He found 15 books in a Sierra dumpster. Then he found out they belonged to Thomas Jefferson.

In December 2014, Max Brown was picking through an Incline Village dumpster for a community service project when a collection of 1980s cassettes caught his eye. Fancying himself a collector, he pulled them out and inspected them. 
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/he-found-15-books-in-a-sierra-dumpster-then-he-found-out-they-belonged-to-thomas-jefferson/ar-BBLd9cM?source=Snapzu

As California burns, many fear the future of extreme fire has arrived

Experts say the state’s increasingly ferocious wildfires are not an aberration – they are the new reality
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/30/california-wildfires-climate-change-new-normal?source=Snapzu

Wrongfully jailed man wins $3.5 million: 'I kept saying, it's not me'

Over and over again, the man protested: "You got the wrong guy." But the police didn't listen. They arrested him at work in front of his colleagues, hauled him off to jail and held him for 15 days believing he was someone else: a fugitive wanted for attempted murder. Six years later, the patient man — 43-year-old Marvin Seales of Harper Woods — got his payback. On a Friday afternoon in a federal courtroom in Detroit, after just one hour and 50 minutes of deliberations, a jury awarded Seales $3.5 million for the injustice he suffered in a case of mistaken identity.
Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/07/30/wrongfully-jailed-millions-jury-award/853374002/?source=Snapzu

'Spectacular' ancient public library discovered in Germany

Remains of grand building that may have housed up to 20,000 scrolls uncovered in central Cologne, dating back to second century AD
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/31/spectacular-ancient-public-library-discovered-in-germany?CMP=fb_us?source=Snapzu

19-year-old dies following 'routine traffic stop' in Chesapeake

On Wednesday a 19-year-old Chesapeake woman mysteriously died following a routine traffic stop. Police said Sarah Wilson used a handgun inside the car to shoot and kill herself. However, the teen’s mom believes there is much more to this story, and she’s desperate for answers. “In all of her life I have never known of her to shoot a gun, own a gun, or even hold a gun,” said mother Dawn Wilson.
Read more: https://www.13newsnow.com/mobile/article/news/19-year-old-dies-following-routine-traffic-stop-in-chesapeake/291-578159905?source=Snapzu

The Bullshit Web

My home computer in 1998 had a 56K modem connected to our telephone line; we were allowed a maximum of thirty minutes of computer usage a day, because my parents — quite reasonably — did not want to have their telephone shut off for an evening at a time. I remember webpages loading slowly: ten to twenty seconds for a basic news article.
Read more: https://pxlnv.com/blog/bullshit-web/?source=Snapzu

Swedish coast guard works to clean up 14,000-litre oil spill

Sweden's coast guard was on Monday working to clear up an oil spill caused by heavy winds after a large freight ship ran aground off the country's southeastern coast. The 139-metre freight ship Makassar Highway first ran aground on July 23rd and began leaking oil. Initially the coast guard was able to contain the spillage, but heavy winds on Saturday and Sunday meant the oil began to leak into the Baltic Sea, before the salvage operation could begin.
Read more: https://www.thelocal.se/20180730/swedish-coastguard-oil-spill-freight-ship?source=Snapzu

Ex-Clackamas County probation officer gets 35 years in prison for raping children

A former Clackamas County probation officer was sentenced Friday to 35 years and one month in prison for repeatedly raping two girls beginning when they were 5 and 7. Clackamas County Circuit Judge Michael Wetzel sentenced Gordon Mead Jr., 69, for first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy of the two girls, which occurred separately between 2004 and 2012, court records show. A county jury found Mead guilty of the charges on March 2.
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2018/03/ex-clackamas_county_probation.html?source=Snapzu

US intelligence agencies determine that North Korea is constructing new missiles: report

