Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time (apnews.com)
For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms....
BJP win in India’s 2024 general election ‘almost an inevitability’ (www.theguardian.com)
California is poised to protect workers from extreme heat – indoors (www.cnn.com)
The stifling heat inside some warehouses where workers might spend 10-hour days isn’t just a summer problem. In Southern California, it can feel like summer all year....
Pro-North Korea videos are spreading on TikTok (www.newsweek.com)
A report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) at Rutgers University says topics important to the Chinese government are given added or less weight depending on them being favorable....
Another Republican early exit narrows GOP House majority (www.independent.co.uk)
mRNA vaccine use should be stopped, controversial Florida Surgeon General tells FDA, CDC (themessenger.com)
Florida’s firebrand surgeon general is calling for use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to be stopped....
Jimmy Kimmel hints at potential lawsuit against Aaron Rodgers (www.nbcsports.com)
NYC councilmember says Mayor Adams tried to stop police transparency bill by trading budget cuts (gothamist.com)
Mayor Eric Adams told at least one member of the City Council he would restore cuts to their favorite programs if they agreed to vote against a police transparency bill the mayor and NYPD officials vigorously opposed, according to four people familiar with conversations in the Council....
Chicago community organizers and police reform advocates question the lack of transparency surrounding the city’s new contract with the FOP (chicagoreader.com)
Full title (exceeded character limits) - “‘Not the way a transparent, democratic process should work,’ Chicago community organizers and police reform advocates question the lack of transparency surrounding the city’s new contract with the FOP and say Mayor Brandon Johnson should’ve pushed for greater accountability for...
How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo plane crash (www.cnn.com)
Watching the footage of the Japan Airlines collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, it seems miraculous that anyone has emerged unscathed....
Souvenir sellers have flooded the Brooklyn Bridge. Now the city is banning them (apnews.com)
Visitors to New York City hoping to take home a souvenir from the Brooklyn Bridge will now have to settle for a photograph, as vendors are about to be banned from the iconic span....
Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expand (abcnews.go.com)
The Fastest Growing Demographic In The Workforce? People Over Age 75 (www.forbes.com)
US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions (apnews.com)
Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren’t pregnant and sought them through Aid Access, a European online...
The Union Density Rate Likely Increased in 2023. You Read That Right. (poweratwork.us)
More Than 6,700 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled Over Possible E. Coli Contamination (themessenger.com)
Ground beef and ground beef patties affected by the recall were sent to distributors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan...
Marine Corps veteran convicted of carrying tomahawk inside Capitol on Jan. 6 (www.wusa9.com)
New York AG case against NRA leader faces trial after court again rejects gun group's claim of political probe (www.foxnews.com)
Russia Hammers Kyiv With Missiles in Large-Scale Attack (www.nytimes.com)
Russian missiles and drones hammered Kyiv on Tuesday morning, officials said, in a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital and other cities that killed at least five people and injured nearly 130 others, a day after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia promised to retaliate for a Ukrainian assault on a Russian city....
Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blast (apnews.com)
An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said....
North Carolina pastor arrested after police say he tried to push wife's coworker into McDonald's deep fryer (www.cbsnews.com)
More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024, with a new poll showing international concerns and immigration rising in importance with the public....
Kai Zhuang: Chinese teen found alive in US after 'cyber kidnapping' (www.bbc.com)
A Chinese foreign exchange student has been found freezing but alive in the US after his parents were extorted out of tens of thousands of dollars in a “cyber kidnapping” scam....
Respiratory virus activity is high and rising across the United States, CDC data shows (www.cnn.com)
As seasonal virus activity surges across the United States, experts stress the importance of preventive measures – such as masking and vaccination – and the value of treatment for those who do get sick....
Muhammad Yunus: Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to 6 months in jail (apnews.com)
