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Federal judge: Lawsuit against Andrew Anglin of 'Daily Stormer' can proceed, Nazi hate speech isn't protected
boingboing.net - Xeni Jardin
In Montana today, a federal judge said the First Amendment doesn't protect a pro-Nazi internet publisher from being sued for instructing his readers …
Politics
'Auntie Maxine' Waters Gets Ready To Take On The Banks As House Panel Chair
NPR - Jim Zarroli
Maxine Waters of California is known as a partisan firebrand who gives as good as she gets, especially where President Trump is concerned. Now, with Democrats assuming control of the House in January,
Visas
Aging Japan Reckons With Immigration Debate to Meet Labor Demands
OZY - Robin Harding
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe devised a plan to create two new visa categories, he wanted to appease Japanese companies that are gripped by labor …
Ben Carson
Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections
NBC News
While HUD Secretary Ben Carson pledged to fix low-income housing, the number of properties cited for health and safety violations has been on the rise.
U.S. Politics
First woman passes special forces assessment on path to becoming Green Beret
CNN - By Caroline Kelly and Barbara Starr, CNN
(CNN) — A female soldier recently completed the Special Forces Assessment and Selection for the first time, making her a candidate to be the first woman to become a Green Beret, according to a US Army
Asia Pacific
US returns 'Bells of Balangiga' to Philippines after 1901 clash
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
US forces took the bells after a brutal counter-attack that killed anywhere from hundreds to thousands of Filipinos. US Defense Secretary James Mattis formally returned church bells to the Philippines
Opinion
This 31-year-old had had enough. So she ran. And won.
The Washington Post - By Karen Tumulty
PHOENIX What finally did it for Kathy Hoffman was watching the confirmation hearing of Betsy DeVos nearly two years ago. Hoffman, then a 31-year-old speech therapist in a suburban Phoenix public school
Opinion
Saudi Arabia Is Misusing Mecca
The New York Times - By KHALED M. ABOU EL FADL
The rulers of Saudi Arabia derive much of their legitimacy and prestige in the Muslim world from their control and upkeep of the Grand Mosque and the Kaaba in Mecca and the mosque of Prophet Muhammad Medina.
Compelled Decryption and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
ycombinator.com
Astronomers discover super-Earth around Barnard's star
ycombinator.com
News
Gaza cease-fire holds, while Israel's government may collapse
ABC News - By Molly Hunter
Wednesday morning began quietly, but by the evening Israel had a new defense minister: Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is already Israel's prime …
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell Just Blocked A Bipartisan Bill To Protect Robert Mueller
buzzfeednews.com - Paul McLeod
Sen. Jeff Flake vowed not to vote for any more of President Trump's judicial nominees until the Senate votes to protect Mueller, putting pressure on …
Opinion
A Brexit Deal Has Arrived. Now the Chaos Begins.
The New York Times - By HELEN LEWIS
LONDON — The selection of a new pope is traditionally announced by white smoke drifting from the Vatican chimney. The news of a draft agreement for Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union trickled
Sexual Harassment
End Forced Arbitration for Sexual Harassment. Then Do More.
The New York Times - By TERRI GERSTEIN
On Nov. 1, more than 20,000 Google employees walked off the job in protest of the company’s handling of sexual misconduct. A week later, Google capitulated to some of the protesters’ key demands and announced
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Politics
Flake Pledges To Block Committee Votes On Judges — Until Mueller Bill On Senate Floor
NPR - Tim Mak
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is blocking a bipartisan effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Russia attack on the 2016 presidential election — prompting
Science
The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans
Live Science
As Earth's tectonic plates dive beneath one another, they drag three times as much water into the planet's interior as previously thought. Those are …
News
Republicans block Yemen war vote by sneaking rule change on to wildlife bill
Guardian US - Julian Borger in Washington
Congressional Republicans have used a highly unusual manoeuvre to stop a debate about US military involvement in Yemen, attaching a one-line rule change to a resolution about wolves. Republicans won a
Los Angeles
Official: Michael Avenatti in Los Angeles police custody
Associated Press - By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Avenatti, who skyrocketed to fame as a critic of President Donald Trump and the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested Wednesday and booked on a felony domestic
Science
Orangutans are the only great apes—besides humans—to ‘talk’ about the past
sciencemag.org - Virginia Morell
When wild orangutans spot a predator, they let out a loud “kiss-squeak,” a call that sounds like a human smooching. That noise tells tigers and other …
Science
Russia reveals nuclear spaceship that will fly to Mars ‘in very near future’
Fox News - By
Russia has revealed a "spacecraft of the future" that could one day put humans on Mars. Roscosmos showed off concept designs for the sci-fi spacecraft – but failed to say exactly when it would launch.
Science
Police jailed drunk raccoons in West Virginia because they were being obnoxious
bgr.com - Mike Wehner
Rabies is no joke, so if you see a wild animal acting weird, it’s always a good idea to both avoid it and alert animal control so they can take a …
Science
The Biggest Story of the Century Needs More Coverage
scientificamerican.com - James Fahn
When I’m trying to impress people, I like to tell them that I won the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, that’s right. Okay, maybe you’ve never heard of me, and …
Weather
The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U.S. Soil
The Atlantic - Alia WongLenika Cruz
Weeks ago, Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the Northern Mariana Islands, which are home to tens of thousands of Americans. Mainland outlets paid little attention. Several hours before Super Typhoon Yutu
Camping
Impact crater 19 miles wide found beneath Greenland glacier
The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editor
A huge impact crater has been discovered under a half-mile-thick Greenland ice sheet. The enormous bowl-shaped dent appears to be the result of a mile-wide iron meteorite slamming into the island at a
Webcomics
Potential super-Earth found nearby after decades-long hunt
National Geographic
Science & InnovationStarstruck Astronomers may have finally found an alien world orbiting the science fiction staple known as Barnard's Star. 4 Minute Read Just six light-years away, a frozen world seems
News
Her kidney donation now could save her granddaughter's life later
CNN - By Nadia Kounang, CNN
(CNN) — When Meghann Adams learned that she was pregnant in early 2015, she was ecstatic. Starting a family with her husband, Chris, had not been easy, but she was carrying twins. They were to be named
Justice
Women tweeting #ThisIsNotConsent after underwear used as evidence in rape trial
CNN - By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN
(CNN) — Women around the world are posting pictures of their underwear on Twitter after a 27-year-old man was acquitted in a rape trial in Ireland during which a teenager's thong was used as evidence.