U.S. intelligence agencies indicate North Korea is building new missiles, officials told The Washington Post on Monday, weeks after President Trump declared the nation is "no longer a Nuclear Treat." Satellite images taken in recent weeks appear to show that at least one and possibly two liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are being worked on at a large research facility in Sanumdong, outside of the capital of Pyongyang.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399604-us-intelligence-agencies-determine-that-north-korea-is-constructing?source=Snapzu

Inside the Funeral Homes Posing the Dead Like They're Still Alive

We talked to the head of one of New Orleans's oldest funeral homes about why some families are drawn to "extreme embalmings."
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9kmqy7/inside-new-orleans-extreme-embalming-funerals?source=Snapzu

Judge orders many migrant children removed from Texas facility said to use psychotropic drugs

A lawsuit alleged that children held at the Texas facility are likely to be administered psychotropic drugs without their parents' consent.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna895966?source=Snapzu

Popup scam tricks child porn suspect into turning himself in

An Indiana man is facing child porn charges after a popup on his phone prompted him to turn himself in. Joseph Hanvey, 22, of Valparaiso, Indiana told police he tried to download a pornographic video involving a child last week, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported. A message popped up on his screen stating the phone was being monitored by the FBI, according to police.
Read more: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/popup-scam-tricks-child-porn-suspect-into-turning-himself-in/1335458325?source=Snapzu

Pussy Riot members rearrested after leaving prison – video

Members of the band Pussy Riot appeared surprised as they were met by Russian police after leaving prison where they had been held for 15 days. They were detained after running on to the pitch at Luzhniki stadium dressed as police officers during the second half of the World Cup final between France and Croatia. Olga Pakhtusova, Olga Kurachyova and Veronika Nikulshina looked confused as a police officer approached them and they were immediately put into a van and driven away.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/jul/30/pussy-riot-members-rearrested-after-leaving-prison-video?source=Snapzu

McDonald's worker with Down syndrome celebrates 30 YEARS in the job

A McDonald's worker with Down syndrome has been delighting customers at his local McDonald's for the past 30 years. Russell O'Grady, 48, first donned the fast food restaurant's uniform in 1986 when he was just 18-years-old. Now, 30 years later, he is a local hero at Northmead McDonald's, in Sydney's west. His father, Geoff O'Grady, told Daily Mail Australia his son had become 'the best-known person in Northmead' since he started working at McDonald's.
Read more: https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3869008/amp/McDonald-s-worker-syndrome-Russell-O-Grady-celebrates-30-years-job.html?source=Snapzu

The 37 strangest lines in Rudy Giuliani's off-the-rails CNN interview

President Donald Trump seems to believe that Rudy Giuliani is a really, really good surrogate for him when it comes to fighting back against the ongoing special counsel probe into Russia's attempted interference in the 2016 election. What else could explain Giuliani's ubiquity on cable television? Which brings me to Monday morning and a thrill-ride of a performance by Giuliani on CNN's "New Day." There was so much said in the interview that condensing it all into one news story is truly impossible. So, below, I've picked out the 37 oddest lines from the Giuliani sit-down.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/30/politics/giuliani-interview-trump-russia/index.html?source=Snapzu

Russia says it knows of U.S. military plans before they happen

Russia's top diplomat said Moscow "will be provided with information about the schemes harbored by the militaries of both the U.S. and other Western countries."
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-it-will-know-us-military-plans-they-happen-1048779?source=Snapzu

China's Xinjiang Province: A Surveillance State Unlike Any the World Has Ever Seen

In western China, Beijing is using the most modern means available to control its Uighur minority. Tens of thousands have disappeared into re-education camps. A journey to an eerily quiet region.
Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/china-s-xinjiang-province-a-surveillance-state-unlike-any-the-world-has-ever-seen-a-1220174.html?source=Snapzu

Smoking Marijuana Legalized in Georgia

The Constitutional Court of Georgia has released a statement on the decision made today regarding the use of marijuana, effectively abolishing administrative punishment for the use of the drug.
Read more: http://georgiatoday.ge/news/11592/Smoking-Marijuana-Legalized-in-Georgia?source=Snapzu

