April 14, 2016
By The Morning News
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- Six months after the government told people in Flint to use bottled water, the tap water's still not drinkable.
- ISIS appears to be losing in Iraq, but liberated areas aren't being stabilized.
- Ever since Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 girls, thousands more have been taken, many used as suicide bombers.
- Since 2009, Boko Haram has murdered 611 teachers in Nigeria, and a further 19,000 have been forced to flee.
- Angolans use two free services—Facebook Free Basics and Wikipedia Zero—to share pirated media.
- Monday's "Democracy Spring" protest on Capitol Hill resulted in 400 arrests—and almost no media coverage.
- What happens to tax dollars when the state collecting them hasn’t passed a budget—is worse than you think.
- Law enforcement officials debunk the myth that sexual predators will exploit transgender non-discrimination laws.
- North Carolina breweries sign up to sell new beer, "Don't Be Mean to People," with proceeds to fight discrimination.
- Brief history of American presidents and their alcohol.
- Related: "The Secrets of All 6 Oval Office Desks."
- Some 600 undocumented, unaccompanied children sit in American “jail-like” settings in any given year.
- "For Native Americans, Health Care Is A Long, Hard Road Away."
- The internet's premier white supremacist forum has a creative writing section.
- Gravity control, "perhaps the most contentious field in all science/engineering," deals with trying to make gravity push instead of pull.
- Speaking of empowering intensity: Video for “Your Best American Girl.”
- With a fatality rate of 85%, the "unlimited water speed record" is one of the world's most hazardous competitions.
- Golden State Warriors get their 73rd win, breaking the '95-96 Chicago Bulls' record for most wins in a regular season.
- Kobe Bryant finishes career with a "perfectly Kobe" game: 60 points on 50 shots.
- Who was the actual best player in the NBA every year during Kobe's career?
- Tangentially related: The dead water parks at the heart of Disney World.
- "Carmina Burana" street performance becomes decadent flashmob opera.
