R. Kelly’s Music Royalties at UMG Must Go to Sex Abuse Victims, Judge Says (www.billboard.com)
The ruling covers most of Kelly’s money held by Universal, but leaves unresolved questions about Kelly’s funds held by Sony, his former label.
US will start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at air base in Arizona (apnews.com)
The U.S. will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning at an Air National Guard base in October, the Pentagon said Thursday....
Prigozhin lives! Kremlin battles rumors Wagner chief faked his death (www.politico.eu)
If Russia’s propaganda machine seemed caught off guard by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, its reaction to his death in a plane crash has been far more disciplined....
Extreme heat in US kills nearly 2 dozen cattle, forces evacuations from a nursing home and shuts down an ice cream parlor (www.cnn.com)
Nearly two dozen cattle died in Nebraska, more than 100 Missouri nursing home residents were evacuated and an ice cream shop in Iowa was forced to close as record-shattering heat engulfs more than 20 states.
Gender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)
The number of gender-affirming surgeries, intended to align patients’ physical appearance with their gender identity, nearly tripled in the United States between 2016 and 2019, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open on Wednesday....
List of possible unaccounted for after Maui fire now 1,000 to 1,100 (www.nbcnews.com)
The list of people who may be unaccounted for in the wake of the Maui wildfires is now 1,000 to 1,100, officials said Tuesday....
UPS workers approve new contract with hard-fought pay and safety wins, ending strike threat (www.nbcnews.com)
The five-year deal, with wage increases and new protections for working in high temperatures, covers 340,000 employees and could boost other labor efforts across the country.
UK says a supersonic Russian bomber likely to have been destroyed in drone attack (www.reuters.com)
Aug 22 (Reuters) - British military intelligence said on Tuesday that a weekend drone attack on an airfield deep inside Russia which Moscow blamed on Ukraine is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber....
Putin’s War Against Ukraine Is Slaughtering Dolphins in the Black Sea (gizmodo.com)
Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires (apnews.com)
In the aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires, some social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid by falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do.
"Sound of Freedom" creators pay funder accused in child kidnapping (www.newsweek.com)
School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (www.popsci.com)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'
Zuck/Musk cage match canceled; tech billionaires blame each other (arstechnica.com)
Lahaina residents worry a rebuilt Maui town could slip into the hands of affluent outsiders (apnews.com)
The cost to live in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui keeps rising thanks to a chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants snatching up properties.
Illinois governor signs ban on firearms advertising allegedly marketed to kids and militants (apnews.com)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law banning firearms advertising that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally — opening the door for lawsuits against firearms manufacturers or distributors.
Extreme heat affecting 3rd of US residents Sunday, forecasts show (abcnews.go.com)
Dangerous triple-digit temperatures are expected all over the country on Sunday.
Webb telescope spots cosmic question mark in space | CNN (www.cnn.com)
China a ‘ticking time bomb’ because of economic woes, Joe Biden warns (www.theguardian.com)
At Utah fundraiser, US president says China’s employment and workforce issues pose a risk, because ‘when bad folks have problems, they do bad things’
What to know about Portland's "bare as you dare" World Naked Bike Ride (www.axios.com)
Indictment shows White House lawyers struggling for control as Trump fought to overturn election (apnews.com)
Trump was no longer listening to his White House counsel, the elite team of attorneys who take an oath to serve the office of the president. But by all accounts, he hadn’t been listening to them for some time.
Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend's cars, tells police it was a prank (yle.fi)
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Niger military deploys reinforcements to capital after ignoring deadline to cede power (www.cnn.com)
Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential invasion, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running the country refused to abide by an influential regional bloc’s deadline to cede power
Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports (apnews.com)
Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain to the world, and India restricted some of its rice exports, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
Body seen along floating barrier Texas installed in the Rio Grande, Mexico says (apnews.com)
