Climate change raising risks of financial disaster for home owners, insurers and bankers (thehill.com)
The rising weather-related risks from climate change, from coastal hurricanes to western wildfires, are increasing pinching insurance companies, which are raising rates and pulling back from parts …
Amazon CEO says 'it’s probably not going to work out' for employees who defy return-to-office policy (apnews.com)
Canada study debunks stereotypes of homeless people’s spending habits (www.theguardian.com)
The widely held stereotype that people experiencing homelessness would be more likely to spend extra cash on drugs, alcohol and “temptation goods” has been upended by a study that found a majority used a $7,500 payment mostly on rent, food, housing, transit and clothes....
Millions of workers earning less than $55,000 could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.cbsnews.com)
The proposed rule would lift the salary threshold for overtime pay from $35,568 to $55,000.
Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two election workers in Georgia, a U.S. judge in Washington said on Wednesday....
Wednesday briefing: How ‘anti-woke’ tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy shook up the Republican race (www.theguardian.com)
In today’s newsletter: the 38-year-old entrepreneur has emerged as the most potent threat to Donald Trump in the GOP’s bid for the White House. But what does he stand for?...
Flora, fauna and … funga: UN backs new term for conservation talks (www.theguardian.com)
Secretariat on biodiversity says fungi should be recognised and protected on equal footing with plants and animals...
Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose (www.reuters.com)
The statement was the Kremlin's first explicit acknowledgement that he may have been assassinated....
Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules (www.reuters.com)
Russia sees biggest drone assault on its own territory since invading Ukraine, as Kyiv strikes back through the skies | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Russia has seen the biggest drone assault on its territory since it launched its war on Ukraine while Moscow killed two men in a near-simultaneous bombardment on Kyiv, as the aerial intensity of the conflict ratcheted up....
He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice (www.theguardian.com)
(Including the initial portion of the article. It gets very graphic after this portion.)...
Hollywood strikes to cost US economy $5 billion-plus amid lost wages, film delays (finance.yahoo.com)
Hurricane Idalia pummels Florida with record-breaking storm surge and catastrophic flooding. And more dangers loom | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Hurricane Idalia is now thrashing much of northern Florida and south Georgia, whipping winds up to 90 mph, dumping heavy rain and hurling seawater into flooded cities as its impacts a 250-mile swath of the Southeast....
Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change (apnews.com)
On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change....
Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit (apnews.com)
The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity....
A B.C. study gave 50 homeless people $7,500 each. Here's what they spent it on. (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Zhao says having data on how people who did get the money actually spent it is something she thinks will help counteract stereotypes, increase empathy and potentially get skeptics and the public on board with the idea of providing cash transfers....
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack (apnews.com)
Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio is set to be sentenced on Wednesday for a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election, capping one of the most significant prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol....
Lawsuit accuses University of Minnesota of not doing enough to prevent data breach (apnews.com)
A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach....
Category 4 Hurricane Idalia projected to hit Florida with 'catastrophic' storm surge (apnews.com)
Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall....
A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raid (apnews.com)
Kansas authorities must destroy all electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month, a judge ordered Tuesday, nearly two weeks after computers and cellphones seized in the search were returned....
A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site (apnews.com)
The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite....
Ex-Proud Boys leaders face sentencing for Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol (www.reuters.com)
Prosecutors are asking U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly to sentence Enrique Tarrio, the group’s former chairman, to 33 years in prison and to sentence his co-defendant Ethan Nordean, another former leader, to 27 years....
UK Researchers Unveil Breakthrough in Stroke Risk Reduction (www.theushealthcare.com)
Biden administration adds insulin to drug price negotiation list in major blow to big pharma (theintercept.com)
“This was an unexpected victory in a long fight against an illegal cartel of three corporations who have raised their insulin prices in lockstep.”...
