Extra, Extra

Secret’s Out: When both parties actually agree on an issue, things move fast. “U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has stepped down after widespread calls from lawmakers for her to resign following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.”

+ Dr Dre? “Though a physician, Vázquez is better known in Puerto Rico as a rapper who uses the stage name PJ Sin Suela.” As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps.

+ Mudslide: Brutal story out of Ethiopia where mudslides killed many people and then many more who tried to rescue the first victims.

+ Roblox Needs Roadblocks: “By September 2020 some 36 million people, more than half of them under 13, were on Roblox daily, making it the world’s biggest recreation zone for kids.” And where kids are online, predators will follow. Bloomberg (Gift Article): Roblox’s Pedophile Problem.

+ Boiling Point: “In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, ‘reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not'” Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman.

+ Caf Roping: “Producers decaffeinating their coffee want to remove the caffeine while retaining all – or at least most – of the other chemical aroma and flavor compounds. Decaffeination has a rich history, and now almost all coffee producers use one of three common methods.” A chemist explains the chemistry behind decaf coffee. (Now if he could just explain the purpose…)