‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates (www.theguardian.com)
Trump and Harris agree to debate on ABC on September 10, network says (amp.cnn.com)
Officers Texted Each Other About Trump Shooter but Didn’t Approach Him (www.thedailybeast.com)
Migrants say border agents continue to throw away their belongings like medicine (www.independent.co.uk)
GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’ (atlantadailyworld.com)
cross-posted from: yall.theatl.social/post/3116914...
White Dad Apologized to the Black Superintendent He Pushed On Stage, But It Didn't Go As He Expected (www.theroot.com)
“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective....
Majority of Black Americans believe U.S. institutions are conspiring against them, poll finds (www.nbcnews.com)
A 3-year-old girl died during an ‘exorcism.’ A judge has now ruled her family can stand trial (www.independent.co.uk)
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy, restaurants will stay open (www.nbcnews.com)
‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates (apnews.com)
The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia....
First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people. (www.motherjones.com)
Eric Trump Tweets From Dad’s Trial Despite Electronics Ban (www.thedailybeast.com)
Majority of Americans over 50 worry they won't have enough money for retirement: Study (www.usatoday.com)
Among AARP survey findings: 61% of Americans 50 and up are worried they won’t have enough money for retirement. And only 21 percent of people have a retirement plan....
Republican Congresswoman Greene launches effort to oust Johnson following passage of Ukraine aid (kyivindependent.com)
Any allegations that Greene is transparently working as a Russian agent are entirely unsubstantiated.
4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say (apnews.com)
Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites (themarkup.org)
Tennessee passes 'chemtrail' bill banning airborne chemicals (www.bbc.com)
S&P 500 is 'bizarrely overvalued' and could crash 49% as recession sets in, elite strategist says (markets.businessinsider.com)
Nearly half of young adults have 'money dysmorphia,' survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
The economy is fine! We just have… money dysmorphia. /s...
Investigators say they confirmed pilots' account of a rudder-control failure on a Boeing Max jet (apnews.com)
United Airlines pilots said pedals that control rudder movement on the plane were stuck as they tried to keep the plane in the center of the runway during the Feb. 6 landing....
US to set up temporary port on Gaza coast for aid delivery (www.bbc.com)
U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (www.cbsnews.com)
“Three U.S. C-130 cargo planes dropped 66 total bundles, equating to about 38,000 pork-free meals, into the territory on Saturday morning. The bundles were split between three planes, the official said.”...
US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes (www.theregister.com)
The US Department of Defense has deployed machine learning algorithms to identify targets in over 85 air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria this year....
You aren’t imagining things — drivers are more distracted by their phones than ever (www.vox.com)
During the pandemic, distracted driving increased, and it hasn’t gone down since....
'YOLO spenders' have created a 'super-duper' credit bubble in the US economy, top economist David Rosenberg says (www.businessinsider.com)
