During this heat streak in Northern California, the air has started looking tropical in the morning as the world heats up. I can’t explain that; it just changes its appearance in this type of weather.
Wednesday was the day I finally had a 500-point game of Scrabble — 501 to be precise. I’ve been gradually improving by playing robots at Pogo.com, an activity I recommend especially for older adults concerned about maintaining cognitive skills and warding off dementia. My previous high over the years was 484.
It was a słow news day. At one point, I was asked how it feels as a journalist when you are on the verge of breaking a big story. My answer is that you’re excited of course, but also wary. A lot of things can go wrong with big stories, the worst of which are errors that only come to light after publication.
We go to great lengths to avoid mistakes, but they can still sneak through. So you live in fear of that happening.
It was a very slow news day.
Then overnight came the news that the Queen is dying.
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Files seized at Mar-a-Lago include material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities (WP)
Judge’s order for Trump special master is deeply flawed, legal experts say (NBC)
Video Raises Concerns About Election Data Breach in Georgia County (NYT)
A New Mexico judge has ordered a Trump-supporting county official to be immediately removed and barred from office for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Couy Griffin’s “protestations and his characterizations of his actions and the events of January 6, 2021 are not credible and amounted to nothing more than attempting to put lipstick on a pig,” the judge wrote. [HuffPost]
Elected officials, police chiefs on leaked Oath Keepers list (AP)
Two-thirds of independents say they don't want Trump to run for president (NPR)
Democrats now have a 70% chance of winning the Senate. (538)
UN Report Details Taliban Abuses in Afghanistan — ‘Widespread Gross Violations’ Against Women, Religious Minorities, Journalists (HRW)
‘Playing With Fire’: U.N. Team Calls for No-Fire Zone at Ukraine Nuclear Plant (NYT)
Putin, in defiant speech, threatens Western gas and grain supplies (WP)
Tanks pounded targets and fighter jets roared overhead as Taiwan's military carried out its latest combat drills after weeks of saber-rattling by giant neighbor China. (Reuters)
Canada stabbings suspect has 59 prior convictions, documents show (BBC)
Trust in teachers plunges amid a culture war in education (WP)
Judge strikes down 1931 Michigan law criminalizing abortion (AP)
Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice Discovered by NASA – “Antarctica Is Crumbling at Its Edges” (SciTechDaily)
A strengthening Hurricane Kay will extend extreme heat in Southern California through Friday (CNN)
VIDEO: Deadly Southern California Wildfire Forces Thousands to Evacuate
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Temperatures smash records in US west as brutal heatwave continues (Guardian)
The U.S. plans to treat coronavirus boosters like the annual flu shot. The country is at a point where one updated shot a year should protect people from getting seriously sick, a White House official said. (WP)
Juul Settles Multistate Youth Vaping Inquiry for $438.5 Million (NYT)
10.5 million children lost a parent or caregiver because of covid, study says (WP)
While some areas in San Francisco like the Financial District are still struggling to attain their former economic vitality, the Haight-Ashbury is bouncing back. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Google’s ‘News Showcase’ Stalls in U.S. as Media Outlets Balk at Terms
The program, which pays publishers to feature their content, is almost a year behind its intended launch timeline in the U.S. (WSJ)
A newly discovered planet 40% larger than Earth may be suitable for life (NPR)
Local official arrested in slaying of Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German (CBS)
Decades-old audio tape leads to arrest in 1971 cold case killing (WP)
Fantasy Football Player Instinctively Boos At Own Draft Picks (The Onion)
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