Emergency government spending controls enacted in Scotland (www.civilserviceworld.com)
Statue of late civil rights leader John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument (www.cbsnews.com)
A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020....
FDA wants to cut sodium in packaged and processed foods by about 20% (www.nbcnews.com)
The agency wants to lower how much salt we consume over the next three years to an average of 2,750 milligrams per day. That’s still above the recommended limit of 2,300 mg....
Second US judge blocks FTC ban on worker noncompete agreements (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses, becoming the second judge to rule that the ban is likely invalid....
FTC bans fake reviews (www.cnbc.com)
Takes effect in October, finally some good news
Home sale commissions are getting a shake-up this weekend (www.nbcnews.com)
Changes to realtor commissions taking effect this weekend could give home sellers a lot more negotiating power — and for buyers, potentially some more paperwork....
Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley's family and auction off Graceland (apnews.com)
A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the Justice Department said Friday....
As immigration angers a north Alabama town, residents seek solutions ‘without all the racial slurs’ (www.al.com)
But the gathering at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church occasionally grew heated. One speaker said Haitians “have smells to them. They’re not like us. They’re not here to be Americanized. They don’t care about schools. They’re scary, folks.”...
More than $1.6 million worth of cocaine washed up on Florida beaches during Hurricane Debby, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
Hurricane Debby left behind not only a trail of deadly destruction in the Southeast last week but also more than 100 pounds of narcotics, discovered along Florida’s shores, authorities said....
Shooting reported at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland between guards and passing vehicle (abcnews.go.com)
US judge upholds protections for LGBTQ students in first win for Biden administration (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge in Alabama on Tuesday refused to block the Biden administration from enforcing new anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students in four Republican-led states, breaking with six other judges who have said the rules are invalid....
Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel (www.theverge.com)
San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls (apnews.com)
Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation....
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell may be hauled into court to explain himself after repeat discovery violations in lawsuit over $5 million ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ challenge award (lawandcrime.com)
Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder (www.reuters.com)
KOLKATA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a strike called by a big doctors’ association, while some other people held street protests....
Sniper shot Trump gunman's weapon and delayed him - report (www.bbc.com)
Mpox global health emergency: Will it trigger another pandemic? (apnews.com)
Kamala Harris is making the presidential race competitive again (www.motherjones.com)
Chart: US clean energy investment is soaring thanks to climate law (www.canarymedia.com)
Private and public investment in clean energy rose to a total of $147B in the first half of this year — a record-setting figure....
OpenAI says Iranian group using ChatGPT tried to sow division ahead of U.S. election (www.npr.org)
When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means. (www.propublica.org)
Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag?...
Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor during ongoing dispute (apnews.com)
Burning Man contends with unusually slow ticket sales (www.npr.org)
Mpox screening stepped up globally as more cases emerge outside Africa (www.theguardian.com)
Surveillance efforts against mpox are being ramped up globally, as trials for a new treatment showed disappointing results against the variant driving the current outbreak....
Trump Claims Stock Market Will ‘Crash’ While Fox News Ticker Shows Massive Market Gains On Screen (www.mediaite.com)
