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New York Times

Petunia Wins the Ugliest Dog Contest by Being Loved, Not by Looking Perfect
Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency
Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say
What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict
Alexa Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. How Smart Is It Now?
How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

CBC Canada

Okanagan Falls may need to change its name in order to become B.C.'s newest municipality
Premier provides update on New Brunswick's wildfire situation
Hall inductees prove Canada Games can be a launchpad to the Olympics
Man dead, woman seriously hurt in what P.E.I. RCMP call a 'targeted' shooting into a vehicle
La Loche, Clearwater River Dene Nation evacuees return home
Mboko hailed as role model for young Canadian tennis players, girls of colour

arstechnica.com

Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked
New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater
James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died
For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite
Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent
Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS

CBC Top Stories

You could use AI to craft a breakup text. But should you?
Tooth-in-eye surgery gives Victoria woman back her independence
Jen Pawol breaks MLB's gender barrier as 1st female umpire to work regular-season game
Zelenskyy rejects Trump idea of 'swapping' land with Russia, insists Kyiv be part of talks
London police arrest hundreds as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new U.K. law
Precious 1st-edition of The Hobbit found amid reference books and children's tomes

Slashdot.org

Strange Wild Pigs in California - What Turned Their Flesh Blue? (slashdot)
Initiative Seeks AI Lab to Build 'American Truly Open Models' (ATOM) (slashdot)
Spacecraft Designed That Could Carry 2,400 People on a 400-Year Trip to Alpha Centauri (slashdot)
Chevy Silverado EV Drives 1,059.2 Miles on a Single Charge, Surpassing World Record (slashdot)
KDE's 'Other' Distro - KDE Linux - Now Available To Download In Pre-Alpha (slashdot)
Japanese Company Staff Implicated In Alleged Theft of Key TSMC Technology (slashdot)

CBC Ottawa

Northern Super League: Ottawa vs Calgary
Constable to be punished more than 15 years after having sex on duty
A floating sauna on the Ottawa River? The NCC wants to build one
Ottawa Community Housing packs bags for kids in need
Extreme heat outreach stretching shelter workers, resources thin
Extreme heat expected for eastern Ontario this weekend