Drew Barrymore Makes a Dicey Decision Amid Hollywood Strikes (Newser Morning 8)

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September 11, 2023     "One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present." —Golda Meir   1 Are These Two About to Meet Up Again? A North Korean train presumably carrying leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia for a possible meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean media said Monday. Keep reading   2 Drew Barrymore Makes a Dicey Decision Amid Hollywood Strikes Drew Barrymore was one of the first actors to make headlines when the Writers Guild of America went on strike, dropping out as host of the MTV Movie & TV Awards in solidarity with the striking screenwriters. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance First responders salute as an American flag is unfurled at sunrise at the Pentagon to commemorate the 2001 terrorist attack there, during an observance ceremony Monday morning, Sept. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Keep reading   3 Escaped Murderer Went to the Homes of His Former Co-Workers Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante showed up at the homes of two of his former colleagues Saturday night, police say. Keep reading   4 Elon Musk, Grimes Have Another Surprise Over the weekend, the New York Times reviewed Walter Isaacson's upcoming biography of Elon Musk, which revealed the SpaceX/Tesla/Twitter CEO's role in switching off the Starlink communications network near Crimea last year as Ukraine prepared to attack Russian forces. Keep reading   5 Puppy Given Naloxone After Possible Fentanyl OD Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing drug, was used not on a human but on a puppy in southern California last week. Keep reading   6 What You Need to Know About Morocco's Devastating Earthquake After a magnitude-6.8 earthquake brought destruction and devastation to Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out the alive and dead from the rubble, the AP runs down what you need to know: Who was affected? Keep reading   From our sponsors   7 39 Years After 'Baby Mary' Found Dead, an Arrest Almost four decades ago, two boys reported to police that they'd found the body of a baby in a secluded, wooded part of New Jersey on the morning of Christmas Eve in 1984. Keep reading   8 Man Killed Trying to Get Snake Off His Friend An Australian man trying to help a friend who was being attacked by a snake ended up dead when the snake bit him. Keep reading   This Day in History On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2015: Americans Have Big Gaps in Their Knowledge of Science   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved