Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (www.freethink.com)
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet (wamu.org)
A U.S.-bound plane took off from London last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were completely missing, according to U.K. air accident investigators....
Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christianity back in schools (www.nbcnews.com)
26-year-old tech CEO found dead in Baltimore with signs of blunt-force trauma (www.cnn.com)
The Baltimore Police Department has announced an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted for the murder of Pava LaPere, the 26-year-old CEO of startup EcoMap Technologies, who was found dead in a downtown Baltimore apartment Monday with signs of blunt-force trauma to her head....
News organizations across country condemn raid of Kansas newspaper office (www.kshb.com)
Florida prisons lock people in dirty showers for hours, report finds (www.tampabay.com)
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Most in the US see Mexico as a partner despite border problems, an AP-NORC/Pearson poll shows (apnews.com)
Most people in the U.S. see Mexico as an essential partner to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, even as they express mixed views of Mexico’s government, according to a new poll....
An Oklahoma judge could be removed from office for sending more than 500 texts during a murder trial (apnews.com)
The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended the removal of Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom in a court filing Tuesday following an investigation by the state’s Council on Judicial Complaints....
UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they? (apnews.com)
It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises....
Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ after latest China comments (www.theguardian.com)
Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zone...
Escaped Pennsylvania killer captured after nearly 2 weeks on the run (www.nbcnews.com)
An iPhone belonging to a staffer at a Washington-based civil society organization was hacked remotely with spyware created by Israel’s NSO Group. (financialpost.com)
Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries and Angering Parents (www.nytimes.com)
As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers.
Family shares updates on Bruce Willis's dementia (news.sky.com)
Bruce Willis’s daughter Tallulah has spoken about her father’s “really aggressive” dementia and why it is so important for her family to be open about it....
College athletes are fighting to get a cut from the billions they generate in media rights deals (apnews.com)
At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crowe was asked to ponder a not-too-distant future where Sun Devils football and basketball players get a cut from the billions of dollars their sports generate in media rights deals....
‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat (www.theguardian.com)
The carbon emissions driving the climate crisis and rapid arrival of an El Niño event are to blame, researchers say...
Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world's oldest skydiver (apnews.com)
X (formerly Twitter) is worst for disinformation, per EU analysis | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
X (formerly Twitter) has been called out in the European Union for having the worst ratio of disinformation/misinformation to posts not spreading falsehoods among mainstream social networks....
Trump Suggests Feeding Migrants to Alligators at Overrun Border in Apparent Joke: ‘New Border Security, Will Work for Food’ (www.msn.com)
Jimmy Buffett died after a four-year fight with a rare form of skin cancer, his website says (abcnews.go.com)
Jimmy Buffett, whose sun-drenched songs celebrated life by the shore, died of a rare, aggressive skin cancer, according to a statement on his website....
Police in Ohio fatally shot a pregnant shoplifting suspect (apnews.com)
Police in a Columbus suburb fatally shot a pregnant woman in an Ohio supermarket parking lot after she accelerated her car toward an officer, police officials said....
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard found guilty on 4 counts of sexual assault (www.cnn.com)
Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court on Sunday, following a six-week trial....