Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave (www.bbc.com)
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George Santos campaign fundraiser who prosecutors say impersonated former House speaker’s aide pleads guilty in federal court (www.cnn.com)
The campaign fundraiser for embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge as part of a plea deal Tuesday....
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A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death threats. (www.npr.org)
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Renowned doctor at Al-Shifa Hospital killed in Gaza City, health ministry official says (www.cbc.ca)
An internal medicine physician who told the world about the dire hardships in frequent dispatches from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital has been killed, an official with the territory's Health Ministry said Tuesday.
How land theft worsens the climate crisis for Indigenous people (www.motherjones.com)
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As war rages, Israelis' trust in Netanyahu plummets, polls find (www.haaretz.com)
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New 'joint employer' rule could make it easier for millions to unionize - if it survives challenges (apnews.com)
The rule — announced late last month by the National Labor Relations Board –- sets new standards for determining when two companies should be considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act....
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California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire (apnews.com)
The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend was a kind of open-air warehouse with businesses storing everything from wood pallets to cardboard boxes to hand sanitizer on lots leased by the state through a little-known program that now is under scrutiny....
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Latest US climate assessment shows the extreme toll taken by climate change (www.theverge.com)
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Texas Republicans Target Climate Science in Textbooks Ahead of Education Board Vote - Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Just a week after Texas voters approved billions of dollars to build new gas-fired power plants, the state’s education board will decide if it wants schools using science textbooks that acknowledge that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. The Texas Board of Education could vote as early as next Tuesday on whether it will...
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Young Activists to Biden: Change Course on Gaza — or Lose in 2024 (www.rollingstone.com)
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Marijuana Use Linked With Significant Heart and Brain Issues (themessenger.com)
An increasing number of studies are showing that marijuana may not be so harmless after all....
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Georgia ‘Baby Jane Doe’ Identified After 35 Years (www.nytimes.com)
A girl known as “Baby Jane Doe,” who was found dead and encased in concrete in southeast Georgia in 1988, has been identified, the authorities announced on Monday. Her mother and her mother’s former boyfriend have been charged with murder.
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Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5 billion in funding (apnews.com)
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them....
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Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards. (www.propublica.org)
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UNESCO is criticized after Cambodia evicts thousands around World Heritage site Angkor Wat (apnews.com)
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Israel-Gaza live news: Mass grave being dug at Gaza hospital, as Israel confirms hostage death - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Earlier, the BBC’s Rushdi Abualouf reported that a contact still inside Gaza City’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, had told him 170 bodies were being buried in a mass grave there....
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Why diamonds suck (boingboing.net)
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Proffer videos show ex-Trump lawyers tell Georgia prosecutors about effort to overturn 2020 election (abc13.com)
As part of a plea deal, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys has told prosecutors in Georgia that she was informed in the wake of the 2020 election that Donald Trump was “not going to leave” the White House – despite the fact that he had already lost the election and most of his subsequent challenges....
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“Jason’s most treasured instrument”: The guitar Eddie Van Halen gifted Jason Becker during their emotional first meeting is heading to auction (www.guitarworld.com)
The Peavey Wolfgang was signed and played by Van Halen during his 1996 visit to Becker’s house, and is being sold to raise funds for Becker’s ongoing medical care
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You’re All Missing the Point of the Jeff Bezos/ Lauren Sánchez Photo (slate.com)
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Marc Chagall Print Stolen from New York Gallery During Smash-and-Grab Heist (www.artnews.com)
The glass doors of a five-story art gallery in Midtown Manhattan were smashed, and a $100,000 lithograph by Marc Chagall was plucked from inside the dealership and walked down the block, according to a recent report from NBC New York.
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Burkina Faso crisis: 100 believed killed in Zaongo massacre, says EU (www.bbc.com)
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Fashion mogul Peter Nygard found guilty on 4 counts of sexual assault (www.cnn.com)
Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court on Sunday, following a six-week trial....
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