California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban (www.reuters.com)
California moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to ban caste discrimination after a bill to outlaw the practise passed the California Assembly late on Monday....
US climate scientist risks felony by chaining herself to pipeline drill (www.theguardian.com)
Rose Abramoff was one of two protesters who helped temporarily shut down construction of Mountain Valley pipeline
Fulton County special grand jury recommended charges against Lindsey Graham and 2 Georgia US senators | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
The special grand jury in Fulton County investigating the 2020 presidential election in Georgia recommended charges against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and former GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, according to the special counsel grand jury report released Friday.
Pennsylvania inmate escaped by crab-walking up a prison wall, video shows (www.npr.org)
A murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof in a breakout that wasn’t detected by guards for a full hour, authorities said Wednesday as the killer eluded a widening manhunt for a seventh day....
Japan condemns pseudo-elections in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine (ptv-news.com.pk)
A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned (apnews.com)
A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game back....
Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 counts of felony child abuse (www.nbcnews.com)
Ruby Franke, the mother of six behind the family YouTube channel “8 Passengers,” has been charged with six counts of felony child abuse by the Washington County Attorney in Utah, a spokesperson for the attorney’s office confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday....
Unborn girl sent signals from the womb of her mother and ‘doctors discovered something astonishing (summitgist.blogspot.com)
Meadows loses bid to have case heard in Federal court (mastodon.social)
Justice Department asks Supreme Court to end abortion pill legal challenge that threatens widespread access (www.nbcnews.com)
Oil Refineries Are Leaking Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Residential Neighborhoods (truthout.org)
The EPA’s benzene monitoring and control program has failed to rein in the worst offenders....
Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke and business partner to remain jailed on child abuse charges (apnews.com)
Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’ (www.theguardian.com)
Environmental and community groups have sued Utah officials over failures to save its iconic Great Salt Lake from irreversible collapse....
Judge rejects Meadows effort to move election case from Georgia to federal court in big win for Willis (thehill.com)
A federal judge has rejected former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ attempt to move his charges in the Georgia election interference case to federal court. The ruling was a broad rejection…
Federal Report Finds Tribal Burial, Cultural Sites “Blasted” for Border Wall (truthout.org)
“The construction harmed some cultural and natural resources… by blasting at tribal burial sites,” the report says....
Airplane crashes during gender reveal party, killing pilot (thehill.com)
Warning: Crash video autoplays in article....
3 Republicans just saved California’s magic mushroom bill (www.sfgate.com)
Small American towns seeing some success with disbanding police forces (www.pbs.org)
From Minnesota to Maine, Ohio to Texas, small towns unable to fill jobs are eliminating their police departments and turning over police work to their county sheriff, a neighboring town or state police.
North Korea launches new tactical nuclear attack submarine (www.reuters.com)
North Korea has launched its first operational "tactical nuclear attack submarine" and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday....
A man bought a metal detector to get off the couch. He just made the "gold find of the century" in Norway. (www.cbsnews.com)
At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country’s gold find of the century....
Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest (apnews.com)
When police arrived at his house to investigate a hit-and-run, Joseph Ruddy, one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors, looked so drunk he could barely stand up straight, leaning on the tailgate of his pickup to keep his balance....
In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots (www.reuters.com)
To meet the demand of a rising China, the Australian Navy is taking two very different deep dives into advanced submarine technology....
Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes (apnews.com)
As Goodhue Police Chief Josh Smith struggled this summer to fill vacancies in his small department, he warned the town’s City Council that unless pay and benefits improved, finding new officers would never happen....
Trump bid to delay $250 million New York fraud trial is 'completely without merit,' judge says (www.cnbc.com)
A New York judge rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay his civil fraud trial....
Doctor arrested after guns, drugs and prostitutes found in yacht raid (www.independent.co.uk)
Scott Burke, 69, faces drug trafficking and weapons charges after arrest...
