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Breaking Stories (US)

• ‘Highway of death’: the Ukrainian drone campaign menacing Russian logistics

  Remote aircraft targeting supply traffic on route connecting occupied regions to Russia

  The Guardian
• Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs

  With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.

  The New York Times
• A kid’s neighborhood leaves a telltale pattern in their brains : NPR

  A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' brain development.

  NPR
• Pokémon Go to the drones

  All that location information users offered up hunting Snorlax in 2017 is now being used for drone warfare.

  AV Club
• Huge ‘8647’ etched into grass on the National Mall, aerial images show

  The numbers “8647” — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump’s birthday on Sunday.

  CNN
• Steve Hilton’s Chances of Beating Becerra to Flip California: New Poll

  Democrat Xavier Becerra has a commanding lead over Republican Steve Hilton in the California gubernatorial race, per a new poll.

  Newsweek
• White House response to hantavirus and Ebola contrasts with COVID criticisms

  The administration imposed mandatory quarantine orders on two passengers from the cruise ship hit by hantavirus and is blocking Americans who catch Ebola from returning home for treatment.

  NPR
• Judge Orders Rumer Willis’ Ex To Not Bathe Unclothed with Daughter, 3, Amid Custody Battle

  The custody battle Rumer Willis is embroiled in with her ex-boyfriend has taken a bizarre turn. Just days after Derek Thomas denied domestic abuse and drug use in court filings pertaining to custody o...

  Yahoo
• Ukrainians hit four more Crimea bridges, amid reports of empty shelves in food shops (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,568)

  Russian commanders are scrambling to move troops and fuel along ever-riskier routes, while the peninsula’s residents face dry taps, empty shelves, and soaring black‑market petrol prices.

  EUobserver
• Karmelo Anthony's family says "nobody wins" after murder verdict and sentencing

  Karmelo Anthony's mother Kala Hayes told CBS News that her son "didn't mean to hurt anyone" and "was defending himself" when he stabbed another student, Austin Metcalf.

  CBS News