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This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license. (www.cleveland.com)

Sherri Tenpenny is no longer a licensed physician after airing fringe comments and ducking investigators.

Judge Throws Bankman-Fried Back in Jail (gizmodo.com)

Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records (apnews.com)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general, hospital officials have confirmed.

Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much (www.theguardian.com)

Notice sent to employees who were not in office at least three times a week, after other tech firms’ efforts to get workers back on site

In over 15 states, schools can still paddle students as punishment (www.washingtonpost.com)

Corporal punishment remains legal, especially in the South. It still has its defenders. But the costs can be steep.

Months into new job at Amtrak, Andy Byford blasts boss’s Penn Station plans (gothamist.com)

Singapore solar company plans major US manufacturing plant in New Mexico, pending federal loan (abcnews.go.com)

Singapore-based Maxeon Solar Technologies plans to build a major solar panel manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, pending approval of a loan application with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Ukraine adds Bacardi to its list of international war sponsors (thehill.com)

Ukraine’s national anti-corruption agency added Bacardi Limited to its list of international war sponsors, citing the company’s continued business and tax payments in Russia.

Tensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger (apnews.com)

Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy.

Genentech weighs slow-walking ovarian cancer therapy to make more money under drug pricing reform (www.statnews.com)

Plenty of pharma execs have decried Democrats’ new drug pricing law. But few are willing to say they might delay treatments for cancer patients if it means making more money....

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel (www.propublica.org)

The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

US Supreme Court halts Pudue Pharma deal that shields Slackers (www.theguardian.com)

Maui resident: 'We still have dead bodies floating in the water' (www.bbc.co.uk)

A Lahaina resident talks about the recovery efforts after a wildfire swept through the Maui town.

A catastrophic breach of the United Kingdom electoral register affects tens of millions of residents following a cyberattack at the U.K. Electoral Commission (techcrunch.com)

The Guardian: Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying porter on K2 (www.theguardian.com)

China property giant Country Garden warns of up to $7.6bn loss (www.bbc.com)

Country Garden, which is one of China’s biggest property developers, has warned that it could see a loss of up to $7.6bn (£6bn) for the first six months of the year.

Dog abandoned at Pittsburgh airport after owner learns it needs crate to fly (www.foxnews.com)

Search for survivors continues as Maui death toll rises to 55 (www.theguardian.com)

Biden to reinstate labor rule shelved by Reagan, giving construction workers a pay boost (www.usatoday.com)

In a nod to labor unions, President Joe Biden is moving to boost wages for construction workers on projects paid for with federal funding, a step that would appeal to a key constituency ahead of next year’s presidential election and potentially shrink the pay gap between northern and southern states.

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