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Federal judge: Lawsuit against Andrew Anglin of 'Daily Stormer' can proceed, Nazi hate speech isn't protected

'Auntie Maxine' Waters Gets Ready To Take On The Banks As House Panel Chair

Aging Japan Reckons With Immigration Debate to Meet Labor Demands

Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections

First woman passes special forces assessment on path to becoming Green Beret

US returns 'Bells of Balangiga' to Philippines after 1901 clash

This 31-year-old had had enough. So she ran. And won.

Saudi Arabia Is Misusing Mecca

Compelled Decryption and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination

Astronomers discover super-Earth around Barnard's star

Gaza cease-fire holds, while Israel's government may collapse

Mitch McConnell Just Blocked A Bipartisan Bill To Protect Robert Mueller

A Brexit Deal Has Arrived. Now the Chaos Begins.

End Forced Arbitration for Sexual Harassment. Then Do More.

I'm sensing a new wave of reports on cancer "overtaking" or "surpassing" heart disease as leading cause of death in the your

@harrismonkey Yo Chris, keep your eye out for these guys. The badassness potential of 3D printing × generative design × is

Flake Pledges To Block Committee Votes On Judges — Until Mueller Bill On Senate Floor

The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans

Republicans block Yemen war vote by sneaking rule change on to wildlife bill

Official: Michael Avenatti in Los Angeles police custody

Orangutans are the only great apes—besides humans—to ‘talk’ about the past

Russia reveals nuclear spaceship that will fly to Mars ‘in very near future’

Police jailed drunk raccoons in West Virginia because they were being obnoxious

The Biggest Story of the Century Needs More Coverage

The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U.S. Soil

Impact crater 19 miles wide found beneath Greenland glacier

Potential super-Earth found nearby after decades-long hunt

Her kidney donation now could save her granddaughter's life later

Women tweeting #ThisIsNotConsent after underwear used as evidence in rape trial