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Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster (abcnews.go.com)

A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year

Donald Trump mugshot released after former US president surrenders at Fulton jail over election charges – live (www.theguardian.com)

Georgia judge orders jurors’ identities to stay secret during Trump election trial (www.nbcnews.com)

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had requested an order that would limit revealing jurors’ names and likenesses during any trial in the case....

How Biden is continuing to cancel student loan debt despite Supreme Court ruling (www.cnn.com)

Although the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s signature student loan forgiveness program in late June, his administration has found ways to cancel more than $48 billion in debt since then....

Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules (www.reuters.com)

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two election workers in Georgia, a U.S. judge in Washington said on Wednesday....

A Lufthansa pilot traced a 15-mile-long penis shape in the sky after being asked to divert his plane (www.businessinsider.com)

Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (www.vox.com)

Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data (venturebeat.com)

TikToker who debunked Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video receives racist, violent hate mail (www.nbcnews.com)

Since countering Aldean’s claim the video only contains “real news footage,” Destinee Stark has received a wave of hateful messages from defenders of the song.

Outrage grows after ‘chilling call for genocide’ by Florida Republican (www.theguardian.com)

Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study (www.yahoo.com)

Gov. Whitmer says 'it's time' for guaranteed paid family, medical leave in Michigan (www.detroitnews.com)

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on Michigan lawmakers Wednesday to give all workers in the state “breathing room” by creating a new program to offer them paid family and medical leave, a proposal that some worry could amount to a tax on Michigan’s businesses and workers....

US to cancel Alaska oil, gas leases issued under Trump (www.reuters.com)

The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will announce the cancellation of oil and gas leases in a federal wildlife refuge that were bought by an Alaska state development agency in the final days of the Trump administration, according to sources briefed on the matter....

Robert E. Lee statue being melted down; bronze to be re-used for new more inclusive art (www.npr.org)

Walgreens pharmacy staff walk out, citing unsafe working conditions (www.washingtonpost.com)

WATCH: Man in giant inflatable Trump costume taunts former president outside DC courthouse (www.rawstory.com)

The anti-Trump protester arrived at the Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington D.C. and proceeded to start begging bystanders to help him escape a prison sentence for his alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States and illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.

Police say there’s an active shooter in Lewiston, Maine, and they are investigating multiple scenes (www.politico.com)

The NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of people under Mayor Adams. Just 5% were white. (gothamist.com)

Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths (www.theverge.com)

Future Motion, the maker of the Onewheel electric skateboard, is recalling every one of them, including 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing vehicles in the US. Alongside the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company now seeks to remedy the products after four known death cases — three without a helmet — between...

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