Exit from Ukraine may be restricted for some women – Kyiv Post (www.nationalisti.ro)
Starting from October 1st, women with medical and pharmaceutical education may be required to register for military service but it is not yet clear whether
Covid is surging again—you may want to mask up in these 3 scenarios, says infectious diseases doctor (www.cnbc.com)
Masking may not be a thing of the past anymore, especially if these three scenarios apply to you, says an infectious diseases physician.
The oil industry’s cynical gamble on Arctic drilling (www.vox.com)
Companies like ConocoPhillips are banking on a future filled with oil.
IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions in back taxes (abcnews.go.com)
The IRS is launching an effort to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business partnerships that owe hundreds of millions of dollars in past due taxes
Elon Musk says he withheld Starlink over Crimea to avoid escalation (www.bbc.com)
A senior Ukrainian official says this enabled Russian attacks and accuses him of "committing evil".
Georgia grand jury recommended charging three US senators (www.bbc.com)
But prosecutors ultimately did not indict Lindsey Graham and other Trump allies on election charges.
Cuba arrests 17 for luring young men to fight for Russia (www.politico.eu)
Suspects could face life in jail or even death sentence, prosecutor says.
American actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape (www.nationalisti.ro)
Danny Masterson has been found guilty of two rape charges and is now facing the consequences of his actions in the justice system.
DeSantis eyes revoking constitutional safeguard for Florida’s Black voters (www.theguardian.com)
The state’s Republican governor is already appealing a judge’s decision to strike down unlawful election maps
Company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves as Massachusetts investigates teen's death (qz.com)
Authorities are raising the alarm about a social media challenge in which people eat extremely spicy chips and attempt to avoid eating or drinking anything for as long as possible
Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds (www.politico.com)
Sixty-seven percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning surveyed voters said the party should nominate someone other than Biden.
Walmart cuts starting hourly pay for some workers (www.detroitnews.com)
The retailer says the change will create consistency in starting hourly pay across individual stores.
YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse (www.npr.org)
Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.
Supreme Court to decide whether to kick Trump off ballot (www.newsweek.com)
Castro v. Trump, a case challenging Trump's candidacy with the 14th Amendment, is expected to decided by the justices on or before October 9.
Australia, women were told their babies would not survive - but Catholic hospitals refused to provide abortion (www.theguardian.com)
Planemakers look to a pilotless future (www.politico.com)
Europe is moving forward with regulations that only require one pilot in the cockpit for long-haul flights. The rest of the world could follow suit.
Workers are Resisting Calls to Return to Offices - Slashdot (it.slashdot.org)
America's return-to-office has been a "lagging return," reports the Washington Post: Even with millions of workers across the country being asked to return to their cubicles, office occupancy has been relatively static for the past year. The country's top 10 metropolitan areas averaged 47.2 percent...
Federal health dept. says marijuana should be downgraded to Schedule 3 drug (arstechnica.com)
If DEA accepts HHS's rescheduling recommendation, it could ease marijuana access.
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
San Francisco bakery sparks debate by refusing to serve armed police (www.independent.co.uk)
Business says it doesn’t serve anyone who is armed
A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself (abcnews.go.com)
Jacksonville's sheriff says a white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store was racially motivated and hated Black people
Sarah Palin says US civil war ‘is going to happen’ over Trump prosecutions (www.theguardian.com)
Former vice-presidential nominee condemns prosecutors over ‘travesty’ and says ‘we’re not going to keep putting up with this’
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Moderna said on Thursday its updated vaccine is effective against the Eris and Fornax COVID-19 variants
Woman sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to mail Trump ricin (www.axios.com)
A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.
Former Trump adviser blames Jews for dying in Auschwitz (www.jpost.com)
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
