IRS ordered to hand over Donald Trump tax returns to Congress

The US justice department has ordered the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to hand over former President Donald Trump's tax returns to Congress. The move reverses a 2019 finding that the request from the House Ways and Means Committee was "disingenuous". The decision appears to end a long legal battle over the records, and is seen as a sharp legal blow to Mr Trump.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58020969?source=Snapzu

San Marino, a country of 34,000 people, had never won a medal before Tokyo 2020. Now it has two.

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are underway after the Games were delayed for almost a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Follow here for the latest news on the Summer Olympics.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/tokyo-2020-olympics-07-31-21-spt/h_b4f4c19a137a8c3aa54f30657729a8bd?source=Snapzu

Toyota Actively Lobbying To Slow Down EV Revolution

Toyota seems to be doing everything possible to become known as one of the most despicable corporations on the face of the Earth. Last month it was revealed that it was the largest corporate contributor to members of Congress who voted against certifying the result of the last election.
Read more: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/07/30/toyota-actively-lobbying-to-slow-down-ev-revolution/?source=Snapzu

Russian module mishap destabilises International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) was destabilised after engines of a newly arrived Russian module inadvertently fired up. "Mission control teams corrected the action and all systems are operating normally," US space agency Nasa said. This was done by activating thrusters on other modules of the ISS. An investigation is now under way.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58021394?source=Snapzu

Amazon hit with record EU data privacy fine

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has been hit with a record $886.6 million (746 million euros) European Union fine for processing personal data in violation of the bloc's GDPR rules, as privacy regulators take a more aggressive position on enforcement.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-hit-with-886-million-eu-data-privacy-fine-2021-07-30/?source=Snapzu

Half of U.S. parents may not vaccinate their youngest child against Covid-19

Even as the delta variant of Covid-19 sweeps the globe, leaving those who remain unvaccinated vulnerable, vaccination among adults and teenagers in the United States is stalling, giving rise to concerns over whether parents will vaccinate their young children once vaccines are approved for those under 12 years of age.
Read more: https://sph.cuny.edu/life-at-sph/news/2021/07/27/parents-may-not-vaccinate-young-children/?source=Snapzu

MTV Is Turning 40 — Here's How Beavis, Butt-Head And Daria Disrupted Cable

"Animation has been critical to the MTV brand from its inception," says MTV Entertainment president Chris McCarthy. The network helped bring adult and experimental animation into the mainstream.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/30/1022642071/mtv-beavis-butthead-daria-aeon-flux-liquid-television?source=Snapzu

Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted for Allegedly Lying About Everything

Among other things, the trucks couldn't even run on their own battery power for basic product demonstrations and had to be plugged into a wall.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93y8ay/nikola-founder-trevor-milton-indicted-for-allegedly-lying-about-everything?source=Snapzu

‘What’s Covid?’ Why People at America’s Hardest-Partying Lake Are Not About to Get Vaccinated

The petite blonde bartender in ripped jean shorts bounced to each side of a square-shaped bar as women in bikinis and shirtless men lined up on a sweltering afternoon to order Bud Light, vodka and soda, and piles of nachos at this dockside retreat in the Lake of the Ozarks region.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/27/ozarks-lake-covid-unvaccinated-500784?source=Snapzu

China lashes out over 'shameless' photo of Olympic gold medallist

Chinese media have attacked western counterparts over a photo of weightlifting gold medallist Hou Zhihui. Read more here.
Read more: https://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics-2021-china-rages-shameless-gold-medal-photo-214306034.html?source=Snapzu

European economy grows 2%, ending double-dip recession

Europe emerged from a double-dip recession in the second quarter with stronger than expected growth of 2% over the quarter before, according to official figures released Friday, as hard-hit southern European economies Spain, Italy and Portugal delivered surprisingly strong results.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/3f8f17437a6b78376767d484bb6f1395?source=Snapzu

Scarlett Johansson Files Lawsuit Against Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Release

In a dramatic turn with implications for major Hollywood studios, Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday alleging that her contract was breached
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-1234990249/?source=Snapzu

