April 13, 2016
By The Morning News
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- Syria peace talks resume in Geneva, with the fate of Assad still a stumbling block.
- America's ongoing air wars in the Middle East have depleted our stock of bombs.
- Human Rights Watch issues startling report warning of the dangers of “killer robots.”
- For poor Americans, geography greatly affects life expectancy.
- White, rural women in the US are "passing away in their 30s, 40s, and 50s in a slow-motion crisis."
- Nearly 100,000 undocumented minors claimed asylum in Europe last year.
- Children can be a writer's worst enemy, or the suppliers of her best material.
- New Chinese startups don’t offer people for sale—but they are for rent.
- Judge rejects China's first same-sex marriage case, a landmark ruling in itself.
- Shanghai says people who don't visit their parents often enough will receive bad credit ratings.
- Economists analyze the pluses and minuses of alien abduction.
- Hyperrealist sculptures by Carole Feuerman feel alive because "there’s an unbreakable spirit inside each piece."
- Trump says the primary contest is rigged and the GOP is silencing some of his delegates.
- First senator supports Bernie Sanders.
- Oil giants and trade groups spend nearly $115 million on “climate obstructionism.”
- Introducing the Interstate Gas and Oil Compact Commission: Government-funded, un-FOIA-able, pro-oil lobbyists.
- Italian pasta maker Barilla demands that a French website remove its “horror show” of a carbonara recipe.
- “The Hum” is an auditory phenomenon that 2% of people hear, including several known killers.
- Tracing ruin porn back to when it "grew with fervor" in the 18th century.
- High-end fashion brands launch Ramadan collections—an anti-feminist, financial play, critics say.
- Examination of DeRay Mckesson’s run for mayor of Baltimore and his existence as an activist-celebrity.
