UK election watchdog issues damning verdict on voter ID impact (www.theguardian.com)
Electoral Commission says policy could exclude hundreds of thousands of voters in a general election
‘Do You Know Who I Am?’: Lauren Boebert Thrown Out of Beetlejuice Musical For Allegedly Vaping, Causing a ‘Disturbance’ (www.mediaite.com)
Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante caught after two weeks (www.bbc.co.uk)
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall (apnews.com)
The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter....
How a 13-year-old Canadian tech prodigy is taking the video game industry by storm (www.ctvnews.ca)
The 13-year-old from White Rock, B.C., is the video game developer behind the highly anticipated “Astrolander,” an action-adventure, co-operative game that is set to release exclusively on PlayStation 5....
New York City’s pension funds sue Fox over election falsehoods (thehill.com)
New York City’s pension funds have sued Fox Corp., alleging the company neglected its duty to shareholders by airing false statements about the 2020 election that exposed it to defamation lawsuits....
Alex Jones compares U.S. to 9/11 hijackers on Russian TV (www.newsweek.com)
Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced (www.theguardian.com)
Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental...
US rejects AI copyright for famous state fair-winning Midjourney art (arstechnica.com)
Nobel-winning Philippine journalist Maria Ressa is acquitted in tax evasion case (www.npr.org)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted of a final tax evasion charge Tuesday though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte used to muzzle her critical reporting....
Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world (www.bbc.com)
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered tentative evidence of a sign of life on a faraway planet....
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties (apnews.com)
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
How Covid Affects the Heart (www.nytimes.com)
During the first two years of the pandemic, from March 2020 to March 2022, there were approximately 90,000 more deaths in the United States attributed to cardiovascular disease than were expected for that span of time....
Fetterman jokes about McCarthy impeachment inquiry: ‘Ooo don’t do it’ (thehill.com)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) on Tuesday feigned a shocked reaction when asked about Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) announcement that he would direct House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden....
What Manchester Museum’s return of 174 Indigenous artefacts tells us about the future of museums (theconversation.com)
A focus on relationships is relatively new. But if museums are to remain relevant, trusted institutions they need to move beyond traditional models of authority.
New federal charges filed against ex-police officers in Tyre Nichols killing (www.theguardian.com)
Five former Memphis police officers are now facing federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing....
Dozens of crocodiles in China escape during floods (www.bbc.com)
Around 75 crocodiles made a break for it when a lake in Maoming, Guangdong province overflowed....
Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea (www.bbc.com)
At least 2,300 have been killed, according to the ambulance authority in Derna, the worst affected city....
Longtime NFL reporter files racial discrimination lawsuit after dismissal (thehill.com)
Jim Trotter, who was a sports reporter with the NFL Network for five years, has filed a lawsuit against the league and its cable sports channel alleging that racial discrimination played a role in his dismissal from the network....
CDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older (www.cnn.com)
Clinical studies of the vaccines showed that all significantly boosted antibodies against currently circulating coronavirus variants.
Cryptoqueen: Accomplice jailed for 20 years for OneCoin financial scam (www.bbc.com)
Sebastian Karl Greenwood colluded with others, including the so-called "Cryptoqueen" who is now on the FBI's top 10 Most Wanted list, officials say....
BP boss resigns amid review of personal relationships (www.bbc.com)
The company said Bernard Looney, who had led the company since 2020, was stepping down with immediate effect....
Fact check: Biden falsely claims he was at Ground Zero 'the next day' after 9/11 (www.cnn.com)
He did it three times in a single speech last month – falsely claiming to have witnessed a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh in 2022 (he actually visited the site more than six hours after the collapse), falsely claiming his grandfather had died just days prior to his own birth at the same hospital (his paternal grandfather died...
US government fights Musk’s attempt to terminate Twitter privacy settlement (arstechnica.com)
Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it (apnews.com)
But Illinois is about to overhaul the system that upended Ross’ life. Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which abolishes cash bail as a condition of pretrial release, will take effect Sept. 18, making Illinois the first state to end cash bail and a testing ground for whether — and how — it works on a large scale....
