China Is on Edge as Fallout From Its Real Estate Crisis Spreads (www.nytimes.com)
Beijing wanted to cool its housing market, but created a bigger problem, as the fallout from debt-laden developers and sinking sales spreads to the broader economy....
Charles Martinet, Longtime Voice Actor for Mario and Luigi, Retires (gizmodo.com)
Nintendo announced on Twitter that Charles Martinet, 67, would become a “Mario Ambassador,” rather than the iconic voice of the character.
Olive oil is in trouble as extreme heat and drought push the industry into crisis | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
3 dead, 6 wounded in shooting at hookah lounge in south Seattle (www.nbcnews.com)
City police didn’t immediately release any information about a possible suspect or suspects in Sunday’s early morning shooting in the Mount Baker neighborhood.
He Needed a Liver Transplant. But Did the Risks Outweigh the Reward? (www.propublica.org)
A transplant program in Memphis took pride in replacing the livers of patients turned away by other hospitals. One patient’s liver transplant illustrates the promise and peril of operating on people with serious risk factors.
British nurse refuses to appear to be sentenced for murdering seven babies (www.cnn.com)
A British nurse refused to appear in court on Monday to be sentenced for the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked....
Hawai'i braces for crushing wildfire death toll with 850 missing (www.axios.com)
There are 850 people who remain missing nearly two weeks after Hawai'i's historic wildfires, as state officials warn the death toll will climb while search and recovery efforts continue
Naka Nathaniel: Here Are The Deeper Truths About Maui (www.civilbeat.org)
Georgia sheriff pleads guilty to groping prominent TV judge (www.fox5atlanta.com)
The Georgia sheriff has resigned after pleading guilty to groping prominent TV Judge Glenda Hatchett in a Cobb County hotel bar during a reception for the Georgia Sheriff's Association.
FDA approves first RSV vaccine for pregnancy to protect newborns (www.cbsnews.com)
Expectant parents could soon have another new option this fall to protect their newborns from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of hospitalization in American infants, after the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has widened its approval for Pfizer’s Abrysvo vaccine to include...
GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco (apnews.com)
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city....
School shooting draws gun reform groups (www.axios.com)
Throngs of demonstrators returned to the Tennessee Capitol on Monday, once again urging lawmakers to respond to The Covenant School shooting with new gun control measures.
Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber (www.bbc.com)
A flagship Russian long-range bomber has been destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike, according to reports....
As gas prices hit 10-month highs, Citi warns major hurricanes could ‘massively’ disrupt supplies (www.cnn.com)
The summertime gas price spike has been driven by a combination of easing recession fears, production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia and extreme heat that has knocked offline some refinery activity....
White mom sues Southwest Airlines over "blatant racism" after alleged human trafficking flag (www.cbsnews.com)
A White mother who said she was questioned about human trafficking while traveling with her biracial daughter has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, accusing the company of “blatant racism.”
Nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven babies on neonatal unit (www.bbc.com)
Elon Musk says users on X, formerly Twitter, will lose ability to block unwanted followers, eliminating key safety feature (www.cnbc.com)
Republican feud over 'root canal' spending cuts raises US gov't shutdown risk (www.reuters.com)
Members of the hardline House Freedom Caucus are pushing to cut spending to a fiscal 2022 level of $1.47 trillion, $120 billion less than President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to in their May debt ceiling compromise....
Trump's bond set at $200000. (www.cnbc.com)
Why a progressive’s victory in Guatemala matters (www.vox.com)
Anti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has heralded a new era for Guatemala.
‘Historic’: Ecuador voters reject oil drilling in Amazon protected area (www.aljazeera.com)
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule (www.newyorker.com)
Kept in captive isolation for nearly 53 years, Lolita the orca dies amidst plans for release (www.salon.com)
According to a statement from the Miami Seaquarium, she died due to a suspected renal condition
The US mall is not dying (www.cnn.com)
Retail experts have long sounded the alarm on malls in the US....
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