Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running (www.theverge.com)
A new kind of geothermal plant will feed the power grid that serves two Google data centers in Nevada
Catholic priest could be demoted after US pop star filmed provocative music video in church (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Jimmy Carter, currently in hospice, plans to attend late wife Rosalynn Carter's memorial (abcnews.go.com)
The former first lady died last week at the age of 96.
Cyberattack on US hospital owner diverts ambulances from emergency rooms in multiple states (www.cnn.com)
High-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exception (www.msn.com)
Health experts decry New Zealand’s reversal on world-first tobacco ban (www.nbcnews.com)
The country’s new center-right coalition is repealing a ban on the sale of tobacco to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2009, which critics say will cost lives....
Irish ambassador meets Israeli official over Varadkar comments (www.bbc.com)
US tells Israel any ground campaign in southern Gaza must limit further civilian displacement (apnews.com)
New research supports potential link between low-level lead exposure and liver injury (www.statnews.com)
Nearly a decade on, the Flint water crisis still looms large in the minds of environmental toxin researchers. It was — and continues to be — evidence that not all communities in the United States are equally affected by environmental pollutants....
A Horrifying Thing Happens to Your Fingernails After a Walk in Space (www.sciencealert.com)
Let’s face it, going to space is havoc on the human body. We evolved in an Earth environment, over hundreds of millions of years; so take away the Earth environment and things start going a little awry.
Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murder, will be sentenced for stealing from 18 clients (apnews.com)
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them....
1 student killed, 1 hospitalized in stabbing at North Carolina high school (apnews.com)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A stabbing at a North Carolina high school on Monday left one student dead and another hospitalized, officials said.
Trump tells appeals court that threats to judge and clerk in NY civil fraud trial do not justify gag order (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself....
Grieving B.C. parents warn of 'predators' after sextortion suicide of son, aged 12 (www.cp24.com)
https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=njL4HaoY8lW
Niger coup leaders repeal law against migrant smuggling (www.bbc.com)
New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes (apnews.com)
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Spain ready to sign post-Brexit Gibraltar deal, says foreign minister (www.theguardian.com)
Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails (apnews.com)
China’s new stealth aircraft can find and kill the B-21 ‘Raider’ with hypersonic missiles, computer simulation suggests (www.scmp.com)
The new US stealth bomber may be taken by surprise by ultra-fast missiles coming from near space with the unpredictable ‘Qian Xuesen trajectory’...
Five women got eye syphilis from the same man—raising questions (arstechnica.com)
Diplomas for sale: Inside Louisiana's nonpublic schools (apnews.com)
Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children....
‘It’s alarming’: diary of killed Cop City activist to play role in Georgia lawsuit (www.theguardian.com)
Thai groom goes on gun rampage at own wedding killing four including bride (www.independent.co.uk)
Shein files for U.S. IPO as fast-fashion giant looks to expand its global reach (www.cnbc.com)
Shein has confidentially filed to go public and is moving forward with its long-rumored IPO....
