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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 31 1980 Polish government signs accord with Gdansk shipyard workers Representatives of the communist government of Poland agree to the demands of striking shipyard workers in the city of Gdansk. The agreement led to the formation of the Solidarty trade union under the leadership of future Polish president Lech Walesa. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2015 Angela Merkel says “Wir schaffen das” on accepting refugees Arts & Entertainment 1928 Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera” premieres in Berlin 2005 Destiny's Child honored as the best-selling female group of all time Crime 1985 Los Angeles mob attacks “Night Stalker” serial killer 1888 Jack the Ripper’s first victim murdered European History 1997 Princess Diana dies in a car crash Inventions & Science 1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetograph 1955 General Motors demonstrates first solar-powered car Natural Disasters & Environment 1886 Earthquake shakes Charleston, South Carolina U.S. Presidents 1935 FDR signs Neutrality Act World War I 1916 American soldier Harry Butters killed in the Battle of the Somme

🎥 1 film thing: Wile E. Coyote's back Wile E. Coyote, voiced by Eric Bauza, in "Coyote vs. Acme." Photo: Ketchup Entertainment via AP The abrupt termination of "Coyote vs. Acme" sent shockwaves through Hollywood. Everyone in the movie business is accustomed to sudden, painful twists of fate. But the wholesale elimination of a finished film faster than you can say "Meep! Meep!" was something new. But nearly three years later, the movie is, like its ever-undaunted protagonist, back from the dead. After an outcry, Warner Bros. put "Coyote vs. Acme" up for sale. Ketchup Entertainment, an independent distributor that last year released the Looney Tunes movie "The Day the Earth Blew Up," picked it up for about $50 million. Now it's in theaters. The movie opened with a respectable $15 million box-office haul, second only to the juggernaut that is "Spider-Man." More from AP.

🗺️ Lake America is live Screenshots of Google Maps and Apple Maps taken yesterday morning. President Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" is splitting digital map providers: Google Maps now says "Lake America." Apple Maps is sticking with Lake Ontario. MapQuest said: "We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure." Photo: Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP Above: Ontario Premier Doug Ford (right) unveiled this sign Saturday in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada.

💰 AI group plans data-center push in battlegrounds Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Build American AI — an advocacy group tied to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future — is spending big on the data-center fight, with plans to pour millions of dollars into battleground states after Labor Day, according to an announcement shared first with Axios' Maria Curi. Why it matters: The data-center backlash is becoming a defining issue of the midterms, and supporters of the developments are punching back. Build American AI, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, has about $50 million cash on hand. The group's campaign will begin in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin. The money will go toward paid advertising, grassroots engagement, research, earned media and public education. 💡 The message: The U.S. should build the infrastructure needed to lead the world in AI while protecting families, communities and the environment. The group said the campaign will expand as state legislatures develop bills for 2027 sessions. The advocacy group is also launching a new super PAC — Building the Future (a 527) — to back state and federal candidates aligned with its agenda and oppose those who aren't. Build American AI is pointing to Colorado, Georgia and Texas as models for how states should approach data-center development: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) has been bullish on data centers. Georgia offers data-center tax exemptions. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has spoken harshly of data centers in recent weeks, including requiring companies to pay their own infrastructure costs and pausing new grid approvals pending an audit.

🥳 Happy 50th to the first index fund Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The OG stock index fund, the Vanguard 500, turns 50 years old today. Why it matters: Passive funds ate the world. Today, index funds make up 64% of all stock fund assets, and millions of investors use them, Axios markets correspondent Emily Peck writes. Most of us are socking away money in these things automatically through 401(k) payroll deductions. Stat du jour: If you'd put $10,000 in the Vanguard 500 back in 1976, it'd be worth over $2 million today.

U.S. strikes Iranian mine launchers Ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Ali Saeedi/Getty Images The U.S. military struck Iranian military targets to prevent the deployment of sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told Axios' Barak Ravid. Why it matters: This is the first known U.S. strike in Iran since late July. Iran retaliated with limited attacks on both the UAE and Jordan. Oil surged 3% after the exchange of fire. Threat level: President Trump posted an apparent AI video overnight that he said showed Iran's crucial Kharg Island oil terminal being "blown to smithereens." Seizing or destroying Kharg, the heart of Iran's oil industry, has been one of his regular threats during the war. The U.S. military last week finished clearing all mines from the strait's main shipping lane. Trump said then that Iran was notified that any ship or boat placing new mines would be "immediately and systematically destroyed." Keep reading.