U.S. spy agencies: North Korea is working on new missiles

Weeks after the Trump-Kim summit, factories are still producing intercontinental ballistic missiles and enriched uranium.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-north-korea-is-working-on-new-missiles/2018/07/30/b3542696-940d-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html?source=Snapzu

Meet the Anarchists Making Their Own Medicine

The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is a network of tech-fueled anarchists taking on Big Pharma with DIY medicines.
Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43pngb/how-to-make-your-own-medicine-four-thieves-vinegar-collective?source=Snapzu

Conservatives start suggesting that colluding with Russia isn't so bad

How do you know when the seriousness of the Russia scandal has intensified? When Donald Trump's allies discover it's time to move the goal posts again.
Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/conservatives-start-suggesting-colluding-russia-isnt-so-bad?source=Snapzu

TSA is tracking regular travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance program

Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.
Read more: http://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/graphics/2018/07/tsa-quiet-skies/?source=Snapzu

'I traced missile casings in Syria back to their original sellers, so it’s time for the west to reveal who they sell arms to'

I don’t think either Nato or the EU has the slightest interest in chasing the provenance of weapons in the hands of Islamist fighters in Syria or anywhere else in the Middle East
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-missile-arms-deals-west-us-uk-saudi-arabia-a8459731.html?source=Snapzu

Cruise line faces backlash over shooting of polar bear

A German cruise line is facing outrage after one of its employees shot and killed a wild polar bear in Norway after the animal attacked another of its employees. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises said its ship was docked at Spitsbergen, the largest island on Norway's Svalbard archipelago, on Saturday when the bear attacked a guard hired to go on shore before passengers to ensure there aren't any polar bears in the area.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/29/world/polar-bear-killed-norway-cruise-guard-attacked/index.html?source=Snapzu

The Black Panthers still in prison: after 46 years, will they ever be set free?

Over two years, Ed Pilkington has interviewed eight African American radicals imprisoned since the 1970s. Will they ever be freed?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/30/black-panthers-prison-interviews-african-american-activism?source=Snapzu

French skier lost 64 years ago in Alps identified with help of social media

A French skier who went missing more than 60 years ago has finally been identified after details of a probe into his disappearance were posted on social media, Italian police said Sunday. Human remains and ski equipment were found in 2005 more than 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) up the Cime Bianche in the Valtournenche valley of the Aosta region near the Swiss border in northern Italy.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/30/french-skier-lost-64-years-ago-in-alps-identified-with-help-of-social-media?source=Snapzu

Trump rails against Mueller in Sunday tweetstorm

President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets on Sunday lashing out at the special counsel investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/29/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-twitter/index.html?source=Snapzu

Why We Know So Little About the U.S.-Backed War in Yemen

What the U.N. calls the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” is an unhappy confluence of American media taboos. By Matt Taibbi.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/yemen-war-united-states-704187/?source=Snapzu

Trump threatens government shutdown over border security

President Trump warned on Sunday that he would be willing to “shut down” the government over border security. “I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT!” he said in a morning tweet.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399382-trump-warns-of-government-shutdown-over-border-security?source=Snapzu

This idyllic beach was filled with Aussie backpackers. Now it’s unrecognisable

GANGSTERS shooting up bars. Broken dusty streets. A casino on every corner. Unlimited booze, drugs and prostitution. No, it’s not the Wild West. It’s Sihanoukville, or Snooky, a port city on Cambodia’s coast popular with backpackers in the 1990s thanks to its long empty beaches and chilled-out vibe — a quirky alternative to the tourist haunts in neighbouring Thailand.
Read more: https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/asia/chinese-mafia-taking-over-idyllic-cambodian-beach/news-story/23e247e1af47257c2ff9e90c7112548e?source=Snapzu

Deadly California wildfire kills missing children and great-grandmother, family says

