Incurable Disease Plaguing Young Stone Cutters (Newser Sunday Summary)

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October 1, 2023     If You Only Read One Thing Incurable Disease Plaguing Young Stone Cutters An incurable lung disease called silicosis is on the rise among stone cutters, particularly young Latino immigrants concentrated in northern Los Angeles. Keep reading   Straight Outta DC Congressman Pulled Fire Alarm Amid Capitol Hill Scramble Among the many surprising things that happened Saturday in Washington in the scramble to avert a government shutdown, this may be the strangest: A Democratic congressman pulled a fire alarm in the Capitol office building. Keep reading   On the World Stage A Deep Look at the Front Line May Not Bode Well for Ukraine The good news for Ukraine this year is that Russia has barely gained any new territory in nearly 10 months of fighting. Keep reading   Weekend Jaw-Dropper Dolphins Die as Water in Amazon Lake Hits 102 Degrees Efforts have begun to save surviving river dolphins after more than 100 of them were found dead in the past week in the Amazon's Lake Tefé. Keep reading   Wild Card He Took a Legendary Cookie Recipe to His Grave. Maybe It starts out as a story about a hunt for a cookie recipe, but Dave Denison's piece in the Baffler ends up being more about the Thoreau-esque baker who appears to have taken the recipe to his grave. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   And Don't Overlook... Music Is Made Differently Now That We're All Streaming It Streaming has revolutionized the music industry in countless ways, including how songs are penned, the Wall Street Journal says. Keep reading CDC Solves Mystery of Norovirus on Hiking Trail Even in the great outdoors, people aren't safe from norovirus, the nasty stomach bug that plagued the popular Pacific Crest Trail last year. Keep reading These Were Hollywood's Worst Moves Perhaps the hardest part of listing the worst mistakes in film history is narrowing it down to just 50. Keep reading Greece's Economy Is Rising Like a Phoenix If you assumed Greece had yet to recover from the financial pummeling it took a decade ago, you'd be mostly wrong. Keep reading A New Look at the Killing of the 'Face of Red Power' In one sense, the events that day were straightforward: "On Sept. 20, 1972, a white man pulled out a pistol, pointed it at an unarmed Indigenous father and fired a single bullet." Keep reading   From our sponsors   How You Voted This Week 53% Hilarious Dingo Steals Handbag, Snacks From Boat 73% Intriguing Too Much Stretching Doomed Earth's Eighth Continent 90% Depressing For the FDNY, a Grim Post-9/11 Milestone 78% Brilliant California Closes Beach for 7 Years to Protect Sea Lions 85% Scary Florida Man Bitten 41 Times by Rabid Otter 72% Ridiculous Tinder's Invite-Only Club Costs Nearly $500 a Month   This Week's 6 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