Portuguese PM quits over lithium, hydrogen corruption probe (www.reuters.com)
Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights (apnews.com)
U.S. Investigating Whether Adams Received Illegal Donations From Turkey (www.nytimes.com)
Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times....
‘Billionaire club’: the tiny island of Barbuda braces for decision on land rights and nature (www.theguardian.com)
US crude output reaches monthly record in August at 13.05 million bpd -EIA (www.reuters.com)
Humanity Just Witnessed Its First Space Battle (gizmodo.com)
Minister robbed and bodyguards’ guns stolen in South Africa (www.theguardian.com)
Nurse Who Volunteered in Gaza Shares What She Experienced (nurse.org)
Biden announces $1.3 billion to build new power lines, upgrade aging electric grid (www.cnbc.com)
President Joe Biden announced Monday a $1.3 billion federal investment to build three new interstate power lines in an effort to upgrade the United States’ outdated electric grid and transition it to clean energy....
Portugal's prime minister resigns over a corruption investigation (www.npr.org)
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned Tuesday after his government was involved in a widespread corruption probe, sending a shock wave through the normally tranquil politics of the European Union member.
The Zapatistas have gotten rid of the autonomous municipalities and are undergoing a change in organization (enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx)
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Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters (www.foxbusiness.com)
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
Biden tells Bibi 3-day fighting pause could help secure release of some hostages (www.axios.com)
Anger over French live streamers laughing at killing in Gaza | Al Jazeera Newsfeed (www.youtube.com)
Moms for Liberty members call the cops on Florida librarians (popular.info)
Two members of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group, have reported several Florida school librarians to law enforcement. They claimed they had evidence that librarians were distributing "pornography" to minors and requested that law enforcement officers be dispatched. This represents a serious escalation of the tactics...
Five women sue KCK for allegedly allowing cops to rape and terrorize Black residents (www.kansascity.com)
Women who allege they were raped or sexually harassed by indicted former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski filed a lawsuit Friday against him, former police chiefs, Wyandotte County and others.
Gen Z, millennials have a much harder time ‘adulting’ than their parents did, CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
The arrested Putin's superyacht has been launched in Italy (newsinfrance.com)
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With 10 days to go, House Republicans remain undecided on best strategy to avert shutdown (www.cnn.com)
House Republicans have yet to coalesce around their own plan to avert a government shutdown with just 10 days until the deadline, raising the stakes for a new speaker who will have to contend with the internal dynamics of his conference and a Democratically-controlled Senate and White House....
Supreme Court leans toward upholding law that bars those accused of domestic violence from having firearms (www.nbcnews.com)
The case will test how far the court’s conservative majority is willing to go in interpreting the scope of its 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights outside the home....
Man with rifle arrested near Senate office buildings (www.nbcnews.com)
Americans’ debt levels — and delinquencies — are on the rise, credit card balances reach a $1.08 trillion record (www.cnn.com)
USA Today hires a Taylor Swift reporter. Who is he? (www.nbcnews.com)
What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics (apnews.com)
Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’ (news.un.org)
A month since Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in Israel, taking over 240 hostage, and as the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues which has led to thousands of civilian deaths, UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal for access to the enclave.
