You’ve Heard of Quiet Quitting. Now Companies Are Quiet Cutting. (www.wsj.com)
Arizona GOP rejects single-day vote proposal, angering election deniers (www.washingtonpost.com)
A proposal by Republican election deniers in Arizona who want to opt out of the state’s government-run presidential primary election in 2024 and instead hold the party’s own one-day, in-person election, with paper ballots that would be counted by hand, has caused anxiety among top Republicans in Washington, who fear being...
More than 750 new Texas laws go into effect Friday. Here’s a quick breakdown of the highlights (www.kut.org)
Every odd-numbered year, state lawmakers convene in Austin and debate hundreds of proposed bills with potential to affect tens of millions of Texans who call the Lone Star State home. More than 750 new laws take effect Friday. That’s on top of 321 passed this year that took effect immediately after being signed by Gov. Greg...
12 things student loan borrowers should know about the return to repayment (www.npr.org)
October's coming, and we're here to help you get ready.
America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow (www.nytimes.com)
Despite prohibition, would-be buyers trying to snap up land burned in Maui wildfires (www.usatoday.com)
Would-be buyers are making offers to snap up property after deadly wildfires devastated the island of Maui last month, despite a state proclamation warning against such bids last month, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said....
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers (apnews.com)
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania's new governor plans to end a contract with an organization that distributes funds to anti-abortion counseling centers.
A Putin Critic Fell to His Death in Washington. We Still Don’t Know Why. (www.politico.com)
Police don’t suspect foul play killed Dan Rapoport. Some friends aren’t so sure.
Narcan — the opioid overdose medication — will finally be available over the counter (www.vox.com)
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
Officials can’t interfere with local Tennessee Pride festival under anti-drag law, judge rules (apnews.com)
A federal judge ruled Friday that law enforcement officials can’t use a Tennessee law that strictly limits drag shows to interfere with a local Pride festival this weekend, favoring event organizers who sued after a district attorney warned he intends to enforce the new statute even after another federal judge ruled it...
Ohio votes on abortion rights this fall. Misinformation about the proposal is already spreading (apnews.com)
The proposed constitutional amendment would give Ohioans the right to make their own reproductive decisions. Backers say that since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year by the U.S. Supreme Court, the proposal would restore a commonsense abortion protection that most Ohio voters can support....
SEC Grapples with Approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs. (newsnotfound.com)
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers (apnews.com)
Pennsylvania plans to end on Dec. 31 its longstanding contract with the nonprofit Real Alternatives, the first organization in the nation to secure significant state and federal subsidies to support anti-abortion counseling centers. Under the program, Real Alternatives distributed the state and federal funds to dozens of...
Easing restrictions on marijuana? HHS calls for classifying weed as less dangerous: report (www.usatoday.com)
The Department of Health and Human Services has moved to reclassify marijuana as less harmful than cocaine or heroin, a possible first step toward wider legalization, according to reports....
More than 150 injured in clash at Eritrean Embassy event in Tel Aviv (www.washingtonpost.com)
More than 150 Eritrean asylum seekers and dozens of police were injured Saturday in Tel Aviv after demonstrations outside an event sponsored by the Eritrean Embassy turned violent, Israeli officials said....
APNews: Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke charged with aggravated child abuse of 2 of her 6 children (apnews.com)
Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 found intact, miles off Wisconsin coastline (apnews.com)
Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew’s possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin’s coastline....
Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills 1 person and wounds another (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting during halftime of a high school football game Friday night in Louisiana left one teen dead and a man wounded, police said....
Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash (www.cnn.com)
The Nobel Foundation has U-turned on a controversial decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony after facing widespread criticism....
After outrage over Taylor Swift tickets, reform has been slow across the US (hosted.ap.org)
When thousands of fans couldn’t get tickets for megastar Taylor Swift’s summer stadium tour, some diehards paid upwards of 70 times face value to see their favorite artist in person — an outrage that prompted congressional hearings and bills in state legislatures to better protect consumers....
Top prosecutors back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing (apnews.com)
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and 13 other top prosecutors from around the U.S. are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing....
Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies (abcnews.go.com)
A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks....
Texas highways are the next anti-abortion target. One town is resisting. (www.texastribune.org)
Even in conservative corners of Texas, efforts to crack down on abortion travel are meeting resistance with some local officials who support Texas’s strict abortion laws, expressing concern that the efforts go too far....
Uvalde mayor calls on district attorney to resign, accusing her of a 'cover-up' in the Robb Elementary shooting investigation (www.cnn.com)
The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, is calling on District Attorney Christina Mitchell to resign and filed a lawsuit accusing her of repeatedly blocking the city’s investigation into last year’s shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead....
Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south has achieved 'some success against that 2nd line of Russian defenses,' top US official says (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine has broken the first line of Russian defenses in some places and has had "some success" against the second, US official John Kirby said....
