Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border (apnews.com)
The data is in: RTO policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care (www.businessinsider.com)
Billionaire CEOs were quick to sing the praises of working from home at the start of the pandemic, calling it the way of the future — but over the last three years, they’ve slowly changed their tune....
Nearly 200 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein expected to be made public (www.theguardian.com)
List could be released as soon as Tuesday after deadline for objections to unsealing of names passes midnight Monday...
Orlando newspaper publishes spread of 673 books banned in Florida county in 2023 (thehill.com)
The Orlando Sentinel published a two-page print spread Thursday listing 673 books that have been removed from classrooms in Orange County in 2023 due to fears they violate the state’s new laws banning “sexual conduct” from public schools....
Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims (apnews.com)
Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story....
Democrats Clash Over Move to Add Asylum Changes to War Funding Bill (www.nytimes.com)
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Americans are 'doom spending' — here's why that's a problem (www.cnbc.com)
Researcher explains connection between ultra-processed foods and depression (www.pbs.org)
Trump goes all in on Nazi rhetoric, and the media gives him another free pass (thehill.com)
Rashida Tlaib claims in video that Biden supports Palestinian genocide (www.theguardian.com)
FDA proposes ban on additive found in sodas (www.cnn.com)
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed revoking its regulation authorizing the nationwide use of brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, as an additive in food....
Virginia admits thousands of voters wrongly purged days before election (www.theguardian.com)
Voting rights groups decry error days before elections that will determine which party controls the state legislature
Israel warns 1.1 million people to flee north Gaza within 24 hours. The UN warned this will have "devestating humanitarian consequences" and calls Israel to revoke it (www.bbc.com)
[USA] Massive emergency alert test scheduled to hit your phone on Wednesday. Here's what to know. (www.usatoday.com)
“Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert.”
The rental market is softening so fast in some pockets of the country that landlords have no choice but to offer concessions (fortune.com)
Book ban defenders use sex scenes to make their point at Senate hearing (thehill.com)
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on book bans took a racy turn Tuesday, as Republican senators and a witness read scenes of various sexual content into the congressional record to defend the banning of multiple titles from U.S. schools....
Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance of 'Barbie' as well as incremental impact from strike-related factors," the entertainment giant says in a regulatory filing.
Millennials didn't kill the 'organization man' after all. Federal data reveals it was the boomers all along (fortune.com)
Long before quiet quitting, boomers rejected "working for the man," says UNC sociologist Arne Kalleberg, "which is exactly what’s happening now."...
Video of police fatally shooting a pregnant Black woman set to be released, Ohio department says (apnews.com)
Authorities in Ohio say they will release body camera footage of a fatal police shooting of a pregnant Black woman.
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)
Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
Disney says it will crack down on password sharing, following Netflix’s lead (www.cnbc.com)
The company will roll out tactics to mitigate password sharing in 2024. While Iger said Disney should see some effects from the rollout in 2024, the initiatives to prevent password sharing won’t be completed next year.
A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district (www.theguardian.com)
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
It’s Too Hot to Fly Helicopters and That’s Killing People (gizmodo.com)
Six motorcyclists rode into Death Valley National Park on July 6. Only five came out alive. With temperatures reaching 128 degrees Fahrenheit in California, the cyclists faced extreme heat exposure that killed one and sent another to a local hospital, according to the National Park Service....