No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border (www.reuters.com)
Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract at least three papers (stanforddaily.com)
Outrage after women paraded naked in Indian state (www.bbc.co.uk)
Johannesburg explosion: Concern over second suspected gas explosion (www.bbc.co.uk)
This no-frills college helps students get a degree quickly, simply and affordably (www.npr.org)
Manipur: India outrage after women paraded naked in violence-hit state (www.bbc.com)
A video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in the north-eastern state of Manipur, hit by violent ethnic clashes, has sparked outrage in India.
Who is the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr? (www.reuters.com)
Florida malaria outbreak still going with local cases now at 7 (arstechnica.com)
Local officials are still working to apply insecticide by air, trucks, and crews.
FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting (arstechnica.com)
Muslim legislator attacked outside Eid-al Adha prayer in Connecticut says incident should be looked into as a hate crime (www.nbcnews.com)
Kevin Spacey accusers came forward to tell the truth, prosecutors tell London trial (www.reuters.com)
At least 18 wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Mykolaiv -governor (www.reuters.com)
Taco Bell Went to Court Over the Right to Use 'Taco Tuesday.' The Taco John's Response Was Brilliant (www.inc.com)
Taco Bell started it, but Taco John’s ended it–with emotional intelligence.
Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia (www.reuters.com)
Migrant girl death in US custody was 'preventable' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Singapore: City-state rocked by rare political scandals (www.bbc.co.uk)
I lost my job to ChatGPT and was made obsolete. I was out of work for 3 months before taking a new job passing out samples at grocery stores. (www.businessinsider.com)
Over 20,000 Wagner troops killed, 40,000 wounded in Ukraine: Prigozhin-linked channel (www.politico.eu)
Russia's Prigozhin: no more fighting in Ukraine but prepare for Africa - video (www.reuters.com)
Xi Jinping meets Henry Kissinger as US seeks to defrost China ties (www.bbc.co.uk)
Police search for suspected lion roaming Berlin area (www.bbc.co.uk)
Does The Kentucky Attorney General Go To Work? An Investigation. (www.huffpost.com)
An open records request shows Daniel Cameron hasn’t used his key fob to get into the state Capitol for the last three years. His office won’t say why.
Unhoused Coloradans turn to methamphetamine as a form of protection (coloradosun.com)
In Colorado Springs, meth accounts for the majority of drug overdose deaths. Many of the deceased were living outside, using the drug to stay awake.