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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 9.
- World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds (“Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change”)
- Climate Tipping Points May Be Triggered Even If Warming Peaks at 1.5C (“Ice-sheet collapse, abrupt permafrost thaw and the loss of coral reefs are possible even if the world meets Paris Agreement targets, scientists warn.”)
- China’s Heat Wave Was a Frightening Vision of Earth’s Future
- UN chief appeals to world to help badly flood-hit Pakistan
- As Crises Mount, Europe Turns Once Again to Big Spending
- Europe Holds Emergency Talks on Energy Markets
- CIA director says Russia’s Ukraine invasion is a failure (“William Burns says Vladimir Putin ‘profoundly wrong in his assumptions’ as Kyiv’s counteroffensive continues”)
- Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats
- Why Putin’s Latest Threat to the Rest of the World Is So Not Scary
- Ukrainian hit squads target Russian occupiers and collaborators (“The killings have upended the Kremlin’s plans for swiftly installing puppet governments, staging sham referendums and annexing Ukrainian territory.”)
- Ukraine Claims Significant Gains Against Russia on Multiple Fronts
- Ukrainian forces threaten Russian supply lines after breakthrough
- Jailed Kremlin critic: Government has ‘failed to shut me up’
- Ukraine recaptures nearly 400 square miles of territory; Ukrainian Defense Ministry quotes Queen
- Ukraine Is Waging a New Kind of War
- Britain mourns Queen Elizabeth as Charles becomes king
- Statement of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the Death of Queen Elizabeth II
- Updates: World Mourns Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Bastion of Stability
- The Second Elizabethan Age Has Ended
- Queen Elizabeth Leaves Behind a Radically Different Britain
- From Truman to Biden, Queen Elizabeth was beloved among U.S. presidents
- Nine in 10 living humans were born after Elizabeth became queen
- Biden speaks with British prime minister about Queen Elizabeth
- How King Charles III might rule (“A future ‘climate king’ takes over at an uncertain time for the United Kingdom and the world.”)
- King Charles III leads U.K. into an uncertain new era
- Queen’s death ends historic era (“Her long reign saw Britain transformed from a war-weary declining imperial power into a modern multi-cultural state”)
- The government has finally intervened – to protect energy companies’ profits
- Kim Jong-un says new law guarantees North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons
- Italy’s Right Set for Landslide Win in Latest Polls Before Vote
- As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way
- To decarbonize industry, DOE road map focuses on efficiency, electrification and low-carbon fuels
- Justice Department to appeal judge’s ruling on special master in Trump search
- U.S. reveals more classified records may be missing in Trump probe
- Justice Dept. seeks to regain access to classified Mar-a-Lago documents
- Democrats are finally running a full-on campaign against Trumpism
- Democrats’ midterm momentum isn’t slowing
- Thank you, Obamas, for showing how a former first family should behave
- There’s No Escaping the Truth About Trump (“The former president has imprinted his moral pathologies and will-to-power ethic on the Republican Party”)
- It Didn’t Start with Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the GOP Went Crazy
- Rubio Blasted Clinton for Her Emails. Now He Says Trump’s Theft of Top-Secret Records Is No Biggie
- The hidden danger posed by a MAGA takeover of the House (“How Republicans could use their House majority to place Trump above the law.”)
- Klobuchar pulls vote on bipartisan tech bill, says agreement ‘blown up’ by Cruz amendment
- How the Trump-Fox feedback loop triggered a federal probe of John Kerry
- Republicans keep whining that Biden offended them. Don’t believe it. (“When the Umbrage Industrial Complex mobilizes, you should know they’re trying to distract you.”)
- A new book claims Trump’s efforts to politicize the Justice Department were worse than we knew
- Election officials preparing for worst-case scenarios: Violence around the midterms
- Revealed: Ginni Thomas’s links to anti-abortion groups who lobbied to overturn Roe
- The Supreme Court Is More Unpopular Than Ever. That Could Help Democrats.
- A Texas judge mounts a new assault on privacy rights
- Justice Gorsuch Said Findings of Probe Into Leaked Roe Draft Opinion Will Be Made in Report
- Judge approves $2.46 billion Boy Scouts reorganization plan in sex abuse suit
- Changes spark chatter of CNN shifting to the right
- Bernard Shaw, CNN’s 1st chief anchor, dies at 82
- A publisher abruptly recalled the ‘2,000 Mules’ election denial book. NPR got a copy.
- Michigan Supreme Court rules abortion amendment should go to voters this November
- Muslim Groups Are Alarmed By New CNN Boss’ First Big Hire
- Texas DPS chief rejects claims of cover-up in Uvalde investigation and denies telling his captains ‘no one is losing their jobs’
- GOP candidates in Georgia split over Trump’s election lies
- Steve Bannon Does Sad Braveheart Impression at Arraignment for Alleged Border-Wall Scam
- Evan McMullin is showing how to fight rabid Trump sycophancy (“The Utah independent is creating a test for a pro-democracy coalition.”)
- Oklahoma embarks on a grotesque execution-spree
- Democrats aim to make Ohio a swing state again
- A Las Vegas Journaist Was Allegedly Murdered by the Man He Exposed (“Robert Telles was portrayed as a vengeful boss in a series of articles by Jeff German, and authorities say Telles stabbed him to death.”)
- GOP candidates in Georgia split over Trump’s election lies
- New InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll: Kemp widens lead over Abrams, Senate race remains tight
- Young Democrats are flocking to register to vote in Texas after abortion ruling, data shows
- Youngkin denounces LePage’s words after boosting ex-Maine governor’s bid (“Youngkin denounced LePage’s comments while also suggesting they’d been slips of the tongue that do not reflect the man running a ‘unifying campaign about bringing Mainers together.'” LePage most certainly is NOT running a “unifying campaign.” And what LePage has said over the year certainly wasn’t just “slips of the tongue.”)
- 61 Dems say Virginia’s participation in RGGI is up to legislature
- Opinion/Column: Basic support makes Va. great for business and workers
- Now isn’t the time to reduce environmental review of energy permits
- Virginia lawmakers remember queen’s ‘kindness and grace’
- Pope & Schapiro: Vacancies and Queen Elizabeth’s visits to Virginia
- Late British monarch a presence in Virginia during its highs and lows
- Future of Virginia air board committee in question (“Public engagement committee was started after controversial decisions from the board”)
- Richmond unveils plans for former Lee Statue plot
- Coalition to mark locations of lynchings in Roanoke
- Sewage spill into Norfolk waterway has been fixed, health officials say. But residents say communication wasn’t clear.
- Former Prince William election registrar indicted on corruption charges
- Nottoway elections board censures Republican member over argument with registrar
- Fish die after hazmat incident in Northern Virginia stream
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm with sun today and tomorrow, and rain likely Sunday
