8.1.23
CNN.com—Trump indicted yet again, this time on four felony charges related to his intereference in the 2020 election
BBC News—Hundreds of thousands of American's develop allergy to red meat thanks to tick bites. This is a real thing—it happened to my brother-in-law about ten years ago (although he recovered after a couple of years).
CBS News—Fitch downgrades the US's credit rating, citing a deterioration in standards of government and eroded confidence in fiscal management
USA Today—Lizzo sued by three of her backup dancers, who allege sexual harrassment and a hostile work environment
ABCnews.com—Mega Millions jackpot is worth more than $1 billion, the fifth time this has happened in the history of that multistate lottery
NBC News—Man files class action lawsuit against Taco Bell for skimping on ingredients

8.2.23
CBS News—Paul Reubens, the actor who played Pee Wee Herman, dies at 70 after six year battle with cancer
CNN.com—Louisiana now requires all public school classrooms to display the motto "In God We Trust"
ABCnews.com—Trucking firm Yellow is filing for bankruptcy and putting 30,000 people out of work
NBC News—Leah Remini sues the Church of Scientology for defamation and harrassment
BBC News—India bans the exports of non-Basmati white rice in order to stave off rising domestic prices
USA Today—Taylor Swift gives $100,000 bonuses to all the truck drivers who worked on her Eras tour

8.3.23
CBS News—Trump is arraigned in DC and pleads not guilty to Jan 6 charges
USA Today—Pittsburgh synagogue shooter who killed 11 people is sentenced to death
NBC News—Florida is effectively banning AP Pyschology course for high school students due to LGBTQ content
CNN.com—NYC passes bill to make pandemic-era outdoor dining rules permanent
BBC News—Two US sailors charged with spying for China
ABCnews.com—Michael Jordan's sale of his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets finalized

8.8.23
CNN.com—Ohio voters reject special election push to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution, seen as a win for abortion rights activists who will have a referendum on the November ballot
CBS News—Supreme Court votes to allow the ATF to enforce ghost gun regulations while lawsuits work their way through the lower courts
USA Today—Zoom undermines its own marketing by requiring workers to come back to the office
ABCnews.com—DeSantis replaces his campaign manager in an attempt to save his flailing presidential candidacy
BBC News—Weight loss drug Wegovy also has positive cardiovascular benefits for overweight people
NBC News—Biden creates new national monument near the Grand Canyon

8.9.23
CBS News—Wildfires on Maui kill at least 6 people
USA Today—One person matches all six Mega Millions numbers to win a $1.58 billion jackpot
ABCnews.com—Robbie Robertson, co-founder and guitarist for The Band, dies at age 80
CNN.com—ESPN enters into $2 billion deal with sports betting company
NBC News—Disney raising price of its Disney+ streaming service
BBC News—Jamie Reid, the artist who designed the album covers for the Sex Pistols, dies at 76

8.10.23
CNN.com—Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have protected individual members of the Sackler family from civil liability
USA Today—Death toll from wildfires in Hawaii rises to 53
BBC News—Physicists theorize a fifth force based on unexplained behavior from subatomic particles
CBS News—Russia launches its first moon mission since the Soviet era in 1976
NBC News—Mississippi Supreme Court rules that Brett Favre cannot be removed from lawsuit over misspent welfare funds
ABCnews.com—Virgin Galactic launches its first paying customers to the edge of space

8.15.23
CNN.com—Donald Trump indicted criminally for the fourth time this year, this time in a sweeping group of 41 charges that accuses the former president and 18 others of a wide range of crimes related to election interference
NBC News—California approves both Cruise and Waymo to operate robotaxi services in San Francisco
USA Today—Former NFL tackle Michael Ohr, whose life was the subject of the movie The Blind Side, accuses his adoptive family of tricking him into a conservatorship that allowed them to control his finances
ABCnews.com—Arkansas removes AP African American Studies from all public school curricula in the state
BBC News—New species of snake discovered in Peru is named in honor of actor Harrison Ford
CBS News—Former NFL running back Alex Collins dies in a motorcycle crash

8.16.23
BBC News—Russia hikes interest rates to 12%
ABCnews.com—Fulton County DA proposes Mar 4 2024 as the start date for Trump's Georgia election interference trial
CBS News—Federal appeals court upholds FDA's approval of over the counter abortion pill, but does back some limits on access
NBC News—Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online
USA Today—Entire police department of Minnesota town resigns due to low pay
CNN.com—Aldi is buying Winn-Dixie

8.17.23
CBS News—Texas woman arrested for making threats against federal judge overseeing the Jan 6 case
ABCnews.com—Mortgage rates at 21 year high
USA Today—Research shows that people who get all their vaccinations in the same arm have a stronger immune response
CNN.com—Blue Shield California switches from CVS to cheaper options from Amazon and Mark Cuban to make prescription drugs cheaper for patients
BBC News—2024 moon mission will include thermal camera that hopes to detect the presence of water
NBC News—International Chess Federation bars trans women from competing in women's chess events

8.22.23
CBS News—Mar-a-Lago employeed recants his earlier testimony after he stops using a Trump-sponsored attorney and is notified that he will be charged with perjury
NBC News—Fulton Country DA refuses Mark Meadows' request to delay his surrender and says she will issue an arrest warrant for him if he does not meet the original Friday deadline
BBC News—MRI scans may detect some prostate cancers missed by PSA screenings
ABCnews.com—UPS workers approve 5 year contract to avoid strike
USA Today—Facebook's Twitter competitor, Threads, plans to roll out web and desktop apps in the near future
CNN.com—Popeye's making major push into China

8.23.23
CNN.com—Leader of Russian mercenary group who led a rebellion against Putin killed in plane crash under very suspicious circumstances
ABCnews.com—India becomes the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon
CBS News—With new Covid variants on the rise, some schools and businesses reinstate mask mandates
BBC News—Rolling Stones tease new album with newspaper ad for fictional glass repair company
NBC News—Rare spotless giraffe born at Tennessee zoo
USA Today—Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte celebrates its 20th anniversary

8.24.23
CNN.com—Trump to turn himself in for booking on charges that he interfered with Georgia's election in 2020
ABCnews.com—SpaceX sued by DOJ over discriminatory hiring practices
BBC News—Subway sandwich chain bought by investment group that also own Dunkin' Donuts and Jimmy John's
NBC News—BTK serial killer is a suspect in at least two cold cases
CBS News—Zillow offers 1% down payment to attract more homebuyers. History teaches us that this will certainly end well.
USA Today—USPS to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg on a stamp this fall

8.29.23
CNN.com—Biden administration announces the first 10 commonly used prescription medications that will be subject to bulk pricing negotiations between Medicare and the pharmaceutical companies
NBC News—Federal judge sets trial date of March 4, 2024 for Trump's federal election interference trial
BBC News—Hurricane Idalia could be the worst storm to hit Florida's Gulf Coast since the 1800s
USA Today—Atlanta high school football coach arrested and charged with battery after hitting one of his players on the sideline during a game
ABCnews.com—UNC faculty member killed on campus by graduate student
CBS News—Chicago tv news crew robbed at gunpoint while doing a report on robberies