’s crackers recalled because they might contain metal (www.cnn.com)
Trader Joe’s is recalling a type of cracker because the crackers might contain metal, marking the second significant recall the budget grocer has made in recent weeks because of foreign objects in their food.
Blue light blocking glasses may not actually help with eye strain or sleep quality, researchers find (www.cbsnews.com)
Listeria warning issued after three deaths linked to contaminated ice cream machines (www.cnn.com)
Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say....
Tropical Storm Hilary brings deluge to desert (www.theguardian.com)
Spam donates 5 truckloads of beloved canned meat in response to Maui fire (www.cnn.com)
The makers of Spam, saying that their “special relationship with the Hawaiian community spans decades,” have donated over 264,000 cans to aid the disaster-relief efforts on Maui, the company said in a press release.
China’s ‘Lehman moment?’ Big investment firm misses payments (www.cnn.com)
A major Chinese investment trust has missed payments to corporate investors, sparking a rare protest and adding to concerns that a slump in China’s property market could trigger a wider financial crisis....
Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.
'Like a horror story': Families speak as Lucy Letby refuses to face court (www.bbc.com)
Nurse Lucy Letby is being sentenced for murdering seven babies on a neonatal ward in Chester...
China disappoints investors with 'underwhelming' decision on key interest rate (www.cnn.com)
China has surprised investors by deciding not to cut an important interest rate that influences mortgages, in a move that economists say will make it tough to revive confidence in the country’s troubled real estate sector which has dragged down prospects for the world’s second largest economy....
Focus: Historic drought, hot seas slow Panama Canal shipping (www.reuters.com)
The Panama Canal Authority has reduced maximum ship weights and daily ship crossings in a bid to conserve water. Maritime transportation experts fear such events could become the new normal as rainfall deficits in the world’s fifth-wettest country spotlight climate risks affecting the ocean shipping industry that moves 80% of...
Southern California prepares for more floods as Tropical Storm Hilary soaks from coast to desert (apnews.com)
Tropical Storm Hilary deluged arid parts of Mexico and then drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers. Millions expected more flooding and mudslides Monday, even as the storm begins to weaken.
Earth, wind and fire (www.reuters.com)
But warmer temperatures weren’t the driving factor in Maui, which saw only “a small background signal of climate change,” said the climatologist Frazier....
Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media (apnews.com)
Group of up to 50 people shoplift about $100K worth of luxury items from L.A. mall; used bear spray against guards (www.nbcnews.com)
Between 30 to 50 people swarmed the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, making off with thousands of dollars worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, an LAPD spokesman told NBC News.
The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again (www.theatlantic.com)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014 (www.theverge.com)
X, which was formerly known as Twitter until its recent rebranding, is having a problem displaying old posts that came with images attached or any hyperlinks converted through Twitter’s built-in URL shortener. It’s unclear when the problem started, but it was highlighted on Saturday afternoon in a post by Tom Coates, and a...
Here's an interactve map showing all the fires in Canada and the USA.
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Magnitude-5.1 earthquake in Ventura County shakes parts of Southern California (www.nbclosangeles.com)
Several aftershocks greater than magnitude-3.0 followed earthquake near Ojai, about 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles on the same day a tropical storm hit Southern California for the first time in decades.
Category 1 Hurricane Hilary barrels toward California, still threatening floods and damaging winds (www.cnn.com)
Hurricane Hilary is expected to slam into Southern California on Sunday as a rare tropical storm, unleashing floods, fierce winds and heavy downpours as residents evacuate, parks and beaches close and first responders brace for water rescues....
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces $1 million donation to American Red Cross for Maui (ptv-news.com.pk)
Disneyland evacuates restaurants, rides, Paradise Pier amid Tropical Storm Hilary, earthquake (www.sfgate.com)
Warning sirens blared Sunday afternoon as guests were evacuated from rides, restaurants and the entirety of DCA’s Paradise Pier