Three more vessels with agricultural products and iron ore leave Ukrainian ports (www.pravda.com.ua)
Three more vessels with agricultural products and iron ore leave Ukrainian ports “ECONOMICHNA PRAVDA” — SUNDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2023...
Hollywood studios can train AI models on writers' work under tentative deal (news.yahoo.com)
Third person charged for infant’s death from fentanyl in New York City daycare (www.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors say Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, played a key role in selling the drugs that were stored at the childcare facility...
Google: Political adverts must disclose use of AI (www.bbc.com)
The announcement follows fears AI-generated images and audio are already infiltrating ads.
Pennsylvania inmate escaped by crab-walking up a prison wall, video shows (www.npr.org)
A murderer made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof in a breakout that wasn’t detected by guards for a full hour, authorities said Wednesday as the killer eluded a widening manhunt for a seventh day....
A Flesh-Eating Bacterium Is Creeping North as Oceans Warm (www.wired.com)
The Vibrio vulnificus pathogen thrives in hot coastal waters, and beachgoers can contract it via a small cut or scrape. It can also kill them in two days....
Two plead guilty to threatening government officials over elections (www.nbcnews.com)
Two people pleaded guilty Thursday in separate cases that involved calling for the deaths of public officials on election days following the 2020 presidential contest, federal prosecutors said....
Justice Amy Coney Barrett says she welcomes public scrutiny of Supreme Court (www.politico.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told attendees at a judicial conference in Wisconsin on Monday that she welcomed public scrutiny of the court. But she stopped short of commenting on whether she thinks the court should change how it operates in the face of recent criticism....
Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday (apnews.com)
Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday — a controversial step that the government says is essential for the decades of work needed to shut down the facility that had reactor meltdowns 12 years ago.
The German AfD's Constant Drift Toward Extremism (www.spiegel.de)
Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islands (theconversation.com)
An expert on Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria explains why it’s hard for the US to deliver disaster aid in places like Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Wildfire decimates Lahaina, once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom (www.nbcnews.com)
For centuries, Lahaina has been a significant economic, political and cultural center for Native Hawaiian communities.
AP: US Navy sailor's mom encouraged him to pass military details to China, prosecutor says (apnews.com)
Teen Couple Allegedly Kill Girl’s Dad for Disliking Boyfriend (youtu.be)
Galveston Beach fecal matter — how bad is it actually? (www.axios.com)
A recent study by Environment Texas found that almost every Texas beach tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in 2022.
Nose-picking health workers more likely to get Covid, study shows (www.bbc.com)
Musk plans Supreme Court appeal after losing bid to terminate SEC settlement (arstechnica.com)
Russia places explosive mines near occupied nuclear reactor, watchdog says (www.politico.eu)
Analysis | Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
A woman is ordered to pay nearly $39K to American Airlines for interfering with a flight crew (apnews.com)
A woman from Hawaii has been ordered to pay nearly $39,000 in restitution to American Airlines for interfering with a crew on a flight last year, according to authorities....
Autistic People Both Express and Interpret Emotions Differently (researchinenglish.com)
How Warren Buffett Privately Traded in Stocks That Berkshire Hathaway Was Buying and Selling (www.propublica.org)
Amazon lowers cost of health care plan for Prime members to $9 a month (www.cbsnews.com)
Amazon is lowering the cost of a One Medical membership for Amazon Prime subscribers, shaving $100 off the annual fee to $99 a year. The step is the latest effort by the e-commerce company to mesh its chain of doctor’s offices with its retail services....
Elon Musk's X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fears (www.reuters.com)
Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter, as a result of actions taken by Elon Musk that limit access to the social media platform, nearly a dozen interviews and a survey of planned projects show.
In What Is Called A War (www.commondreams.org)
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