US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths (www.theverge.com)
Future Motion, the maker of the Onewheel electric skateboard, is recalling every one of them, including 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing vehicles in the US. Alongside the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company now seeks to remedy the products after four known death cases — three without a helmet — between...
Brain-eating cannibal back in public life after 10 years (www.the-express.com)
A man who killed and ate a man has been released back into public life after ten years....
61 Medieval Manuscripts digitized and available online (www.medievalists.net)
One of the largest databases of medieval manuscripts has added 61 new items to its collection. They include manuscripts from the Franciscan order as well as fragments dating back to the eighth century.
On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate....
India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine (apnews.com)
BY SIBI ARASU Updated 7:11 AM BST, October 1, 2023...
United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants join the picket line (apnews.com)
Fmr. journalist sentenced for child sexual abuse material | ARLnow.com (www.arlnow.com)
Robert Fico wins Slovakia election with anti-Ukraine stance | Financial Times (www.ft.com)
Robert Fico wins Slovakia election with anti-Ukraine stance Former prime minister set to try to form coalition that could undermine EU support for Kyiv...
Netflix Just Sent Out Their Last DVD, And It's An Oscar-Nominated Remake (www.msn.com)
Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2010 remake of True Grit....
Elon Musk attacked German support for migrants and promoted a call to support a far-right extremist political party (www.businessinsider.com)
Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury (www.wusa9.com)
LEESBURG, Va. — After two days of testimony, the man who shot a 21-year-old YouTuber inside Dulles Town Center on video in April has been found not guilty on two charges of malicious wounding....
White House estimates 3.5M federal workers will go without pay in government shutdown (abcnews.go.com)
The White House estimates that 3.5 million federal workers will have to go without pay if the government shuts down. Roughly 2 million of them will be military....
Google adds a switch for publishers to opt out of becoming AI training data (www.theverge.com)
Google just announced it’s giving website publishers a way to opt out of having their data used to train the company’s AI models while remaining accessible through Google Search....
Federal judge won't block Medicare from negotiating drug prices (www.cnn.com)
A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration’s implementation of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program....
Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site (apnews.com)
A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary....
Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment (apnews.com)
As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. But exactly what and how much change is anyone’s guess....
Texas couple arrested for jaguar cub deal in first case charged under Big Cat Public Safety Act (www.cbsnews.com)
A couple in Texas has been arrested after allegedly selling a margay cub and attempting to sell a jaguar cub in the first case charged under the Big Cat Public Safety Act, federal prosecutors said Wednesday....
The Trump administration touted him as a victim of MeToo. Now he’s accused of dismembering a girlfriend (www.sfchronicle.com)
The gruesome discovery spoke to a ghastly crime....
Disney+ to Crack Down on Password Sharing in Canada (consequence.net)
After Netflix unrolled a similar program Disney+ has announced plans to crack down on password sharing for users located in Canada.
Texas firm settles US charges it fraudulently took Madoff victims' money (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Department of Justice said Fulcrum Capital Partners violated the federal False Claims Act between October 2016 and October 2022 by causing the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) to make inflated payouts to victims, which they then turned over to Fulcrum, a “non-victim” of Madoff’s fraud....
With Shutdown Looming, Biden Calls Out Speaker McCarthy for a “Terrible Bargain” With MAGA Republicans (www.propublica.org)
President Joe Biden said in an interview on Friday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had made a “terrible bargain” and that “in order to keep the speakership, he’s willing to do things that he, I think, he knows are inconsistent with the constitutional processes.”...
Fresno becomes second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination (www.nbcnews.com)
Fresno, California, has become the second city in the U.S. to ban caste discrimination, after the City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to incorporate two new protected categories into its municipal code....
Navy Will Start Testing SEALs for Illicit Drug Use (www.nytimes.com)
For generations, the Navy SEALs have attracted top athletes who compete for slots on elite teams and take on harrowing missions, but never in all those years did the Navy regularly test the force for illicit steroids and other drugs that could boost performance. Now that is about to change....
UAW targets more Ford and GM plants as union expands autoworker strike (www.cbsnews.com)
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Friday announced additional work stoppages as the union continues its historic strike against the Big Three carmakers, expanding the walkouts to a General Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan, and a Ford plant in Chicago....
