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Areas in Cuba are evacuating and Florida prepares as Hurricane Ian gains strength. / NBC News
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan will cost $400 billion over 30 years. / CNBC
A school shooting in central Russia leaves 17 dead, including 11 children. / Associated Press
In its first planetary defense test, NASA crashed a probe into a small asteroid seven million miles away, hoping to knock it out of orbit. / Space
Related: Video of the moment the probe smashed into the asteroid. / YouTube
"We will need visions of the future that connect us to nature—rather than set us apart from it." Let's talk about The Jetsons. / Slate
A play-by-play breakdown of what it's like to find yourself in a crypto scam chatroom, where you can't tell who's real and who's not. / Read Max
How scientists used sewage samples to trace the origin of a Covid variant down to a single office. / Nature
From "books about gender identity and homosexuality" to "books where the vibes are wrong," a user's guide to all the banned books in Texas. / Texas Monthly
France announces it will make the morning-after pill available for free and without a prescription to women and girls of all ages. / Refinery29
Two thirds of voters in Cuba approved "family code" legislation ratifying same-sex marriage and adoption, as well as equal domestic rights and responsibilities for men and women. / Reuters
A profile of Kurt Steiner, the world's greatest stone skipper, who calls his sport "a legitimate path to an essential inner balance." / Outside
Related: Kurt Steiner's 88-skip, stone-skipping world record from 2013. / YouTube
"Sanders resided always in the sweat and substance of the here and now." A remembrance of legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who died last week at 81. / Pitchfork
Related: Listen to Sanders's final recorded album, 2021's very wonderful Promises with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra. / Bandcamp
Astoundingly intricate, vintage-inspired glass dioramas by Amber Cowan. / Colossal
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