Physicists Who Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time Win Nobel Prize (www.quantamagazine.org)
The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons....
Armenia ratifies ICC Rome Statute in show of defiance against Russ (www.euronews.com)
Ahead of the vote, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said that Moscow would view any move to join the international court as “extremely hostile” towards Russia....
GM, Ford furlough another 500 workers due to UAW strike (www.cnbc.com)
General Motors and Ford Motor on Monday said they are indefinitely laying off another 500 workers at four Midwestern plants because of the impact on some of the facilities of the United Auto Workers strike in its 18th day....
James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion (www.bbc.com)
What’s intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them....
Flexible hours, sick pay and meals: British workers get a better deal (www.reuters.com)
BRIGHTON, England, Oct 2 (Reuters) - For Josh Hughes-Davies, the best thing about his job in a bar in the coastal city of Brighton is the free meal with every shift....
New York Flooding Live Updates | Weather.com (weather.com)
Shooting at Florida auto shop wounds at least 2 people, including suspect, police say (apnews.com)
The OK Corral moved to Florida...
Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down (www.theguardian.com)
Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled...
Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton suspended by GB News over Ava Evans insults (www.bbc.com)
Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox have been suspended over insults against Ava Evans on Wootton's show.
Amazon lawsuit protects ‘free and fair competition,’ says FTC Chair Lina Khan (www.cnbc.com)
One day after filing a massive antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan defended the agency’s decision to pursue the company and explained how its use of monopoly power allowed it to leverage an effective 50% tax on sellers....
Woman shields son from black bear eating birthday picnic in Mexico (www.theguardian.com)
A woman in Mexico shielded her son after a bear leaped on to a picnic table, inches from his face, and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for his birthday dinner....
Hollywood writers agree to end five-month strike after new studio deal (www.theguardian.com)
Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels (thehill.com)
The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" (www.cbsnews.com)
Court rejects Utah’s request to block EPA smog rule (thehill.com)
A federal appeals court on Monday sided with the Biden administration against the state of Utah in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “good neighbor” rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines....
Scientists want to rename the Hitler beetle — but not for the reason you think (Paywall) (www.washingtonpost.com)
The A. hitleri beetle has been collected to near-extinction by neo-Nazis, sparking a fierce debate among taxonomists over whether to change offensive species names....
Passengers left upside down as ride malfunctions in Canada (www.bbc.com)
The park's maintenance team brought the passengers safely to the ground after 30 minutes.
UttarPradesh :15 year old girl abducted, raped for three months straight; accused arrested. (www.onmanorama.com)
New Jersey house explosion hospitalizes 5 people, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
UAW strike spread to 38 locations in 20 states (apnews.com)
The president of the United Auto Workers said Friday the union will expand its strike against major automakers by walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis facilities in 20 states
A buildup of saltwater in the Mississippi River puts drinking water at risk (www.washingtonpost.com)
For six generations, Ricky Becnel’s family has run the massive tree nursery on the banks of the Mississippi River near Belle Chasse, La. Its 20 acres and half a million trees, most of them citrus, require pumping about 100,000 gallons a day of fresh water from the river during the warm season....
Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar (www.nature.com)
Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....
NYC day care operator tried to cover up fentanyl operation before 1-year-old's death, feds allege (apnews.com)
Officials say they discovered a kilogram of fentanyl stored on top of playmats used by children who attended the day care, which was run out of a small Bronx apartment. They also found multiple devices for mixing the powder with other narcotics and pressing it into bricks.
Bankrupt Birmingham city council may have to sell libraries and art galleries (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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