How Covid Affects the Heart (www.nytimes.com)
During the first two years of the pandemic, from March 2020 to March 2022, there were approximately 90,000 more deaths in the United States attributed to cardiovascular disease than were expected for that span of time....
These kids used to get the bill for their own foster care. Now that's changing (www.npr.org)
Residents hole up, schools close as searchers zero in on escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante (apnews.com)
Residents of a suburban Philadelphia community locked themselves in their houses and at least one school district canceled classes as authorities indicated they were closing in on an escaped murderer who has evaded capture in the region for nearly two weeks....
Can natural disasters set off a full-fledged banking crisis? (creditnews.com)
The wildfires in Hawaii this summer, Colorado in 2021, and Oregon in 2020 are bringing home to even die-hard climate change deniers the investment consequences of global warming....
See you later, alligator: New Jersey police capture reptile on the loose for 2 weeks | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The alligator, described as a “non-indigenous reptile” between 3 and 4 feet long, was first spotted in the Ambrose Brook at Victor Crowell Park in Middlesex County on August 23, according to the Middlesex Borough Police Department....
Escaped Pennsylvania killer spotted twice on same day as search zone narrows in on fugitive, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante was spotted twice Friday within the Chester County search area, Pennsylvania state police said, as officials appear to narrow in on the fugitive by reducing the search zone....
Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing more than 1,000 (edition.cnn.com)
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook Morocco’s High Atlas mountain range shortly after 11 p.m. local time on Friday at the relatively shallow depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.4 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, with the epicenter located about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech, a city of some...
Oil Refineries Are Leaking Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Residential Neighborhoods (truthout.org)
The EPA’s benzene monitoring and control program has failed to rein in the worst offenders....
The fight over California community solar: ‘It’s everyone vs. utilities’ (www.canarymedia.com)
Community solar and storage could help power California toward its goals for clean energy, grid reliability, energy equity and affordable housing — but only if regulators don’t allow the state’s biggest utilities to undermine it....
Pencils with teeth: meet the tiny cookiecutter shark that attacked a catamaran off Cairns (www.theguardian.com)
The small sharks that damaged a catamaran off the coast of Cairns have been described as “pencils with teeth” and they have a history of trying to eat inanimate objects, including submarines....
Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum faces misinformation linked to COVID influencers (www.reuters.com)
At a beachfront park in Brisbane’s north, suspended Australian doctor William Bay told a gathering that an upcoming referendum to recognise the country’s first inhabitants and enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution would “open a gateway to unending tyranny and lawlessness”....
California judge halts district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns (apnews.com)
A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school....
NY Times: Murdaugh’s Lawyers Seek New Trial, Saying Clerk Tampered With Jury (archive.ph)
NYTimes.com direct link: nytimes.com/…/alex-murdaugh-clerk-rebecca-hill.ht…
Voice referendum: Lies fuel racism ahead of Australia's Indigenous vote (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mr Mayo is one of the public faces of the Yes campaign in Australia’s historic Voice to Parliament referendum, to be held on 14 October....
Fani Willis shoots down Georgia fake elector’s removal motion (www.rawstory.com)
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Tuesday shot down a fake elector’s argument for removing his case to federal court.Shawn Still, who is among 19 co-defendants along with former President Donald Trump indicted in the Georgia election conspiracy case, has sought to have his case tried in...
Conjugation and Labeling Services market (feddit.uk)
The growing interest of various stakeholders in conjugated and labeled molecules for therapeutic and diagnostic applications had led to a surge in demand for these complex molecules....
How slums in Delhi were flattened before the G20 summit (www.reuters.com)
The demolitions started four months ago. Bulldozers visited Janta Camp on a hot morning in May and video footage of the demolition shows temporary houses made of tin sheets being razed to the ground as people who once called them home stand watching, some of them breaking down in tears.
Father arrested, allegedly allowing his 10-year-old son to drive on L-101 (www.abc15.com)
Gary Wright, singer of the mid-1970s hit ‘Dream Weaver,’ dies at 80 (www.nbcnews.com)
Gary Wright, the musician best known for his hit singles “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has died. He was 80. Wright’s son Dorian confirmed the news to Variety; no cause of death was announced....
Person in connection with dancer's stabbing death at Brooklyn gas station is in custody, police say (apnews.com)
Police have a person in custody in connection with the death of a gay man who was fatally stabbed after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them.
Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south has achieved 'some success against that 2nd line of Russian defenses,' top US official says (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine has broken the first line of Russian defenses in some places and has had "some success" against the second, US official John Kirby said....
Search underway for killer of 12-year-old boy found in dumpster (abcnews.go.com)
An investigation is underway in Philadelphia to identify a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy, whose body was found in a dumpster, according to police....
Rural areas sacrificed for Xi Jinping’s new city, satellite imagery shows (www.washingtonpost.com)
Satellite imagery and firsthand accounts show the damage wrought when Chinese authorities opened floodgates and dams this month, sacrificing whole villages to spare politically important cities....
Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office, seeks to avert EU antitrust fine (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it would unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product and make it easier for competing products to work with its software, but rivals said it may need to do more to stave off a possible EU antitrust fine....