NEW: A former FBI agent in New Orleans has been sentenced to life for sexually assaulting an 11-old while serving as an Ala. trooper Alabama hired Bauer despite his ouster from FBI amid an earlier rape claim "He had everyone fooled" w/Kim Chandler apnews.com/article/fbi-ch…

I went to Memphis to see Musk's xAI supercomputer and learn how it got fast-tracked. This whole story is bananas. The city council didn't know, the utility company signed NDAs, it doesn't have permits for methane gas generators... And all this is for Grok npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-…

An AP investigation has uncovered more cases of assault at the CIA in the wake of the agency's promise to crack down on sexual misconduct in its ranks. apnews.com/article/cia-se…

Maryland has a chance to become the first state to elect a Black governor, attorney general and U.S. senator concurrently. bit.ly/3MAzBGT

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"The thing about me is, I don’t want attention": Tyreek Hill says he could have handled his traffic stop better but he still wants the officer fired apnews.com/article/tyreek…

An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight apnews.com/article/spring…

As war rages in Gaza, scores of Palestinian teenagers have been killed, shot and arrested less than 80 miles away in the occupied West Bank. apnews.com/projects/west-…

Is it worth crying over spilled Cheetos? Absolutely, say rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park apnews.com/article/carlsb…

"Indigenous groups have long argued that they are in the best position to conserve and protect forests, having been successful stewards of lands for thousands of years." This story on the Ashaninka of the western Amazon shows why. apnews.com/article/brazil…

This investigation by Melody Gutierrez and Alene Tchekmedyian will break your heart and infuriate you: latimes.com/california/sto…

My The Associated Press story: Faked video targeting France and UAE likely Russian despite Moscow's links to Gulf Arab states apnews.com/article/uae-fr…

NEW: For months I’ve been reporting on the New Hampshire National Guard, which current/former members say is plagued by toxicity, sexual assault and harassment, and retaliation. All of it exemplified, they said, in one recent case at the southern border. cnn.com/2024/09/13/pol…

I’m not anywhere near the great Robert Caro but I had to smile in recognition of his agony over cutting hundreds of pages of material from his draft of the (still huge) Power Broker nytimes.com/2024/09/12/boo…

What to know about North Korea's unveiling of its uranium enrichment facility The Associated Press ⁦Tong-hyung Kim⁩ ⁦Hyung-jin Kim 김형진⁩ apnews.com/article/665d19…

New from The Associated Press: None of the hospitals that denied emergency care to more than 100 pregnant women since 2022 have been punished. apnews.com/article/hospit…

my pal maya cade is one of the smartest, most brilliant people i know, and here she is in WIRED being smart and brilliant wired.com/story/dial-up-…

September baseball on the radio — a game that doesn’t matter one whit — as summer creeps to an end and dusk approaches. There’s something about baseball on the radio, far from the ballpark, that will forever be alluring to me.

Official naming of Bernadette Anderson Way on a stretch of Russell Avenue North in Minneapolis to honor “neighborhood mom” of Prince and others. Organized by actual son ⁦André Cymone⁩ and family.

Belated Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 post — it was wonderful meeting more of my The Associated Press colleagues at this year’s convention!!