Marc Benioff says he's a remote worker after calling Salesforce employees back to office (fortune.com)
The office is crucial for professional development. You can’t expect to grow in your career without spending time with your coworkers, learning by osmosis, picking up cues from observing your superiors, and bonding with your peers and managers....
Hawaii governor: Fewer people died in Maui wildfires, number reduced to 97 (thehill.com)
Fewer people died in last month’s Maui wildfires than previously believed, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) announced Friday....
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia Defy End Of EU Ukraine Grain Import Ban (ptv-news.com.pk)
UAW strike brings blue-collar vs. billionaire battle to Detroit (www.cnbc.com)
California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data (www.latimes.com)
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Calls on Nation to Remember Ugly Past Truths (www.nytimes.com)
She was the keynote speaker at the 60th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
Return-to-office policies are driving people to sell their homes - even at a loss (finance.yahoo.com)
Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime (apnews.com)
Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon’s novel psilocybin experiment takes off (apnews.com)
Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on magic mushrooms. For roughly six hours, adults over 21 can experience what many users describe as vivid geometric shapes, a loss of identity and a oneness with the universe....
Miami city commissioner charged with bribery and money laundering (abcnews.go.com)
A city of Miami commissioner accused of bribery and money laundering was arrested Thursday on multiple corruption charges, officials said....
U.S. school shootings hit another annual record high (www.axios.com)
Human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. Here’s what you need to know. (www.nature.com)
EPA Dragged Its Feet On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Train Derailment, Emails Show (www.huffpost.com)
The Environmental Protection Agency waited a month to consult some of its top experts about the risk of dangerous chemical exposure around East Palestine, Ohio, following the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train hauling toxic materials, internal emails show....
Florida Man Arrested for Hanging Nazi Banners Over I-4 (www.newsdaytonabeach.com)
Georgia teacher who read book about gender identity appeals firing (www.axios.com)
The Cobb County teacher who was fired last month after reading a book about gender identity to her students has appealed her termination to the State Board of Education.
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (www.independent.co.uk)
ITIA Publishes 126-Page Report Of Independent Tribunal's Decision To Suspend Simona Halep (www.itia.tennis)
The charges brought by the ITIA against Halep as captured in the document include a positive in-competition doping test for Roxadustat and a second count being irregularities in her biological passport after an analysis of 51 blood samples, with the panel in consensus that there was 'illicit blood manipulation'....
Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval (apnews.com)
The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday....
Why autoworkers' leader is calling for a 4-day work week from Big 3 car makers (www.npr.org)
What if you could work just four days a week but get paid for five?...