Melody Bledsoe and her great-grandchildren James, 4, and Emily, 5 did not survive the fire that engulfed their home Thursday night, according to relatives.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/28/us/california-carr-fire/index.html?source=Snapzu

Was the 2016 election legitimate? It's now definitely worth asking the question

Fear of facing the legitimacy issue has not stopped Americans from harboring profound doubts.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-trump-illegitimate-20180728-story.html?source=Snapzu

Ancient B.C. Indigenous settlement to become outdoor history classroom

Near the foot of sacred Mount Prevost where Indigenous people say their ancestors first landed on earth lays buried a 2,000-year-old settlement with archeological evidence of ancient tools, homes, hearths and grave sites. The Ye'yumnuts village near Duncan, B.C., is about to become a living Indigenous history lesson where the local school district will use the 2.4-hectare meadow as a place-based classroom.
Read more: http://www.nsnews.com/ancient-b-c-indigenous-settlement-to-become-outdoor-history-classroom-1.23383399?source=Snapzu

Girls told to hide spoons in underwear to avoid forced marriage

The spoons are intended to trigger metal detectors, alerting airport staff to any girls being flown abroad against their will; a Swedish national hotline received 139 calls last year about child marriage or forced marriage.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2147168/swedish-girls-fearing-forced-marriage-told-hide-spoon-underwear?source=Snapzu

Hackers break into voting machines within 2 hours at Defcon

Hackers from around the world cracked into voting machines at Defcon convention in Las Vegas this weekend
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hackers-break-into-voting-machines-defcon-las-vegas/?source=Snapzu

New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade

The family of Ebola viruses has just gotten a bit bigger. The government of Sierra Leone has announced that a new species of Ebola, the sixth, has been discovered there in bats. It has been called, provisionally, the Bombali virus, after a district in the north of the country where it was found. There’s no evidence the new virus has infected people, although EcoHealth Alliance, an environmental nonprofit group involved in the discovery, said on Twitter that it has the potential to infect human cells.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/new-ebola-species-is-reported-for-first-time-in-a-decade?source=Snapzu

Homeless man hands out resumes, gets hundreds of job offers

On Friday morning, homeless web developer David Casarez woke from his park bench in Mountain View, Calif., put on a nice shirt and tie, and carried his hand-written cardboard sign to a nearby highway median. “HOMELESS,” the sign read. “HUNGRY 4 SUCCESS. TAKE A RESUME.” It turned out to be the perfect job search strategy. A passerby’s photo of him standing on the median holding the sign soon went viral on Twitter, and by Saturday afternoon, he’d been flooded with more than 200 job offers.
Read more: https://nypost.com/2018/07/28/homeless-man-hands-out-resumes-gets-hundreds-of-job-offers/?source=Snapzu

Pope accepts resignation of prominent cardinal

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who led the Archdiocese of Washington, after decades-old allegations of sexual abuse of a teenage altar boy forced the Vatican to remove him from ministry.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/07/28/cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-resigns-vpx.cnn?source=Snapzu

Breastfeeding campaign gets funding boost

Funding to encourage more mothers in Scotland to breastfeed for longer is to be almost doubled. The Scottish government has announced an extra £2m investment. Figures show that over the last year 63% of babies had been breastfed at some point, but the rate dropped to 41% at six weeks. The cash boost, ahead of World Breastfeeding Week, will go to health boards to tackle problems which see some mothers stop breastfeeding.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44991586?source=Snapzu

Circumcising newborn boys increases their risk of cot death

Circumcising newborn boys increases their risk of cot death, new research suggests. Male babies who have their foreskins removed are likely to suffer from the condition, also known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), due to the stress of the procedure, a UK study found.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5998771/Circumcising-newborn-boys-increases-risk-cot-death-stress-procedure.html?source=Snapzu

Can liberals please work out how to win back the working class?

