International News
French police hold ‘anger march’ over suicides and working conditions
BBC World News
Thousands of French police officers have joined a "march of anger" in Paris to protest against a range of issues, including rising suicides and poor working conditions.
Cardboard coffins and a mannequin dressed in police uniform hanging from a post were used to highlight the issue of rising suicides. Unions say 52 police officers have taken their own lives so far this year.
Several killed as Iraq protests escalate, spread nationwide
Al Jazeera
At least three protesters and one policeman have been killed in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriya, according to a monitoring group, after nationwide anti-government protests devolved into violence that saw security forces fire live rounds and tear gas for a second straight day.
From Qatar to Vietnam, global heating is making the workplace deadly for millions
The Guardian
Working in high temperatures is dangerous because extreme heat prevents the body from adequately cooling, causing the core body temperature to rise. The longer the body remains overheated, the greater the risk of heat-related illnesses such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke and, in extreme circumstances, death.
US News
West Virginia Is Dying and Trump Can’t Save It
US News and World Report
Since the coal trains have stopped rolling by as often, Boone County lost 60 percent of its coal mining jobs between 2009 and 2015 and is struggling to get by, as unemployment and drug addiction plague its residents.
Cities are considering safe injection sites. A federal judge just said they’re legal.
Vox News
Several American cities are rallying around a new response to the opioid epidemic: safe spaces for using heroin.
The concept has gained traction in New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and other cities across the US. The thinking is to allow supervised drug consumption sites where people can use drugs with sterile injection equipment and the supervision of trained staff, who are ready with the opioid overdose antidote naloxone if anything goes wrong. The sites may also link people to addiction treatment on request.
Vaccine bill protester threw blood on California senators, investigation confirms
LA Times
SACRAMENTO —
A red liquid thrown by a protester from the visitors gallery of the California Senate chamber in an “unanticipated attack” on state lawmakers during the final night of the legislative session was found to be blood, according to the state Senate.
Secretary of the Senate Erika Contreras sent an email to staff members on Wednesday that said “lab tests confirmed that the substance thrown from the Senate gallery was human blood.”
Tesla sets deliveries record while falling short of Elon Musk’s mark
Detroit News
Tesla Inc. set another record for quarterly vehicle deliveries but fell short of a mark Elon Musk said was possible last week, sending the electric-car maker’s shares lower in late trading.
Science/Environment News
Fat Bear Week 2019: Choose the fattest brown bear in Katmai National Park, Alaska
Vox News
America: There’s a lot going on right now. President Trump is facing possible impeachment for turning “American foreign policy into an extortion racket,” as Vox’s Zack Beauchamp put it. Meanwhile, the 2020 presidential primary is looming, the oceans are becoming hostile to life, and a recession could be around the corner.
What an anxious time to be alive!
It’s also a great time to take joy in a national treasure: The very good and fat bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska. Fat Bear Week is back, baby.
That Viral Study About Red Meat Left Out The Most Important Part
Mother Jones
A panel of 14 researchers from seven countries—all of whom claim to receive no meat-industry funding—just produced a study finding no compelling reason to cut back.
However, human health is about more than individual cases of heart disease or cancer. The US style of industrial meat production is a driver of climate change. And climate change brings all manner of health risks, from broadening the range of disease vectors like mosquitos to food shortages to increasing risk of deadly floods, fires, and heat waves.