Croatia celebrates joining of controversial Adriatic Sea bridge

The China-led project has angered Bosnian officials, who argue it violates the state’s access to open waters.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/29/croatia-celebrates-joining-of-controversial-adriatic-sea-bridge?source=Snapzu

Anti-Vaccination Movement & Dunning-Kruger Effect | Vaccine Hesitancy

Dr. Todd Grande has a very insightful lecture worth watching.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/Gozzin/anti-vaccination-movement-dunning-kruger-effect-vaccine-hesitancy?source=Snapzu

Turns Out Mo Brooks Was Wearing Body Armor to Trump’s Very Peaceful Jan. 6 Rally

Rep. Mo Brooks may be done with Jan. 6, but Jan. 6 isn’t done with him. The Alabama representative, notorious for his speaking role at the Jan. 6 rally leading up to the invasion of the Capitol, did not watch Tuesday’s first hearing of the House select committee investigating said invasion.
Read more: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/mo-brooks-body-armor-jan-6-rally.amp?__twitter_impression=true?source=Snapzu

U.S. prosecutors charge Trevor Milton, founder of electric carmaker Nikola, with three counts of fraud

A federal grand jury charged Nikola founder Trevor Milton with three counts of criminal fraud for lying about “nearly all aspects of the business” to bolster stock sales of the electric vehicle start-up, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/us-prosecutors-charge-trevor-milton-founder-of-electric-carmaker-nikola-with-three-counts-of-fraud.html?source=Snapzu

New Infrastructure Bill Looks to Raise $30B Through Crypto Taxes

A bipartisan infrastructure bill in Congress proposes to raise $28 billion from crypto investors by applying new information reporting requirements to exchanges and other parties.
Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/new-infrastructure-bill-looks-to-raise-30b-through-crypto-taxes?source=Snapzu

Feds list the top 30 most exploited vulnerabilities. Many are years old

Government officials in the US, UK, and Australia are urging public- and private-sector organizations to secure their networks by ensuring firewalls, VPNs, and other network-perimeter devices are patched against the most widespread exploits. In a joint advisory published Wednesday, the US FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the Australian Cyber Security Center, and the UK's National Cyber Security Center listed the top 30 or so most exploited vulnerabilities.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/feds-list-the-top-30-most-exploited-vulnerabilities-many-are-years-old/?source=Snapzu

How ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Killed 1970s Hollywood

In 1980, the tumultuous filming and release of Michael Cimino’s ‘Heaven’s Gate’ changed Hollywood forever
Read more: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/7/19/22582814/heavens-gate-1970s-hollywood-auteur-directors?source=Snapzu

The best vaccine incentive might be paid time off

States are using all sorts of tactics to convince more people to get vaccinated. But paid time off could be the thing that millions of hourly shift workers really need.
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/29/1030276/best-vaccine-incentive-hesitancy-time-off-work/?source=Snapzu

What to expect if you get a breakthrough case of COVID-19

Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 are often milder — here's what's commonly experienced
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2021/07/29/what-to-expect-if-you-get-a-covid-19-breakthrough-case/?source=Snapzu

The 'world's most powerful tidal turbine' starts to export power to the grid

The O2 turbine weighs 680 metric tons and has a length of 74 meters.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/28/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-starts-to-export-power-to-grid-.html?source=Snapzu

Ron Popeil Infomercial King Dead at 86

Ron Popeil has died at 86.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/?source=Snapzu

Kevin Smith Wants Angry He-Man Nerds to 'Grow the Fuck Up'

Masters of the Universe: Revelation received critical acclaim ahead of its launch on Netflix late last week, but the animated continuation of Eternia’s finest has been faced with review-bombing and anger on social media thanks to a bad-faith interpretation of what the show’s doing that showrunner Kevin Smith has little time for.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/kevin-smith-wants-angry-he-man-nerds-to-grow-the-fuck-u-1847372990?source=Snapzu

A scientist unearths potential evidence for the earliest animal life

Scientist Elizabeth Turner found fossilized evidence of 890-million-year-old sponges. These are possibly the earliest known evidence of animal life on Earth.
Read more: https://www.inverse.com/science/evidence-for-earliest-animal-life?source=Snapzu

