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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 14.
- Cities Are Better at Battling Climate Change
- Opinion | Soon, Our Oceans Could Feel Like Jacuzzis (Disastrous.)
- From Coral to Nuclear Power: The Global Temperature Shift Is Wreaking Havoc
- Russian rouble at 16-month low as Ukraine’s Odesa attacked three times
- The Ukrainians Forced to Flee to Russia (“Some are brought against their will. Others are encouraged in subtler ways. But the over-all efforts seem aimed at the erasure of the Ukrainian people.”)
- UK homes install ‘record number’ of solar panels and heat pumps
- A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in the Caucasus
- Don’t expect a Saudi-Israel deal soon, or maybe ever
- The Deluge Facing Africa’s Leaders Is Going to Get Worse
- Niger’s coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’
- Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets
- Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home (“…as many as one in three citizens is thinking of leaving the country, according to a poll.”)
- Trump Acolyte Milei Upends Argentina’s Election With Primary Win (Gack.)
- A presidential candidate’s assassination threatens democracy in Ecuador
- China’s Worsening Economy Is Hurting Corporate America
- Consumers seeing relief in some food prices as inflation continues to slow
- New Covid vaccines are on the way as ‘Eris’ variant rises
- How solar has exploded in the US in just a year – in numbers
- The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state —
- Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the 2020 Vote
- How a Georgia Trump indictment would differ from the federal Jan. 6 case
- A stunning possible fourth indictment looms over Trump and the 2024 election (“Another criminal indictment would further divert an unparalleled election season from the campaign trail into multiple courtrooms”)
- How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump
- Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach
- Why Georgia’s case against Trump could be so damaging
- Abortion Is Inflaming the GOP’s Biggest Electoral Problem (“Ohio showed how abortion is weakening the Republican Party’s position in the nation’s largest metro areas.”)
- Whatever the MAGA GOP May Be, It Ain’t Conservative (“Their actual positions mostly reveal a desire to expand rather than restrict the power of government to regulate people’s personal lives.”)
- GOP sees turnout disaster without Trump (“GOP strategists say there’s growing concern that if Trump is not the nominee, many of his core supporters, who are estimated to make up 25 percent to 35 percent of the party base, ‘will take their ball and go home.'”)
- McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader’s Attempt to Thwart Trump (“The Kentucky Republican is doing all he can to bolster Ukraine, preserve NATO and help his party maintain its Reaganite roots.”)
- Newest “anti-woke” tantrum: Right-wingers don’t think kids of different races can be friends (“A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn’t an isolated event — it’s part of a national pattern”)
- Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden’s clean energy buddy
- RFK Jr. says he’d sign a federal ban on abortions after three months of pregnancy (RFK Jr. is a right winger. Also completely unhinged for many other reasons.)
- Ron DeSantis Did Not Have a Good Weekend (“Hecklers and humiliation at the Iowa State Fair.”)
- Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign
- Kansas newspaper police raid: co-owner dies after becoming ‘stressed beyond her limits’ (“Press freedom outcry after police serve search warrant to the Marion County Record’s Joan Meyer, 98, over its investigation into local restaurateur”)
- Hunter Biden Says Prosecutors Reneged on Plea Deal
- Hawaii’s governor orders review as Maui fires become deadliest in modern U.S. history
- Maui officials and scientists warn that after the flames flicker out, toxic particles will remain
- Mark Zuckerberg shuts door on cage fight, saying Elon Musk ‘isn’t serious’ (Musk isn’t serious in other ways, either.)
- Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire’s tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch. (Virginia should do the same!)
- Sen. Kaine visits Hampton Roads for several events
- Governor Youngkin and the exit strategy from multistate pacts
- How a Virginia farmer and food bank formed a farm-to-table alliance
- Spanish-speaking residents struggle to get services from cities and schools in Hampton Roads
- New River Valley/Danville consortium looks to additive manufacturing for its shot at federal tech hub funding
- Woman shot, infant child found safe in car at Northern Virginia shopping center
- D.C.-area forecast: Some strong storms possible later today before a drying trend
