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1. What’s this new COVID variant and is another vaccine coming?  MLive.com
2. EXCLUSIVE: BA.2.86 Covid variant IS spreading in the US: Virginia resident who traveled from Japan becomes sec  Daily Mail
3. Is the latest COVID-19 variant another omicron?  Deseret News
4. New, highly mutated COVID-19 variant now raising concerns  LOCAL 12
5. Data: New COVID-19 variant not more severe, but more transmissible  Arizona's Family
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Federal regulators are investigating a chemical spill that happened over the weekend at Ultium Cells LLC's battery plant in Warren, Ohio, officials confirmed to The Detroit News.

1. BRICS summit: the economic meeting of America’s rivals and friends alike, explained  Vox.com
2. Brics 2023: Why Iran, Ethiopia and Others Want in on the Economic Bloc | WSJ  Wall Street Journal
3. Why Africans Want to Join BRICS  Foreign Policy
4. India may soon be forced to choose between Brics and the West  South China Morning Post
5. India assumes centre stage in BRICS as China loses influence  Firstpost
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Fanatics is expected to go live in Kentucky on September 28, 2023. Online bettors can use promo codes found right here for bonus betting credit!

Eva Hoffman is parsimonious about the personal, private details of the poet’s life, and yet Milosz the person nonetheless emerges — without the zealous ministrations that sometimes diminish the power of biographies.

Trump is skipping the first Republican presidential debate on Fox News. Instead, he plans to counter-program the event via an interview with Tucker Carlson.

Johnson repeatedly said his administration is in "full force."

The mayor said "bringing people together is what the city of Chicago wants," but there are many tough challenges beyond that.

White beans with lemon, fennel and avocado offer high satisfaction with a low calorie count.

Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer?

Arachnid that often walks sideways or backward: ten letters.

Using special FX, the director Meredith Moore surrounds her grandmother with explosions, rainbows, and sparkling lights as she shares her extensive collection of salt and pepper shakers.

In a short documentary, Meredith Moore catalogues her grandmother’s extensive collection, and explores how our obsessions shape our lives.

Hour one: wake up at four in the morning. Hour four: playlists.

The C.E.O. of a huge conglomerate takes on an entertainment business in turmoil.

Here are our top Jon Rahm props for the Tour Championship.

La Crosse folks should be prepared for high temperatures. Temperatures are projected to be a steamy day today with temperatures reaching a high of 102 though it will feel even hotter at 115. A 78-degree low is forecasted. Today's conditions…

1. 6 things to watch for in the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate  CNN
2. 2024 GOP presidential debate set for Wednesday  WQAD News 8
3. Cal Thomas: Questions I would ask the GOP candidates  TribLIVE
4. At first Republican debate, watch for these 6 key things. They could make Biden a one-term president  Fox News
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Canada’s worst wildfire season ever has put unprecedented strain on the country’s firefighters. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced, with millions more choking on toxic wildfire smoke. Next summer could be far worse.

A debate without Trump only underscores how impotent the other candidates have made themselves.

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. The idea of downloading a third-party keyboard to your phone may seem unnecessary to most people, but in China it’s the norm.  Chinese is the only modern language that’s logographic, meaning…

Advocacy groups on Wednesday requested the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe YouTube over its handling of children’s data based on recent media reporting on ads placed on content for kids. Fairplay, The Center for Digital Democracy, Common Sense and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sent a letter Wednesday asking the regulatory agency to launch an...

From Oregon to California to New York, LGBTQ Democrats who almost won their congressional elections last year are teeing up rematches with the Republicans who beat them. Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a former engineer and local politician from Oregon, announced in July that she was running for Congress again, setting up a likely rematch with Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer...

Eight Republican presidential candidates will take to the stage Wednesday evening in Milwaukee for the first debate of the 2024 campaign. The clash, televised by Fox News, will not include former President Trump, who has declined to participate because he has a commanding lead in the polls. Trump will cast a long shadow, however. He...