Biden tells Bibi 3-day fighting pause could help secure release of some hostages (www.axios.com)
N.J. school custodian accused of urinating and spitting on utensils and food served to students (www.inquirer.com)
An elementary school custodian in Cumberland County has been charged with contaminating cooking utensils and food served in the school cafeteria with bleach and his bodily fluids, including urine and feces, authorities say....
‘Squad’ members face Democratic primary challenges over Israel stances (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Maersk Cuts 10,000 Jobs on Weakening Global Trade; Shares Tumble (www.bloomberg.com)
Shipping giant’s shares fall more than 16% in Copenhagen...
US regulators sue SolarWinds and its security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack (abcnews.go.com)
U.S. regulators have sued SolarWinds and its top security executive for fraud for allegedly concealing poor cybersecurity practices ahead of the Texas-based technology company’s stunning hack by Russian spies...
Gaza hospital braces for bombs after communications blackout and health-care 'nightmare' (www.cbc.ca)
The humanitarian organization, which is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, said Sunday that the hospital received two phone calls “with a clear and direct threat” from Israeli authorities instructing them to evacuate the hospital....
US economic growth accelerates in third quarter (www.reuters.com)
Got a Mouse in Your Apartment? These Scientists Will Take It. (www.nytimes.com)
A research study is examining how mice that live in cities, close to humans, may have evolved differently from their country cousins.
New revelations from the Snowden archive surface (www.computerweekly.com)
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LAPD assistant chief is investigated over allegations he stalked a subordinate (www.latimes.com)
An assistant Los Angeles police chief is under internal investigation after a subordinate he was dating filed a police report alleging he tried to stalk her.
Biden wants an extra $4 billion for disaster relief, bringing the total request to $16 billion (apnews.com)
The White House will seek an additional $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request, bringing the total to $16 billion — a sign that wildfires, flooding and hurricanes that have intensified during a period of climate change are imposing ever higher costs on U.S. taxpayers....
Move to texas and flip it blue that would be a hige fuck you to the gop (www.keranews.org)
Ottawa man charged with promoting neo-Nazi terrorist group released on bail (www.cbc.ca)
Patrick Gordon Macdonald charged with terrorism-related and hate propaganda offences...
View of Hurricane Idalia from International Space Station (www.ctvnews.ca)
The space station passed over the hurricane at 11:25 a.m. EDT, with latest projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration saying that currently the storm remains about 515 kilometres south-southwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h....
Goodbye Bathtub and Living Room. America’s Homes Are Shrinking (www.wsj.com)
Faced with high mortgage rates, cost-constrained Americans are embracing smaller homes
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event by (www.cnn.com)
A candidate in Ecuador’s upcoming presidential election, Fernando Villavicencio, was assassinated at a campaign event in the capital Wednesday as a deadly escalation of violence and crime grips the South American country.
The ‘Flu Shot Cheerleader’ is back — with a warning about the anti-vaccine movement (www.nbcnews.com)
In 2009, Desiree Jennings went viral for saying a flu shot triggered her mysterious illness. Now she sees things differently.
Shots again fired at site of Parkland school massacre in reenactment after lawmakers visit (apnews.com)
Gunfire erupted again at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday as part of a reenactment by ballistics experts of the 2018 massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead.
US expects to begin delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine in September (www.politico.com)
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'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of FTX fraud (www.bbc.co.uk)
Virginia Beach church accountant sentenced to 5 years for embezzlement (www.13newsnow.com)
Prosecutors said Andrew Landsperger spent over $34,000 in unauthorized transactions on his Amazon account using the Galilee Episcopal Church’s credit card.
Is this your giant tortoise? Exotic reptile 'Frank the Tank' found in Richmond spinach field (www.cbc.ca)
An exotic tortoise found wandering — very slowly — in a Richmond, B.C. spinach field may go up for adoption if deemed healthy by the SPCA....
Physicists Who Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time Win Nobel Prize (www.quantamagazine.org)
The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons....
Antarctic winter sea ice hits 'extreme' record low (www.reuters.com)
Researchers warn the shift can have dire consequences for animals like penguins who breed and rear their young on the sea ice, while also hastening global warming by reducing how much sunlight is reflected by white ice back into space....