daily links: september 2022

9.1.22
USA Today—Democrat Mary Peltola defeats former GOP governor Sarah Palin in special election to fill Alaskan Congressional seat
ABCnews.com—Former NYPD officer sentenced to 10 years for his role in the Jan 6 insurrection
CNN.com—US orders Nvidia and AMD to stop selling AI chips to China
CBS News—Oath Keepers attorney charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice for her role in the Jan 6 insurrection
NBC News—CDC panel recommends approval of new vaccines targeting the latest omicron subvariants
BBC News—Twitter testing long-requested edit button


9.6.22
CNN.com—Video shows fake Trump elector in Georgia helping members of Trump's legal team illegally access an elections office on the same day the voting systems in that office were breached
ABCnews.com—Liz Truss replaces Boris Johnson and becomes the UK's new prime minister
CBS News—New Mexico judge bars Jan 6 insurrectionist from running for public office under section 3 of the 14th amendment
USA Today—Black Lives Matter founder accused of stealing $10 million in donations from the organization
NBC News—Trump-appointed judge ignores the law and precedent and grants Trump's request for a special master to review the documents recovered in the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago—documents that legally do not belong to Trump and which he has no standing to claim as his own
BBC News—China approves inhaled Covid vaccine for use


9.7.22
BBC News—Canadian man suspected of stabbing dozens of people and killing at least 10 had 59 prior convictions and a history of violence, but was still granted parole earlier this year
NBC News—Rhode Island becomes fourth state to require study of Aisan American history in schools
USA Today—Covid vaccines could become routine annual shots like the flu shot
ABCnews.com—Regal Cinemas files for bankruptcy
CNN.com—Apple unveils new iPhone and Watch
CBS News—UPS says it will hire 100,000 temporary workers for the holiday delivery season


9.8.22
ABCnews.com—Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
CNN.com—Steve Bannon indicted in New York on charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and fraud
USA Today—DOJ appeals the ruling that approved Trump's request for a special master in the Mar-a-Lago searched that turned up boxes and boxes of classified documents that Trump had no right to access or possess
CBS News—Las Vegas official whose office was being investigated by a reporter is arrested and charged with killing him
NBC News—Soldier discharged from the Army after saying in an online post that he only enlisted so he could get training that would make him more proficient in killing black people
BBC News—US firms that receive federal funding will be banned from building new advanced tech facilities in China for 10 years


9.12.22
ABCnews.com—DOJ issues dozens of new subpoenas in Jan 6 criminal probe, including many people in Trump's inner circle
CBS News—Columbia University drops from #2 to #18 in US News rankings after admitting that it has been submitting inaccurate data for years
NBC News—E-cigarette maker Juul to pay $440 million settlement for marketing its products to teens
BBC News—New York declares state of emergency over polio outbreak
USA Today—Parking space in San Francisco listed for $90,000
CNN.com—Apple releases iOS 16


9.13.22
BBC News—Looted coin worth $1 million returned to Israel after 20 year search
NBC News—Lindsey Graham proposes nationwide 15 week abortion ban
ABCnews.com—Owner of Phoenix Suns suspended by the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after investigation revealed history of racist and sexist comments
USA Today—Actor who played Kevin on The Office releases all-chili cookbook
CNN.com—Blue Origin rocket catches fire shortly after liftoff in uncrewed launch
CBS News—Amazon raising pay and expanding benefits for delivery drivers


9.14.22
BBC News—Google loses appeal over record EU antitrust fine over requirements that Android phones have Chrome preinstalled with Google as the default search engine
CNN.com—GOP country election commissioner in NY charged in voter fraud scheme
ABCnews.com—California sues Amazon over alleged antitrust violations
USA Today—MyPillow CEO and fervent Trump/insurrection backer Mike Lindell has his phone seized by the FBI
CBS News—Biden announces that his administration will spend $900 million to build 500,000 electric vehicle chargers
NBC News—Substitute teacher accused of offering money to students to bully and attack one of their classmates


9.15.22
BBC News—Billionaire owner of the Patagonia clothing company announces that he is giving the company to a charitable trust and that all profits not reinvested in the business will be donated to fight climate change
CNN.com—Perseverance rover finds organic matter on Mars
ABCnews.com—Jackson, MS, lifts its boil water advisory 40 days after the local water treatment plan was overrun by floods
CBS News—Senate delays vote on marriage equality bill until after the midterm elections
NBC News—SNL announces its first non-binary cast member
USA Today—Tennis Star Roger Federer announces that he is retiring from the sport


