Harvard University inaugurates Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president (www.cnn.com)
In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university....
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species (www.theguardian.com)
Rising temperatures could be passing tolerance threshold for endangered animals as Lake Tefé reaches 39C (102.2 F)
A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots (apnews.com)
In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistachio trees to ensure they’re not wasting any of the groundwater at the heart of a vicious fight....
Fake GPS signals sent 20 aircraft off course in Iranian airspace - Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Fake GPS signals sent 20 aircraft of …...
Explosion reported in Ankara, Turkey | Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.net)
Explosion reported in Ankara, Turkey Published October 1st, 2023...
61 Medieval Manuscripts digitized and available online (www.medievalists.net)
One of the largest databases of medieval manuscripts has added 61 new items to its collection. They include manuscripts from the Franciscan order as well as fragments dating back to the eighth century.
Netflix Just Sent Out Their Last DVD, And It's An Oscar-Nominated Remake (www.msn.com)
Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2010 remake of True Grit....
Hero schoolgirl, 15, stabbed to death in Croydon 'when she stepped in to protect her friend' (www.lbc.co.uk)
A hero schoolgirl who was stabbed to death while protecting her friend from an ex has been identified as tributes were paid to the “beautiful soul”.
The small pro-labor news site that has the Biden White House’s ear (www.washingtonpost.com)
Evergrande halts share trading as woes mount for China’ property giant (www.theguardian.com)
Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande has suspended share trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange only a month after it resumed trading after a 17-month suspension....
The Biden administration is expected to keep cap on refugees admitted to the US at 125,000 (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is expected to keep the cap on refugees admitted to the country at 125,000 for the next fiscal year, which begins Sunday....
The Sheriff, His Girlfriend and His Illegal Subpoenas (www.nytimes.com)
In 2014, Bryan Bailey, the sheriff of Rankin County, Miss., made what seemed like a series of routine requests of the local district attorney’s office....
How Beijing is using ‘fishing militia’ to assert its claims in the South China Sea (www.scmp.com)
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Bloomberg Lazily Helps Telecom Lobby Seed The Press With Bullshit Claims About Net Neutrality (www.techdirt.com)
With the Biden FCC now having a voting majority, the telecom industry is clearly worried about the agency’s plans to restore popular net neutrality rules stripped away by the Trump administration....
Retired New Rochelle cop accused of stealing $24K from charity he founded in honor of autistic son (www.msn.com)
A retired New Rochelle police detective who also served as the department’s union leader allegedly stole roughly $24,000 from a charity he co-founded for autistic children in honor of his autistic son, according to prosecutors....
"Democracy in Quotes" be careful what you consume
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US restricts imports from three more Chinese companies tied to forced labor (www.reuters.com)
The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies on Tuesday as part of an effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of Uyghur minorities from the U.S. supply chain....
Third person charged for infant’s death from fentanyl in New York City daycare (www.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors say Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, played a key role in selling the drugs that were stored at the childcare facility...
Antarctic winter sea ice hits 'extreme' record low (www.reuters.com)
Researchers warn the shift can have dire consequences for animals like penguins who breed and rear their young on the sea ice, while also hastening global warming by reducing how much sunlight is reflected by white ice back into space....
First Abrams Tanks Arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky Says (www.nytimes.com)
RNC's livestreaming partner for the GOP debate is a haven for disinformation and extremism (apnews.com)
The second Republican presidential debate will be broadcast Wednesday on Fox Business Network and Univision, but the exclusive online livestream will take place on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing— and at times promoting — far-right extremism, bigotry, election...
Canadian autoworkers approve labor deal with Ford | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice (apnews.com)
The landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows Saturday with a theme of racial justice, filling the space that had once held four windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson....
A climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denial (www.vox.com)
Delay, deflect, downplay, and other ways fossil fuel companies block climate action.
U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Navy is carrying out the biggest overhaul of its top-secret undersea surveillance network since the 1950s as China’s naval power surges and new technologies are fast reshaping maritime warfare. Beijing has similar plans of its own....
