September, 2024

• 5 September

  Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

  Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths. Source link

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• 5 September

  ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: Delightfully Undead Again

  Tim Burton has brought the band back together — Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, even Bob the shrunken head guy — for a fun but less edgy sequel. Source link

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• 5 September

  Almost 200 animals rescued from puppy mill in Ocean County

  

  Digital Brief: Dec. 3, 2022 (AM) Digital Brief: Dec. 3, 2022 (AM) 02:59 BRICK, N.J. (CBS) — Two people in Ocean County were arrested for animal cruelty and child endangerment Friday night, police say. Officers responded to a house in Ocean County following an anonymous complaint about a possible puppy …

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• 5 September

  NFL Quarterback Tiers 2024: Only 2 join Mahomes in Tier 1; Rodgers, Herbert drop out

  

  The top tier is always exclusive territory when 50 NFL coaches and executives have their say in Quarterback Tiers each summer. That exclusivity has reached another level this year. Led by the incomparable Patrick Mahomes, only three players achieved Tier 1 status when balloting for the 11th annual survey was …

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• 5 September

  S&P 500 Hit as Anxiety Brews in Run-Up to Jobs: Markets Wrap

  

  (Bloomberg) — Stocks wiped out earlier gains, with Wall Street’s anxiety running rampant in the countdown to the highly anticipated US jobs report. Most Read from Bloomberg The S&P 500 dropped for a third consecutive day — despite a rally in a handful of big techs. Treasuries barely budged, with …

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• 5 September

  German Police Shoot Gunman Dead Near Israeli Consulate in Munich

  The shootout with an 18-year-old Austrian came on the anniversary of the attack on the Munich Olympics that left 11 Israelis dead, and was being investigated as a possible terrorist attack. Source link

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• 5 September

  Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team

  

  Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, has long had a reputation as one of the world’s most aggressive practitioners of sabotage, assassination, and cyber warfare, with hackers who take pride in working under the same banner as violent special forces operators. But one new group within that agency shows how …

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• 5 September

  Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Drunk Dial Followed by Sporadic G-Chats ’

  Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Source link

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• 5 September

  Art Exhibitions That Don’t Look Away From the Rocky Realities

  A New Orleans triennial and a suite of “Panafrica” exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago promise fresh ideas and global conversations. Source link

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• 5 September

  Lake George water study could delay commercial construction

  

  LAKE GEORGE — The Village Board is expected to announce a moratorium on any new commercial property water hookups in the town outside of the village in order to conduct a 10- to 12-week water study. The board will vote on the resolution at its December meeting. The moratorium is …

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