Scientists Win Nobel Prize for mRNA Breakthrough Used to Create Covid-19 Vaccine (gizmodo.com)
The conspiracy mongers will have a field day with this one.
Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57 (apnews.com)
Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57....
In Yalta, because of criticism of the Russian Federation, a couple from the Dnepropetrovsk region was brutally killed (video) - Ukraine Today .org (ukrainetoday.org)
In Yalta, because of criticism of the Russian Federation, a couple from the Dnepropetrovsk region was brutally killed (video) Lyudmila Zhernovskaya 21:40, 01.10.23...
Armenia Speaks Of Withdrawal From CSTO (charter97.org)
Armenia Speaks Of Withdrawal From CSTO 2.10.2023...
Address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine — Official website of the President of Ukraine (www.president.gov.ua)
Fellow citizens!...
Opposition leader has "wedding" with partner in call for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Poland (notesfrompoland.com)
Opposition leader has “wedding” with partner in call for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Poland SEP 30, 2023...
UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs (apnews.com)
WORLD NEWS UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs...
Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies (apnews.com)
The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three automakers....
The Sheriff, His Girlfriend and His Illegal Subpoenas (mississippitoday.org)
The investigative report, compiled in 2016 by the district attorney at the time, Michael Guest, laid out evidence that Sheriff Bailey had duped the prosecutor’s office and potentially violated state law on fraud, a felony that carries up to five years in prison.”...
California to fine schools that ban textbooks on race or LGBTQ+ topics (www.axios.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law on Monday a bill prohibiting schools from banning books on racial or LGBTQ+ teachings that could result in fines for any authority in the state that defies the legislation.
Black plaintiffs file lawsuits for wrongful arrests or jailing due to facial recognition technology (www.nbcnews.com)
Randal Quran Reid is among at least five Black plaintiffs who say they were misidentified by facial recognition technology and then wrongly arrested....
Biden administration allocates more than $1 billion to support railway safety, boost capacity (www.pbs.org)
The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects that improve railway safety and boost capacity, with much of the money coming from the 2021 infrastructure law....
Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy in Washington (www.reuters.com)
Sept 25 (Reuters) - An assailant attacked the Cuban embassy in Washington with two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said on X, adding that nobody was hurt....
No brain, no problem. Jellyfish learn just fine (www.science.org)
Despite lacking a centralized brain, the translucent creatures can learn from past experiences to avoid bumping into obstacles....
Exclusive: Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US | CNN (www.cnn.com)
A Trap Door Hid a Cache of Narcotics at the Day Care Where a Child Died (www.nytimes.com)
Days after a 1-year-old died and three children exposed to drugs at a Bronx day care site were hospitalized, investigators uncovered a trap door under a play area that was concealing fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia....
Provision in NC budget could shield lawmaker records from public (www.wral.com)
Language in a budget draft would let lawmakers decide whether to release their records to the public. It is "the deepest cut to the public records act since it was enacted," one lawyer says.
Decades-Old Trove of DNA Evidence, Collected by a Maryland Doctor, Leads to a Serial Rape Arrest (www.propublica.org)
An alleged serial rapist was arrested last month with help from evidence saved by a Baltimore County doctor nearly half a century ago. ProPublica highlighted this rare trove of hospital microscope slides in its Cold Justice series and inspired a new Maryland law to protect the evidence....
Unique collection of old TV culture put at risk by a heavy-handed copyright takedown system (walledculture.org)
Wildfires in recent years have reversed some of the progress made in eliminating air pollution, new study suggests (abcnews.go.com)
The smoke from wildfires in recent years has been so intense that it is decreasing air quality in the majority of the U.S., reversing some of the improvements made to air quality in the last several decades, according to new research....
Varda Space puts off orbital factory reentry pending Air Force and FAA green light (techcrunch.com)
Russia, Ukraine Clash Over Genocide Charges at World Court (www.wsj.com)
International Court of Justice heard arguments on whether Russia’s invasion can be challenged under 1948 treaty....
Falsified public comments loom over Ohio state parks drilling (energynews.us)
The state’s public land leasing commission is still on track to approve drilling under parks and wildlife before year’s end, despite claims that more than 150 people’s identities were fraudulently attached to pro-fracking public comments.
Her students reported her for a lesson on race. Can she trust them again? (www.washingtonpost.com)
Mary Wood’s school reprimanded her for teaching a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now she hopes her bond with students can survive South Carolina’s new laws.
National security adviser, China’s top diplomat take fresh stab at cooling U.S.-China tensions (www.politico.com)
A senior aide to President Joe Biden quietly held meetings with China’s top diplomat this weekend in Malta, the latest effort to ease tensions between Washington and Beijing....
