Politicians say news site "Florida Politics" lets them buy coverage (www.npr.org)
This story is based on interviews with more than two dozen people, including current and former state officials, political consultants, lobbyists and journalists....
Police fatally shoot driver who crashed into Chinese consulate in San Francisco (www.axios.com)
A person who crashed a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday was shot by police and later died in hospital....
Wall Street Journal reporter loses appeal and will stay in a Russian jail at least through November (apnews.com)
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost an appeal Tuesday to be released from jail on espionage charges, meaning he will remain behind bars at least through Nov. 30....
Pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds wins California contest, sets world record for biggest gourd (apnews.com)
A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms)....
Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans (www.nydailynews.com)
A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.
Migrating Venezuelans undeterred by US plan to resume deportation flights (apnews.com)
Oklahoma's death penalty system is broken, commission tells lawmakers (www.msn.com)
Biden border plan faces breakdown amid record influx of families (ghostarchive.org)
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder in Multiple U.S. States (www.propublica.org)
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions....
What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail? (www.theguardian.com)
Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention
Man dies while in custody at Rikers Island on same day new scathing report released by federal monitor (www.cbsnews.com)
Iran's Khamenei says Tehran was not behind Hamas attack on Israel (www.reuters.com)
Photos: Dozens killed and wounded in Israel air raids on Gaza refugee camps (www.aljazeera.com)
Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains (www.theguardian.com)
Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile...
IMF hikes U.S. growth forecast for 2023, leaves global outlook unchanged (www.cnbc.com)
The International Monetary Fund raised its U.S. growth projection for this year by 0.3 percentage points compared with its July update, to 2.1%....
California to require big firms to reveal carbon emissions in first law of its kind (www.theguardian.com)
Measure signed into law by Gavin Newsom on Saturday is strong blueprint for national climate accountability, experts say...
Gov. Josh Shapiro joins more than 1,000 at rally outside Philadelphia in support of Israel (www.inquirer.com)
The rally, organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, marked the largest local showing of support since Hamas launched an unprecedented invasion Saturday....
Car rams into Chinese Consulate in San Francisco and police fatally shoot driver (abcnews.go.com)
A car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital, officials said...
“Church of Bleach” family gets years in prison for deadly “miracle” solution (arstechnica.com)
Psychiatrist who once ran Arkansas State Medical Board arrested for alleged Medicaid fraud (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 40 ex-patients have also accused Dr. Brian Hyatt in civil suits of imprisoning them against their will.
A retired Vermont university dean was shot to death on a trail near campus. Now police are looking for her killer (www.cnn.com)
A retired university dean was found shot in the head on a hiking trail near the Vermont State University Castleton Campus where she’d worked, and authorities are searching for clues to help lead them to whoever killed the beloved educator.
Israel declares siege of Gaza as Hamas threatens to start killing hostages (www.theguardian.com)
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Senior Israeli source: Gaza will not be Hamastan; ‘roof knocking’ policy no longer norm (www.timesofisrael.com)
Biden interviewed as part of special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents (apnews.com)
Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in trial of 2 police officers charged in Elijah McClain's death (apnews.com)
McClain was stopped while walking home from a convenience store on a summer night, listening to music and wearing a mask that covered most of his face. A 911 caller reported him as suspicious and the police stop quickly became physical with McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist seemingly caught off guard, asking to be left...
