‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat (www.theguardian.com)
The carbon emissions driving the climate crisis and rapid arrival of an El Niño event are to blame, researchers say...
Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide (arstechnica.com)
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging that the online retailer was illegally maintaining a monopoly. Much of the FTC’s complaint against Amazon was redacted, but The Wall Street Journal yesterday revealed key details obscured in the complaint regarding a secret algorithm. The FTC alleged that Amazon...
In Illinois, a system meant to protect against elder financial exploitation is failing (www.injusticewatch.org)
Greenland women demand compensation for forced contraception (www.straitstimes.com)
Research Shows Strong Link Between ADHD and Car Crashes in Older Adult Drivers (www.publichealth.columbia.edu)
In a study on the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its association with crash risk among older adult drivers, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that older adult drivers with ADHD are at a significantly elevated crash risk compared with their counterparts...
A Disney World water slide caused a painful 'wedgie' and severe injuries, suit says (www.npr.org)
A woman was hospitalized after a ride down Typhoon Lagoon's tallest water slide left her with severe vaginal lacerations and internal organ damage, according to the lawsuit.
Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup (themarkup.org)
A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time
Missouri high school teacher put on leave after district officials discover her OnlyFans account (www.usatoday.com)
After traffic-stop video goes viral, Newton police sue citizen for defamation (iowacapitaldispatch.com)
Two police officers whose traffic-stop video went viral and sparked a false-arrest lawsuit are claiming defamation and invasion of privacy.
Georgia state Senate to start its own inquiry of troubled Fulton County jail (apnews.com)
A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county, three months after the U.S. Justice Department unveiled its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions....
Australian Aboriginal child separation at ‘devastating rates’: Commissioner (www.aljazeera.com)
UN Indigenous experts are visiting Australia while a new report warns of the risk of a new stolen generation.
Is Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense even trying to win? - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
80% of Gen Z and millennial workers report being stressed out—and three-quarters of them are looking to their employers for help (fortune.com)
Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state's groundwater (apnews.com)
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US syphilis cases are rising, and STD clinics warn they’re struggling to find crucial antibiotic (www.cnn.com)
The preferred antibiotic treatment for syphilis is in short supply across the United States as infections soar, and more than three dozen leading public health groups are urging the White House to intervene....
Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire was ‘built on lies,’ US prosecutor says (www.cnn.com)
In their opening statements to a newly sworn-in jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, lawyers laid out previews of their cases, offering two divergent narratives for the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire....
Texas Man Allegedly Used Abortion Lawsuit To Blackmail Ex-Wife For Sex (www.huffpost.com)
Marcus Silva filed suit in March against three friends of his ex-wife, Brittni Silva, accusing the friends of helping her obtain abortion pills last summer to illegally terminate an unwanted pregnancy in violation of Texas’ harsh anti-abortion laws....
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding (apnews.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for wastewater infrastructure....
‘Trump show is over,’ says New York attorney general as third day of fraud trial ends (www.theguardian.com)
Letitia James calls former president’s appearance at civil trial a ‘political stunt’ and a ‘fundraising stop’...
ADL says it will resume advertising on X following feud with Elon Musk (www.cnn.com)
The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday said it plans to resume advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, following a spat with owner Elon Musk.
11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com)
Eleven antiwar protesters were arrested Wednesday after they occupied the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Capitol Hill to demand the senator support efforts at diplomacy over sending further U.S. aid, such as weapons, to Ukraine....
Journalist Who Won Courage Award for Her Ukraine War Reporting Goes Missing (www.thedailybeast.com)
KYIV—A star journalist who won a prestigious award for her courageous reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has gone missing, The Daily Beast can report....
Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say (abcnews.go.com)
Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them (apnews.com)
Massachusetts shooting claims life of baby delivered after mother was one of several hit by gunfire (apnews.com)
A shooting claimed the life of a baby that was delivered after its mother was one of several people hit by gunfire during a fight Wednesday on a downtown street in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke, authorities said....
