California elementary teacher arrested after allegedly driving to school, teaching class drunk (www.cbsnews.com)
A second-grade teacher in Northern California has been arrested on allegations that she drove to work and was teaching class drunk....
US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport (apnews.com)
Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her luggage....
Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender, 73, Gets 25 Years for Molesting 5-Year-Old Girl at USD Church (timesofsandiego.com)
FBI arrests redheaded cosplayer dubbed 'Conan O'Riot' by Jan. 6 sleuths (www.nbcnews.com)
An alleged Jan. 6 participant who online sleuths dubbed “Conan O’Riot” due to his resemblance to former late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien was arrested by the FBI this week....
How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits (www.propublica.org)
A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines....
Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
John Zitzner, Founder of Breakthrough Charter Schools, Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting (www.clevescene.com)
Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard (apnews.com)
Residents and local officials have long blamed the high number of cancer cases on contamination from a rail yard originally owned by Southern Pacific and later bought by Union Pacific near two historically Black neighborhoods, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens. The wood preservative creosote, which has been associated with an...
Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack (apnews.com)
Genuinely curious and ignorant about restitution from inmates who spend the read of their lives in prison....
More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5 (apnews.com)
It’s a Monday in September, but with schools closed, the three children in the Pruente household have nowhere to be. Callahan, 13, contorts herself into a backbend as 7-year-old Hudson fiddles with a balloon and 10-year-old Keegan plays the piano....
A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical panel finds torture left him psychotic (apnews.com)
Brett Eagleson, whose father, Bruce Eagleson, was killed when one of the hijacked planes destroyed the south tower of the World Trade Center, called the events that forced the sidelining of al-Shibh’s prosecution “another example of the lack of justice that the 9/11 community has received at the hands of our own...
Hollywood studios, writers near agreement to end strike, hope to finalize deal Thursday, sources say (www.cnbc.com)
Woman names newborn son ‘Methamphetamine Rules,’ prompting government response (nypost.com)
Georgia teacher who read book about gender identity appeals firing (www.axios.com)
The Cobb County teacher who was fired last month after reading a book about gender identity to her students has appealed her termination to the State Board of Education.
The United States marks 22 years since 9/11, from ground zero to Alaska (apnews.com)
Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil....
Burning Man’s Climate Reckoning Has Begun (gizmodo.com)
Convicted killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison was spotted overnight and changed his appearance, police say (www.cnn.com)
Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, was seen overnight Saturday, according to state police, who said the fugitive had “changed his appearance” as the manhunt enters its 11th day....
Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected (apnews.com)
Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order....
Finding a vacation rental in New York City just got harder (www.cnn.com)
Travelers looking to rent an apartment for a few days in New York City will find slimmer pickings now that city officials have started enforcing new rules cracking down on short-term rentals on sites like Airbnb.
More than 60 Atlanta training center activists named in RICO Indictment (www.ajc.com)
More than five dozen activists were indicted on RICO charges last week over the ongoing efforts to halt construction of the city of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center in DeKalb County.
Texas state police won’t punish more officers over Uvalde (apnews.com)
Texas state police will not discipline any more of its officers over the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead as heavily armed agents hesitated to confront the lone gunman, a spokesperson confirmed Friday....
Breeding breakthrough paves way for controversial tuna farming on land (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish research centre achieves first tank-bred Atlantic bluefin as NGOs warn of poor welfare, more antibiotic use and water pollution...
Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave (apnews.com)
A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells Sunday in what one former inmate there called an act of “self-preservation” amid dangerously high temperatures in the region....
Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76 (www.nbcnews.com)
Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter who drew millions of fans with his folksy tales of living and loving on tropical sandy beaches, frozen concoction in hand, died Friday night. He was 76....
Microplastics could reach every organ including the brain, study finds (www.euronews.com)
New research of the impact of microplastics on mice suggests that these small particles could induce behavioural changes....
