Links for you. Science:

First narrow-spectrum antibiotic successfully eliminates Fusobacterium nucleatum, a gum disease pathogen
HIV: how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure?
COVID patients breathe large amounts of virus early on. Northwestern investigators collect samples over the entire course of infection to determine when a person is most infectious
Research begins on 13,600 year old Mastodon remains found in Iowa
Steve Silberman, journalist who explored autism’s history, dies at 66
Eight former CDC directors: Hollowing out the CDC is a prescription for disaster. The agency’s ‘core mission’ isn’t infectious disease — it’s the nation’s health

Other:

Gun shops that sold weapons trafficked into Washington, DC, sued by nation’s capital and Maryland
The Bitter 17-Year Saga to Build a Power Line Critical to US Climate Action
Trump wants GOP to shut down government over racist conspiracy theory
Right-wing media group fires contributor after she allegedly took Russian cash
“The Union Movement Is Very Excited About Harris and Walz”: In an exclusive interview with The Nation, AFSCME President Lee Saunders explains organized labor’s enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket.
Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names
More than 382,000students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine
America’s Worst Governor
Search warrants executed on four Adams administration members, including police commissioner
Two In A Row
Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump’s Mental State
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
Fair and Balanced
Builder Facing Indictment Was a Major Adams Donor
The Mystery of the Pro-Trump Mailer Storm Flooding Dem Mailboxes
North Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson Says No, He Wasn’t a Regular at a Porn Shop
How Russian operatives covertly hired U.S. influencers to create viral videos
How the Media Sanitizes Trump’s Insanity
Pelosi appears to blame Hochul for Dems losing House majority
Joe Biden Shoots Down U.S. Steel Takeover by Nippon Steel in a Boss Political Move
Millersville cops team up with so-called pedophile hunter who blames ‘satanic cult masquerading as Jews’
Senate Candidate Tim Sheehy Makes Questionable Racially-Tinged Remarks About Crow Reservation
Ron Jones: the Welsh goalkeeper of Auschwitz
Mucarsel-Powell: ‘People are rejecting Republicans because they’ve crossed the line into extremism’
New York Democrats fear abortion-rights amendment is faltering (NY Democrats are so bad at their jobs)
Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over working for sanctioned Russian TV
JD Vance: Forget lowering daycare costs — “Grandpa and Grandma” can pitch in
Trump Can’t Get Himself Out of the Abortion Straitjacket