Microsoft and Activision's $69B Deal: Streaming Rights Go to Ubisoft in Bid for Regulator Approval (www.cnet.com)
The US approves Revolution Wind, its fourth major offshore wind farm (electrek.co)
Biden faces brutal backlash for ‘poor taste’ jokes while visiting Maui wildfires site: ‘Comic relief tour’ (nypost.com)
Second US tropical storm in a week drenches Texas (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump to surrender at Fulton county jail on Thursday night (www.theguardian.com)
With lawsuit dismissed, student loan debt forgiveness begins for 800,000 borrowers (www.usatoday.com)
In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing (apnews.com)
Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures....
An elementary student died and 23 others injured after their Ohio school bus was hit on first day of class (www.cnn.com)
An elementary student was killed and 23 other students were injured – including one with life-threatening injuries – after their school bus was hit by a minivan and overturned on the first day of school....
Pride flag killing suspect appears to have a long history of anti-LGBTQ social posts (www.nbcnews.com)
The 27-year-old man who police say shot and killed a California business owner over a Pride flag draped in her store appears to have had a yearslong history of posting disturbing — and often violent — anti-LGBTQ messages on social media....
See striking moon photos captured by India’s lunar lander during its approach (www.cnn.com)
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is swooping toward the moon’s surface ahead of its historic landing attempt, and it’s capturing some stunning visuals on the way.
Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power (www.pewresearch.org)
When asked about the federal government’s role, 41% of Americans say it should encourage the production of nuclear power....
A Saudi Rolex Sold in a U.S. Mall Could Get Bolsonaro Arrested (www.nytimes.com)
It has been a bad 10 months for Jair Bolsonaro....
We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization’s Collapse (www.thenation.com)
Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?
Maui Water Is Unsafe Even With Filters, One of the Lessons Learned From Fires in California (www.usnews.com)
Maui Water Is Unsafe Even With Filters, One of the Lessons Learned From Fires in California
When a Coke Plant Closed in Pittsburgh, Cardiovascular ER Visits Plunged (insideclimatenews.org)
A recent study highlights the health benefits of particular plants closing and generally reducing exposure to fossil fuels, researchers say.
Wage demands hit record high: Average job seeker wants at least $78k (www.axios.com)
Marion was warned before hiring chief (marionrecord.com)
This is from the paper that got raided in Kansas. This is about the police chief whose department conducted the raid....
Doctors, patients try to shame insurers online to reverse authorization denials (www.nbcnews.com)
Insurers say prior authorization helps control costs by preventing medically unnecessary care, but patients say the process can delay or deny access to needed treatments.
San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits (www.cnn.com)
The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse....
Sam Bankman-Fried living on bread and water because jail won't abide vegan diet, lawyer says (www.nbcnews.com)
The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering....
UK says a supersonic Russian bomber likely to have been destroyed in drone attack (www.reuters.com)
Aug 22 (Reuters) - British military intelligence said on Tuesday that a weekend drone attack on an airfield deep inside Russia which Moscow blamed on Ukraine is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber....
Putin’s War Against Ukraine Is Slaughtering Dolphins in the Black Sea (gizmodo.com)
Broadcasting Scotland - local and international news (22 Aug 2023) (www.broadcastingscotland.scot)
A Christian Crowdfunding Site Has a White-Power Problem (www.rollingstone.com)
The crowdfunding platform preferred by Trump’s alleged co-conspirators is also a hit with neo-Nazis
Biden recalls his own small kitchen fire in failed attempt to console Maui wildfire survivors as protesters demand prez leave (nypost.com)
“Years ago now — 15 years ago — I was in Washington doing ‘Meet the Press.’ It was a sunny Sunday and lightning struck at home on a little lake that is outside of our home — not on a lake, a big pond,” Biden said....
