Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation (apnews.com)
Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
Grand jurors in Trump Georgia case face threats as identities shared online: Sheriff (www.msn.com)
Netflix is sending its DVD subscribers up to 10 extra discs for the service’s last hurrah (www.theverge.com)
Biden slammed for offering ‘insulting’ $700 payments to Maui wildfire victims (www.independent.co.uk)
Biden administration begins canceling student loan debt for 804,000 borrowers (abcnews.go.com)
Starting Monday, hundreds of thousands of federal student loan borrowers will receive emails from their servicers with the subject line “Your student loans have been forgiven.”...
Bankman-Fried heads to Brooklyn jail notorious for poor conditions (www.reuters.com)
China vows ‘vigorous’ response to US visit by Taiwan vice president (www.theguardian.com)
China’s foreign ministry has criticised a brief US visit by Taiwan vice president William Lai, saying he was a separatist and “troublemaker through and through” and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty.
Maui wildfire death toll hits 67 as questions raised over warnings (www.reuters.com)
Former Catholic priest admits to sexual misconduct with 11-year-old boy he took on beach vacation (apnews.com)
Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, 68, plead guilty to a federal charge that he transported a minor intending to engage in criminal sexual activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced this week.
Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours (www.cnn.com)
The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school.
Florida education commissioner pulls out of Black history town hall in Miami Gardens (www.miamiherald.com)
Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. has pulled out of Thursday’s town hall in Miami Gardens to discuss the state’s controversial new Black history curriculum, State Sen. Shevrin Jones said Wednesday evening.
White supremacist accused of threatening jury and witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman (apnews.com)
A self-proclaimed white supremacist was arrested Thursday on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said.
AP: US Navy sailor's mom encouraged him to pass military details to China, prosecutor says (apnews.com)
Canadian musician Robbie Robertson dies at 80: multiple reports (www.ctvnews.ca)
BREAKING NEWS: Robertson, the renowned guitarist and primary songwriter of The Band, died surrounded by his family....
American woman, child freed after being kidnapped in Haiti last month (abcnews.go.com)
Catholic Archdiocese of S.F. says bankruptcy filing ‘very likely’ over abuse suits (www.sfchronicle.com)
US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska (www.theguardian.com)
Combined naval patrol appeared to be largest such flotilla to approach US territory and ‘highly provocative’, expert says
Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data (techcrunch.com)
Ocean surface hits highest ever recorded temperature and set to rise further (www.theguardian.com)
Average daily surface temperature of 20.96C (69.7F) breaks 2016 record, with experts saying warmest month for oceans to come
Nose-picking health workers more likely to get Covid, study shows (www.bbc.com)
US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures (apnews.com)
The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, five American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Africa and Russia relations increase as war continues with no end insite (web.archive.org)
“Russia is family for Africa,” declared the president of Burkina Faso at the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg....
Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan bombing, death toll rises to 45 (www.reuters.com)
Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a political rally in northwest Pakistan held by a religious group allied to the government as the death toll from the attack rose to 45....
Six migrant workers struck by SUV in intentional act, N.C. authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
