Minneapolis Mayor to Loosen Enforcement of Psychedelics (www.nytimes.com)
Mayor Jacob Frey’s order, arriving amid a broad rethinking about the value of psychedelic drugs, will make some of them the lowest priority for the Minneapolis police....
Florida grappling with flooding and high winds, more than 100K customers without power after intense rain (www.nbcnews.com)
Intense rain in parts of Florida has submerged neighborhoods, turned roads into rivers, closed schools and left more than 108,000 customers without power....
Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health (apnews.com)
South China Sea: China coast guard hit Philippine ship, Manila says - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
[New York, USA] Mayor Adams confirms migrant families with children must move out of shelter after 60 days (gothamist.com)
Russia-Ukraine war live: Fighting intensifying around Avdiivka, officials say, as Russia launches biggest offensive in months (www.theguardian.com)
New York officials to boost security at Jewish sites ahead of expected protests (www.politico.com)
New York state and city officials on Friday are increasing security around potentially vulnerable sites like schools and houses of worship after a former Hamas leader called for a global day of violence.
A Texas neighborhood became a target of the right over immigration. Locals are pushing back (apnews.com)
Mario Carranza put a mobile home on a $28,000 lot in Colony Ridge, one of the biggest neighborhoods in Texas, lured by cheap land and the chance for his family to escape the crime he says was rampant around their apartment in nearby Houston....
China rejects State Dep’t report claiming Beijing spends billions to spread disinformation globally (hongkongfp.com)
China rejects State Dep’t report claiming Beijing spends billions to spread disinformation globally The State Department report alleged that China suppresses information that goes against its position on contentious issues such as its human rights record, especially in Xinjiang....
WSJ News Exclusive | China Blocks Executive at U.S. Firm Kroll From Leaving the Mainland (www.wsj.com)
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Escaped Pennsylvania killer spotted twice on same day as search zone narrows in on fugitive, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante was spotted twice Friday within the Chester County search area, Pennsylvania state police said, as officials appear to narrow in on the fugitive by reducing the search zone....
Complex cave rescue looms in Turkey as American Mark Dickey stuck 3,200 feet inside Morca cave (www.cbsnews.com)
Turkish and international cave rescue experts were working Thursday to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 3,280 feet in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill. Mark Dickey, 40, became sick during an international expedition in Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains, in the Mersin...
EPA’s new rule could strip protections from more than half of U.S. wetlands (www.washingtonpost.com)
The agency finalized the new regulation to reflect a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year...
Category 1 Hurricane Hilary barrels toward California, still threatening floods and damaging winds (www.cnn.com)
Hurricane Hilary is expected to slam into Southern California on Sunday as a rare tropical storm, unleashing floods, fierce winds and heavy downpours as residents evacuate, parks and beaches close and first responders brace for water rescues....
Ex-wife of slain Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan charged with his murder (abcnews.go.com)
Montana otter attack leaves 3 women hurt, including one flown to the hospital (www.nbcnews.com)
Montana wildlife management officials don’t plan to take any further action. Otters can be protective of themselves and their young.
Noam Chomsky Wealth Inequality Documentary (www.youtube.com)
Lots of good information. Explains many of our current issues
Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200 (apnews.com)
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 44 people and wounding nearly 200 in an attack that a senior leader said was meant to weaken Pakistani Islamists.
A U.K. Researcher Has Unearthed the Original 19th-Century Photo Featured on an Iconic Led Zeppelin Album Cover (news.artnet.com)
The image was found in an album of photographs taken by Ernest Howard Farmer. … The man Farmer photographed has also been identified as Lot Long (1823–93), who was a widower residing in a small cottage in Shaftesbury Road, Mere, when the image was taken.
Jezebel [women-focused news site] Is Dead. Long Live Jezebel (www.rollingstone.com)
El Niño could unleash several '10-year flood events' this winter in cities such as Seattle and San Diego (www.livescience.com)
The water [at Kealia Pond] has turned a shocking shade of magenta in this Hawaii refuge (www.cnn.com)
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Judge orders federal oversight of Angola, calls inmate medical care 'abhorrent,' 'cruel' (www.nola.com)
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Maine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online (apnews.com)
Maine State Police documents released Tuesday shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations....