Reading archive 2021-08-09

Antiabortion activists at Supreme Court cite an unlikely authority for overturning Roe v. Wade: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally revs up, drawing thousands and heightening delta superspreader fears

Florida offers school vouchers for families angry with mask mandates while judge temporarily blocks ban in Arkansas

Democrats head home with a clearer message for voters as they try to avoid a repeat of the 2010 midterm disaster

The Cheapo Olympics Are Coming: The 2024 Summer Games in Paris will feature a big change: a modest price tag.

At Blizzard, groping, free-flowing booze and fear of retaliation tainted ‘magical’ workplace

Opinion: Trump’s coup attempt grows even more worrisome as new details emerge

Opinion: Shocking new Trump-DOJ revelations should shape the Jan. 6 investigation

A rape allegation at China’s Alibaba spurs furor over sexual assault, binge drinking

Florida church reeling after six members die within 10 days amid spike in cases

Visitors enter Montana mines filled with radon as a therapy for their ills

Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying just $1.5 million for attack, while U.S. taxpayers will pay more than $500 million

Humans have pushed the climate into ‘unprecedented’ territory, landmark U.N. report finds: U.N. chief calls findings ‘a code red for humanity’ with worse climate impacts to come unless greenhouse gas pollution falls dramatically - "Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen to levels not seen in 2 million years, the authors state. The oceans are turning acidic. Sea levels continue to rise. Arctic ice is disintegrating. Weather-related disasters are growing more extreme and affecting every region of the world."

Billionaire James Murdoch building “recreational retreat” in Nascall Bay: A Globe and Mail article has confirmed that the 445 acre property in Nascall Bay was purchased by billionaire media mogul James Murdoch [ed. note: the super rich have apocalypse bunkers in New Zealand]