Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison defends secretly taking extra powers
Australia's Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban in two territories

Burnout turned Twitch streamers' dreams of playing games full time into nightmares

A man who held up a bank demanding his own money becomes an unlikely hero

The U.K. approved omicron-specific booster shots. They're coming to the U.S. soon

Stalled U.S. Forest Service project could have protected California town from Caldor Fire destruction
The federal government isn't prepared to relocate America's climate change victims
Why We Will See More Devastating Floods Like The Ones In Kentucky
After devastating floods, Kentucky residents now face high heat and power outages
More rain hits Kentucky while the death toll from flooding grows
As Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire
Kentucky's governor warns residents to brace for more flooding
At least 25 people have died in Kentucky's devastating floods, governor says
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At least 16 people are dead in Kentucky after torrential rains flood Appalachia
Climate change is intensifying the water cycle, bringing more powerful storms and flooding – here's what the science shows
These hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C.
Torrential rains cause flooding and power outages in Appalachia
Crews are making progress against a destructive forest fire near Yosemite
Fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite remains uncontained
Decades of 'good fires' save Yosemite's iconic grove of ancient sequoia trees
The U.S. Forest Service is taking emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

Nowhere is the joy of existence so apparent as in music... Intelligent life forms have created a multitude of sounds that express their exhilaration at being alive. - Alan Lightman

Yakima gas station glitch charged customers only 46 cents a gallon

High-altitude balloons over Oregon bring search for life on Mars one step closer

Happy birthday, love! #lovewins

Warren, I wish you a fabulous year ahead of laughtes, love and good health!

Weighing the pros and cons of Beto O'Rourke dropping an f-bomb on a heckler

In other words, none of it is under our control, and we will never know why. Life is not fair; life is life. We are left to navigate as best we can between life and death, every day. On this Shabbat, may you open your heart to the joy that is the gift of your life, and may it fill you utterly, up to the brim, with peace. Shabbat Shalom. - Rabbi Ariel

The last supermoon of the year lights up the night sky all over the world

Tu B'av

Their mentor was attacked. Now young OB-GYNs may leave Indiana
Indiana doctor says she has been harassed for giving an abortion to a 10-year-old
Man indicted in rape of 10-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for abortion
Doctor who performed abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim moves to sue Indiana AG for defamation
Indiana's AG could face a lawsuit by the abortion provider for 10-year-old rape victim
What New Abortion Bans Mean for the Youngest Patients
Doctor who performed abortion on 10-year-old Ohio rape survivor warns Indiana AG to stop defaming her
Disbelief in case of 10-year-old rape victim who got abortion is 'harmful' to safety of children: Expert
Doctor told the state she performed abortion on 10-year-old girl, document shows
Doctor Informed State of 10-Year-Old Girl's Abortion
National Right to Life official: 10-year-old should have had baby
A rape, an abortion, and a one-source story: a child's ordeal becomes national news

Gabo discovered this

LegCo member Eunice Yung terminates her daughter-in-law relationship with Elmer Yuen after the latter suspected of violating National Security Law
Legislator Eunice Yung 'cuts ties with father-in-law'
Hong Kong lawmaker takes out newspaper ad to disown pro-democracy father-in-law accused of subversion

Divine energy is all there is, and all is divine energy. - the Baal Shem Tov

It's so fun to anticipate this.
I'm gonna leave the mting of it to the
Universe. I'm not gonna rush it.
I'm not gonna demand a timeline.
I'm gonna take it as it comes and I'm gonna
enjoy every moment between now and then. - Abraham

There can be no very black malancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still. - Henry David Thoreau

The secret behind why parents — and kids — love 'Bluey'

Father and son sentenced to life for a hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery's death
4 current and former officers federally charged in raid that killed Breonna Taylor
Justice Department charges 4 Louisville police officers in Breonna Taylor case
Alleged police misconduct cost Yonkers, N.Y., millions. The complaints kept coming

What you need to know about preparing financially for a baby

Iran demands release of its citizen held in Saudi Arabia

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies
Michigan GOP cancels election watch party, reports threat
Pro-Trump activists swamp election officials with sprawling records requests
Trump ignores Republican calls to avoid repeating false election claims
An antidemocratic philosophy called 'neoreaction' is creeping into GOP politics

How 3 presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders and what it says about them

New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past

Regret is a legitimate emotive response after not experiencing what was hoped for, expected, or invested in. But when regret is abandoned — left alone, only to exist on a regular feeding of misery and never gets processed — it just becomes unresolved grief set on replay, over and over again, congesting our heart and detaining other vital and life-affirming experiences from accessing our being.
There is something more for you than what never transpired. There is something other than what never came to be. After allowing regret to teach what you needed to understand about yourself — after feeling it fully, acknowledging how much it hurt — there can be a shift. A birth which peels away any blame, resentment, or need to make anyone else suffer.
In this new and pure place, we can start giving ourselves what was needed and allow space for real connections to flourish. We can look forward to fresher days and start over. Begin again with presence. Recommence real living, without our deepest regrets. Without the anguish of past disappointments. Without dragging along the weight of what was not meant to be. — Susan Frybort

Georgia nuclear plant gets OK to load fuel at new reactor

The Sleep Debt Collector Is Here

Wherever you are,
at any moment,
try snd find something brautiful.
A face, a line out of a poem,
the clouds out of a window,
some graffiti, a wind farm.
Beauty cleans the mind. - Matt Haig

Be Ground, be crumbled,
so wildflowers wil come up where you are.
You've been stony for too many years.

Try something different.
Surrender. - Rumi

Hungary's autocratic leader tells U.S. conservatives to join his culture war
On NATO, McConnell nudges GOP away from Trump-era approach
Missouri’s Josh Hawley was lone senator to vote against Finland, Sweden NATO membership
Hawley to oppose Sweden, Finland joining NATO
GOP senators bash Josh Hawley's opposition to adding Finland and Sweden to NATO: 'We beat China by standing with our allies'
U.S. Senate approves Finland and Sweden for membership into NATO
Senate votes to support Finland and Sweden joining NATO
Ukraine accuses Tulsi Gabbard and Rand Paul of promoting 'Russian propaganda'
U.S. Republicans join Democrats in backing NATO expansion despite rising nationalism
McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday
Rand Paul Brings Putin’s Core Argument Against Ukraine to Congress

Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. - Plato

Mupreme Court
The Christian Right Fires A Warning Shot At Senate Republicans

If this is Idaho’s response to federal lawsuit over abortion ban, we’re in legal trouble
Abortion rights shockwave rocks the midterms and 3 other takeaways from primaries
An Idaho abortion law draws a Justice Department lawsuit
Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment
Kansas voters protect abortion rights, block path to ban
Some states are laser-focused on supreme court elections after the Dobbs ruling
Dozens of clinics have stopped offering abortions in the states with some form of ban
More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away
ND abortion clinic says Minnesota move won't delay services
Wait times at Colorado abortion clinics hit 2 weeks as out-of-state patients strain system
The Extraordinary Abortion Care I Received Should Be Ordinary
In Oregon-Idaho border town, planned abortion clinic receives little welcome from locals
Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare

Why the American Dream is more attainable in some cities than others

Making someone feel seen, heard, understood, is the loudest way to love them. - unknown

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One dead, 11 sickened by Legionnaires’ disease in Napa County

How to protect the people you care about from extreme heat

To this retired commander, the ISS was the last good bond between the U.S. and Russia
Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024
Russia says it will quit the International Space Station amid Ukraine war
Russia’s withdrawal from the International Space Station could mean the early demise of the orbital lab – and sever another Russian link with the West
Russia says it will quit the International Space Station after 2024

How to know when you spend too much time online and need to log off

Emi Nietfeld is done reaching for redemption in 'Acceptance'

Coral levels in some parts of the Great Barrier Reef are at the highest in 36 years

Why do so many bikes end up underwater? The reasons can be weird and varied

Being An Abortion Doula In A Post-Roe World
Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color
Florida clergy lawsuits say abortion ban violates religious freedom
Reversing a Reversal, Miami School Board Accepts Sex Ed Books It Had Rejected

How climate change drives inland floods?
Floods are getting more common. Do you know your risk?
Videos show water pouring into casinos and flooding parts of Las Vegas as a rare, heavy thunderstorm hit one of the US's driest cities
After rushing to safety, St. Louisans wonder how they will recover from historic flooding
Insurances woes in coastal Louisiana make hurricane recovery difficult

'How Fast Did T. rex Run?' and other questions about dinosaurs examined in new book

Portland Legends Seastar Bakery and Handsome Pizza Will Close This Month

Trump Faces Questions About His Net Worth in Interview He Tried to Avoid

These 3 conversations hold the key to successfully moving in with your partner
In Relationships, Respect May Be Even More Crucial Than Love

Does the killing of al-Zawahiri make Americans safer? It's complicated
3 things the strike on al-Zawahiri tell us about the U.S. counterterrorism strategy
Bin Laden was the face of al-Qaida, but Ayman al-Zawahiri was its hate-filled heart
The U.S. has killed top al-Qaida leader and key 9/11 plotter, Ayman al-Zawahiri

Tonga's volcano sent tons of water into the stratosphere. That could warm the Earth
Philippine president visits quake-hit area as residents shelter outside
Strong earthquake kills at least 4 and injures dozens in the northern Philippines
Japan puts alerts to the highest level for the Sakurajima volcano after it erupted

Pregnant? Georgia says that fetus counts as a dependent on your taxes
Stacey Abrams says her faith in God guides her abortion-rights stance

Russian claims of destroying Ukrainian HIMARS false -Pentagon
No matter what the Kremlin says, the sanctions against Russia are working and 'catastrophically crippling' its economy: study
A young officer hopes to turn the tide of war, as Ukraine fights to retake a key city
Putin's rumored girlfriend hit with latest U.S. sanctions
UPDATE 1-Russia says United States is directly involved in Ukraine war
The first Ukrainian grain ship leaves Odesa after months of Russian blockade
Russia puzzled by Biden proposal to replace nuclear arms treaty
In the Russia-Ukraine war, drones are one of the most powerful weapons
Zelenskyy visits port as Ukraine prepares to ship out grain
Analysis-With massive Polish arms deal S.Korea steps closer to Ukraine war
Ex-journalist fined again for discrediting Russian army over Ukraine

US sanctions UAE, Hong Kong firms that ship Iranian oil
Iranian tanker to retrieve oil cargo confiscated by U.S. this week

Kremlin tells U.S. time running out for new nuclear arms deal
UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control'
Why the U.N. chief says we are 'one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation'
Kremlin says nuclear arms control talks hinge on US goodwill

Ukraine starts pullout of peacekeepers from Kosovo

The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery – then gave the technology to China

A record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path
Clarence Thomas drops out of teaching a law class after students protested

US seeks possession of Venezuelan 747 grounded in Argentina
London's High Court rules against Venezuela's Maduro in $1 billion gold battle
Former senior U.S. official John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups

Robinhood cuts nearly a quarter of its staff as the pandemic darling loses its shine
Robinhood lays off almost a quarter of its staff

Congress Is Giving Billions to the Chip Industry. Strings Are Attached.
Whip-lash: House GOP moves to oppose CHIPS-Plus bill in rebuke to Manchin deal
Senate passes bill to reduce reliance on China for semiconductors
Chips bill advances in Senate — Here's what's in the $79B legislation
A bill to reduce reliance on China for semiconductors moves closer to a Senate vote
Sen. Kelly on CHIPS+ Act: 'We'll get it to the president'
Sen. Warner: Chips bill needs to be on President Biden’s desk ‘before August’
China trade surplus surges to record as exports accelerate

There is a meaningful distinction between inquiry and assumption in personal relationships. Those connections that remain inquiry based- where each person asks the other about their intentions, motivations, and actions- have a tendency to last far longer than those based on assumption. When we can allow ourselves to remain genuinely curious about why someone behaved as they did, we keep the gate between our hearts open. We co-create an ongoing opportunity to grow individually and together. When we rely on assumptions as our interpretive structure- particularly those lodged in our own projections and limiting beliefs- we are far more likely to close the door to the connection and miss the opportunity for growth. The simple truth is that there are often countless possibilties for why someone behaved as they did. And the assumption that we make is often misguided. Better we inquire- wherever possible- so that the connection has an opportunity to grow in awareness and understanding. Being curious about those that matter to us, keeps the fires of relatedness alight. - Jeff Brown

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Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. - Kurt Vonnegut

What if the change you are avoiding is the one that gives you wings? - unknown

“It is no secret that, for many, intimate relationship is one of the great amplifiers of the unlived life. We can count on our partners to relentlessly illuminate everything that is unresolved within us. Not because they have some agenda to do so, but simply by the nature of the crucible that is formed when we allow another to truly matter to us.

