- Legendary comedian and character actor Rip Taylor has died at age 84 after being hospitalized for a seizure, Taylor's stage and screen career spanned nearly five full decades.
- Pope Francis is blaming wildfires in the Amazon basin on destructive corporate "interests" and warns that humanity needs to do a better job of stewardship of the planet.
- Talks between GM and United Auto Workers' union have hit a wall as the auto worker strike enters its third week, the UAW says GM's latest offer was one the union had previously rejected.
- Backlash against Hong Kong's latest emergency powers decree has set off a new round of violence as police are arresting those wearing face masks to protest.
- Researchers at Stanford are working on a fire-retardant gel that can be spread over dry forest to prevent wildfires, the non-toxic gel can survive light rain and can last several months.
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