72-year-old man charged with sexually abusing wheelchair-bound child near Antioch (www.lakemchenryscanner.com)
Astronomy society revises harassment policy after outcry (www.nature.com)
The International Astronomical Union clarified changes to its code of conduct after researchers voiced concern that it protected harassers.
Teacher fatally stabbed in school attack in northern France (www.reuters.com)
A knifeman fatally stabbed a teacher and wounded two other people in an attack at a school in the northern France city of Arras on Friday and the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office.
Federal prison censors ‘Reason’ issue about how federal prison employed serial rapists (reason.com)
The rejection notice from FMC Devens says the issue “is being rejected due to the nature of its content. The magainze [sic] contains an article about Bureau of Prisons staff at FCC Coleman including the names of Correctional Officers and victims. Such material jeopardizes the good order and security of the institution.”...
Gazans Trying to Flee War Have Egypt Weighing Aid and Security - Israeli officials warn that any trucks bringing in supplies could be targeted (www.bloomberg.com)
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Japan’s government to ask court to strip Unification Church of legal status (www.aljazeera.com)
South Korea-based church has come under scrutiny since the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli settler attack: ministry (www.france24.com)
At least four Palestinians were killed Wednesday as armed Israeli settlers attacked a town south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Cheong Hong Yuan: Pepsi Faces Market Impact of Weight Loss Pills
In the grand stage of the financial market, there are often external factors that seem unrelated to the main storyline but can bring unexpected fluctuations to stock prices. Recently, Pepsi, the producer of “fat otaku happy water,” has encountered an unprecedented challenge: weight loss pills. So why would this newcomer,...
Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains (www.theguardian.com)
Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile...
IMF hikes U.S. growth forecast for 2023, leaves global outlook unchanged (www.cnbc.com)
The International Monetary Fund raised its U.S. growth projection for this year by 0.3 percentage points compared with its July update, to 2.1%....
Car rams into Chinese Consulate in San Francisco and police fatally shoot driver (abcnews.go.com)
A car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital, officials said...
Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in trial of 2 police officers charged in Elijah McClain's death (apnews.com)
McClain was stopped while walking home from a convenience store on a summer night, listening to music and wearing a mask that covered most of his face. A 911 caller reported him as suspicious and the police stop quickly became physical with McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist seemingly caught off guard, asking to be left...
Judge upholds most serious charges in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene (apnews.com)
The case had been steeped in uncertainty in recent months after the judge dismissed obstruction charges against two other troopers, leaving three officers still facing charges....
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How a California tribe won their ancestral land back and saved endangered salmon (www.vox.com)
Get ready for water cut in Klang Valley tomorrow (www.thestar.com.my)
Pharmacist shortages and heavy workloads challenge drugstores heading into their busy season (apnews.com)
A dose of patience may come in handy at the pharmacy counter this fall....
The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse (www.wired.com)
Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol....
Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have Few Protections (www.nytimes.com)
Tens of millions of Americans are struggling to cope with soaring temperatures. OSHA is developing new workplace safety standards, but they are not yet complete....
A Texas neighborhood became a target of the right over immigration. Locals are pushing back (apnews.com)
Mario Carranza put a mobile home on a $28,000 lot in Colony Ridge, one of the biggest neighborhoods in Texas, lured by cheap land and the chance for his family to escape the crime he says was rampant around their apartment in nearby Houston....
US syphilis cases are rising, and STD clinics warn they’re struggling to find crucial antibiotic (www.cnn.com)
The preferred antibiotic treatment for syphilis is in short supply across the United States as infections soar, and more than three dozen leading public health groups are urging the White House to intervene....
Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire was ‘built on lies,’ US prosecutor says (www.cnn.com)
In their opening statements to a newly sworn-in jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, lawyers laid out previews of their cases, offering two divergent narratives for the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire....