Hope the weekend treated everyone well. Here’s this week’s reading list.
The Associated Press: Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
The New York Times: U.S. and Iran blow through deadline to agree to a broad deal to end war
NPR: Inflation eases in July as gasoline and grocery prices fall
Reuters: Fed’s Barkin: Still an “open question” if rate hike will be needed to meet inflation target
The Associated Press: Kids keep getting hurt on e-bikes. Who’s responsible?
The Economist: Under the Taliban, Afghanistan is, for once, peaceful
The Associated Press: Homicides at the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says
The Economist: The left’s common-sense problem on crime
Reuters: U.S. also wants trade deal before August 19 tariff deadline, Canadian source says
CBC: Where do Canada-U.S. trade negotiations stand? Here’s a sector-by-sector breakdown
The Economist: The big democracy where lawmakers are mightier than the executive
StateScoop: Flock backlash could reshape local ALPR use, but company says change is up to police, lawmakers
The Washington Post: White House races to prepare for new strains of deadly viruses after cutting biosecurity experts
The Economist: Heat, fire, smoke and storms are wreaking havoc on the economy
CBS News: Americans’ paychecks are getting swallowed by rent. See how much people pay in major U.S. cities.
The Associated Press: A federal judge blocks Idaho from prosecuting doctors for health-protecting abortions
The Washington Post: 1.5 million dozen recalled eggs receive FDA’s highest-risk warning
The Economist: What to make of a new Saudi-led defence pact
NPR: Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Associated Press: U.S. military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
Route Fifty: Report finds most data centers in urban, not rural, areas
The Washington Post: Inflation eases in July as gasoline and grocery prices fall
Reuters: U.S. railroad Union Pacific turned charges meant to cover fuel cost spike from Iran war into profit
Foreign Affairs: After Putin
The Associated Press: Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Food and Environment Reporting Network/WIRED: How close is gene-edited food to delivering on its promise?
High Country News/The Economic Hardship Reporting Project: The Chinese immigrants trafficked on New Mexico’s weed farms
The Washington Post: FDA in Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak
Associated Press: Surveillance system struggles in Eastern Congo as Ebola outbreak spreads
Reuters: Dogs can distinguish between emotions in a human face, study shows