AI's reputation fix Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images AI has an image problem — and one way to fix it is for top companies to dive headlong into health care, Axios' Adriel Bettelheim writes in Axios Future of Health Care. Why it matters: Saving the world with AI-designed cures is better than being blamed for ruining the environment or driving up Americans' utility bills. 🩺 The Wall Street Journal reported this month that Anthropic is trying to shore up investor confidence ahead of its massive initial public offering with talk of pushing harder into health care and biotech. Anthropic isn't alone: Nvidia and Eli Lilly are building a $1 billion drug-discovery lab in San Francisco that will team life-sciences researchers with AI model builders and engineers. Isomorphic Labs, the AI drug-discovery spinoff from Google, recently raised $2.1 billion to hire more AI and clinical talent and has ongoing research collaborations with Novartis, Lilly and Johnson & Johnson. 💡 Reality check: AI is dramatically speeding up drug development and helping clinicians analyze medical scans and diagnose conditions. But there are concerns that AI-enabled research tools could be used for nefarious purposes, including making a biological weapon. And breakthroughs may still be years away. Read on ...

There is a spacecraft graveyard in the South Pacific Ocean. Known as “Point Nemo”, it is the furthest place on the Earth from land. It is home to over 300 spacecraft and associated space debris, including the MIR space station, the first ever object assembled in planetary orbit by Russian cosmonauts. James

Karina becomes a Pacific hurricane well away from land and is forecast to become a major storm Hurricane Karina formed Sunday in the Pacific Ocean and could become a major storm within days, forecasters said. The cyclone's center was at far out to sea and was not threatening land. Read More.

US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later said it had launched missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan. https://apnews.com/article/iran-strait-hormuz-strike-united-states-6b098da673ac3161a266ee459d5eff44?

NASA’s newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. https://apnews.com/article/nasa-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-2a8e59d0b4e4884966a3b50a159ab8c9?

Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sentenced to 5 years for corruption QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for helping it secure a contract to build a hydroelectric plant. https://apnews.com/article/lenin-moreno-ecuador-sentence-prison-corruption-charges-1b9713ab7b260900b6ab19c72e64e803?

1 dead and 5 wounded in a shooting at a rave in Switzerland GENEVA (AP) — A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five injured early Sunday, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for potentially more than one suspect. https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-shooting-rave-aargau-843e1c1cc57e1a0cb379851007ea6ba8?

Inside the 24-hour mutiny that threatened Niger’s ruling junta and how Russian forces intervened ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s capital of Niamey on Sunday appeared calm with normalcy restored after a day of unrest as aggrieved soldiers staged a mutiny that threatened the ruling military junta before being repelled by loyalist forces aided by Russian troops. https://apnews.com/article/niger-russia-niamey-mutiny-tchiani-africa-corps-f0b808785a177e51ecee71c786624558?

Death toll rises to 38 from Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war’s deadliest attack this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-strikes-attacks-energy-oil-gas-drones-warehouse-5cfe71b2954a40489c070459ba82116e?

Data center controversies are transforming the midterm elections The snowballing opposition to data center projects in communities across the United States has transformed the midterm election landscape. It's also thrown a wrench into the plans of the world’s richest companies. And it's brought a defense from perhaps the industry’s biggest booster, President Donald Trump. There's a search for large tracts of land, so tech giants and data center developers are exploring deeper into rural America. That's often uniting conservative ranching and farming communities with left-leaning environmental advocacy groups. Trump continues to stick up for data centers, even as politicians run from them. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ As midterm elections approach, Republican candidates weigh how closely to align with Trump As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it’s good to know the ways your employer is watching AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps, but some professionals question their use Schools are starting to teach AI literacy. For many, that means helping kids see chatbots’ flaws Need spiritual guidance? Gurus join chatbot trend as people turn to AI for answers

What we know about Trump’s deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela There's a lot that's not immediately clear about President Donald Trump's deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. He's calling it the biggest oil deal ever. Venezuela’s acting president describes it as a step toward economic recovery that will modernize the country’s oil industry. No text of any agreement has been released. It's not publicly known how soon the reserves could be drilled and who will pay to make it happen. Experts have said Venezuela’s dilapidated oil infrastructure will take years and billions of dollars to repair. So a substantial boost in production isn't expected to come soon. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Trump oil deal draws skepticism and anger in Venezuela Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in US Eswatini receives 2 more US deportees under a controversial third-country deal Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules WATCH: ICE arrests nearly 50,000 people in July ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks Wyoming governor requests investigation into activity of Justice Department monitors during primary Thousands march in Washington to defend voting rights, in photos Untested in court, Trump’s new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions WATCH: Ontario premier answers Trump’s ‘Lake America’ with giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign America In Focus: key inflation gauge remains high; Fed’s Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to do FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring Virginia removes three Confederate memorials El-Sayed apologizes for comments he made responding to an attack on a Michigan synagogue President Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction Florida grand jury finds DeSantis administration misused $10 million, but no charges filed Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to turn over profits, pay fine over insider trading