9.19.22
NBC News—Hurricane Fiona causes flash flooding in Puerto Rico that leaves over a million people without power
CNN.com—Seniors who contract Covid are more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's
ABCnews.com—Pork producer JBS to pay $20 million for conspiring to artificially inflate prices with other meat companies
CBS News—Ethereum's executes successful shift from proof of work to proof of stake, which will reduce energy consumption and transaction costs of the blockchain
USA Today—Tesla sued for false advertising and fraud over its so-called autopilot technology
BBC News—US woman gets 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping


9.20.22
NBC News—Trump-recommended special master seems dubious that Trump declassified any documents labeled as classified that were kept at Mar-a-Lago, and also seems to be rejecting Trump's attempts to slow down and delay the investigation
CNN.com—DOJ charges 47 people for stealing $250 million from a pandemic fund meant to provide meals for children
ABCnews.com—NYC ending Covid vaccine mandate for private employers
BBC News—Jersey worn by Michael Jordan during the first game of the 1998 NBA finals sells for $10.1 million at auction
USA Today—Scientists estimate that there are 2.5 million ants for every person on Earth, or 20,000,000,000,000,000 (20 quadrillion) total
CBS News—Mark Zuckerberg's net worth has dropped by $71 billion this year


9.21.22
CNN.com—NY AG files civil lawsuit against Trump and his family members, seeking $250 million in damages for fraud and barring them from serving as directors for any business based in New York
USA Today—The Fed hikes interest rates another .75% and says further rate increases could be coming in an effort to tame inflation
NBC News—Putin calls up 300,000 reservists to fight in war against Ukraine
ABCnews.com—Washington Monument vandalized overnight
CBS News—The Webb telescope captures new images of Neptune and its rings
BBC News—Facebook anti-vaxxers using carrot emoji as a way of avoiding being banned for spreading false information about Covid vaccines


9.22.22
NBC News—CVS and Walmart agree to pay West Virginia $147 million for their role in the opioid epidemic
CBS News—In Fox News interview, Trump claims—without any basis in fact—that presidents can declasify materials without going through any formal process, and can in fact do this just by thinking about it and not telling anyone else
CNN.com—Iran's president walks out on CNN interview after female interviewer—the highly respected Christiane Amanpour, who grew up in Iran—declines a last minute demand to wear a head scarf in his presence
ABCnews.com—New Jersey becomes first US state to include climate change in its public school curriculum
USA Today—Most of the 70 UK companies that trialed a 4-day workweek reported no loss in overall productivity, and about half reporting an increase in productivity
BBC News—Russians fleeing to neighboring countries to avoid military call-ups to bolster the Ukraine war


9.26.22
NBC News—Italy elects a new far-right prime minister
CBS News—Hurricane Ian could hit Tampa as a Category 4 storm
CNN.com—NASA will intentionally crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it's possible to redirect asteroids away from Earth
ABCnews.com—Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden
USA Today—LinkedIn ran undisclosed social experiments on 20 million of its users over five years to study the impact on people's friends and acquaintances on landing them new jobs
BBC News—John Lennon's childhood home sells for over $250,000 at auction


9.27.22
CNN.com—Jan 6 insurrectionist who assaulted a DC police officer is sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
CBS News—Mitch McConnell says he will support a bill that will reform the Electoral Count Act
BBC News—Netflix to launch its own game development studio
NBC News—Mayor of Georgia town is killed while competing in a motorcross event
ABCnews.com—Monkeypox outbreak in the US seems to be slowing
USA Today—Hugh Jackman will make another appearance as Wolverine in Deadpool 3


9.28.22
NBC News—Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm
BBC News—Cancer killing virus shows early promise in limited human trials
USA Today—Victims of Highland Park July 4 mass shooting sue gun manufacturer
ABCnews.com—Regions Bank must refund $141 million to customers after illegally charging them overdraft fees
CBS News—United Airlines investing in short-range electric air taxis
CNN.com—Lizzo plays a 200 year old crystal flute that once belonged to US president James Madison during a concert in DC


9.29.22
CBS News—Putin will try to formally annex four regions of Ukraine that the Russian military currently controls
ABCnews.com—Juno does close flyby of Jupiter's Europa moon
USA Today—Hand-picked judge who was appointed by Trump when he was president continues to use sham rulings to help him avoid accountability in the Mar-a-Lago search investigation
NBC News—Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas testifies before the Jan 6 committee and tells them she still believes the 2020 election was stolen from Trump
BBC News—US Army doctor and her wife are accused of attempting to sell medical data about US troops and their families to the Russians
CNN.com—LeBron James investing in professional pickleball league

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