No place in the US is safe from the climate crisis, but a new report shows where it’s most severe (www.cnn.com)
Republicans in Congress are throwing an institutional tantrum (www.salon.com)
Latest US climate assessment shows the extreme toll taken by climate change (www.theverge.com)
Georgia ‘Baby Jane Doe’ Identified After 35 Years (www.nytimes.com)
A girl known as “Baby Jane Doe,” who was found dead and encased in concrete in southeast Georgia in 1988, has been identified, the authorities announced on Monday. Her mother and her mother’s former boyfriend have been charged with murder.
“Jason’s most treasured instrument”: The guitar Eddie Van Halen gifted Jason Becker during their emotional first meeting is heading to auction (www.guitarworld.com)
The Peavey Wolfgang was signed and played by Van Halen during his 1996 visit to Becker’s house, and is being sold to raise funds for Becker’s ongoing medical care
Joaquin Castro Calls on FTC to Review WBD for Axing Films like ‘Coyote vs. Acme’: 'Predatory and Anti-Competitive' (www.thewrap.com)
Amid blowback over Clarence Thomas travel, Supreme Court says it will honor a code of conduct for the first time (www.usatoday.com)
It is the first time in its 234-year history the Supreme Court will honor a code of conduct....
Danica Roem breaks through in Virginia Senate by focusing on road rage and not only anti-trans hate (apnews.com)
“Picture it,” Roem, now a groundbreaking politician who also was a journalist back then, wrote later about that time: “a five-foot- eleven, long-haired brunette metal-head trans lady reporter wearing a rainbow bandana, an A-line skirt, and a black hoodie … screaming obscenities behind the wheel of her four-door ’92...
Deadliest year on record as Phoenix heat fatalities rise by 50% (www.theguardian.com)
Eric Adams: FBI seize NYC mayor's phones in fundraising investigation (www.bbc.com)
Deaths in Pa. jails are undercounted. Our investigation found dozens of hidden cases (www.pennlive.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/deaths-in-pa-jails-are-undercou…
Drone, explosive attacks target US forces across Iraq (www.reuters.com)
Top US accident investigator says close calls between planes show that aviation is under stress (apnews.com)
After Getting Stuck in a Sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, This Barred Owl Is Now Flying Free (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Created by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in the late 1990s, Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is a large, colorful sculpture depicting this once-common but now obsolete tool. It stands outdoors at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
$2 bill could be worth thousands, depending on age and condition (www.foxbusiness.com)
According to the U.S. Currency Auctions’ Pricing guide, depending on certain factors, a $2 bill — aka the “Tom” with its portrait of third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson — could be worth a lot more, even up to $5,000....
Man accused of using hidden camera to record woman in Shadyside Gap dressing room (www.wpxi.com)
Thousands of Venezuelan migrants in Denver want to work but can't afford the $545 federal application fee (coloradosun.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/migrants-venezuela-work-permits…
UNICEF defends accuracy of Gaza death toll as horror unfolds in ravaged enclave | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
CNN cannot independently verify the health ministry’s death toll. But UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said on Tuesday the organization’s estimates had closely aligned with the ministry’s in the past, which gave him confidence in the current figures. He told CNN’s Julia Chatterley: “Our numbers were within a couple of...
Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream (www.washingtonpost.com)
The National Zoo's Giant Pandas Bid Washington, D.C. Farewell (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Upon their arrival in China, 25-year-old Mei Xiang and 26-year-old Tian Tian will enjoy “a luxurious retirement,” while their son Xiao Qi Ji will have the opportunity to find a mate of his own, NZCBI’s director, Brandie Smith, tells NBC Washington’s Maggie More.
California unveils Native American monument at Capitol, replacing missionary statue toppled in 2020 (apnews.com)
An eight-foot-tall bronze statue of a late Native American leader known for preserving cultural dances now stands surrounded by trees in a historic park outside of California’s state Capitol building, replacing a statue of a Spanish missionary that protesters toppled it in 2020....
Dengue is spreading. Can new vaccines and antivirals halt its rise? (www.nature.com)
Little Boy Choked and Brutally Beat to Death While Playing Video Games Allegedly by 15-Year-Old and Accomplice, 27 - The Messenger (themessenger.com)
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Portuguese PM quits over lithium, hydrogen corruption probe (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Investigating Whether Adams Received Illegal Donations From Turkey (www.nytimes.com)
Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times....
