Phoenix man let 10-year-old son drive pickup truck on freeway, police say (apnews.com)
A man has been arrested after allowing his 10-year-old son to drive a pickup truck on a Phoenix-area freeway, authorities said Sunday....
More U.S. school districts are shifting to a 4-day week. Here's why. (www.cbsnews.com)
When the school bell rings in Independence, Missouri, this year, 14,000 students are trying something new: a four-day week, with Mondays off. And they’re not alone. As kids head back to school this year, a growing number will be returning to a four-day school week....
Drugs are sold out in the open in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Inside the fight to curb it (www.cnn.com)
The California Highway Patrol may best be known for freeway chases and the Hollywood glamour of its motorcycle cops in television shows like “ChiPs.” But now the storied agency is patrolling the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin as part of a multiagency effort to crack down on rampant drug dealing that’s decimating...
Raimondo warns China that patience of US business is 'wearing thin' (www.channelnewsasia.com)
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warned China in interviews broadcast on Sunday (Sep 3) that the patience of US business was “wearing thin”, saying American companies deserved a “predictable environment and a level playing field”....
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....
Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell in hospice care, representative says (www.cbsnews.com)
Former Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell is receiving hospice care treatment at home, a representative confirmed to CBS News Sunday....
Neo-Nazi groups spew hate outside Disney World and near Orlando, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Groups of neo-Nazis and white supremacists spread antisemitic, white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ messages outside Disney World and in the nearby Orlando, Florida, area Saturday in the latest examples of rising antisemitism in the U.S., officials said....
“X” Didn’t Pay Severance. Now It’s Facing 2,200 Cases—and Big Fees (www.motherjones.com)
Elon Musk’s alleged penchant for not paying bills is catching up with him. In the wake of numerous lawsuits claiming the world’s richest man failed to pay severance owed to many of the 6,000 employees he fired after acquiring Twitter. On Monday, CNBC reported that the tech company now known as X is facing some 2,200...
'WE ARE EVERYWHERE' Videos Show Angry Neo-Nazis Cursing and Screaming Slurs During March in Florida (www.rollingstone.com)
Members of white supremacist and antisemitic hate groups marched outside Orlando, Florida, on Saturday screaming invectives, raising the Nazi salute, and yelling “Heil Hitler” and “white power.”...
Person in connection with dancer's stabbing death at Brooklyn gas station is in custody, police say (apnews.com)
Police have a person in custody in connection with the death of a gay man who was fatally stabbed after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them.
Proud Boys leader predicts Trump will pardon him as he bemoans prison food (www.newsweek.com)
In the wake of his 17-year jail sentence, Joseph Bigg said: "Oh, I know he'll pardon. I believe that with all my heart."
Rudy Giuliani "sealed his own fate" in legal loss: Constitutional lawyer (www.newsweek.com)
Wealthy Family Seeks to Reopen Plant That Spewed Pollution in Black Communities (truthout.org)
Owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, the plant closed in 2021 after years of environmental violations....
One of Louisiana’s only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation (www.cnn.com)
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Disney wants to narrow the scope of its lawsuit against DeSantis to free speech claim (apnews.com)
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just a free speech claim that the Florida governor retaliated against the company because of its public opposition to a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades....
Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave (apnews.com)
A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells Sunday in what one former inmate there called an act of “self-preservation” amid dangerously high temperatures in the region....
Minnesota jail in lockdown as 100 inmates refuse to return to cells (www.bbc.co.uk)
Prisoners are reportedly protesting conditions at the facility amid hot conditions.
For 30 years, a memorial to Nazi collaborators sat largely unnoticed just outside Philadelphia. Now it’s drawing outrage. (www.inquirer.com)
First renderings show new California city that tech billionaires want to build (www.sfchronicle.com)
He jumps off the hot air balloon without a parachute, thinking that his friends would save him (disturbinghistory.blogspot.com)
San Francisco Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance (sfstandard.com)
A stalled Cruise robotaxi blocked a San Francisco ambulance from getting a pedestrian hit by a vehicle to the hospital in an Aug. 14 incident, according to first responder accounts. The patient later died of their injuries....
I was breastfeeding my baby when I noticed his feeding slowed – minutes later he was pale and floppy (disturbinghistory.blogspot.com)
Fauci defends masking as COVID cases rise: ‘I would hope’ people abide by recommendations (thehill.com)
Push To Strip Fox’s Broadcast License Over Election Lies Gains New Momentum (abovethelaw.com)
Last July, we noted how media reform activists had petitioned the FCC to revoke Fox News’ local broadcast license in Philadelphia. More specifically, the group argued that Fox News’ rampant election fraud propaganda technically violated the “character clause” embedded in the Communications Act the FCC is supposed to use...
Students criticize the University of North Carolina’s response to an active shooter emergency (www.politico.com)
Students say their teachers appeared unprepared and many grew more panicked in the absence of detailed information.
