China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)
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‘Immensely Invisible:’ Women Fighting ICE’s Inaction on Sexual Abuses (futuroinvestigates.org)
Migrant girl death in US custody was 'preventable' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It's a blow to global food security (apnews.com)
Russia halted an unprecedented wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
Top companies' lobbying undermines their climate pledges, study finds (www.reuters.com)
[Illinois] Mayor resigns, hired weeks later [by village] in new job making 6x more (fox2now.com)
MARISSA, Ill. – An Illinois mayor who unexpectedly resigned from his elected post earlier this summer has been hired by the same village, making tens of thousands of dollars more in a part-time position.
Companies are demanding employees spend more days in the office, yet they’re also reducing their office space. Here’s why that isn’t paradoxical (fortune.com)
Return-to-office mandates are increasingly common, but companies are rapidly downsizing their offices and worried about whether they’ll be able to keep their current ones....
Audio reveals new clues after Tarzana man arrested in connection with body part found near dumpster (abc7.com)
The search continued Friday for a missing Tarzana woman and her parents after her husband was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a dismembered female torso discovered near a dumpster in Encino earlier this week....
"We are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba," says Avi Dichter, Israel's Minister for Agriculture and former head of Shin Bet. (vxtwitter.com)
Man accused of using hidden camera to record woman in Shadyside Gap dressing room (www.wpxi.com)
Arbitrating police terminations could result in a ‘decade of police impunity’ [in Chicago] (chicagoreader.com)
Police accountability experts warn a proposal under consideration by the Chicago City Council could prove disastrous for efforts to curb police misconduct....
Israel’s ‘Teddy Bear’ armoured bulldozer is anything but cuddly (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Telegraph.co.uk MSN link
When a Fire Struck a Texas Prison; One person’s inside account of the blaze and its aftermath at the Huntsville Unit (prisonjournalismproject.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/what-its-like-experience-fire-t…
Major airlines halt flights to Israel after Hamas attack (www.cbsnews.com)
Several major airlines have canceled flights to Ben Gurion International Airport after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel Saturday, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured....
Minneapolis poised to give $145k settlement to MPD officer involved in beating - Minnesota Reformer (minnesotareformer.com)
In the two years following Floyd’s murder, 144 MPD officers were awarded workers’ compensation settlements totaling over $22.2 million....
Texas firm settles US charges it fraudulently took Madoff victims' money (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Department of Justice said Fulcrum Capital Partners violated the federal False Claims Act between October 2016 and October 2022 by causing the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) to make inflated payouts to victims, which they then turned over to Fulcrum, a “non-victim” of Madoff’s fraud....
"Dark, smelly, and completely bonkers". Welcome to the world of bog snorkelling (!). (www.cbc.ca)
Supporters of Native activist Leonard Peltier hold White House rally, urging Biden to grant clemency (apnews.com)
Hundreds of activists and Indigenous leaders rallied outside the White House on Tuesday to support Leonard Peltier on the imprisoned activist’s 79th birthday, holding signs and chanting slogans urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to the Native American leader....
Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake (www.bbc.com)
The drunk driver reported that he was almost hit by a car going in the wrong direction.
More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why (www.npr.org)
APNews: Fukushima's radioactive wastewater is being released in the Pacific. (apnews.com)
Marion police never interviewed tipster who sent state document to newspaper, official (www.kansascity.com)
The tip that led to a series of events culminating in the raid of a Kansas newspaper was first sent to the Marion County Record through a Facebook message. That message contained a document with the name, date of birth and driver’s license number for a local restaurateur.
West Kelowna declares state of emergency and issues evacuation orders as wildfires spread (youtu.be)
West Kelowna declares state of emergency and issues evacuation orders as wildfires spread...
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Glacier basin flooding destroys two structures in Alaskan capital of Juneau and prompts local emergency declaration (www.cnn.com)
Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region, officials say.