We come to our relationships with an already-existing patterning that formed long ago. While this template longs to be updated, until reconfiguration it looms over us and colors our perception. It functions by way of a time machine where, when activated, it is as if we have left the “here and now,” crossed the liminal, and found ourselves back in the “there and then.”

There are aspects of ourselves that are aching to come out of the shadows and into the warmth of holding awareness. Not to harm, but as emissaries of wholeness. There is nothing like a close relationship to remind us of the orphaned feelings and vulnerable parts that have lost their way in the tangle of somatic and psychic pathways. They are exhausted from a long voyage to reach us, but have not given up.

The reminder of this truth can at times be a bit agonizing, as the other seems to have extraordinary powers to open the raw, tender, and naked dimensions of our being. But this achiness is sacred. Inside the ache is a jewel. Go there.

Please be kind to your partners and the inevitable conflict that will arise as you make this journey together. Training ourselves to harness the energy of conflict – and engage it directly, skillfully, and with an open heart – is the activity of inner and outer revolution, and requires the encoding of new circuitry.

The transformative art of rupture and repair is one that is endlessly profound, revealing that relationships of vast depth and meaning are *not* those free of conflict, but ones where working through conflict is embraced as path, where the participants are transformed into an alive vessel of purification, love, and healing.

This is a difficult realization to come by, and one that is unfortunately not all that popular in a world that has forgotten the gold buried in the dark. But here we are. It is up to us to bring these fruits into the collective.” - Matt Licata

The Senate passes help for veterans exposed to toxins, after a reversal drew fury
Jon Stewart rallies with veterans for burn pit legislation: 'Lowest hanging fruit of a functioning society'
The Senate passed a bill to help sick veterans. Then 25 Republicans reversed course
Callous GOP Fist-Bump After Holding Up Aid For Burn-Pit Veterans Sparks Fury
Jon Stewart Expertly Trolls Fox News Viewers While on Fox News
With Few Able and Fewer Willing, U.S. Military Can't Find Recruits

'Total bulls***': Anger boils over after Republicans block bill to help vets exposed to burn pits

Nothing is more unbearable, once once has it, than freedom. - James Baldwin

You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you. - unknown

Cell carrier privacy settings to change now

California's Texas-style gun law: Clever policy or political stunt?
Family of California shooting victims sue gun distributor
Gun-makers made millions marketing AR-15-style guns as a sign of manhood
GOP Rep Plants ‘Seeds of Violence’ as Gun Victims Tell Their Stories
Gun manufacturer blames 'erosion of personal responsibility' for mass shootings
Judge admonishes Alex Jones for speaking outside courtroom on 1st day of Sandy Hook defamation trial
5 manufacturers responsible for over half of guns seized in a dozen cities: Study
Alex Jones' defamation trial finally set to begin in Texas
After Indiana Mall Shooting, One Hero but No Lasting Solution
Students in a Dallas school district must wear clear backpacks after Uvalde shooting
Bulletproof safety pods for schools draw the internet's ire. An expert weighs in
The prosecutor recounted the coldness and cruelty of Parkland gunman as trial begins
The Buffalo supermarket shooter pleads not guilty to federal charges
The Parkland school shooter faces the death penalty as his trial begins
Florida high school shooter's penalty trial begins

When we make the slight shift from being carred along by our mind stream, everything we're thinking about, everything we're worried about, everything we want, everything that is not working in our life, to noticing it, that is the beginning of freedom. - Howard Cohn

FBI arrests man with a military-style rifle near the home of a high-profile Iranian dissident journalist

China backs away from growth goal, sticks to virus controls
China to address 'unbalanced and inadequate' development in next five years - Xi
Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point

Japan's traditional crafts are struggling to survive the country's population decline

We might never know who won the Mega Millions jackpot. That's not usually the case

Music Midtown pulls the plug over Georgia's gun laws, highlighting a legal gray area

“I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” - Ron White

Children are souls to be nurtured, not products to be measured. - Andrew Kern

It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are. - E. E. Cummings

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. - Rumi

China announces military exercises as Pelosi's possible trip to Taiwan looms
Pelosi trip to Taiwan poses new challenge for White House
China's Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperationa
China accuses US of 'navigation bullying' in South China Sea
Biden and China's Xi discuss tensions over Taiwan
US-China relations: Cooperation ‘is over and not coming back anytime soon,' analyst says
A richer, stronger China warns Pelosi not to visit Taiwan
US official warns Asian aggressors will face Western might
US military making plans in case Pelosi travels to Taiwan
China confirms warnings to U.S. on Pelosi's possible Taiwan visit
U.S. accuses China of increased South China Sea 'provocations'
Milley warns Chinese military is becoming 'noticeably more aggressive'
UK leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak vows to get tough on China, close all Confucius Institutes, if he becomes PM
Milley: China more aggressive, dangerous to US, allies
China says South China Sea not a 'fighting arena' for major powers
Japan warns of rising global tension, Russia-China arms ties
Japan defence report sounds alarm on Russia, threats to Taiwan
China warns of 'forceful measures' if U.S. House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan
US destroyer sails past Chinese-held South China Sea islands
Solomons leader: Chinese base would make his people targets
China says it 'drove' away U.S. destroyer that sailed near disputed isles
US Vice President Harris to announce investments in Pacific
'Award is final' - Philippines asserts sovereignty on arbitration anniversary
US warns it will defend ally if China breaks sea ruling
U.S.-China tensions, Kiribati's shock withdrawal overshadow Pacific leaders meeting

U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100 million a year from service members overseas

North Carolina certifies the Green Party, which could allow it onto the Senate ballot
Election deniers are running to control voting. Here's how they've fared so far
Colorado clerk gets primary recount after raising $250,000
Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
Class Divisions Harden Into Battle Lines in Arizona's Republican Primary/a>
A Democratic ad in a Michigan race is the latest instance of meddling in a GOP primary
The election denial movement is now going door to door
Texas is barred from enforcing new restrictions on voter assistance
Dan Cox, an election denier, wins the Maryland Republican primary for governor
Pence splits with Trump again in endorsement for Arizona's governor
Poll Shows Tight Race for Control of Congress as Class Divide Widens
Pence endorses Robson for Arizona governor, colliding with Trump in key primary
North Carolina's Green Party says Democrats are working to keep it off 2022 ballot
On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: 'Democrats Cheat'

Banana Boat recalled a sunscreen spray after detecting trace amounts of a carcinogen

Real Life 'Goonies'? A Mysterious Shipwreck Found Off the Oregon Coast

Increasing women police recruits to 30% could help change departments' culture

You could get paid to eat candy as a Canadian company's chief candy officer
N.C. Chick-fil-A store asks for 'volunteers' to work for chicken, not money

A Greenland shark, one of the longest-living animals on Earth, was caught near Belize

People who want to visit the world's tallest living tree now risk a $5,000 fine

On a stunning Hawaiian mountain, the fight over telescopes is nearing a peaceful end

This fish evolved to walk on land — then said 'nope' and went back to the water

Sometimes people walk away from love because it is so beautiful that it terrifies them. Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their dark places and they are not ready to work them through. Sometimes they run away because they are not developmentally prepared to merge with another - they have more individuation work to do first. Sometimes they take off because love is not a priority in their lives - they have another path and purpose to walk first. Sometimes they end it because they prefer a relationship that is more practical than conscious, one that does not threaten the ways that they organize reality. Because so many of us carry shame, we have a tendency to personalize love's leavings, triggered by the rejection and feelings of abandonment. But this is not always true. Sometimes it has nothing to do with us. Sometimes the one who leaves is just not ready to hold it safe. Sometimes they know something we don't - they know their limits at that moment in time. Real love is no easy path - readiness is everything. May we grieve loss without personalizing it. May we learn to love ourselves in the absence of the lover. - Jeff Brown, An Uncommon Bond

Simple DIY maintenance tasks that will keep your car running smoothly — and save money

Your journey is not the same as mine, and my journey is not yours, but if we meet on a certain path, may we encourage each other. - unknown