Trump Floats the Idea of Executing Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley (www.theatlantic.com)
Court rejects Utah’s request to block EPA smog rule (thehill.com)
A federal appeals court on Monday sided with the Biden administration against the state of Utah in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “good neighbor” rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines....
‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier. (Paywall) (www.nytimes.com)
A Times analysis shows that increasingly complex oil and gas wells now require astonishing volumes of water to fracture the bedrock and release fossil fuels, threatening America’s fragile aquifers....
Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack (apnews.com)
Genuinely curious and ignorant about restitution from inmates who spend the read of their lives in prison....
Free at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order (www.seattletimes.com)
Starting Monday, [people in the US] can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests to be delivered straight to their homes....
Scientists want to rename the Hitler beetle — but not for the reason you think (Paywall) (www.washingtonpost.com)
The A. hitleri beetle has been collected to near-extinction by neo-Nazis, sparking a fierce debate among taxonomists over whether to change offensive species names....
Queen's Brian May helped NASA return its first asteroid sample | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Jim's West Steaks: Philadelphia cheesesteak shop hires armed agents to protect customers outside. (6abc.com)
Black plaintiffs file lawsuits for wrongful arrests or jailing due to facial recognition technology (www.nbcnews.com)
Randal Quran Reid is among at least five Black plaintiffs who say they were misidentified by facial recognition technology and then wrongly arrested....
More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5 (apnews.com)
It’s a Monday in September, but with schools closed, the three children in the Pruente household have nowhere to be. Callahan, 13, contorts herself into a backbend as 7-year-old Hudson fiddles with a balloon and 10-year-old Keegan plays the piano....
Biden administration allocates more than $1 billion to support railway safety, boost capacity (www.pbs.org)
The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects that improve railway safety and boost capacity, with much of the money coming from the 2021 infrastructure law....
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth (www.japantimes.co.jp)
A team of scientists led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup has been working on a drug to stimulate the growth of new teeth in what would be a world-first, aiming to put it on the market by around 2030....
First Abrams Tanks Arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky Says (www.nytimes.com)
Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss (apple.news)
Russian Black Sea Fleet commander killed in strike, Ukraine says (www.nbcnews.com)
Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss (finance.yahoo.com)
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Ride passengers rescued after dangling upside down, 75 feet up, for half an hour (www.npr.org)
The oscillating Lumberjack ride at Canada's Wonderland theme park stopped suddenly, in mid-air, on Sunday. Videos posted to social media captured the sounds of passengers crying for help.
Mapped: The Sun Belt's summer for the record books (www.axios.com)
Large swaths of the Sun Belt were hit by their hottest meteorological summer — June through August — on record.
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" (www.cbsnews.com)
Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark’s Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work. Lego said it has “decided not to progress” with making its trademark...
RNC's livestreaming partner for the GOP debate is a haven for disinformation and extremism (apnews.com)
The second Republican presidential debate will be broadcast Wednesday on Fox Business Network and Univision, but the exclusive online livestream will take place on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing— and at times promoting — far-right extremism, bigotry, election...
Uttar Pradesh Horror: Man Rapes Stepdaughter, Video Records Act in Firozabad; Arrested (www.latestly.com)
Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios and Streamers (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Met Police chief calls for more legal protections as army on standby to replace firearms officers (news.sky.com)
"I have spoken publicly in recent weeks about the need to let the police police....
Passengers left upside down as ride malfunctions in Canada (www.bbc.com)
The park's maintenance team brought the passengers safely to the ground after 30 minutes.