Idalia has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves toward Florida, where it is expected to make landfall with powerful winds and a life-threatening storm surge (www.cnn.com)
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Entire town of Hay river in Canada ordered to leave as wildfires encroach (www.reuters.com)
If any of you watch the History Channel, Hay River is where Ice Pilots NWT used to be filmed. Buffalo Airways has since relocated to Yellowknife which was evacuated last week.
US, Japan, South Korea to announce deeper defense cooperation at Camp David summit (apnews.com)
The United States, Japan and South Korea are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation on ballistic missile defenses and technology development in the face of growing concern about North Korea’s nuclear program when the countries’ leaders gather at Camp David for a summit Friday, according to two senior...
Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo (www.bbc.com)
Teen charged with murder, hate crime in stabbing of gay man in NYC, police say (www.washingtonpost.com)
A 17-year-old boy was charged with murder and a hate crime in the killing of 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, a gay man who was stabbed to death while dancing at a Brooklyn gas station last weekend, New York City authorities said Saturday....
To fix the labor shortage, economists point to women - and better child care (www.axios.com)
5th Circuit Strikes Down Mississippi’s Jim Crow Era Felony Disenfranchisement Provision (www.democracydocket.com)
On Friday, Aug. 4, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Jim Crow-era provision of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently disenfranchised Mississippians with certain felony convictions. The opinion held that the provision violates the 8th Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The...
Germany earmarks 20 billion euros for chip industry in coming years (www.reuters.com)
Los Angeles developer gets six-year term for $500,000 bribe to councilman (www.theguardian.com)
Loan sharks taking advantage of desperate Australians amid cost-of-living crisis, Asic warns (www.theguardian.com)
US debt interest payments surge past $1 trillion yearly pace, worsening concerns about massive borrowing (markets.businessinsider.com)
Brad Raffensperger: USPS Intercepted Fentanyl-Laced Envelopes Addressed To Election Officials (www.mediaite.com)
A turning point in Myanmar as army suffers big losses (www.bbc.com)
Murder Clearances Were Near An All-Time Low Nationally in 2022 (jasher.substack.com)
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Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast (apnews.com)
A scuba dive boat captain was convicted Monday of criminal negligence in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history....
Hamburg airport hostage standoff ends with child freed, suspect arrested (www.aljazeera.com)
The 18-hour drama started after a man drove his car through the airport gate with his four-year-old daughter inside.
A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the captain if the flight was diverted (abcnews.go.com)
Dunn was the first officer on the flight and was authorized to carry a gun under a program run by the Transportation Security Administration.
This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum (www.propublica.org)
To free salmon stuck behind dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley, here’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has in mind:...
Hamas delegation in Russia (www.reuters.com)
Abu Marzouk, one of Hamas leaders, after visiting Moscow:...
Investor Byron Wien of Blackstone dies at 90 (www.cnbc.com)
Meet the MAGA Speaker (www.youtube.com)
Anti-MAGA video airing in parts of NY - plus a little chuckle at the end.
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
Palestinian families say they have been intimidated and displaced in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel.
After troubled start, New York is shaking up its legal marijuana market with new competitors (apnews.com)
New York officials launched legal recreational marijuana sales by promising many of the first retail licenses to people with past drug convictions, hoping to give people harmed by the war on drugs a chance to succeed before competitors crowded in....
They paid thousands to give up their U.S. citizenship. Now they want a refund (www.nbcnews.com)
Many “accidental Americans” filed a lawsuit after the State Department announced it would lower the fee to renounce citizenship.
Kaiser Permanente and healthcare workers head for labor clash as strike deadline looms (www.reuters.com)
Kaiser Permanente appeared headed for a labor clash with 75,000 of its healthcare workers as union leaders said contract talks had stalled on Tuesday, leaving the two sides hours avway from a threatened three-day strike in several states.
