Cassidy Hutchinson defends herself in first post-testimony TV interview (www.cnn.com)
Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man (apnews.com)
Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, Maryland doctors said Friday....
FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers (arstechnica.com)
In one of its many attempts to curb robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission said it is making it harder for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain direct access to US telephone numbers....
Postal worker accused of stealing $1.7M in checks arrested trying to board flight at Dulles (www.nbcwashington.com)
California is engaged in the world’s largest dam removal project in hopes of letting nature rebound (www.nbcnews.com)
This time next year, a series of massive dams that block off the Klamath River will no longer exist. The soil and rocks originally dug and transported from a nearby mountain in the 1950s will be returned to their home and the river will run freely again....
Family of four shot dead at home, rattling quiet Illinois neighborhood, ‘not a random incident,’ according to police (www.cnn.com)
Police in a quiet community outside Chicago who are investigating the shooting deaths of a family of four, including two children, in their home Sunday night say it wasn’t a random incident....
Officials find debris from F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after pilot ejected (apnews.com)
The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected has been located in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection....
One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More (www.nytimes.com)
Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.
AP News: Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends (apnews.com)
On Fox News' "The Five," Jessica Tarlov is redefining the image of the sacrificial liberal (www.salon.com)
The new lefty face might be one against four on the right-wing channel, but she’s winning fans with viral clapbacks
U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects. (www.science.org)
The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers.
1-Year-Old Dead and Man in Custody After Opioid Exposure at Bronx Day Care (www.nytimes.com)
The call came in Friday afternoon: Three children at a tiny, ground-floor day care in the Bronx could not wake up from nap time....
"Dark, smelly, and completely bonkers". Welcome to the world of bog snorkelling (!). (www.cbc.ca)
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed
California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception (www.nytimes.com)
Doctor shares warning on dangerous 'budget Ozempic' weight loss trend (abcnews.go.com)
Amid continued demand for drugs used for weight loss, including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, some people are instead turning to laxatives....
City Has Paid $500K to Employee Who Hasn't Shown Up to Work in 7 Years: Report (themessenger.com)
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (www.independent.co.uk)
UAW members go on strike at three key auto plants after deal deadline passes (www.cnbc.com)
El Chapo’s wife is set to be released from a US prison today (www.cnn.com)
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is set to be released from a US prison on Wednesday, officials said....
How a 13-year-old Canadian tech prodigy is taking the video game industry by storm (www.ctvnews.ca)
The 13-year-old from White Rock, B.C., is the video game developer behind the highly anticipated “Astrolander,” an action-adventure, co-operative game that is set to release exclusively on PlayStation 5....
ABCNews: Biden rejects proposed conditions for plea deal for 9/11 defendants (abcnews.go.com)
Inside the Fight to Forcibly Out Transgender Students in California (www.vice.com)
Chinese hack of Microsoft engineer led to breach of US officials’ emails, company says (www.cnn.com)
The Chinese hackers who breached senior US officials’ emails in May and June were able to do so by first stealing sensitive data from a Microsoft engineer, the company revealed Wednesday....
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide (abcnews.go.com)
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state....
