PEOPLE, by David Chiu: Authorities in France said there were 1,000 more deaths last week amid a heat wave that has broken records across Europe. According to a news release from Santé Publique France, the nation’s public health agency, there…

WDRB: Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency as heavy rain and dangerous flash flooding continue to impact much of Kentucky, prompting water rescues, evacuations and emergency declarations across several counties. The governor announced the emergency declaration Saturday, saying…

The Federal Assembly — The Swiss Parliament: The Council of States has voted against making shop opening hours more flexible. It refused to consider the relevant bill and intends to stick with the current limit of four Sundays a year…

CNN: Taiwan’s military fired rockets in China’s direction from “shoot-and-scoot” mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack. While the US-supplied system known as HIMARS has been tested before, the latest…

WFMD: A Colorado teacher has been fired after an investigation found students were allegedly asked to kiss classmates during classroom skits, with some reporting they felt pressured to participate because the performances counted toward their grades. CBS News reported Monday…

Futurism, by Victor Tangermann: Editing the genes of a human embryo remains highly controversial, particularly after Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world eight years ago by doing just that using the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR — and then allowing…

Rolling Stone, by Anthony Giancatarino: Last Monday, Pope Leo released Magnifca Humanitas, his much-anticipated first encyclical as pontiff. In it, he takes aim straight at artificial intelligence, one of the most feared and disruptive forces in our world today. In…