Boston.com: Man tried to travel the Atlantic in a hamster wheel, U.S. says. Again. (www.boston.com)
11-year-old boy to stand trial for mother's murder, motive suspected to be VR headset (abcnews.go.com)
An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of murdering his mother has been ordered to stand trial....
A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned (apnews.com)
A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game back....
The lawsuits seeking to keep drag queens legal, explained (www.vox.com)
Republicans are losing their fight to ban drag — at least for now.
How the number of abortions in each state has changed — in the places it was legal this year (www.nbcnews.com)
New research indicates that the number of abortions increased in the first half of 2023 in most states where they were legal this year....
The Iraqi YouTube star killed by her father (www.bbc.com)
Young, vibrant and bubbly, YouTuber Tiba al-Ali became a hit with her fun-loving videos about her life....
New York state providing COVID tests, masks to schools (thehill.com)
New York state will provide COVID-19 tests and masks in school districts amid a recent spike in cases over the summer, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced Tuesday....
Surge in ‘abortion travelers’ to Mass. post-Dobbs (news.harvard.edu)
A new study confirms a rise in travelers from states as far away as Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia visiting Massachusetts to seek abortion care since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022....
Tennis ball wasteland? Game grapples with a fuzzy yellow recycling problem (apnews.com)
Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don’t think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at U.S. Open matches make their frequent requests for “new balls please.”...
Chinese hack of Microsoft engineer led to breach of US officials’ emails, company says (www.cnn.com)
The Chinese hackers who breached senior US officials’ emails in May and June were able to do so by first stealing sensitive data from a Microsoft engineer, the company revealed Wednesday....
‘Complete’ models of human embryos created from stem cells in lab (www.theguardian.com)
Tiny structures are not identical to human embryos, but could have various uses in medical research...
Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates (apnews.com)
With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency....
Pencils with teeth: meet the tiny cookiecutter shark that attacked a catamaran off Cairns (www.theguardian.com)
The small sharks that damaged a catamaran off the coast of Cairns have been described as “pencils with teeth” and they have a history of trying to eat inanimate objects, including submarines....
Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum faces misinformation linked to COVID influencers (www.reuters.com)
At a beachfront park in Brisbane’s north, suspended Australian doctor William Bay told a gathering that an upcoming referendum to recognise the country’s first inhabitants and enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution would “open a gateway to unending tyranny and lawlessness”....
Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’ (www.theguardian.com)
Environmental and community groups have sued Utah officials over failures to save its iconic Great Salt Lake from irreversible collapse....
Schools dismiss early, teach online as blast of heat hits northeastern US (apnews.com)
A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year....
Trump bid to delay $250 million New York fraud trial is 'completely without merit,' judge says (www.cnbc.com)
A New York judge rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay his civil fraud trial....
UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says (www.cnbc.com)
Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsel’s office in the federal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, Taveras’ former defense attorney said in a new court filing.
More wild Atlantic salmon found in U.S. rivers than any time in the past decade, officials say (apnews.com)
The last wild Atlantic salmon that return to U.S. rivers have had their most productive year in more than a decade, raising hopes they may be weathering myriad ecological threats....
A judge orders Texas to move a floating barrier used to deter migrants to the bank of the Rio Grande (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the bank of the Rio Grande after protests from the the U.S. and Mexican governments over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest tactic to stop migrants from crossing America’s southern border....
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide (abcnews.go.com)
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state....
A Huge Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. And No One Is Sure Why. (www.nytimes.com)
For decades, runaway Medicare spending was the story of the federal budget....
Revealed: undercover UK police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship (www.theguardian.com)
An undercover police officer used his fake identity to deceive a woman into a 19-year relationship in which they became partners and had a child together, the Guardian can reveal....