Reading archive 2022-07-08

Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader, is assassinated by gunman

Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter is in peril: Talks with investors have cooled in recent weeks and Musk’s camp believes it can’t confirm Twitter’s claims about spam accounts

Opinion  The worst virus variant just arrived. The pandemic is not over.

Big fish sightings are spiking. Climate change may be the cause. - "The fish 'aren’t growing larger, they are relocating to new environments,' said Francisco Werner, director of scientific programs at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries."

Monsoon arrived early, delivering much-needed rain to the Southwest: There are still concerns about potential flooding and ‘dry thunderstorms’

Park Service launches massive plan to restore D.C.’s Tidal Basin: Ringed by cherry blossoms, the historical basin’s crumbling sea wall will be repaired and the shoreline re-landscaped

Evidence of firearms in Jan. 6 crowd grows as arrests and trials mount: During a recent Jan. 6 committee hearing, testimony about armed Trump supporters accompanied police radio reports - "Defendants have said as much as well. In video evidence played at his trial, Guy Reffitt of Wylie, Tex., said that as he stood near the front of the mob on the west side of the Capitol, he counted eight firearms carried by five people."