What we know about the gunman who shot Laura Carleton over Pride flag (www.independent.co.uk)
Suspect tore down Pride flag and hurled homophobic slurs before killing California store owner, say police
Twitter to hide news headlines from link previews (9to5mac.com)
Twitter (now X) has become a great platform for following news, and many media groups (including ours) share links to...
Brazil Found the Last Survivors of an Amazon Tribe. Now What? (www.nytimes.com)
There was virtually nothing but rainforest for miles, and then the government agents spotted it: a makeshift shelter, the fire still smoldering. There were two sets of footprints, two machetes and two spots for hammocks....
Banned in Kuwait, ‘Barbie’ Sparks Delight, and Anger, in Saudi Arabia (www.nytimes.com)
Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, illustrating the region’s shifting political landscape.
Unrelenting Hurricane Dora makes history by becoming a typhoon (www.washingtonpost.com)
Hurricane Dora has made headlines this week for having partially contributed to the winds that whipped up a ferocious firestorm in Hawaii. Now Dora, already having set a record for longevity in the Pacific Ocean, has made more history, more than three weeks after being born in a different ocean more than 10,000 miles away....
Hiker dies after falling off mountain inside Grand Teton National Park (www.cnn.com)
A California woman died after falling off a mountain in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, the National Park Service said.
Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours (www.cnn.com)
The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school.
What Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán Understand About Your Brain (www.politico.com)
Why do some people who support Trump also wind up believing conspiracy theories? There’s a scientific explanation for that.
Thousands flee homes as deadly Typhoon Doksuri soaks Beijing and a second storm approaches China (edition.cnn.com)
[Texas Tribune] Justice Department threatens Texas with legal action over floating barrier in Rio Grande (www.texastribune.org)
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections (www.reuters.com)
Phoenix Breaks Heat Record Set in 1974 (www.nytimes.com)
As much of the South bakes, Phoenix is poised to break a record set half a century ago of consecutive days with 110-degree or higher temperatures....
Top German journalist received €600,000 from Putin ally, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)
1M followers for 13-year-old gamer killed in Israeli attack (www.aljazeera.com)
Opium cultivation declines by 95 per cent in Afghanistan: UN survey (news.un.org)
According to the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2023, released by the agency on Sunday, the supply of opium declined by an estimated 95 per cent, falling from 6,200 tons in 2022 to 333 tons in 2023, corresponding to a fall in the area under cultivation, from 233,000 hectares to just 10,800 hectares over the same period.
Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health (apnews.com)
What is white hydrogen? Scientists say the clean-energy gas could save the world. (www.businessinsider.com)
Hydrogen power is an exciting form of clean energy. But hydrogen typically needed to be produced in a lab using energy-intensive methods. White hydrogen, a newly identified hydrogen source, could eliminate the need for lab production.
General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending 6-week strike (apnews.com)
Gaza in communications blackout as Israel intensifies siege (www.theguardian.com)
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Second prisoner dies during Waupun Correctional Institution lockdown in Wisconsin; restrictions linger at two additional prisons (wisconsinwatch.org)
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Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them? (apnews.com)
For years, the debate surrounding vaping largely centered on its risks for high school and middle school students enticed by flavors like gummy bear, lemonade and watermelon....
Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur's fatal shooting will appear in a court in Las Vegas (apnews.com)
A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 is due to make his first appearance Wednesday before a Nevada judge....
U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Navy is carrying out the biggest overhaul of its top-secret undersea surveillance network since the 1950s as China’s naval power surges and new technologies are fast reshaping maritime warfare. Beijing has similar plans of its own....
Frost rips into McCarthy, GOP: They ‘care more about themselves and their politics than you’ (thehill.com)
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on the floor of the House on Thursday, saying that his caucus is a “circus” and can’t gather enough votes to pass any significant legislation....