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25 State AGs Say Defund the National Academies of Sciences, Allege Bias on Climate Lawsuits

A coalition of 25 state attorneys general called on federal agencies and Congress to defund the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), charging that the organization had used taxpayer dollars to produce reports that supported plaintiffs in climate lawsuits against energy companies. In an Aug. 27 letter, the state attorneys general urged the […]

5 Charged With Illegal Voting, Fraudulent Registration in 3 States

Two of the individuals face prison terms of up to 10 and 11 years each.

Cities Drop Flock, Expand Surveillance With Axon

Cities across the United States are backing away from Flock Safety after months of controversy, only to replacing them with systems from Axon. …

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Fans Wearing XX-XY Athletics Gear Booted From Soccer Game, Sports Bar

A Portland professional soccer team and a prominent women’s sports bar removed fans wearing apparel from XX-XY Athletics, a company that opposes allowing men who claim to identify as women to compete in women’s sports. A group of eight fans attended the women’s soccer match between the Portland Thorns and the Washington Spirit at the…

Kathy Hochul Announces $70,000,000 in New Grants in Effort to Protect Against Hate Crimes, Antisemitism

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that she is distributing $70 million in state grants aiming to safeguard against hate crimes.
Hochul’s office said in a press release that the funding will be disbursed to 290 nonprofit community-based organizations that “are vulnerable to hate crimes and attacks due to their ideology, beliefs or mission.” The Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes grant program will enable the nonprofits to “strengthen both their physical facilities and cyber security as well as increase the safety of staff and individuals they serve,” according to the announcement.

Supreme Court Declines to Reinstate GOP Congressional Map for Missouri

The primary election already ran last month on the blocked map. The state then sought emergency review at the nation’s highest court.

Are weather disasters getting worse? Check the dashboard yourself

The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris and Todd Royal – When we look at the data, it certainly doesn’t seem that extreme weather is generally increasing around the world. But how can we be certain of this? Enter the Global Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard (GWX), the first publicly available dashboard that analyses extreme weather

Supreme Court Schedules Fall Arguments: What to Know

Five cases over two weeks and each one asks whether the lower courts got it wrong.