Actor Bob Odenkirk collapses on set of 'Better Call Saul' - sources

Television and film actor Bob Odenkirk was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after collapsing on the set of his AMC cable network show "Better Call Saul," according to sources close to the performer.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actor-bob-odenkirk-collapses-set-better-call-saul-sources-2021-07-28/?source=Snapzu

Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero

 Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
Read more: https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/forgotten-warriors/?source=Snapzu

Former Slipknot Drummer Joey Jordison Dead at 46

Slipknot founding member Joey Jordison is dead at 46.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/27/joey-jordison-dead-dies-slipknot-drummer-murderdolls/?source=Snapzu

COVID-19 could cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction – but vaccines do not

Contrary to myths circulating on social media, COVID-19 vaccines do not cause erectile dysfunction and male infertility. What is true: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, poses a risk for both disorders. Until now, little research has been done on how the virus or the vaccines affect the male reproductive system. But recent investigations by physicians and researchers here at the University of Miami have shed new light on these questions.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/covid-19-could-cause-male-infertility-and-sexual-dysfunction-but-vaccines-do-not-164139?source=Snapzu

She was forbidden as a young woman from trying on her dream wedding gown because she’s Black. Now, at 94, she finally did it.

“I always have been sad about it because I felt like I should have been able to wear it if I wanted to,” said Martha Tucker.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/19/wedding-dress-black-bride-segregation/?source=Snapzu

Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles

The US is slowing moving toward adopting policies that would put more electric vehicles on the road, but for Toyota, it’s not slow enough. The Japanese automaker, which is the largest car company in the world, has been quietly lobbying policymakers in Washington, DC to resist the urge to transition to an all-electric future — partly because Toyota is lagging behind the rest of industry in making that transition itself.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22594235/t/?source=Snapzu

Coffee prices surge as unusual cold threatens Brazilian production

Arabica coffee prices rose 10% more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20% last week, to their highest in nearly seven years as unusual cold weather threatens coffee crops in the world's largest producer Brazil.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/coffee-prices-surge-unusual-cold-threatens-brazilian-production-2021-07-26/?source=Snapzu

Feds to consider protections for Southeast Alaska's wolves

Federal wildlife authorities have agreed to further study a petition in support of additional protections for Southeast Alaska’s wolf population. The decision is likely to rekindle a decades-old debate between conservationists and hunters.
Read more: https://www.krbd.org/2021/07/26/feds-to-consider-protections-for-southeast-alaskas-wolves/?source=Snapzu

New poll finds majority of Canadians support legal access to psilocybin therapy

“We found majority levels of support across all provinces, demographics and political groupings.”
Read more: https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-news/new-poll-finds-majority-of-canadians-support-legal-access-to-psilocybin-therapy?source=Snapzu

Vatican reveals it owns more than 5,000 properties

Real estate holdings published for first time show it owns 4,051 properties in Italy, 1,120 abroad
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/24/vatican-reveals-it-owns-more-than-5000-properties?source=Snapzu

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files Request For New Conservator Of Her Money

Attorney Mathew Rosengart, who began representing the pop singer a week and a half ago, wants someone new to look after Spears' estate. For the past 13 years, it's been controlled by her father.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/26/1020857734/britney-spears-lawyer-files-request-for-new-conservator-of-her-money?source=Snapzu

Meet the unvaccinated: Why some Canadians still haven't had the shot

An impressive 80 per cent of eligible Canadians have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That statistic points to a troubling fact, however: more than six million Canadians still haven't had a shot — at a time when experts say we urgently need more coverage to beat back a surge of cases in the fall.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meet-the-unvaccinated-why-some-canadians-haven-t-had-a-shot-1.6115270?source=Snapzu

Lambda Variant of COVID-19 Might Be Resistant to Vaccines

Investigators in Chile conclude that the lambda COVID-19 variant is not only more infectious than standard SARS-CoV-2, but could also possibly shrug off vaccines. The first case in the United States has been spotted at Houston Methodist Hospital.
Read more: https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/lambda-variant-of-covid-19-might-be-resistant-to-vaccines?source=Snapzu

