Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state's groundwater (apnews.com)
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US syphilis cases are rising, and STD clinics warn they’re struggling to find crucial antibiotic (www.cnn.com)
The preferred antibiotic treatment for syphilis is in short supply across the United States as infections soar, and more than three dozen leading public health groups are urging the White House to intervene....
Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire was ‘built on lies,’ US prosecutor says (www.cnn.com)
In their opening statements to a newly sworn-in jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, lawyers laid out previews of their cases, offering two divergent narratives for the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire....
Texas Man Allegedly Used Abortion Lawsuit To Blackmail Ex-Wife For Sex (www.huffpost.com)
Marcus Silva filed suit in March against three friends of his ex-wife, Brittni Silva, accusing the friends of helping her obtain abortion pills last summer to illegally terminate an unwanted pregnancy in violation of Texas’ harsh anti-abortion laws....
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding (apnews.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for wastewater infrastructure....
‘Trump show is over,’ says New York attorney general as third day of fraud trial ends (www.theguardian.com)
Letitia James calls former president’s appearance at civil trial a ‘political stunt’ and a ‘fundraising stop’...
ADL says it will resume advertising on X following feud with Elon Musk (www.cnn.com)
The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday said it plans to resume advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, following a spat with owner Elon Musk.
11 arrested in protest at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office over war in Ukraine (www.washingtonpost.com)
Eleven antiwar protesters were arrested Wednesday after they occupied the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Capitol Hill to demand the senator support efforts at diplomacy over sending further U.S. aid, such as weapons, to Ukraine....
Journalist Who Won Courage Award for Her Ukraine War Reporting Goes Missing (www.thedailybeast.com)
KYIV—A star journalist who won a prestigious award for her courageous reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has gone missing, The Daily Beast can report....
Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say (abcnews.go.com)
Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them (apnews.com)
Massachusetts shooting claims life of baby delivered after mother was one of several hit by gunfire (apnews.com)
A shooting claimed the life of a baby that was delivered after its mother was one of several people hit by gunfire during a fight Wednesday on a downtown street in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke, authorities said....
Dungeons & Dragons Will No Longer Be Distributed Through Penguin Random House (gizmodo.com)
Starting January 1, 2024, Penguin Random House will no longer be distributing Wizards of the Coast’s seminal TTRPG product, Dungeons & Dragons. The announcement was made via email to various retailers. io9 obtained a copy of this email for confirmation. There is currently a distributor portal live on Wizards’ site.
Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her, Victim in critical condition (www.theregister.com)
Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike (apnews.com)
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Corporate manslaughter probe launched into British hospital that employed Lucy Letby (www.upi.com)
Police on Wednesday launched a corporate manslaughter investigation into the British Countess of Chester Hospital that employed nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of killing infants.
Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com)
Study math for long enough and you will likely have cursed Pythagoras’s name, or said “praise be to Pythagoras” if you’re a bit of a fan of triangles....
Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA (www.jpost.com)
While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.
A Prática das Meditações com Mantras - Meditantes PodCast #7 (youtu.be) Portuguese
Você conhece a prática da Meditação com Mantras? Esse é o tema do Episódio 7 do Meditantes PodCast com a participação de Sayuro Kin e apresentação de Domício Shanti-Rham....
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Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes (news.northwestern.edu)
Large study found three genes strongly linked to vegetarianism....
Ursus rotundus: contenders compete in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week (www.theguardian.com)
Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to see which Alaskan bears can pack on the most pounds before hibernation season, begins this week, with a combination of fan favorites and newcomers vying for the title of the state’s most rotund bear....
Capitol rioter who attacked Reuters cameraman and police officer gets more than 4 years in prison (apnews.com)
Shane Jason Woods, 45, was the first person charged with assaulting a member of the news media during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection....