Exotic eye worm rapidly invades US by spreading from testes of fruit flies (arstechnica.com)
Cisco slashes thousands of staff, 7% of entire workforce, pivots into AI (www.theregister.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18670077
Hidden-camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term (www.cnn.com)
Trump has publicly rejected Project 2025 as Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has sought to tie him to some of the plan’s most extreme proposals. But in private, Vought said that those disavowals were merely “graduate-level politics.”
BlackRock, Vanguard big purchasers of Trump Media shares in Q2, filings show (www.reuters.com)
A handful of institutional investors bought large positions in former President Donald Trump’s media company in the second quarter ahead of the company’s inclusion in two Russell indexes, regulatory filings released on Wednesday showed....
Gaza death toll hits 40,000, with thousands more yet to be counted (www.theguardian.com)
Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of all Americans. Here's what to know. (www.cbsnews.com)
A new lawsuit is claiming hackers have gained access to the personal information of “billions of individuals,” including their Social Security numbers, current and past addresses and the names of siblings and parents — personal data that could allow fraudsters to infiltrate financial accounts or take out loans in their...
Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got (www.npr.org)
The White House unveiled the fruits of months of negotiations between the government and pharmaceutical companies: new, lower Medicare prices for 10 blockbuster drugs....
Disney attempts to use Disney+ Terms of Service to repel a wrongful death lawsuit involving a death in one of their parks (www.npr.org)
Good Health Saves California Beach Cities Millions Yearly (news.gallup.com)
Harris Energizes Democrats in Transformed Presidential Race (www.pewresearch.org)
Kamala Harris economic plan to focus on groceries, housing and healthcare (www.theguardian.com)
The Indomitable IRGC (www.foreignaffairs.com)
Disney wants a wrongful death lawsuit thrown out because the plaintiff had Disney+ (www.npr.org)
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigns in wake of Gaza protests (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/columbia-university-minouche-sh…
Ohio police officer Connor Grubb charged with murder in shooting of pregnant Ta'Kiya Young (www.dispatch.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/74606715007/
When Florida judges sentence children tried as adults, they give them higher sentences on average for felony crimes than adult offenders (www.miamiherald.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/article290425414.html
Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states (www.texastribune.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/texas-jails-overcrowding-inmate…
Homeowners are increasingly re-wilding their homes with native plants, experts say (abcnews.go.com)
The days of the perfect-looking yard – often lawns that guzzle copious amounts of water to stay green – may soon be gone....
2 former police officers and 2 military veterans accused of staging sham raid to extort nearly $37 million from California man (www.nbcnews.com)
Four former law enforcement and military officers are accused of conducting a sham raid on a California businessman’s home in 2019 and forcing him to sign away rights to his business worth tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said....
Armed and untouchable: ICE's history of deadly force - An analysis of six years of shootings by immigration agents reveals a rogue force whose officers sometimes recklessly fire their weapons (www.businessinsider.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/immigration-customs-enforcement…
Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 (www.theguardian.com)
If you have noticed a sudden accumulation of wrinkles, aches and pains or a general sensation of having grown older almost overnight, there may be a scientific explanation. Research suggests that rather than being a slow and steady process, aging occurs in at least two accelerated bursts....
Ukraine's Kursk Incursion Continues as Drone Strikes Target Russian Airfields (foreignpolicy.com)
Ukrainian troops advanced up to 2 kilometers (or 1.2 miles) into Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday, adding to around 1,000 square kilometers (or 386 miles) secured since Kyiv’s major cross-border operation began on Aug. 6. This would amount to Ukraine capturing almost as much land as Russian forces took in Ukraine between...
Federal judge expands ruling to limit LGBTQ protections | The Texas Tribune (feeds.texastribune.org)
In 2021, the Biden administration said that Title IX protects LGBTQ students after the Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that Title VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employment discrimination on the basis of sex, applies to gay and transgender workers as well....
Iowa man allegedly shoots his father in face after complaint about smelly feet (www.theguardian.com)
Son faces attempted murder charge after ‘stinky feet’ remark set off heated argument, police say...
Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’ (www.theguardian.com)
More than 1,000 people sign letter to justice department for federal investigation into industry’s misinformation...
