Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history (apnews.com)
Mysterious "Protect Patients Indiana" group drops $50K on vague health care ads (indianacapitalchronicle.com)
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Kansas man sentenced to prison for stealing bronze Jackie Robinson statue (apnews.com)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas is going to spend about 15 years in prison, although most of that time is related to a burglary that happened a few days after the January statue heist....
Colorado wildfire updates: Alexander Mountain fire destroys nearly 50 homes, buildings; Quarry and Bucktail fires continue to grow (www.denverpost.com)
Wildfires in Colorado have killed one person, damaged or destroyed more than 50 buildings and evacuated thousands of people across the Front Range....
Is the Great Resignation 2.0 coming? Nearly 3 in 10 workers plan to quit this year (www.usatoday.com)
Hostage-ceasefire deal talks stall over new Netanyahu demands, Israeli officials say (www.axios.com)
Inside the Maga mind: Trump’s most dedicated fans explain their fervor (www.theguardian.com)
The FTC is coming after high grocery prices (qz.com)
Marijuana and Mexican cartels: Inside the stunning rise of Chinese money launderers (www.nbcnews.com)
For much of his career as a federal drug agent, Ray Donovan had a singular focus: the capture of Mexican cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. When Guzman was finally arrested in early 2014, fentanyl trafficking was on the rise in the U.S., and Donovan soon found his next project....
About half of US state AGs went on France trip sponsored by group with lobbyist and corporate funds (apnews.com)
About half the U.S. state attorneys general traveled to France in a trip cosponsored by a group mostly funded by companies, including some under scrutiny of the top state lawyers....
Trump, Vance head to Georgia after Harris event in same arena. (www.voanews.com)
'Dirty Move': Pentagon Chief Ditches Plea Deals With Tortured 9/11 Defendants. (www.commondreams.org)
Trump Dodges ABC and Demands Fox Debate With Harris. (www.commondreams.org)
Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on (www.theguardian.com)
MrBeast blames terrible Beast Games conditions on the CrowdStrike outage (www.theverge.com)
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How Josh Shapiro Could Help Kamala Harris Win (time.com)
Arizona governor negotiates pause in hauling of uranium ore across Navajo Nation (apnews.com)
I decided to find and share an article that included perspectives from Navajo Nation after finding one (Police1) that curiously exempted their reasoning while presenting PR and excuses from the mining company.
Florida attorney pleads guilty to trying to detonate explosives near Chinese embassy in Washington (apnews.com)
A Florida attorney pleaded guilty on Friday to using a rifle to try to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy last year in Washington, D.C....
Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sept. 11 suspects (www.reuters.com)
Aug 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two accomplices, who are held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Prisoner Deals Stoke Fears of Perverse ‘Incentive’ to Grab Americans (www.nytimes.com)
Mystery surrounds US woman found starving and chained to tree in India (www.bbc.com)
Mystery surrounds an American woman who was found chained to a tree “screaming” in a forest in the western Indian state of Maharashtra....
Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations (www.theguardian.com)
Standing alongside Donald Trump in Florida a week ago, Benjamin Netanyahu was vague on the latest prospect of a ceasefire in the war in Gaza....
Texas lockups violate minors’ constitutional rights, says US justice department (www.theguardian.com)
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the justice department has said in a scathing new report that accused the state of violating the constitutional rights of hundreds of minors in custody....
Utah’s Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide (www.theguardian.com)
For years, scientists and environmental leaders have been raising alarm that the Great Salt Lake is headed toward a catastrophic decline....