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones. https://apnews.com/article/nepal-tibet-china-flash-floods-744fe6e15ae7751e15efcd6dff70170c? Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as communities grapple with devastation Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. The latest warnings came after Chinese authorities informed their Nepalese counterparts of increased water flow upstream. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Aerial video shows the impact of deadly floods in Nepal WATCH: Survivor recounts how he escaped the deadly Nepal floods How to help after Nepal and Tibet’s catastrophic floods The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’ Nepal-China mountain region hit by deadly flood has danger but also draws trekkers to its heights

👀 CIA chief floats trilateral summit CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky during his covert trip to Moscow this past week, Axios' Barak Ravid scoops. Why it matters: This was the first time Ratcliffe got personally involved in the diplomatic push to broker a breakthrough between Russia and Ukraine. The Trump administration has raised the idea of a trilateral summit before. Zelensky has been on board, but Putin has rejected it. ⚡ Driving the news: Ratcliffe made a covert trip to Moscow on Tuesday and met with his Russian counterparts — SVR foreign intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin and FSB director Alexander Bortnikov. The New York Times reports that Ratcliffe gave Bortnikov "a bleak assessment" of the state of the war and urged Russia to cut a deal before its situation worsens. What we're watching: Sources told Axios that Ratcliffe concluded that Bortnikov is a constructive player who could help restart diplomatic efforts. Ukrainian officials are highly skeptical about Putin's intentions, and say they have intelligence that suggests Putin is planning a major escalation of the war. Keep reading.

And this from chat GPTt: was Lindsay Clancy of Massachusetts taking any prescription drugs Yes. Court testimony reported that Lindsay Clancy had been prescribed several psychiatric medications while being treated for postpartum depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The medications discussed included: Remeron (mirtazapine), an antidepressant also used for anxiety and insomnia Ativan (lorazepam), an anti-anxiety medication Other prescriptions in changing combinations, though the available report does not provide a complete medication list She reportedly adjusted or stopped some medications because of side effects and expressed concern about becoming dependent on Ativan. The prosecution and defense differ over how her medications and underlying mental-health conditions affected her actions. PBS ------------------------------------------- Some of these drugs can be very strong and stopping them on your own can be very dangerous.

What is also very troubling is the following or supporters she has. Now we have the guy who murdered a insurance CEO, and now her as celebrity victims. I suspect there will be copycats too.

I was the teacher for Sabbath School and was going over the various events happening in the world before starting, the earthquakes, the incredible large fires, the huge storms to say nothing of the hurricanes, and others when I got stuck and couldnt go on. I refenced the great pain and dismay I felt to see the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy the Massachusetts mother who said postmortem depressions led her to kill her children. I tried to go on but couldnt, it just was beyond me that a mother could kill not just one but three of her own children in a close and personal way. I basically choked on my words them my 1st elder said one word, 'demonic' and the room went silent while that sunk in. What else can one say... https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/massachusetts-mom-lindsay-clancy-killed-143347277.html

🔭 SpaceX launches NASA telescope NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, borne by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, stands on the launch pad yesterday. Photo: SpaceX SpaceX launched NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into space from Cape Canaveral, Fla., this morning. Named after NASA's first woman executive and first chief of astronomy, the telescope will study cosmic mysteries like dark matter and dark energy and hunt for planets beyond our solar system. Reuters reports. The money quote: "It will be ⁠as if Hubble and James Webb kind of peered through a keyhole at the universe, while Nancy Grace Roman will kick the door down," Nicola Fox, chief of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, told reporters. More from NASA. ps:I believe I saw that this morning during my walk!!

☀️ Record tick summer Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/Axios This year's tick season has been a doozy — and another peak is coming in the fall, Axios' Carly Mallenbaum reports. Why it matters: Tick bites can pose serious health risks, transmitting pathogens that cause illnesses including Lyme disease and triggering alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to red meat. 🏥 By the numbers: August has had the highest rate of emergency department visits for tick bites since the CDC's tracker began in 2017, a major year for ticks. That comes after a record-breaking April.

🎵 Music giants sue Anthropic Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios Some of the world's largest music publishers sued Anthropic late Friday night, alleging "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history." Why it matters: The suit is the opening salvo in what is now likely to be a yearslong fight over music, AI and how intellectual property is protected in a new era of technology, Axios' Ben Berkowitz writes. ⚖️ Driving the news: Units of Sony Music and Warner Music filed the suit in federal court in Northern California, naming Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann as defendants. The big picture: The Sony/Warner lawsuit is notable because it's so broad. It alleges Anthropic unlawfully trained its models on "tens of thousands" of music publishers' copyrighted compositions, whereas other lawsuits have focused on a narrower catalog. Anthropic said: "We disagree with the publishers' claims and we intend to defend ourselves robustly in court." Sara Fischer's thought bubble ... Read the complaint.