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EPA’s new rule could strip protections from more than half of U.S. wetlands (www.washingtonpost.com)

The agency finalized the new regulation to reflect a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year...

OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT for businesses (www.cnn.com)

OpenAI is releasing a version of its buzzy ChatGPT tool specifically for businesses, the company announced Monday, as an AI arms race continues to ramp up throughout corporate America....

Pilot killed after F-18 military jet crashes north of San Diego (www.nbcnews.com)

A fighter jet crashed north of San Diego late Thursday night, killing the pilot who was the only person on board, authorities said.

Texas imprisoned migrants after they should have been released, lawsuit claims (www.texastribune.org)

Immigrant rights advocates on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against two South Texas sheriffs and two state prison wardens on behalf of four Mexican migrants, claiming they were held in prison for as long as six weeks after they served their sentences or had their trespassing charges dropped....

Boeing says a new 737 Max flaw will slow airplane deliveries (www.cnbc.com)

The company said that fastener holes on some Max 737 aft pressure bulkheads were improperly drilled....

Record-setting U.S. heat dome places 143 million under alerts (www.axios.com)

About 143 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Tuesday as a dangerous heat dome lingers over a major swath of the Midwest, South and Southwest.

Hawai'i braces for crushing wildfire death toll with 850 missing (www.axios.com)

There are 850 people who remain missing nearly two weeks after Hawai'i's historic wildfires, as state officials warn the death toll will climb while search and recovery efforts continue

Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns (www.npr.org)

Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation (apnews.com)

Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)

Grand jurors in Trump Georgia case face threats as identities shared online: Sheriff (www.msn.com)

Netflix is sending its DVD subscribers up to 10 extra discs for the service’s last hurrah (www.theverge.com)

Biden slammed for offering ‘insulting’ $700 payments to Maui wildfire victims (www.independent.co.uk)

Biden administration begins canceling student loan debt for 804,000 borrowers (abcnews.go.com)

Starting Monday, hundreds of thousands of federal student loan borrowers will receive emails from their servicers with the subject line “Your student loans have been forgiven.”...

Bankman-Fried heads to Brooklyn jail notorious for poor conditions (www.reuters.com)

China vows ‘vigorous’ response to US visit by Taiwan vice president (www.theguardian.com)

China’s foreign ministry has criticised a brief US visit by Taiwan vice president William Lai, saying he was a separatist and “troublemaker through and through” and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty.

Maui wildfire death toll hits 67 as questions raised over warnings (www.reuters.com)

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.

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.

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