Activists Rally Over Pending Fracking on Ohio's State Lands (www.clevescene.com)
Giant Aztec snakehead beneath Mexico City university (www.yahoo.com)
“The sculpted snake is 5.9 feet (1.8 meters) long, 2.8 feet (0.85 m) wide and 3.3 feet (1 m) high, and it weighs about 1.3 tons (1.2 metric tons), the INAH said. Several colors — including red, blue, black and white — are preserved on the sculpture.”
Scoop: White House has discussed U.S. military response if Hezbollah attacks Israel (www.axios.com)
Republicans ramp up search for an escape hatch from speaker chaos (www.politico.com)
Centrists are signaling they’re open to a deal. Democrats are outlining terms. With no speaker in sight yet, House Republicans are ramping up their discussions about a way to reopen the chamber....
Migrating Venezuelans undeterred by US plan to resume deportation flights (apnews.com)
Gene therapies for rare diseases are under threat. Scientists hope to save them (www.nature.com)
As industry steps aside, scientists seek innovative ways to make sure expensive treatments can reach people who need them.
US adds another option for fall COVID vaccination with updated Novavax shots (apnews.com)
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax....
Iran can produce fissile material for nuclear bomb in 2 weeks - US says (www.jpost.com)
Iran can produce fissile material for nuclear bomb in 2 weeks - US says Report: Iran not pursuing a weapons program at this time, has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb in less than two weeks. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 1, 2023...
Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's Clydesdales (www.npr.org)
The beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.
Attorney General Merrick Garland says "no one" has told him to indict Trump (www.cbsnews.com)
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress Wednesday that “no one” has told him to indict former President Donald Trump, after Trump claimed in an interview that President Biden told Garland to indict him....
Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante caught after two weeks (www.bbc.co.uk)
Biden will nominate a former Obama official to run the Federal Aviation Administration (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden will nominate a former Obama administration official to lead the Federal Aviation Administration after his first choice withdrew March after running into opposition from Republican senators....
Phoenix man let 10-year-old son drive pickup truck on freeway, police say (apnews.com)
A man has been arrested after allowing his 10-year-old son to drive a pickup truck on a Phoenix-area freeway, authorities said Sunday....
Nearly 450 patients at Massachusetts hospital may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis (abcnews.go.com)
Some houses are being built to stand up to hurricanes and sharply cut emissions, too (apnews.com)
When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the windows of Bonny Paulson’s home in the tiny coastal community of Mexico Beach, Florida, even though the house rests on pillars 14 feet above the ground. But Paulson’s home, with a rounded shape that looks something...
FDA bans sale of popular Vuse Alto menthol e-cigarettes (www.cbsnews.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it was banning the sale of Reynolds American Vuse Alto menthol e-cigarettes, saying the risk to kids outweighs any benefit to adult smokers....
Miami University [in Oxford, Ohio] considers cutting 18 majors in the face of low enrollment (www.fox19.com)
List of majors being cut or consolidated at Miami University:...
Biden interviewed as part of special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents (apnews.com)
Invasive ants are a huge problem in Australia, but a classic computer game could help solve it (www.abc.net.au)
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and the University of Western Australia have used Age of Empires to simulate ant warfare, to figure out how to help native ant species fight their invasive counterparts....
Carbon monoxide blamed in death of homeless toddler in Syracuse (spectrumlocalnews.com)
The family had been evicted recently.
Explosion at world’s largest railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations because of heavy toxic smoke (apnews.com)
An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire....
Civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation (apnews.com)
Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group’s logo and other graffiti....
HHS awards $1.4 billion to drive development of new Covid-19 vaccines and therapies (www.cnn.com)
The US government has awarded more than $1.4 billion to kick-start the development of new vaccines and therapies to fight Covid-19, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday....
The Moves Wealthy Families Are Making to Skirt Estate Taxes (www.wsj.com)
An unprecedented rush to relinquish wealth is under way, and it isn’t just for billionaires....
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
A wall with Canada? The idea came up during a Republican presidential debate, from a candidate insisting his party’s border policies aren’t tough enough....