Putin: Missile Deal Would Put West, Russia at War (Newser Morning 8)

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September 13, 2024     "When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all." —EO Wilson   1 Coppola Files $15M Lawsuit Against Variety Just days before his latest film, Megalopolis, is set to hit theaters, Francis Ford Coppola is suing Hollywood trade publication Variety for its earlier reporting on alleged inappropriate on-set behavior while making the movie. Keep reading   2 Putin: Missile Deal Would Put West, Russia at War Vladimir Putin on Thursday night threatened war between Russia and NATO if the West ends up providing missiles to Ukraine that are used to strike targets inside Russia. Keep reading   From our sponsors Americans Are Going Crazy for These Adjustable Glasses Stop spending money and time on expensive prescriptions that change over time. These glasses adapt to the focus level you need today. KEEP READING   At a Glance A man wades in flood waters carrying brooms to clean up houses as the water starts to recede in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in An Lac village, Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh) Keep reading   3 Ig Nobel Winners Include Dead Trout, Drunk Worms Thursday was the biggest night on the calendar for weird science. Keep reading   4 33K Boeing Workers Go on Strike Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. Keep reading   5 After Tesla Semi Crash, It Took 50K Gallons of Water to Douse the Flames California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish flames after a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. Keep reading   6 Kim Jong Un Visits 'Secretive' Facility, Calls for More Nukes North Korea offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as state media reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to "exponentially" increase the number of his nuclear weapons, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Russia Boots 6 UK Diplomats for Spying Russia on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said it decided to expel them, an announcement that comes as tensions between Moscow and the West grow during an intensified push by Ukraine to loosen restrictions on using weapons provided by the US and Britain to strike Russia. Keep reading   8 Shooting Survivor Testifies Gunman Repeated 'This Is Fun' A pharmacist who survived a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket testified Thursday that she heard the gunman say, "This is fun" at least three times during the attack. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI High-Tech Search for 1968 Plane Wreck Yields No Clues See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2017: Bernie Sanders Wants to Give You a 'Universal Medicare' Card   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. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved