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The Unofficial Guide to /kbin was updated to include a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
NASA appoints director of UAP research to investigate mysterious flying objects - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 14 (UPI) -- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Thursday that the U.S. space agency has appointed a director to oversee the space agency's probe of the origins of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP.
Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body (abcnews.go.com)
For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man
Who’s running to replace Mitt Romney? (www.politico.com)
Primary challengers had begun lining up even before Romney announced his retirement.
US to sanction 150 Russian-supporting entities over war in Ukraine (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S. is set to sanction more than 150 Russian-supporting individuals and entities over the war in Ukraine, the departments of State and Treasury announced Thursday.
‘There simply is no moral high ground anymore:' Stella Assange argues her husband’s situation is used as justification by authoritarian regimes that imprison journalists (www.indexoncensorship.org)
“It is undeniable that the intrinsics of Julian’s case are so shocking it is something one would expect from the worst dictatorships,” Stella Assange said....
Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case (apnews.com)
A Georgia judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them all of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“I Could Not Believe What I Was Seeing” – Missing Evolution Puzzle Piece Discovered in 130-Million-Year-Old Rocks (scitechdaily.com)
Now, the recent unearthing of exceptionally rare fossils provides the earliest known evidence of deep-sea fishes. This pushes back the timeline of deep-sea colonization by a staggering 80 million years.
Disney Reportedly Suspends Overall Deals With Yara Shahidi, Justin Hartley, and More Amid Strikes (www.gistbro.com.ng)
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Disney Reportedly Suspends Overall Deals With Yara Shahidi, Justin Hartley, and More Amid Strikes (www.gistbro.com.ng)
Nigeria entertainment news
Danelo Cavalcante has now been captured, Pennsylvania police say (www.npr.org)
After eluding a manhunt for nearly two weeks, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday morning.
New research reveals why and when the Sahara Desert was green (phys.org)
A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green.
Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building (www.theguardian.com)
About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured
GOP mayoral primary involving Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot headed for recount (www.politico.com)
Final unofficial results showed a tight contest in the race in Derby, a city of 12,400 people about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of New York City.
More than 5,000 have been found dead after Libya floods (www.npr.org)
In the coastal city of Derna, dams broke, sending a torrent of water that submerged whole neighborhoods. Rescue efforts are complicated by the fact that Libya is divided between rival governments.
EU risks trade war with China over electric vehicles (www.politico.eu)
Anti-subsidy probe puts the EU on course for a battery battle with Beijing.
‘Gender Apartheid:’ UN denounces Iran’s proposed law threatening women who refuse to wear hijab with 5-to-10-year prison sentence (www.ictj.org)
"The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid, as authorities appear to be governing through systemic discrimination with the intention of suppressing women and girls into total submission,” experts said.
Some spiders can transfer mercury contamination to land animals, study shows (phys.org)
Sitting calmly in their webs, many spiders wait for prey to come to them. Arachnids along lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects, such as dragonflies. But, when these insects live in mercury-contaminated waterways, they can pass the metal along to the spiders that feed on them.
New Research Exposes 5 Global North Countries Responsible for 51% of Planned Oil and Gas Expansion Through 2050 (priceofoil.org)
Here is the study (pdf): priceofoil.org/…/OCI-Planet-Wreckers-Report-Final…...
California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business (apnews.com)
California lawmakers have approved legislation requiring major companies to disclose a sweeping range of greenhouse gas emissions.
Morocco earthquake: hope fades of finding survivors in rubble (www.theguardian.com)
Complicated rescue effort continues as questions remain about king and government’s response
McCarthy gambles on Biden impeachment probe as shutdown looms (www.politico.com)
It's not clear that seeking a more direct clash with the president will help the beleaguered speaker find the conservative votes he needs to fund the government.
UK coroner warns of cosmetic surgery abroad after woman dies in Turkey (www.theguardian.com)
Melissa Kerr died in Istanbul hospital after injected fat entered a vein during Brazilian butt lift procedure
MGM Resorts: Slot machines go down in cyber-attack on firm (www.bbc.com)
Customers also report problems with payments and check-in as IT systems go down at MGM Resorts' hotels.