Trump Says He Has Agreed To ABC Debate With Kamala Harris In Rant Slamming ‘Nastiest and Most Unfair’ Network (www.mediaite.com)
Labour scraps £40m private helicopter service favoured by Rishi Sunak (www.independent.co.uk)
Senior ministers set to travel in government-owned aircraft after ‘grossly wasteful’ contract axed
US: New York University adopts measures declaring 'Zionists' a protected class (www.middleeasteye.net)
New York University (NYU) has changed its guidelines around hate speech and harassment to include the criticism of Zionism as a discriminatory act....
Man distraught over planned sale of late mother's home fatally shoots 4 family members and himself (apnews.com)
44 years after woman murdered in suburban Seattle, DNA on cigarette leads to suspect in Arkansas (www.cbsnews.com)
US soldier who fled to North Korea to admit desertion as part of plea deal (www.theguardian.com)
A US army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago will plead guilty to desertion and four other charges and take responsibility for his conduct, his lawyer said on Monday....
With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River: The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river @CA-NV border (www.nytimes.com)
‘These ideas are incredibly popular’: what is degrowth and can it save the planet? (www.theguardian.com)
“It is bad economics and it is also anti-scientific,” says Jason Hickel, the author of Less Is More. “People need to understand that ‘growth’ is not the same as social progress.”...
How Psychedelic Research Got High on Its Own Supply (www.nytimes.com)
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RFK Jr faces call for investigation into claim he chainsawed whale’s head off (www.theguardian.com)
His independent White House campaign has fizzled, but the flow of bizarre stories of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unorthodox handling of the carcasses of wild mammals has experienced no similar suspension....
In Arizona fake electors case, judge weighs new protection for defendants (www.politico.com)
Allies of Donald Trump are using an unusual new Arizona law to urge a judge to throw out a criminal case charging them with fraudulently trying to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election result....
Methamphetamine disguised as shipment of watermelons seized at US-Mexico border in San Diego (apnews.com)
A truckload of methamphetamine disguised as a shipment of watermelons was seized at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in San Diego, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said....
Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured (www.hrw.org)
(Jerusalem) – Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza since hostilities began in October 2023, deported them to detention facilities in Israel, and allegedly tortured and ill-treated them, Human Rights Watch said today. The detention of healthcare workers in the context of the Israeli...
1 killed in interstate crash involving truck carrying 'potentially explosive' military devices (apnews.com)
A crash on Interstate 40 in Arkansas involving two tractor-trailers and a truck carrying “potentially explosive” military devices killed one person and backed up traffic for hours on the busy highway, officials said....
Judge denies bond for fired deputy in fatal shooting of Black airman (apnews.com)
A judge denied bond on Tuesday for a fired deputy in the shooting of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed at the floor....
New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus (apnews.com)
A New Hampshire resident who tested positive for the mosquito-borne infection eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, health authorities in the state said....
Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump (apnews.com)
Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge’s decision that dismissed the prosecution was at odds with longstanding Justice Department practice and must be reversed....
That feeling when your “cool-ass girl” can’t dig your online monkey torture vids (arstechnica.com)
TRIGGER FUCKING WARNING! Animal abuse....
1 in 10 Minors Say Their Friends Use AI to Generate Nudes of Other Kids, Survey Finds (www.404media.co)
I’m so glad I’m not growing up in this age of smartphones, social media, and bullshit generators. Life was hell enough in the 90s without all that noise.
EVIDENCE WITHHELD IN ISRAELI KILLINGS OF AID WORKERS [Phil Miller, John McEvoy and Peter Cronau | 26 Aug, 2024 | declassifiedaus.org] (declassifiedaus.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/19090515...
Hostage held by Hamas in Gaza rescued by Israeli forces, IDF says (www.nbcnews.com)
Medford Police spied on Oregon activists as they planned protests, movie nights, ACLU alleges (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/medford-oregon-police-progressi…
RFK Jr. Tells Tucker Carlson He’s Been Asked by Trump ‘To Help Pick the People Who Will Be Running the Government’ (www.mediaite.com)
Just a little bit of horror to go with your morning coffee.
Just 50 people have funneled $1.5B into 2024 campaigns: report (www.rawstory.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/21661331...
Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation (apnews.com)
The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation....
