Storm Hilary aftermath: 10,000 without power, Palm Springs declares emergency (www.theguardian.com)
NBCUniversal to Be Fined $250 After Strike Tree-Trimming Controversy (variety.com)
UPDATED: Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia tweeted Friday that StreetsLA would be fining Universal Studios $250 for trimming trees without a city permit. He also said that “outdated l…
Cop acquitted in the death of Elijah McClain. (abcnews.go.com)
A jury on Monday acquitted Nathan Woodyard on charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the second trial concerning the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain following an altercation with Aurora, Colorado, police....
Graphic writings left behind by The Covenant School mass shooter leaked, reigniting debate (fox17.com)
People: Six Flags Is Merging with Company That Owns Cedar Point and Knott's Berry Farm (people.com)
‘They’re throwing us out’: Boston begins clearing encampment at Mass. and Cass (www.wgbh.org)
Boston city workers began to clear tents Monday morning near the troubled intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue as part of an effort to enforce a new encampment ban across the city.
Hate crime charges filed after killing of 66-year-old Sikh man in NYC (www.nbcnews.com)
A man who beat a 66-year-old Sikh man to death while calling him “turban man” after a fender bender in New York City has been charged with manslaughter as a hate crime, prosecutors announced Tuesday....
Deadly bird flu reappears in US commercial poultry flocks in Utah and South Dakota (apnews.com)
Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah and raising concerns that more outbreaks could follow....
Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig (apnews.com)
New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold. Eric McCarthy says a heavily loaded armored car left the Pennsylvania site.
Pennsylvania inmates sue over 'tortuous conditions' of solitary confinement (apnews.com)
Solitary confinement conditions in a Pennsylvania state prison are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held there, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of five inmates who say they have spent long periods in “torturous conditions.”...
CDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older (www.cnn.com)
Clinical studies of the vaccines showed that all significantly boosted antibodies against currently circulating coronavirus variants.
Gary Wright, singer of the mid-1970s hit ‘Dream Weaver,’ dies at 80 (www.nbcnews.com)
Gary Wright, the musician best known for his hit singles “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has died. He was 80. Wright’s son Dorian confirmed the news to Variety; no cause of death was announced....
Long COVID Recovery Remains Rare (time.com)
Without proven treatments, many people are still sick....
Maui's emergency management chief resigns, citing health reasons, a week after start of deadly wildfires | CNN (www.cnn.com)
US Supreme Court to scrutinize Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement (www.reuters.com)
The court also paused bankruptcy proceedings concerning Purdue and its affiliates and said in a brief order that it would hold oral arguments in December in the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling upholding the settlement. The court’s new term begins in October.
It's time to change how we cover Elon Musk (www.platformer.news)
After a weekend of whoppers about X and fighting Mark Zuckerberg, the press should take a more skeptical approach
Arizona’s extreme heat is killing honeybees and melting their homes (www.accuweather.com)
As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees – a species vital to our ecosystem, especially food production.
Giving birth in America continues to get deadlier (www.axios.com)
Heaviest rain in a decade kills 11 in Beijing as raging torrents wash away roads and cars (www.cnn.com)
Deadly downpours have triggered landslides and floods that swept away cars and destroyed roads in Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri unleashed the heaviest deluge in a decade over parts of northern China.
Male Nurse Convicted of Sexually Assaulting 9 Incarcerated Women (jezebel.com)
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Florida’s Environmental Failure Is a Warning Sign for the U.S. (time.com)
How DeSantis's environmental policies crippled Florida in the climate change era, and what the rest of the country should learn from the mistakes.
Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no?’ (thehill.com)
Protesters force their way onto airport tarmac in Dagestan, Russia to intercept flight from Tel Aviv — Meduza (meduza.io)
Biden admin pushes for 'pause' in Israeli military campaign in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Winning $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot sold in California (www.nbcnews.com)
It’s the second-highest jackpot ever won in the multistate lottery game. The last time someone won a Powerball jackpot was in July....
