Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil. (www.voanews.com)
US-Australia talks focus on China's 'coercive behavior,' climate change. (www.voanews.com)
US confirms 7 injured in attack on base in Iraq. (www.voanews.com)
'Pro-democracy activist' convicted in US of giving dissidents' intel to China. (www.voanews.com)
Hurricane Debby blows cocaine worth over $1 million onto beach in Florida Keys, U.S. Border Patrol says (www.cbsnews.com)
Hurricane Debby brought more than powerful winds and storm surge to Florida — packages of cocaine worth more than $1 million also made landfall, officials said, marking the latest in a string of recent discoveries of drugs along Florida shores....
Oklahoma’s Oil Industry Touts a Voluntary Fund to Clean Up Oil Wells. Major Drillers Want Their Contributions Refunded. (www.propublica.org)
Lack of eviction data obscures extent of the affordable housing crisis. (stateline.org)
Kamala Harris’s chances in November could hinge on a women’s voting surge (www.brookings.edu)
Senior economic aide Sperling leaving White House to work on Harris campaign. (www.voanews.com)
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18317331
Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms (www.bbc.com)
Fuelled by heat from ocean waters, hurricanes are sometimes known as nature’s steam engines. As they barrel over the oceans, they turn its heat into brutal kinetic energy that flattens islands and inundates coastal cities, taking months of urgent repair work to heal. Ocean temperatures are now breaking all records, and these...
‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year (www.theguardian.com)
Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign (apnews.com)
White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in November’s election....
US completes withdrawal from last base in Niger. (www.voanews.com)
Two US battleground states seen vulnerable to post-election chaos (www.reuters.com)
Surprised GA isn’t in their report: usnews.com/…/georgia-election-board-rolls-back-so…
Biden holding security talks as tensions heighten in Middle East. (www.voanews.com)
See the Perseids and Southern Delta Aquariids in a Stunning Double Meteor Shower (www.wired.com)
Democratic primary in Arizona’s third district remains too close to call (www.theguardian.com)
5 Years After El Paso Shooting, Calls for Fighting Gun Violence and Racism (www.commondreams.org)
Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park — or it could go to developers (www.npr.org)
How Bangladesh’s student protests ignited a broader movement against the country’s leader (www.pbs.org)
Bangladesh is under a nationwide curfew and internet blackout after a weekend of violent clashes between security forces and protestors. Almost 300 people have died since the start of the protests, which have grown into a national movement against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her increasingly autocratic rule.
Ukraine finally deploying F-16 fighter jets, says Zelenskiy (www.reuters.com)
President Zelenskiy announces use of U.S.-made fighter planes...
How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways. (www.propublica.org)
Tribes wait to get items back, 6 months after museums shut Native exhibits. (www.voanews.com)
Tropical Storm Debby moving through Gulf toward Florida with hurricane warnings (apnews.com)
A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of Cuba on Saturday and was predicted to become a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with the Florida coast....
