Opioid Settlement Money Is Being Spent on Police Cars and Overtime (web.archive.org)
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The Moves Wealthy Families Are Making to Skirt Estate Taxes (www.wsj.com)
An unprecedented rush to relinquish wealth is under way, and it isn’t just for billionaires....
The Maui wildfires are a mass casualty disaster. People are flying in to find their loved ones (www.nbcnews.com)
Families and friends of the missing people are holding out hope nearly two weeks after the wildfires broke out, as teams have now searched more than 85% of the area.
Record-setting U.S. heat dome places 143 million under alerts (www.axios.com)
About 143 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Tuesday as a dangerous heat dome lingers over a major swath of the Midwest, South and Southwest.
US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately (thehill.com)
The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and warned against travel there in a statement published Monday....
Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday (apnews.com)
Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday — a controversial step that the government says is essential for the decades of work needed to shut down the facility that had reactor meltdowns 12 years ago.
Satellite images capture a look at Tropical Storm Hilary's flooding in Palm Springs (www.nbcnews.com)
The desert community got more than 3 inches of rain, the most precipitation recorded there on a single day....
Meta rolls out web version of Threads (www.nbcnews.com)
Major milestone in quest to create massive pro-Yes human chain across Scotland (www.thenational.scot)
What we know about the gunman who shot Laura Carleton over Pride flag (www.independent.co.uk)
Suspect tore down Pride flag and hurled homophobic slurs before killing California store owner, say police
Rare earths magnet firms turn to Vietnam in China hedge (www.reuters.com)
Korean and Chinese magnet firms, including an Apple supplier, are set to open factories in Vietnam, according to documents and people familiar with the plans, amid a push to diversify supply chains away from China and defend against Sino-U.S. tension.
Female soldiers in Army special operations face rampant sexism and harassment, military report says (apnews.com)
U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a lengthy study, reported a wide range of “overtly sexist” comments from male soldiers, including a broad aversion to females serving in commando units. The comments, it said, are “not outliers” but represent a common sentiment that women don’t belong on special operations...
UK microchip giant Arm files to sell shares in US (www.bbc.com)
British microchip designing giant Arm has announced it has filed paperwork to sell its shares in the US....
11 killed in explosion at coal mine in northern China (apnews.com)
Authorities say 11 people have been killed in a coal mine explosion in northern China, in a reminder of the country’s continued dependence on the energy source.
Looking for a new car under $20,000? Good luck. Your choice has dwindled to just one vehicle (apnews.com)
At a time when Americans increasingly want pricey SUVs and trucks rather than small cars, the Mirage remains the lone new vehicle whose average sale price is under 20 grand — a figure that once marked a kind of unofficial threshold of affordability. With prices — new and used — having soared since the pandemic, $20,000 is...
Marion was warned before hiring chief (marionrecord.com)
This is from the paper that got raided in Kansas. This is about the police chief whose department conducted the raid....
Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S. (www.statnews.com)
Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán....
Firearms killed a record number of children in 2021, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. children and teens are more likely to die because of guns than car crashes, drug overdoses and cancer.
Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says (abcnews.go.com)
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama can enforce a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children, the second such appellate victory for gender-affirming care restrictions that have been adopted by a growing number of Republican-led states.
Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges (apnews.com)
The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest its business making and selling the drug, pravastatin, a generic version of the...
Meta putting profit ahead of safety by blocking wildfire news, says Trudeau (www.reuters.com)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday criticized Meta for blocking domestic news from its platforms, saying the Facebook-parent was prioritizing profit over safety as devastating wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate their homes....
Georgia sheriff pleads guilty to groping TV Judge Hatchett (abcnews.go.com)
A Georgia sheriff pleaded guilty Monday to groping TV Judge Glenda Hatchett, who recalled being so stunned that she froze when the lawman grabbed and squeezed her breast at a hotel bar last year during a law enforcement conference.
Suspect named in fatal shooting of California store owner over a Pride flag (www.nbcnews.com)
Police identified a man Monday who shot and killed a California business owner last week after he allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California. Sheriff’s officials told NBC News that the killing is being investigated as a possible hate crime....
Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.