Biden faces brutal backlash for ‘poor taste’ jokes while visiting Maui wildfires site: ‘Comic relief tour’ (nypost.com)
ARPA-H invests $24M in researching mRNA to fight cancer (www.axios.com)
The Biden administration's new biomedical research agency is providing $24 million for research leveraging an mRNA platform to train the immune system to fight cancer and other diseases, officials told Axios first.
Special counsel investigating false statements made by Trump employees in classified documents case (www.cnn.com)
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office is continuing to investigate whether two employees of Donald Trump gave false testimony to a grand jury as part of the criminal probe into the former president’s retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, prosecutors revealed in a court filing Tuesday.
UK says a supersonic Russian bomber likely to have been destroyed in drone attack (www.reuters.com)
Aug 22 (Reuters) - British military intelligence said on Tuesday that a weekend drone attack on an airfield deep inside Russia which Moscow blamed on Ukraine is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber....
'This Is B.S.': GOP Candidates Slam RNC After Failing To Make Debate (news.yahoo.com)
Four Republican backbencher candidates who failed to qualify for the first 2024 GOP presidential debate this week slammed the Republican National Committee over its rules, with multiple contenders calling them “rigged.”
Maui Water Is Unsafe Even With Filters, One of the Lessons Learned From Fires in California (www.usnews.com)
Maui Water Is Unsafe Even With Filters, One of the Lessons Learned From Fires in California
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
Meta rolls out web version of Threads (www.nbcnews.com)
A failed lunar mission dents Russian pride and reflects deeper problems with Moscow's space industry (apnews.com)
In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing (apnews.com)
Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures....
Tennessee zoo says it has welcomed a rare spotless giraffe (www.cbsnews.com)
A zoo in Tennessee says it has welcomed a rare giraffe that does not have any spots. The spotless giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, on July 31 and the zoo says experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe on the planet.
UPS workers approve new contract with hard-fought pay and safety wins, ending strike threat (www.nbcnews.com)
The five-year deal, with wage increases and new protections for working in high temperatures, covers 340,000 employees and could boost other labor efforts across the country.
3D eye scans at opticians could identify those at risk of Parkinson’s, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
3D eye scans widely used in high street opticians could help to identify people at high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before they have symptoms, data has suggested....
Second US tropical storm in a week drenches Texas (www.bbc.com)
Putin’s War Against Ukraine Is Slaughtering Dolphins in the Black Sea (gizmodo.com)
See striking moon photos captured by India’s lunar lander during its approach (www.cnn.com)
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is swooping toward the moon’s surface ahead of its historic landing attempt, and it’s capturing some stunning visuals on the way.
Meta putting profit ahead of safety by blocking wildfire news, says Trudeau (www.reuters.com)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday criticized Meta for blocking domestic news from its platforms, saying the Facebook-parent was prioritizing profit over safety as devastating wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate their homes....
HHS awards $1.4 billion to drive development of new Covid-19 vaccines and therapies (www.cnn.com)
The US government has awarded more than $1.4 billion to kick-start the development of new vaccines and therapies to fight Covid-19, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday....
Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.
San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits (www.cnn.com)
The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse....
Microsoft and Activision's $69B Deal: Streaming Rights Go to Ubisoft in Bid for Regulator Approval (www.cnet.com)
Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S. (www.statnews.com)
Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán....
Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday (apnews.com)
Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday — a controversial step that the government says is essential for the decades of work needed to shut down the facility that had reactor meltdowns 12 years ago.
What we know about the gunman who shot Laura Carleton over Pride flag (www.independent.co.uk)
Suspect tore down Pride flag and hurled homophobic slurs before killing California store owner, say police
'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend (www.nbcnews.com)
“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” the judge said before she read out Mackenzie Shirilla’s verdict Monday afternoon.