I’m taking a pause from journalism – while I’m gone, can someone please work out how to win back the working class? By Thomas Frank.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/27/liberals-donald-trump-rightwing-populism?source=Snapzu

Tech companies can bid on the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract, starting today

On Thursday, the Pentagon opened bidding for a huge cloud computing contract that could be worth as much as $10 billion. Given its size, the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, known as JEDI, is alluring for major cloud computing companies that might not normally do much business with the Department of Defense. Announced in March, JEDI is structured as a winner-take-all contract with a potential 10-year term, though the Pentagon clarified that the original award will span just the first two years, so all 10 years aren’t set in stone up front.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/26/jedi-10-billion-department-of-defense-bidding/?source=Snapzu

Time is running out in the tropics - researchers warn of global biodiversity collapse

A global biodiversity collapse is imminent unless we take urgent, concerted action to reverse species loss in the tropics, according to a major scientific study in the prestigious journal Nature.  
Read more: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/time-is-running-out-in-the-tropics-researchers-warn-of-global-biodiversity-collapse?source=Snapzu

Migrant children selling sex to escape from Italy, says charity

Migrant children are prostituting themselves in order to get a safe passage into France from the Italian border, according to a report from Save the Children Italy. The minors, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, are selling sex if they are unable to pay the €50-€150 asked by drivers in exchange for a lift across the border.
Read more: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/migrant-children-selling-sex-to-escape-from-italy-says-charity-1.3579659?source=Snapzu

Grieving orca mother carries dead calf for days as whales fight for survival

Whale is one of just 75 in an endangered group off the coast of Washington state and Canada. A grieving mother orca near Vancouver Island has been carrying her dead calf for four days, after refusing to leave her baby behind when the rest of her pod left. The mother whale, named J35 by researchers, gave birth Tuesday in what was initially a hopeful moment. Mother and female calf were seen swimming together that morning near Victoria, British Columbia, according to the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/27/orca-mother-carries-dead-baby-washington-canada?source=Snapzu

Egypt sentences 75 to death over 2013 Cairo sit-in protest

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday, including top figures of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in, state media reported. The Cairo Criminal Court referred the sentences to the Grand Mufti — the country's top theological authority — for his non-binding opinion as is the norm in capital cases. Though non-binding, the formality gives a window of opportunity for a judge to reverse an initial sentence.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-egypt-mass-death-sentence-20180728-story.html?source=Snapzu

There Is No Silent Centrist Majority

The base of the Democratic Party is much further to the left than moderates recognize. By Sarah Jones.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/150144/no-silent-centrist-majority?source=Snapzu

Wikileaks' Julian Assange will be removed from the Ecuadorean Embassy 'imminently'

Julian Assange will be kicked out of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London — where he has lived in diplomatic isolation since 2012 — "imminently," a source has told The Times of London. CNN reports that Downing Street is in "ongoing" discussions with Ecuador and the United States over his fate.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-julian-assange-removed-from-ecuador-embassy-imminently-2018-7?source=Snapzu

San Francisco Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at Facebook and other tech companies

It's no secret that Facebook employees love their office meals. On Instagram, there are countless photos of free meals - from sushi to tacos to coffee waffles - served at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, California. But come this fall, when the tech giant moves to a new Mountain View office complex called the Village, that perk will no longer exist.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.in/san-francisco-bay-area-cities-are-cracking-down-on-free-food-at-facebook-and-other-tech-companies/articleshow/65141075.cms?source=Snapzu

Kimberly Guilfoyle allegedly left Fox News amid accusations of sexual misconduct

A former Fox News host with ties to the Trump family is being accused of inappropriate behavior and sexual misconduct, including showing colleagues pictures of male genitalia. Kimberly Guilfoyle, a long-time Fox News fixture, announced she was leaving the network last week. The former attorney is dating the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and CNN reported that she would accompany him on the campaign trail in 2018, and possibly join the pro-Trump PAC America First Policies.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/27/17622508/kimberly-guilfoyle-fox-news-misconduct-allegations?source=Snapzu