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British Columbia is logging its last old growth. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it

Activists on Vancouver Island are once again trying to stop the logging of old growth forests, some of the rarest and most carbon rich ecosystems on Earth. (Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press, Local 4)

Teen arrested on murder charges after Citadel cadet and childhood friend found shot dead

A 17-year-old suspect faces second-degree murder charges in the DeLand, Florida, double homicide of Citadel cadet Dustin Rose and Samson Campbell. (Fox News)

Kentucky child killer walks free as family says justice failed despite years of legal fights

Ronald Exantus walked free after serving his sentence for the 2015 home invasion that killed 6-year-old Logan Tipton despite Logan's Law reforms. (Fox News)

State of New Mexico sues Justice Department and Todd Blanche, saying they blocked its Epstein probe

The state of New Mexico has sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government has blocked it from carrying out its own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes. (Savannah Peters, Associated Press, Local 4)

More than half of some US weapons stockpiles used in Iran war, raising concerns about China threat

CSIS warns depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles from the Iran war could embolden China as President Xi watches munitions levels amid Taiwan tensions. (Fox News)

Pennsylvania school bus aide accused of sexually assaulting special needs teen

A Pennsylvania bus aide faces indecent assault and child endangerment charges after allegedly inappropriately touching a special needs student. (Fox News)

British Columbia is logging its last old growth. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it

Around the world

Spain deploys military after thousands of migrants overwhelm border enclave, at least 18 dead

Video shows thousands of migrants overwhelming Ceuta's Tarajal border as Spain deploys its military and at least 18 people die during crossings. (Fox News)

Mexican cartel boss linked to influencer’s livestreamed murder arrested, officials say

Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, alleged leader of Los Rs tied to CJNG, faces charges in the livestreamed killing of Valeria Márquez and a mayor's assassination. (Fox News)

Famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, among 10 climbers killed after avalanche in Pakistan

Nirmal Purja was leading climbers up Broad Peak in Pakistan when a deadly avalanche struck the Karakoram expedition, killing all 10 members of the group. (Fox News)

Central Europe swelters and Slovakia and Austria hit their record high temperatures

Temperatures in Central Europe have soared to extreme levels again, with Slovakia and Austria both having their hottest day on record. (Associated Press, Local 4)

Russian barrage in Ukraine's capital region kills 17 as air defenses fall short

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its region have killed 17 people and wounded 44 others. (Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press, KPRC 2)

China announces countermeasures against Washington, including controls on drone exports to the US

China has announced a series of economic measures against the United States, including export controls on drones and a ban on trade with six American entities. (Huizhong Wu And Kanis Leung, Associated Press, KPRC 2)

Migrant crisis pushes Italy to restore border checks with Spain, testing Europe's open-border system

Conservative leaders across Europe react as an estimated 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco within 24 hours, threatening its open-border policies. (Fox News)

Technology

OpenAI’s runaway AI agent also compromised a cloud platform customer

OpenAI’s renegade AI agent, which carried out a high-profile breach of the AI platform Hugging Face, also reportedly compromised a customer of the cloud platform Modal Labs, according to Reuters. (Computer World)

Gene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergies. (Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press, Local 4)

AI deepfakes are already in full force this election season

For years, we’ve been warned about the deleterious effects of deepfakes on our elections: AI-generated videos that can dupe voters into believing candidates have said or done things they haven’t. (Rebecca Heilweil, Fast Company)

TP-Link router owners update now

The Omada platform was found to be vulnerable in different ways, but TP-Link has already issued patches. (Sead Fadilpašić, TechRadar)

How Port Nelson overhauled its operations with private 5G

Some 80% of New Zealand’s wine is grown and produced in the Marlborough region, making Port Nelson a critical trading gateway for the island nation. The busy port also ships forestry products, dairy, and seafood. (Network World)

Surviving AI: Navigating workload creep, AI slop, and the new tech career playbook

After more than 30 years the cybersecurity field, Keith Jones recently realized that his role had changed, from being a single contributor to manager of a fairly large team. And this team was getting a lot accomplished — tasks that used to take up a huge chunk of his workday. (Computer World)

The White House is fixated on China copying U.S. AI. Experts say that’s the wrong threat

Ask most people about the biggest concern in AI right now, and they’ll likely point to models from OpenAI and Anthropic breaking out of the boundaries of their tests and trying to access systems they shouldn’t. (Chris Stokel-Walker, Fast Company)