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Supreme Court Allows EPA to Limit Power Plant Emissions (Maria)
The author writes, “The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to move ahead with its plans to limit carbon emissions by power plants, handing a victory to the Biden administration. The decision, which was temporary, centered on a major regulation the administration enacted in April that seeks to eliminate pollution from coal, which emits more carbon dioxide than any other fossil fuel.”
Post Wrongly Claims Trump Conviction ‘Overturned’ in October (Sean)
From USA Today: “An Oct. 10 Threads post … claims appeals courts have ruled in former President Donald Trump’s favor. ‘Trumps Convictions have all been overturned and he is getting his $500,000,000.00 Back!’ text in the post begins. The post received more than 700 likes in six days. The claim also circulated widely on Threads and Instagram, and it was reposted tens of thousands of times on TikTok. As of Oct. 10, Trump’s conviction in his criminal hush money case had not been ‘overturned.’”
Can Remote Workers Reverse Brain Drain? (Russ)
The author writes, “Business leaders and local officials in Tulsa, Okla., puzzled for years over how to fill the hole created when young people left for big coastal cities. What, they wondered, could keep professionals rooted in the heartland? They ended up turning that premise on its head: Rather than fighting to hold on to native Tulsans, they decided to recruit outsiders. In recent years, the rise of virtual work opened up a new way of responding to the city’s brain drain.”
Bans on High-Capacity Magazines Tied to 91% Drop in Child Deaths in Mass Shootings (Mili)
From MedPage Today: “Gun laws that banned the sale of large-capacity magazines had a meaningful impact on pediatric deaths associated with mass shootings, according to a database analysis. Among 178 pediatric mass shootings in the U.S. identified from 2009 to 2020, laws banning the sale of large-capacity magazines were significantly linked with a reduction in child deaths.”
Forgotten Epidemic: With Over 280 Million Birds Dead How Is the Avian Flu Outbreak Evolving? (Laura)
The author writes, “With at least 280 million birds dead since October 2021, the highly infectious H5N1 strain of avian flu has devastated poultry and caused the biggest sudden drop of the world’s wild bird population in decades. The millions of wild birds killed includes tens of thousands of endangered and endemic species — and tens of thousands of mammals have died too. [Data], published in Nature Communications, documents the disease’s spread to the southernmost tip of the planet — the Antarctic region — where it has inflicted significant die-offs in elephant seals and fur seals. This outbreak has affected every continent except Oceania, and yet there has been little coverage of the impact on global biodiversity and farming systems — or of potential risks to human health.”
Home Depot Orders Corporate Staff to Take 8-Hour Retail Shifts (Reader Jim)
From Bloomberg News: “Home Depot Inc. will begin requiring corporate employees to work a full day at one of its stores every quarter, a move the company said is aimed at supporting its retail staff. Employees, including senior management and remote workers, will have to complete an eight-hour shift beginning in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. ‘We need to stay connected to the core of our business, so we can truly understand the challenges and opportunities our store associates face every day,’ Chief Executive Officer Ted Decker said in the memo introducing the program.”
Archaeologists in Petra Discover Secret Tomb Hiding Beneath a Mysterious Structure Featured in ‘Indiana Jones’ (Dana)
The author writes, “Researchers have unearthed a secret tomb beneath Petra’s pink stone cliffs that could answer longstanding questions about the ancient Nabatean people. Surrounded by mountains, the historic Jordanian city gained notoriety when the Treasury — a mysterious hand-carved rock structure sometimes called Al Khazneh — was featured in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. … They discovered a hidden tomb with 12 complete human skeletons and a trove of bronze, ceramic and iron artifacts.”
