by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 4.
- Pakistan’s ‘Monster Monsoon’ Shows the Wrath of Climate Change (“Global warming has intensified rainfall to record levels, leading to deadly flash flooding.”)
- Rich nations owe reparations to countries facing climate disaster, says Pakistan minister
- Metal Plants Feeding Europe’s Factories Face an Existential Crisis
- What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater
- Ukraine war: Russia wants to destroy Europeans’ normal life, Zelensky warns
- UN inspector calls his team’s presence at Russian-controlled nuclear facility a ‘game changer’
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
- Russians Mourn Gorbachev in Silent Protest Against an Absent Putin
- Mikhail Gorbachev’s Enduring Example (“The first and last President of the U.S.S.R. was, as he once put it, both a ‘product’ and an ‘anti-product’ of the Soviet system.”)
- Europe Looks Set for Energy Rationing After Russian Gas Cut
- EU Unanimity on Russia Price Cap a ‘Challenge’, Le Maire Says
- China’s Economy Won’t Overtake the U.S., Some Now Predict
- Chile votes on proposed constitution with big changes
- Liz Truss pledges energy plan in a week if she becomes PM
- India’s first homegrown aircraft carrier puts it among world’s naval elites
- Germany Set to Announce Aid Package of About €40 Billion
- Leak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away
- The monkeypox outbreak may be slowing in the U.S., but health officials urge caution
- Covid forecast: Major fall surge unlikely, but variants are a wild card
- The EPA’s proposed rule on ‘forever chemicals’ is a long-awaited step forward
- Support for Legalized Abortion Grows Since Dobbs Ruling, WSJ Poll Shows
- Trump in increasing legal peril one month on from Mar-a-Lago search
- Trump calls Biden ‘enemy of the state’ over FBI raid (Extremely dangerous, reckless, irresponsible and wrong.)
- The seeds of Biden’s democracy speech sprouted long before the Mar-a-Lago search
- Looking At “how much the rise of Hitler and the rise of MAGA smell similar.” “Conclusion: They do. This thread lists 10 ways.”
- How Trump’s promised perks for Jan. 6 rioters could help form the next mob
- Trump moves to general election mode with Pennsylvania rally
- Trump suggests the Mar-a-Lago documents were bound for his library. But advisers say he’s rarely talked about it.
- How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans
- Republicans Are Showing Contempt for the Rules
- Alaska upset flashes warning signs for GOP
- “They Were Being Jerked Around”: Former AG Bill Barr Defends FBI Search Warrant Of Mar-A-Lago
- Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It
- Leonard Leo: the secretive rightwinger using billions to reshape America (Disturbing.)
- How Many Of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified? Actually, Zero
- Internet services company Cloudflare blocks fringe web forum Kiwi Farms citing targeted threats
- CNN staffers are ‘terrified’ that new boss Chris Licht is launching a purge
- Jackson water crisis: A legacy of environmental racism?
- Shocking New Lesson In Florida Public School Boosts Trump’s Election Lie (“To refer to the ex-president’s rigged election claims as false is ‘bias,’ said a sixth-grade assignment.” That’s outrageous.)
- Oz seeks to win over the MAGA faithful
- New congressional districts add uncertainty to Virginia midterm elections
- Opinion/Editorial: Vega hasn’t yet put her district over her dogma (And she never will.)
- Youngkin Did WHAT Now? That’s Right, He “turned the area [of the VA Governor’s Mansion] used to teach history about slaves into a YOGA STUDIO!!!” (Youngkin is, of course, the same guy campaigning for someone who said “the enemy right now…are people of color or people of Hispanic origin”)
- Youngkin builds — and burns — bridges with Black voters
- Editorial: Schools or battlegrounds? Demonizing teachers and public schools unnecessarily inflicts lasting harm
- Editorial: Virginia Department of Social Services can’t get funds to those in need
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: New Bivalent Vaccines Approved; “Our 6-week percent positive running average has been 29% and this past week it was about 19%.”
- From new shoes to language lessons, Roanoke region reaches out to Afghan refugees
- 7 people injured in shooting in Norfolk, Virginia, officials say
- Virginia Beach is tangled up in plastic bag fee issue
- D.C.-area forecast: A summery Sunday, then a chance of showers and storms on Labor Day
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