• A professor in Hong Kong, above, was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide. [The New York Times]

• President Trump said that the furor surrounding sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, was “very unfair” and that he would like to hear from his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. [The New York Times]

• Human actions, including using fossil fuels or building in coastal areas, are making natural disasters more dangerous, according to climate experts. [The New York Times]

• The authorities in London are investigating a possible hate crime after a car rammed into a crowd outside a mosque, injuring three people. [The Guardian]

• The British police are also investigating a new allegation of sexual assault against the disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein. [The New York Times]

• Justice served cold: The Marchant Glacier in Antarctica was renamed the Matataua Glacier after a finding of sexual harassment against after the person it was named for, the geologist David Marchant. [Science]