Coronavirus FAQs: How worrisome is the new variant? How long do boosters last? (www.npr.org)
FEMA announces $3 billion for climate resiliency as time runs low for Congress to replenish its disaster fund (www.cnn.com)
In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather....
Super Blue Moon (August 30th 2023) (earthsky.org)
Raimondo meets Chinese officials in ‘tricky’ visit as countries seek a more stable relationship (www.cnbc.com)
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is set to meet with senior Chinese officials and U.S. business leaders in Beijing as the two countries continue high-level talks....
Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case (apnews.com)
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to set at least a tentative trial date during Monday’s status conference....
Labour blames postcode lottery in cancer care in England for delays (www.theguardian.com)
Analysis also reveals patients in more deprived areas are more likely to have their cancer diagnosed late
Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary (apnews.com)
Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country that remains riven by racial inequality has yet to fulfill his dream....
China sends aircraft and vessels toward Taiwan days after US approves $500-million arms sale (apnews.com)
Taiwan’s defense ministry said Saturday that China sent dozens of aircraft and vessels toward the island, just days after the United States approved a $500-million arms sale to Taiwan....
New crew for the space station launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries (apnews.com)
Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday....
The Campaign To Keep Electric Bills High (www.levernews.com)
Voters in Maine decide whether to buy the state’s electric utilities.
Families sue UK government over relatives’ deaths during Covid crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homes
U.S. approves possible sale of F-16 search and track systems to Taiwan (www.cnbc.com)
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $500 million sale to Taiwan of infrared search and track systems for F-16 fighter jets, as well as other equipment, the Pentagon said on Wednesday....
Asylum-seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say (apnews.com)
A coalition of human rights groups on Tuesday leveled new criticism at a privately operated migrant detention facility in New Mexico where they say fast-track asylum screenings routinely take place without legal counsel or adequate privacy during sensitive testimony....
MOE's introduction of the Imam Al-Nawawi 40 Hadith module in public schools is unconstitutional, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism & Taoism says. (twitter.com)
Absent Donald Trump tries to upstage Republican primary debate (www.ft.com)
Alleged sex trafficking victim sentenced to 12 years in prison (www.washingtonpost.com)
A Texas woman whose case received support from activists and celebrities after her family alleged she was a victim of sex trafficking has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a fatal robbery, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday....
FAA announces millions in airport funding to tackle near collisions (www.cnn.com)
Safety watchdogs call it a runaway problem on America’s runways that could end in tragedy – the near collisions of commercial aircraft. Now, the federal government is funding millions of dollars in airport construction projects to help address the issue....
B.C. firefighters who lost their homes hailed for selfless effort saving their neighbour's houses (www.cbc.ca)
When Annick deGooyer had to leave her home in West Kelowna due to a wildfire evacuation order last Thursday, her husband was among the firefighters battling the blaze....
WGA Slams Studios’ Latest Offer & Meeting As Attempt To Make Guild “Cave”; “Not To Bargain, But To Jam Us” (deadline.com)
Just hours after the studios and streamers made public their latest “comprehensive package” towards a deal with the striking WGA, the guild has responded – and its seems the AMPTP and top CEOs may …
Hotter climate means a never-ending fire season for the National Guard (www.npr.org)
California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.
A key part of the White House's strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border goes on trial (www.npr.org)
The U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. Critics say it stretches the law too far. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to hold a trial.
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.
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....
A Saudi Rolex Sold in a U.S. Mall Could Get Bolsonaro Arrested (www.nytimes.com)
It has been a bad 10 months for Jair Bolsonaro....
Marion was warned before hiring chief (marionrecord.com)
This is from the paper that got raided in Kansas. This is about the police chief whose department conducted the raid....
