Kosovo buys Turkish Bayraktar drones (www.reuters.com)
South Korea to provide more demining equipment to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Rescuers battle to reach cars in flooded S Korea tunnel (www.bbc.co.uk)
Never Mind the Delivery, More Online Consumers Are Turning to Store Pickup (www.wsj.com)
The hybrid fulfillment tactic known as buy online, pickup in store is proving resilient in postpandemic retail business
9 bodies are pulled from a flooded tunnel in South Korea as rains cause flash floods (www.npr.org)
South Korean rescuers on Sunday pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes across the country, officials said.
Thai cave survivor reunites with rescuer at high school graduation 5 years later (abcnews.go.com)
An otter in California that keeps bullying people off of their surfboards has been too quick for wildlife officials to catch (www.insider.com)
American abducted and held for 8 months in Mexico is released (www.nbcnews.com)
Minnesota and Wisconsin issue air quality alerts amid a new round of Canada smoke (www.npr.org)
Only a few weeks after Canada’s smoke covered the Midwest, a new outburst of plumes are traveling to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Hollywood Shuts Down After 160,000 Actors Walk Off the Set (youtu.be)
Florida rocked by home insurance crisis: ‘I may have to sell up and move’ (www.theguardian.com)
Soaring hurricane-cover premiums are bad news for the state’s homeowners – and Ron DeSantis is accused of dragging his feet
Tesla builds its first Cybertruck four years after unveiling prototype (www.cnn.com)
Tesla finally built its first Cybertruck, the company tweeted Saturday, two years behind schedule.
Inmate with 'survivalist skills' who escaped Pennsylvania jail is in custody after manhunt (www.nbcnews.com)
Michael Charles Burham is accused of kidnapping a Warren County couple in May while on the run from authorities in New York, where he was a murder suspect.
Americans haven't felt this good about the economy in almost two years (finance.yahoo.com)
A commonly followed measure of consumer confidence in the US economy just increased to the highest level since September 2021.
United reaches preliminary, 4-year labor deal with pilots, with up to 40% raises (www.cnbc.com)
United Airlines and its pilots’ union have agreed to a preliminary labor deal that includes pay increases of as much as 40.2% over four years, ending months of tense negotiations and airport pickets. The deal makes United’s aviators the latest from a major airline to reach an agreement for higher wages amid the post-pandemic...
Mexico surpasses China as top U.S. trade partner (www.cbsnews.com)
Cruise line apologizes after dozens of whales slaughtered in front of passengers (abcnews.go.com)
A cruise line has apologized to over 1,000 of its passengers after one of its ships arrived at port in the middle of a whale hunt where dozens of the marine mammals were being slaughtered.
With 735 million people hungry, UN says world is 'off track' to meet its 2030 goal (www.reuters.com)
Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys to join Tour de Turtles (apnews.com)
US military police find missing 14-year-old girl in barracks on California Marine Corps base (apnews.com)
Two weeks after a 14-year-old girl’s grandmother reported that she had run away in early June, the teenager was found in an unusual location: Inside the barracks at a California Marine Corps base north of San Diego....
Historically Low Faith in U.S. Institutions Continues (news.gallup.com)
Americans’ faith in major societal institutions hasn’t improved over the past year following a slump in public confidence in 2022....
Tenants push Biden for rent control on all government-backed housing (wagingnonviolence.org)
… The Federal Housing Finance Agency, or FHFA, manages both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which play a big role in the multifamily housing market by buying the mortgages issued by banks to multifamily landlords, thus assuming the risk of nonpayment. The Newberry Parc arrangement is quite common. Last year, Fannie Mae and Freddie...
United Auto Workers could strike next after Teamsters (therealnews.com)
United Auto Workers’ labor agreements at the Big 3 automakers – Ford, GM, and Stellantis – just began. Their current contracts expire in mid-September, and the new UAW leadership has been crystal clear: they’re not afraid to take 150,000 of its members out on strike if their demands aren’t met. This would be less than...
U.S. Building More Apartments Than It Has In Decades, But Not For the Poor (www.vice.com)
The U.S. is building more apartments than it has in half a century, but the poorest people still can’t afford them....
1 Fargo police officer killed, 2 injured in shooting that also left suspect dead in North Dakota (apnews.com)
One police officer was killed and two others were critically injured in a shooting that also left the suspect dead on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, police said.
