MrBeast sues fast food company over 'revolting' burger (www.bbc.com)
MrBeast is the most popular YouTuber in the world, with more than 172 million subscribers.
Same methods 'used on the plantation': Black task force member scorches Florida slavery guidelines (www.rawstory.com)
Three members of Florida’s original task force on African American education are outraged over having been “purposefully kept in the dark” about the state’s new academic guidelines ascribing “benefits” to slavery, the Daily Beast reported. The guidelines, approved July 19 by the Florida Board of Edu...
Houston school district to turn libraries into disciplinary centers (www.theguardian.com)
Critics condemn superintendent Mike Miles’s ‘new education system’ that removes students’ access to books
UFOs Are a Common Sight, Former Military Official Tells Congress (Non Paywall in comments) (www.wsj.com)
White House says it does not back Ukraine attacks inside Russia (www.reuters.com)
Twitter to ditch bird logo, Musk says (www.politico.eu)
Justice Dept. assessing Texas razor wire at border that Mexico blasts as ‘inhumane’ (www.dallasnews.com)
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the reported treatment of migrants by Texas officials at the U.S.-Mexico border extreme and barbaric.
Elon Musk says he knows the age of the universe. Disputes existence of dark matter as "sketch" (news.yahoo.com)
Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali (www.bbc.com)
Some of the emails reportedly contained sensitive information such as passwords, medical records and the itineraries of top officers.
Ford cuts prices on its electric F-150 Lightning pickups by as much as $10,000 (www.cnbc.com)
The cheapest version of the Lightning will now start at about $50,000, a roughly $10,000 cut.
What the Freakout Over Trans Women Breastfeeding Is Really About (slate.com)
More research, and perhaps general monitoring of the outcomes, for both trans and cis women who breastfeed kids using the Newman-Goldfarb protocol seems desirable. (Trans women are demonized for choosing to mother in ways that include potential risks; cis women are often expected to perform certain actions and roles, any...
Sheriff says baby dies after teen mom put fentanyl in bottle (www.cnn.com)
Russia temporarily restricts access to the global network to test its 'sovereign Internet' (news.yahoo.com)
Texas woman traumatized after being forced to carry an unviable pregnancy to term (www.npr.org)
Free Covid Tests Are Back | Here’s how to get them, plus when to take a test. [United States] (www.nytimes.com)
Every household in the United States will be able to order four tests from Covidtests.gov between now and the end of the year. People can also get tests by calling 1-800-232-0233.
A snowmobiler who crashed into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is awarded $3 million (apnews.com)
The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages....
Swiss police make arrests over suspected death in ‘suicide capsule’ (www.theguardian.com)
Criminal case opened after Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas at the touch of a button – used in Merishausen...
California accuses ExxonMobil of lying about plastics being recyclable (www.washingtonpost.com)
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December (apnews.com)
Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election....
Hezbollah hits back with more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area of Israel (apnews.com)
Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Kassem said Sunday that his group is now in an open-ended battle with Israel and he threatened more displacement for people in Israel’s north.
FTC sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs (www.npr.org)
Black actor who faced abuse over role in Romeo & Juliet calls for industry-wide action (www.theguardian.com)
The actor Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who received a barrage of online racial abuse after being cast in a production of Romeo & Juliet this year, has called for industry-wide action to protect black and brown actors....
White officer who fatally shot Black man shouldn’t have been in his backyard, judge rules in suit (apnews.com)
A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective, ruling that the officer should not have entered the man’s backyard....
Governor nominee vows to keep running after report on racial, sexual comments. (www.voanews.com)
Ohio city’s mayor issues emergency order over false migrant rumors (www.theguardian.com)
Springfield mayor Rob Rue says the order will allow city officials to ‘acquire resources to address potential threats’...
