Life on Mars? - Oops...! (bigthink.com)
We may have accidentally killed the only life form we have found on Mars.
The Startling Age Of A Suspect in Racially Motivated (non fatal) Drowning (www.theroot.com)
Note: added (non fatal) to the title to make it clear that the victim lived, which is ambigious in the original title....
Proud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Capitol attack ties Jan. 6 sentence record with 18 years (apnews.com)
A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the longest sentence in the attack....
Uvalde mayor calls on district attorney to resign, accusing her of a 'cover-up' in the Robb Elementary shooting investigation (www.cnn.com)
The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, is calling on District Attorney Christina Mitchell to resign and filed a lawsuit accusing her of repeatedly blocking the city’s investigation into last year’s shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead....
Federal judge blocks Blount Co. District Attorney from enforcing Tennessee's anti-drag law at Blount Pride festival (www.wbir.com)
The ACLU sued on behalf of drag performer Flamy Grant and Blount Pride after District Attorney General Ryan Desmond warned them of possible prosecution in a letter.
Texas highways are the next anti-abortion target. One town is resisting. (www.texastribune.org)
Even in conservative corners of Texas, efforts to crack down on abortion travel are meeting resistance with some local officials who support Texas’s strict abortion laws, expressing concern that the efforts go too far....
Narcan — the opioid overdose medication — will finally be available over the counter (www.vox.com)
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
A Putin Critic Fell to His Death in Washington. We Still Don’t Know Why. (www.politico.com)
Police don’t suspect foul play killed Dan Rapoport. Some friends aren’t so sure.
Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police (www.cnn.com)
Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police....
Court Tosses Arkansas Age Verification Law For Violating The 1st Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
Just after a judge granted an injunction against Texas’ adult content age verification law on 1st Amendment grounds, a judge in Arkansas did the same to that state’s social media age verification law. Trade organization NetChoice had challenged the law, and the court basically gave them a complete and total victory....
A Beautiful Newfound Fungus Mummifies Its Spider Prey (www.scientificamerican.com)
A striking purple species is one piece of the fungal kingdom’s uncharted diversity...
Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office (www.npr.org)
Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.
Police stop Nebraska man for bucking the law with a bull riding shotgun in his car (abcnews.go.com)
A car driving with a bull in it was pulled over by police in northeast Nebraska’s biggest city....
Biden wants an extra $4 billion for disaster relief, bringing the total request to $16 billion (apnews.com)
The White House will seek an additional $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request, bringing the total to $16 billion — a sign that wildfires, flooding and hurricanes that have intensified during a period of climate change are imposing ever higher costs on U.S. taxpayers....
Texas law aims to punish prosecutors who refuse to pursue abortion cases (www.theguardian.com)
After the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year, district attorneys from major counties in Texas vowed not to vigorously prosecute people under the state’s anti-abortion laws....
It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests (www.cnn.com)
Rates of severe disease may be staying at relatively low levels, but experts agree that there are probably more infections than the current surveillance systems can capture....
Nursing Homes Must Boost Staffing Under First-Ever National Standards (www.wsj.com)
Nursing homes will have to maintain minimum staffing levels under a Biden administration proposal despite furious lobbying from the industry, which says it will be too onerous amid a continuing labor shortage....
After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers (apnews.com)
Pennsylvania plans to end on Dec. 31 its longstanding contract with the nonprofit Real Alternatives, the first organization in the nation to secure significant state and federal subsidies to support anti-abortion counseling centers. Under the program, Real Alternatives distributed the state and federal funds to dozens of...
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....
Employers added 187,000 jobs in August, unemployment jumps to 3.8% (www.cbsnews.com)
The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August, roughly in line with analysts’ expectations. The unemployment rate jumped sharply to 3.8 %, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday....
This Texas town has about 250 people. It has 50 sworn police officers. (www.khou.com)
KHOU 11 Investigates discovered more than half of the cops in the Coffee City Police Department had been suspended, demoted or fired from their previous jobs....
Biden doesn’t plan to meet Chinese counterpart Xi at G20 (www.nbcnews.com)
President Joe Biden does not plan to formally meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in India, two administration officials told NBC News on Thursday, dashing hopes of a face-to-face encounter that could help to ease Sino-U.S. tensions....
Attorney alleges client brutally beaten in Baton Rouge Police Department ‘torture warehouse’ (www.wafb.com)
Russia moon probe crash likely left 33-foot-wide crater on the lunar surface, NASA images show (www.cbsnews.com)
Russia’s Luna-25 probe likely left a 33-foot-wide crater on the surface of the moon last month when it lost control and crashed down, NASA said Thursday, revealing images that show the suspected impact site....
Texas Supreme Court allows ban on gender-affirming care for most minors to take effect Friday (www.cnn.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed efforts to temporarily block the state’s near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors, clearing the way for the measure to take effect Friday....
