Hiker dies after falling off mountain inside Grand Teton National Park (www.cnn.com)
A California woman died after falling off a mountain in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, the National Park Service said.
Death toll on Maui climbs to 80, as questions over island's emergency response grow (www.npr.org)
Rescue teams continue to search for survivors in Maui as the death toll from the devastating wildfires has risen to 80 and officials begin to assess the emergency response. Meanwhile, firefighters are still working to contain three separate wildfires on the Hawaiian island.
U.S. FDA approves Johnson & Johnson's blood cancer therapy (www.cnbc.com)
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved its antibody-based therapy for patients with a difficult-to-treat type of blood cancer.
US suicides hit an all-time high last year (apnews.com)
3-year-old migrant child dies on Texas’ border bus (www.kxan.com)
A child died on one of the buses that Operation Lone Star has been using to move migrants from the Texas border to other parts of the country, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) said Friday.
New school bus route is a 'disaster,' Kentucky superintendent admits. Last kids got home at 10 pm (www.fox2detroit.com)
Perseid Meteor Shower 2023 Is This Weekend (earthsky.org)
Judge orders FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried to jail after bail revoked (www.theguardian.com)
Lewis Kaplan says he has cause to believe defendant ‘had tried to tamper with witnesses at least twice’ since December arrest
Taiwan vice president heads to United States on sensitive trip (www.aljazeera.com)
William Lai is officially making only transit stops in the US on his way to and from Paraguay, but China has reacted with anger.
With eyes on Taiwan, new China ban shows the U.S. may be learning lessons from mistakes with Russia (www.cnbc.com)
U.S. moves to de-risk from China with a new investment ban suggest that Western allies may be learning from national security failings in Russia, according to analysts.
Former Catholic priest admits to sexual misconduct with 11-year-old boy he took on beach vacation (apnews.com)
Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, 68, plead guilty to a federal charge that he transported a minor intending to engage in criminal sexual activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced this week.
Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats (apnews.com)
NOAA forecasters increase Atlantic hurricane season prediction to ‘above normal’ (www.noaa.gov)
Italian government stands ready to host as Musk talks up Zuckerberg rumble (www.reuters.com)
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US (projects.apnews.com)
North Korea's Kim dismisses top general, calls for war preparations (www.reuters.com)
Maui wildfire death toll hits 67 as questions raised over warnings (www.reuters.com)
Data leaks have given Irish republican groups ‘upper hand’ against police, analysts warn (www.theguardian.com)
Breaches hurt police morale and may help republican paramilitaries intimidate officers and their families
How is sign language adapting to climate change? (www.bbc.com)
Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary.
US set to unveil long-awaited crackdown on real estate money laundering (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Treasury Department will soon propose a rule that would effectively end anonymous luxury-home purchases, closing a loophole that the agency says allows corrupt oligarchs, terrorists and other criminals to hide ill-gotten gains.
The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)
As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go (www.aljazeera.com)
Hurricanes and rising seas are displacing caskets. What do you do when the climate crisis comes for the dead?
Pro-Voting Groups Challenge Michigan’s Voter Transportation Ban in New Lawsuit (www.democracydocket.com)
On Friday, Aug. 11, pro-voting groups filed a lawsuit challenging a Michigan statute that makes it a misdemeanor to “hire a motor vehicle” to transport voters to the polls unless they are “physically unable to walk.” According to the lawsuit, which was filed in state court, “no other state has an equivalent...
Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours (www.cnn.com)
The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school.
'Barbie' makes history with $1 billion at the box office (www.cnn.com)
“Barbie” has answered the billion-dollar question with a resounding “yes.” Barely three weeks into its run, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster has raked in an astounding $1.03 billion at the global box office, according to official Warner Bros. estimates. This makes Gerwig the first solo female director with a...