American Dysfunction Is the Biggest Barrier to Fighting Covid

Lax vaccination and haphazard rules on masking sabotage the fight against the Delta variant in the U.S.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/opinion/coronavius-vaccine-masks.html?source=Snapzu

Gunman kills one before being stoned to death

A gunman in Fort Worth, Texas, opened fire on a group of people, killing one person before being stoned to death.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/gunman-kills-one-being-stoned-143700108.html?source=Snapzu

‘Right a wrong’: Judge exonerates man in 1985 Georgia church murders

Before the hearing, Dennis Perry, seated at the defense table with his attorneys, turned around to look at his wife in the front row. Plexiglass separated them, a COVID-19 precaution, but through the smudges and reflections Perry’s wife could see him twist his fingers into a heart.
Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/right-a-wrong-judge-exonerates-in-1985-georgia-church-murders/JSMXRLFODBEWBMK3S6RXS4JUYY/?source=Snapzu

Amazon reportedly has a ‘key’ to thousands of apartment buildings in US

Amazon’s Key for Business, a system that allows its delivery drivers to gain access to apartment buildings without having to be buzzed in, has been installed in thousands of buildings across the US, according to the Associated Press. The company is reportedly pushing to get the system installed in more buildings, using a combination of free installations and $100 gift cards as incentives.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22593871/amazon-key-for-business-thousands-of-buildings-us-installation-incentives-privacy-concerns?source=Snapzu

India closes embassy in DPRK following departure of diplomats

An exodus of diplomats and expats from North Korea has forced the Indian Embassy in Pyongyang to close indefinitely, an informed source told NK News on Monday, further curtailing international diplomatic activity inside the country.
Read more: https://www.nknews.org/2021/07/india-closes-embassy-in-dprk-following-departure-of-diplomats/?source=Snapzu

New York Jets assistant coach dies following bicycle accident

New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp, 58, died Thursday after a bicycle accident that occurred five days earlier.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/564495-new-york-jets-assistant-coach-dies-following-bicycle-accident?source=Snapzu

Evacuations ordered after two California wildfires converge into one

Crews and officials battling a large fire that has incinerated more than 190,000 acres (77,000 hectares) in northern California braced for the possibility on Sunday that smoke columns could spawn lightning storms capable of igniting more blazes.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/threat-lightning-storms-add-struggle-contain-large-california-fire-2021-07-25/?source=Snapzu

COVID-19 surge could go on for months, projection says; most unvaccinated Americans don't plan on getting shots: Live COVID-19 updates

A poll shows most unvaccinated Americans don't plan to get a shot. Meanwhile, the U.S. plans to buy 200M more Pfizer doses. Latest COVID-19 updates.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/07/24/most-unvaccinated-americans-dont-plan-shot-us-buy-more-pfizer/8070577002/?source=Snapzu

Putin says Russian navy can carry out 'unpreventable strike' if needed

The Russian navy can detect any enemy and launch an "unpreventable strike" if needed, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, weeks after a UK warship angered Moscow by passing the Crimea peninsula.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russian-navy-can-carry-out-unpreventable-strike-if-needed-2021-07-25/?source=Snapzu

People who believe in science are more likely to wear masks in public to battle COVID-19

Belief in science predicts face mask wearing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, according to a new study published in Personality ...
Read more: https://www.psypost.org/2021/07/people-who-believe-in-science-are-more-likely-to-wear-masks-in-public-to-battle-covid-19-61579?source=Snapzu

The Senate’s E-BIKE Act could make electric bikes a lot cheaper

Schatz said its about electrifying all forms of transportation.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/24/22590792/ebike-act-senate-brian-schatz-tax-credit-infrastructure?source=Snapzu

Steven Weinberg, Groundbreaking Nobelist in Physics, Dies at 88

His discoveries deepened understanding of the basic forces at play in the universe, and he took general readers back to its dawn in his book “The First Three Minutes.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/science/steven-weinberg-groundbreaking-nobelist-in-physics-dies-at-88.html?source=Snapzu