by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 14.
- Foreboding new studies show the climate battle is not over
- Vanuatu, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, launches ambitious climate plan
- Hotter summers to fuel increase in skin cancers, doctors warn
- Solar systems sales surge in Israel amid electricity price concerns (“This trend also correlates with the government’s decision to have 20% of electricity production from renewable energy sources by 2025 and 30% by 2030.”)
- Wind Blows Away Australian Records (“Electricity generation from wind in June set a record of 2,839 GWh, wind’s highest month ever in Australia. This means that in June, wind generation was the second highest electricity source behind black coal.”)
- In Ukraine, rebuilding starts with neighbors’ help
- Ukraine war: Zelensky warns Russian soldiers at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
- Ukraine targets Russian soldiers threatening Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
- U.S. allies most vulnerable to Russia press for more troops, weapons
- What Amnesty got wrong in Ukraine and why I had to resign
- In India, 75 years after independence, democracy dies in prime time
- High oil prices help Saudi Aramco earn $88B in first half (We need to get off this crap ASAP!)
- American family among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack
- Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock
- Female protesters beaten by Taliban fighters during rare Kabul rally (The Taliban are scum.)
- Tempers fray at election centre as Kenya vote count continues
- Wall Street, Like the Climate Bill, Bets on Both Green Energy and Fossil Fuels (Not good.)
- House Democrats Ask Intelligence Chief to Assess Trump Documents
- Trump Lawyer Told Justice Dept. That Classified Material Had Been Returned
- Trump’s secrets: How a records dispute led the FBI to search Mar-a-Lago
- Trump asked Merrick Garland: ‘What can I do to reduce the heat?’ before FBI warrant was unsealed, report says (Trump must be really worried!)
- Inside Trump’s chamber of secrets
- ‘It worried people all the time:’ How Trump’s handling of secret documents led to the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search
- Trump’s Explanation of Document Declassification Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
- Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd (“You can’t work from home for a job you no longer have.”)
- Schiff, Maloney ask for security damage assessment on Mar-a-Lago documents
- The week that was: Trump screams. Biden governs.
- Our Democracy’s Clearly in Trouble. So…Check Out This Thread on “What is your most radical idea to reform or restore our democracy?”
- As Right-Wing Rhetoric Escalates, So Do Threats and Violence
- Trump Search’s Revelations Open New Political Front for Midterms
- Harris Calls Out ‘Irresponsible’ Rhetoric on FBI’s Trump Search
- Trump and his allies return to a familiar strategy (“The former President has attempted to flood the zone with such a quantity and variety of lies, conspiracy theories and distractions that Americans will tune out”)
- Trump Sics the G.O.P. on the F.B.I.
- Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022
- Lawsuit Against Fox Is Shaping Up to Be a Major First Amendment Case
- How ‘pink slime’ journalism exploits our faith in local news (Very disturbing.)
- Armed Trump supporters outside Phoenix FBI office
- Why Liz Cheney is likely on her way to a major defeat
- “That’s A Price I’m Willing To Pay”: Wyoming’s Rep. Liz Cheney Emphasizes Role In Jan. 6 Investigation And Expected Loss Ahead Of Tuesday’s Primary
- 10 House Republicans voted to impeach Trump. Cheney is the last to face primary voters.
- Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack
- Salman Rushdie had started to believe his ‘life was normal again’
- Rushdie stabbing was ‘an attack on who we are’, says venue’s president
- Rushdie Stabbed 10 Times in Premeditated Attack, Prosecutors Say
- Whole Foods CEO says ‘socialists are taking over’ schools and gun control debate (Another good reason, in addition to the super-high prices, not to shop at “Whole Paycheck!”)
- The many, many candidates for New York’s Tenth District.
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says Richmond Community “is owed some answers about was [the Dogwood-Dell-potential-mass-shooting-on-July-4th story] accurate or isn’t it” (Like many of us, Sen. Kaine is “puzzled and confused” about what the deal is with this.)
- Northern Virginia Congressional Delegation Welcomes Home Asim Ghafoor From Detention in the UAE Since 7/14
- Sen. Joe Manchin’s maneuvers for Mountain Valley Pipeline not necessarily certain to succeed
- Opinion/Editorial: The goal is not symbols of bigotry; it is equality for all
- Va. Episcopal Diocese to spend $10 million for reparations. But how?
- Virginia Beach receives $25 million for flood mitigation project in national competition
- ‘I Always Wondered: Was She Afraid?’: Counter-Protesters Remember the Death of Heather Heyer
- Editorial: What the Inflation Reduction Act does for Southwest Virginia
- Making peace with Jefferson and founders who enslaved people: Is it possible?
- Police: Ride-share driver behind wheel of vehicle that crashed into Arlington restaurant
- ‘We’re tearing up their habitat’: Snakes on the move in the region
- D.C.-area forecast: Not bad today, then cloudy and cool early this week with showers
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