Los Angeles developer gets six-year term for $500,000 bribe to councilman (www.theguardian.com)
US ceases funding to Wuhan institute amid Covid probe (www.independent.co.uk)
Johnson & Johnson sues Biden administration over Medicare drug price negotiations (www.cnbc.com)
Johnson & Johnson sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to slash drug prices, making it the third pharmaceutical company to challenge the controversial provision of the Inflation Reduction Act.
EU seeks to revive Latin America, Caribbean ties as it turns away from China, Russia (www.reuters.com)
Over 50 leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean will hold their first summit in eight years on Monday, adding momentum to an EU push for new political and economic allies prompted by the Ukraine war and suspicion of China.
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)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/murder-clearances-were-near-an-…
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.
Traffic comes to a stalk on Hwy. 400 as crews clean up celery following rollover (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
No injuries have been reported....
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species (www.theguardian.com)
Rising temperatures could be passing tolerance threshold for endangered animals as Lake Tefé reaches 39C (102.2 F)
For $18.65, famous artist designs racial justice windows for National Cathedral (www.washingtonpost.com)
His paintings sometimes sell for millions. This one went for $18.65....
NYC shelters set to dump thousands of migrants to discourage new arrivals (www.politico.com)
NEW YORK — The migrant crisis is getting so hard for New York City to handle that Mayor Eric Adams sees a policy that could send thousands of people into the streets, many with nowhere to sleep and nowhere to work, as his next best move....
Schumer in talks with McConnell as shutdown fears grow: ‘We may now have to go first’ (www.cnn.com)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN that his chamber might have to take matters in its own hands and push through a must-pass bill to fund the government amid deep divisions in the House and a looming shutdown by next weekend....
