Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care ~health.mental Article 33 votes
About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers ~transport Article 1039 words 62 votes
France’s Foreign Ministry says a French elected official has been arrested in military-run Niger ~society politics Article 393 words 5 votes
Speaker Kevin McCarthy directs a House panel to open an impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden ~news usa politics Article 784 words 37 votes
US railroad inspectors find alarming number of defects on Union Pacific this summer ~transport Article 1319 words 33 votes
Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams ~enviro Article 966 words 6 votes
The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 US millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes ~finance business Article 645 words 48 votes
Record numbers of children are on the move through Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF says ~life Article 496 words 7 votes
Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes ~life work Article 1009 words 23 votes
Meta lost a legal battle Wednesday to halt a Norwegian ban on its advertising practices that came with hefty daily fines ~tech social media facebook privacy Article 480 words 22 votes
Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed ~life Article 803 words 11 votes
Anger in Sweden as Nobel Prize organizers invite Russia and Belarus to the award ceremonies – several lawmakers say they will boycott this year's ceremonies ~news sweden russia belarus iran politics Article 384 words 35 votes
Infographic status update on US defendants charged related to January 6 riot at the White House ~society politics Link 23 votes
Schoolkids in eight US states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy ~food Article 1035 words 85 votes
Kansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says ~lgbt transgender Article 1054 words 12 votes
Norwegian preschoolers get early exposure to outdoor life by hiking routes around kindergartens ~life education Article 375 words 20 votes
Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building ~news usa.nc crime Article 678 words 27 votes
Anti-abortion activists, including one who kept fetuses, convicted of illegally blocking a reproductive clinic in Washington, DC ~health Article 522 words 37 votes
'Like Snoop Dogg's living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious US Open court ~sports tennis Article 764 words 9 votes
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on ~tech social media Article 916 words 81 votes
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers ~life.women Article 2866 words 50 votes
US federal judge to hear arguments on Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election case from state court to federal court ~society politics Article 1277 words 12 votes
Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first ~sports Article 807 words 12 votes
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived ~enviro Article 2220 words 21 votes
Norway to spend $6 million a year stock-piling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change – will start storing 15,000 tons of grain yearly until 2028 or 2029 ~food Article 367 words 54 votes
A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance across many regions of the US ~news usa politics law Article 1536 words 58 votes
US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's plane ~news russia politics usa Article 891 words 26 votes
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area ~enviro Article 701 words 13 votes
Cambodian Parliament approves longtime leader’s son as prime minister as part of generational change ~news politics cambodia Article 726 words 4 votes
As world warms, Sweden sees opportunity to grow its young wine industry ~food drinks Article 1278 words 6 votes
US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish ~enviro Article 582 words 16 votes
Israeli proposal to move early Christian mosaic to US Museum of the Bible sparks controversy ~humanities.history Article 1260 words 17 votes
US Special Counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Donald Trump’s account ~tech social media Article 490 words 40 votes
Finland's former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb will run as a candidate in the presidential elections – will face the popular former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto ~society politics Article 319 words 12 votes
Russia has launched its first mission to the moon in nearly fifty years ~space rocketry Article 550 words, published Aug 10 2023 21 votes
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US ~life education Article 1476 words 49 votes
Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights ~society politics Article 1075 words 73 votes
As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth ~enviro Article 1155 words, published Jul 31 2023 28 votes
Pioneering mothers are breaking down barriers to breastfeeding in Olympic sports ~life.women Article 1067 words 24 votes
Norwegian climber Kristin Harila retires after becoming the fastest to climb world's highest fourteen peaks in ninety-two days ~sports Article 379 words 10 votes
Japan’s Fumio Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with US and South Korea at summit ~news japan usa south korea Article 514 words 5 votes
Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist ~news usa.la Article 1329 words 30 votes
Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread? ~enviro water energy.renewable Article 1145 words 32 votes
The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia ~enviro energy Article 796 words 64 votes
Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine ~health medicine healthcare Article 685 words 26 votes
US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials ~books libraries Article 277 words 50 votes
New report from the US Centers for Disease Control claims more than 100,000 suffer from tick-caused meat allergy and the number is rising ~health Article 796 words 42 votes
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the US National Guard's security partnership program, in a further expansion of American military ties across Europe ~news sweden finland switzerland usa russia Article 510 words 19 votes
US schools lost track of homeless kids during the pandemic. Many face a steep path to recovery ~life education Article 1444 words 14 votes