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Sunday, August 14, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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The front pages of the Aug. 13 edition of the Iranian newspapers, Vatan-e Emrooz, front, with title reading in Farsi: "Knife in the neck of Salman Rushdie," and Hamshahri, rear, with title: "Attack on writer of Satanic Verses," are pictured in Tehran Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Rushdie, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie - the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a recent daily briefing. The White House said Jean-Pierre misspoke when she said the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was “unconstitutional.”

Facts Matter: Supreme Court was within its power to overturn Roe v. Wade

In today's Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that it was unconstitutional for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, moneypox is related to COVID-19, a kayaker narrowly escaped being eaten by a whale and more.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks Wednesday during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A flagship Democratic economic bill perched on the edge of House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead triumph on his climate, health and tax goals that could energize his party ahead of November’s elections.

In triumph for Biden, Congress passes Democrats' climate, health bill

A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats' flagship climate and health care bill, handing President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on coveted priorities that the party hopes will bolster their prospects for keeping their hold on Congress in November's elections.
A dump track unloads grain Tuesday in Zghurivka, Ukraine. A ship approached Ukraine on Frida to pick up wheat for people in Ethiopia, in the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N.-brokered plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia’s war and bring relief to some of the millions worldwide on the brink of starvation.

Ship reaches Ukraine to load up with wheat for hungry Africa

A ship docked in a Ukrainian Black Sea port on Friday to begin loading up with wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia. It will be the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N. plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia's war on Ukraine and bring relief to some of the millions worldwide who are on the brink of starvation.
A dead fish skeleton on the cracking earth of a dry lake bed near the village of Conoplja, Serbia. Water shortages reduced Serbia’s hydropower production. An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent, damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions and threatening aquatic species. Water levels are falling on major rivers such as the Danube, the Rhine and the Po.
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent, damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions and threatening aquatic species. Water levels are falling on major rivers such as the Danube, the Rhine and the Po.
In this image taken from FOX19 Cincinnati video, FBI officials gather Thursday outside the FBI building in Cincinnati. An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at the FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and exchanged gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said.
Ohio gunman appeared to threaten FBI after Trump search
A gunman who died in a shootout after trying to get inside the FBI's Cincinnati office appeared to have posted calls on social media for FBI agents to be killed and for people to take up arms and "be ready for combat" in the wake of the search at Donald Trump's home, a law enforcement official said.
Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked Friday during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, about 75 miles south of Buffalo.
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
Salman Rushdie, the author whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
Today in History: August 13, East Germany seals the border
Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2022. There are 140 days left in the year.
Somaliland leader says 5 killed in opposition protests
The president of Somaliland says five people were killed in opposition protests over fears of a delayed election, hours after police confirmed shooting demonstrators and accused them of not following officers' instructions
FILE - A member of the Arab Commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face stands on the balcony of the building where the commandos held members of the Israeli team hostage in Munich, Sept. 5, 1972. The German government said Friday it regrets plans by families of Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich to boycott a 50-year anniversary ceremony next month, and said it was prepared to continue talks on further compensation. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf, File)
Germany regrets boycott by Munich attack victims' families
The German government says it regrets plans by families of Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich to boycott a 50-year anniversary ceremony next month
Israeli police crime scene investigators work at the scene of a shooting attack that wounded several Israelis near the Old City of Jerusalem, early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. Israeli police and medics say a gunman opened fire at a bus in a suspected Palestinian attack that came a week after violence flared up between Israel and militants in Gaza. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Gunman wounds 8 in late-night Jerusalem shooting
Israeli police and medics say a gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City, wounding eight Israelis in a suspected Palestinian attack that came a week after violence flared up between Israel and militants in Gaza
A Kyrgyz woman and her dog stand near a traditional yurt where she lives with members of her family, shepherds herding horses in a mountain pasture in the Suusamyr Valley lies at 2500 meters above sea level in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan mountains 170 kilometres (100 miles) south of the capital Bishkek, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
AP PHOTOS: Fermented horse milk season on in Kyrgyzstan
SUUSAMYR, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - High up in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the season for making the fermented drink known as kumis is in full swing. Connoisseurs of kumis, an important part of nomadic tribes' diets for untold centuries, say the Suusamyr valley is home to the best version of the drink.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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