Panera adds warnings about caffeinated lemonade after suit over student’s death (www.theguardian.com)
Family sued after Sarah Katz died last year after drinking Charged Lemonade, apparently unaware of soda’s high caffeine content
Texas prison guards put inmate into potentially permanent coma (www.hppr.org)
The violent incident saw seven guards fired, six resign, and the state said they used “excessive force.”...
MAGA rages over report Pentagon exempting Ukraine from government shutdown (www.newsweek.com)
Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses (www.bbc.com)
A Danish artist has been ordered to return nearly 500,000 kroner (€67,000) to a museum after he supplied it with two blank canvasses for a project he named "Take the Money and Run".
K-9s will be used in random classroom screenings, Florida school district officials announce (www.clickorlando.com)
White ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid (apnews.com)
Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating? (www.nytimes.com)
Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Temperatures in Oklahoma Prisons (oklahomawatch.org)
Tonya Wilson Peel, a former correctional case manager at Dick Conner who worked alongside Lanford during her employment at the prison, said he had a sharp sense of humor and loved his job making license plates for the State of Oklahoma. She said Lanford had complained of excessive heat for several weeks leading up to his death...
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that's disinformation | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that’s disinformation By Mengchen Zhang, Teele Rebane and Heather Chen, CNN Published 3:20 AM EDT, Sun October 1, 2023...
Queen's Brian May helped NASA return its first asteroid sample | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels (apnews.com)
Arkansas officials say person dies after brain-eating amoeba infection, likely exposed at splash pad (apnews.com)
Neighbors say they tried to help Ruby Franke’s kids before YouTuber’s arrest on child abuse charges (www.nbcnews.com)
Neighbors of Ruby Franke, the woman behind the 8 Passengers family YouTube channel who was arrested this week on child abuse charges, said several people in the close-knit community were concerned when police officers arrived at Franke’s home in Springville, Utah on Wednesday....
Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communications – report (www.theguardian.com)
Forbes reports claim that engineer at Arnold air force base in Tennessee had taken home government radio technologies
Expert recommends isolating dogs amid deadly, highly contagious, ‘mysterious illness’ (www.kiro7.com)
The Panama Canal is so clogged up that a shipping company paid $4 million to jump the line: report (www.businessinsider.com)
Stripped naked, tortured: Deported Gazans accuse Israeli troops of abuses (www.france24.com)
Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard (apnews.com)
Residents and local officials have long blamed the high number of cancer cases on contamination from a rail yard originally owned by Southern Pacific and later bought by Union Pacific near two historically Black neighborhoods, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens. The wood preservative creosote, which has been associated with an...
UAW strike brings blue-collar vs. billionaire battle to Detroit (www.cnbc.com)
Navy SEAL who claimed to kill Bin Laden arrested in Texas (www.aol.com)
White supremacist accused of threatening jury and witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman (apnews.com)
A self-proclaimed white supremacist was arrested Thursday on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Police investigating, lawsuit filed after baby allegedly decapitated during delivery at metro Atlanta hospital (www.fox5atlanta.com)
Police are now investigating after a lawsuit alleging a baby was decapitated during delivery on July 9 was filed in Clayton County against Southern Regional Medical Center and others.
US citizens will need to pay for a visa to travel to Europe starting in 2024 (nypost.com)
Donald Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric will testify at fraud trial that threatens the family’s empire (apnews.com)
Jan. 6 defense lawyers ‘gobsmacked’ by Trump ally’s plea deal (www.politico.com)
Many rioters who stormed the Capitol received long prison sentences. Sidney Powell, an architect of the effort to subvert the election, negotiated a misdemeanor plea deal and cooperation agreement....
