Happy weekend Great Falls, here’s this week’s reading list.

The Washington Post: Summer covid surge hits at least 84 countries and continues to climb

Associated Press: 15 states sue to block Biden’s effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage

L.A. Times: L.A. schools board will send $9 billion in school bonds to voters in November

Associated Press: California governor vows to take away funding from cities and counties for not clearing encampments

The Atlantic: The sad future of grocery shopping

The Washington Post: California governor vows to take away funding from cities and counties for not clearing encampments

Reuters: Investors feel the pinch of thriftier consumers on company profits

Star Tribune: ‘Seriously, this sucks.’ How a small Minnesota town was left with a giant pile of wind turbine blades

Reuters: U.S. tops China as Germany’s biggest trading partner

Wired: Public health experts want Coke out of the Olympics

The Atlantic: There are no good options left with bird flu

The Washington Post: Secretaries of state urge Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading false election info

The Denver Post: Navigation centers in Denver, Aurora will offer help to the homeless

The New York Times: Rikers inmates are routinely denied medical care, court filing says

The Economist: Will America’s economy swing the election?

Foreign Affairs: America isn’t ready for the wars of the future

NPR: Andrade, Biles, Chiles are the first all-Black gymnastics podium

Associated Press: Sonya Massey: Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of fatal police shooting

The New York Times: Lights out at a cosmic restaurant

The Nation: The rise of the influencer chef

The Washington Post: South Korea recycles 98 percent of its food waste. What can it teach the world?

The New York Times: Let’s review restaurant etiquette