| No Images? Click here  Thursday, August 22DIABETES PATIENTS DYING DUE TO DRUG COSTS Nearly 18% of working-age adults with diabetes are rationing their own medication -- taking smaller dosages, or delaying or skipping the treatments altogether. Last month, 21-year-old Jesimya David Scherer-Radcliff from Minnesota died. His family said it was because he had skipped insulin doses he couldn’t afford. [HuffPost]AMERICA LOST ITS CLIMATE CANDIDATE Jay Inslee dropped his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday night as it appeared he wouldn’t qualify for next month’s debate. “It’s become clear that I’m not going to be carrying the ball, I’m not going to be the president, so I’m withdrawing tonight from the race,” he said. [HuffPost]POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT FOR LA SNIPER A sniper opened fire at a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station on Wednesday afternoon, wounding a deputy and sending police SWAT teams hunting for a gunman on the loose. “We have a gunman out there targeting law enforcement but have no ID, no suspect description,” sheriff’s spokesman Marvin Crowder said. [Reuters]WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIRES RAGING IN THE AMAZON Brazil’s space agency said this week that nearly 73,000 fires had broken out across the Amazon rainforest since the start of the year, imperiling one of the planet’s last refuges of biodiversity and raising concern about the region’s ability to combat climate change amid a rollback of environmental protections by the country’s far-right leader. [HuffPost]RANSOMWARE ATTACKS CITIES ACROSS AMERICA This has been the summer of crippling ransomware attacks. Wilmer — a Texas town just south of Dallas — is one of 22 cities across the state that are simultaneously being held hostage for millions of dollars. More than 40 municipalities have been the victims of cyberattacks this year. [New York Times]JEWISH LEADERS BLAST ACCUSATIONS OF ‘DISLOYALTY’ Several prominent American Jewish organizations and leaders have decried President Donald Trump’s claims this week that Jews who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” [HuffPost]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  TRUMP RAMPS UP WAR ON LGBTQ AMERICANS Through executive orders, agency rule-making and tweets, the Trump administration has been blasting away at the LGBTQ community from the start. Now, the administration is ratcheting up the stakes, in a critical LGBTQ rights case scheduled to come before the Supreme Court this fall. [HuffPost]‘POSSIBLE MISCONDUCT’ WITH TRUMP TAX RETURNS Democrats say they got a tip from a federal employee that somebody may have tried to interfere with an IRS audit of Trump’s taxes. The revelation came to light in a court filing in Democrats’ lawsuit seeking the president’s tax returns. [HuffPost]TRUMP TARGETS ‘RIDICULOUS’ RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP Trump said he was “very seriously” considering issuing an executive order to make changes to birthright citizenship, which some argue is protected as a constitutional right, and called it “ridiculous.” [HuffPost]GREENLAND’S MELTING ICE IS A WARNING TO THE WORLD It is so warm in Greenland, just inside the Arctic Circle, that on an August day, coats are left on the ground and scientists work on the watery melting ice without gloves. In one of the closest towns, Kulusuk, the morning temperature reached a shirtsleeve 52 degrees. [AP]CRACKS SHOW IN A CRITICAL MIDEAST ALLIANCE Cracks have begun to appear in the partnership of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as the Yemen campaign staggers toward stalemate and tactics differ over confronting Iran's behavior in the Gulf. That may, in turn, become a headache for the Trump administration, already frustrated by the Saudi-UAE spat with Qatar. [CNN]JAPAN’S POLICE CRACKDOWN ON SLEEZY AIRDROP PICS The Japanese police have gotten the drop on a new breed of creep in Japan, called “AirDrop Chikan” (Airdrop Pervs) -- men who use the photo and movie sharing function in many Apple products to send unwanted obscene photos to people close by. [The Daily Beast]
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