UPS is laying off more employees amid effort to boost profitability (www.timesfreepress.com)
Sandy Springs-based UPS is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks....
Ohio’s GOP Governor Dismisses ‘Crazy’ MAGA Cat Conspiracy Theory Promoted by Trump: ‘No Truth, No Evidence’ (www.mediaite.com)
US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents (apnews.com)
Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loaded money onto her daughter’s school lunch account....
Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is set to pursue contempt charges against Steward CEO (apnews.com)
Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena....
Wikipedia is facing an existential crisis. Can gen Z save it? (www.theguardian.com)
The world’s most important knowledge platform needs young editors to rescue it from chatbots – and its own tired practices...
My dead father is “writing” me notes again (arstechnica.com)
“My dead father is “writing” me notes again A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father’s handwriting—and I want anyone to use it.” - by Benj Edwards - Sep 12, 2024 5:00am CST...
Donald Trump a de facto Russian asset, FBI official he fired suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Andrew McCabe says Trump-Putin interactions ‘raise questions’, as Harris says Putin would eat Trump ‘for lunch’...
Harvey Weinstein indicted on new charges by New York grand jury (www.cnbc.com)
Bomb threat in Springfield spurs fear and closures after false anti-migrant claims (www.nbcnews.com)
The Ohio town at the center of a culture war over debunked claims about Haitian migrants was forced to close its City Hall on Thursday after receiving a bomb threat, the city announced on its website and social media channels....
Turkey's Erdogan says Russia must return Crimea to Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
Republican AG Alberto Gonzales backs Harris, warns against Trump (thehill.com)
SpaceX performs historic first spacewalk with Polaris Dawn crew (www.cnbc.com)
SpaceX pulled off its first private spacewalk....
Nate Silver reveals who he'll vote for in the US election (www.newsweek.com)
I am not very interested who Nate Silver will vote for; I am not very enthusiastic about Newsweek’s choice of title. I think that’s probably by far the least-worthwhile piece of information in the article....
St. Petersburg Uhurus guilty of conspiracy, not guilty of acting as Russian agents [Dan Sullivan | SEP 12 2024 | tampabay.com] (www.tampabay.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/19710362...
Homeland Security designates next Jan. 6 as a 'National Special Security Event' (abcnews.go.com)
New York City police commissioner to resign after his phone was seized in federal investigation. (www.voanews.com)
The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them (www.propublica.org)
The New York Police Department has tossed out hundreds of civilian complaints about police misconduct this year without looking at the evidence....
Kolkata rape: India doctors defy court order to continue strike (www.bbc.com)
Junior doctors in India’s Kolkata are defying a court order to continue protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the city....
US Postal Service delays threaten to disrupt election voting, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Local election offices reportedly received mailed ballots days after the deadline to be counted ‘in nearly every state’...
EV sales have not fallen, cooled, slowed or slumped. Stop lying in headlines. (electrek.co)
EV sales continue to rise, but the last year of headlines falsely stating otherwise would leave you thinking they haven’t. After about full year of these lies, it would be nice for journalists to stop pushing this false narrative that they could find the truth behind by simply looking up a single number for once....
Democrats Call for Independent US Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Aysenur Eygi (truthout.org)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) are calling on the Biden administration to conduct an independent probe into Israel’s killing of American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, as officials have been relying on Israel’s own flawed investigation into her death....
The Oklahoma Supreme Court denies a request to reconsider Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit dismissal (apnews.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the last two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre....
New york city police commissioner to resign amid federal investigation. (apnews.com)
Rught row, Raggy!
Two private astronauts took a spacewalk Thursday morning—yes, it was historic (arstechnica.com)
Ex-CIA officer who spied for China gets 10 years in prison — and a lifetime of polygraph tests (apnews.com)
A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in exchange for spying for China was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison....
