Mark Dickey: US explorer freed from one of Turkey's deepest caves (www.bbc.co.uk)
A US citizen trapped in Turkey's third deepest cave for more than a week has been pulled to safety, rescuers say....
Federal Report Finds Tribal Burial, Cultural Sites “Blasted” for Border Wall (truthout.org)
“The construction harmed some cultural and natural resources… by blasting at tribal burial sites,” the report says....
Justice Department asks Supreme Court to end abortion pill legal challenge that threatens widespread access (www.nbcnews.com)
Oakland 17-year-old arrested for San Leandro murder (www.kron4.com)
A 17-year-old boy from Oakland was arrested on Tuesday after he admitted to killing a man in January, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said....
Press Forward Will Award More Than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News (www.macfound.org)
A coalition of 22 donors today announced Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years. Press Forward will enhance local journalism at an unprecedented level to re-center local...
Google: Political adverts must disclose use of AI (www.bbc.com)
The announcement follows fears AI-generated images and audio are already infiltrating ads.
Erasing the “Black Spot”: How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood (www.propublica.org)
Sixty-plus years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, Virginia, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college. The school has been gobbling up the remaining houses ever since.
Oakland man’s Instagram posts come back to haunt him in federal court (www.mercurynews.com)
Defendant has been major target by gang investigators...
USA TODAY, Ipsos poll: 20% of Americans fear climate change could force them to move (www.usatoday.com)
Polling data shows an almost an equal number of people believe two completely different things: About 1 in 5 people surveyed were so concerned about global warming that they think it will make it more difficult to live in their area. About the same number said they either don't know if climate change is happening or don’t...
China boosts 'political trust' with Vietnam ahead of Biden visit (www.reuters.com)
China sent a senior official to Vietnam to enhance “political trust” between the two countries, ahead of a scheduled visit by U.S. President Joe Biden designed to boost diplomatic ties between Washington and Hanoi....
Racial and socioeconomic differences still determine survival rates of premature babies in the US (www.sciencedaily.com)
The US continues to face stark inequalities in preterm birth and mortality rates between mothers of differing socioeconomic status and race, finds a new report.
4 astronauts splash down off coast of Florida, ending 6-month mission (www.cnn.com)
Four astronauts have returned home from a six-month stay on the International Space Station, making a splashdown landing aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida on Monday....
Crimean Tatar set to become Ukrainian defense minister at critical moment in conflict (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has tapped Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, to become his next defense minister, replacing Oleksii Reznikov at a critical time for Ukraine’s counteroffensive....
The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West (www.rollingstone.com)
In an excerpt from his book River Notes, leading anthropologist Wade Davis recalls how the taming of the Colorado River in the 1960s — ‘nature serves man’ went the thinking — helped shape the nation. But now facing a historic drought, all that could be lost in a generation....
The girl cried as she married the old man, but his secret was revealed during their wedding night (disturbinghistory.blogspot.com)
Facing mounting challenges, schools embrace the 4-day week (thehill.com)
Lung conditions will be made worse by climate change, researchers warn (www.independent.co.uk)
People with lung conditions are among those most at risk from the changing climate, a group of respiratory experts has said....
Netanyahu rues his foreign minister's disclosure of meeting with Libyan counterpart (www.reuters.com)
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s office on Aug. 26 went public with his having met Najla Mangoush, his Libyan counterpart, in Italy earlier in the month. The statement came on the heels of an Israeli media report about the meeting....
Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there (apnews.com)
Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the United States failed to fulfill treaties with Native Americans more than a century ago. Now their descendants are getting the land back....
Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there (apnews.com)
Lawmakers finally authorized the transfer this year when Democrats took control of the House, Senate and governor’s office for the first time in nearly a decade, said state Sen. Mary Kunesh, a Democrat and descendant of the Standing Rock Nation....
Despite prohibition, would-be buyers trying to snap up land burned in Maui wildfires (www.usatoday.com)
Would-be buyers are making offers to snap up property after deadly wildfires devastated the island of Maui last month, despite a state proclamation warning against such bids last month, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said....
SAG-AFTRA calls for strike authorization vote against video game companies (www.latimes.com)
SAG-AFTRA members will vote starting next week on whether to authorize union leaders to call a strike against video game companies, in the latest sign of spreading labor unrest in the broader entertainment sector....
Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway (www.reuters.com)
Canada prides itself on welcoming immigrants and aims to bring in a record half a million new permanent residents in 2025 to deal with an acute labor shortage. But it has sought to discourage those applying for asylum, chiefly through an agreement with the U.S. under which each country turns back asylum seekers....
Newly discovered comet might be visible soon (cosmosmagazine.com)
A comet discovered just weeks ago by an amateur astronomer could soon be visible to the naked eye....
India launches first sun-focused space mission, adding to lunar landing win (www.cnn.com)
India launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying the sun, building on a month of historic successes for the country’s civil space efforts....
