* Inside the two billion miles refugees traveled to possible—but by no means guaranteed—asylum in 2015. * Why it's so dangerous to fly in Russia: aviacannibalism. * Romania's government collapsed after a devastating nightclub fire. * "Policy journalism in Washington is thriving. It's just not
* Houston landslide vote makes whoever produced the pro-discrimination bathroom ad a hot 2016 commodity. * Around the US, voters kicked liberal causes to the curb. * Ahmed Chalabi, who pushed the US into the Iraq War for his own gain, dies of a heart attack. * The Manipulator: Jane Mayer's
* Keystone XL pipeline company requests a delay for its government review—Obama still plans to veto anyway. * Antarctica is gaining more ice than it's losing; the bad news is there's a sea-level rise, and now we don't know why. * "It's
* Russian and Egyptian officials dispute IS's claim it brought down the airliner that crashed Saturday. * Proposed bill would bar prosecutors from reading emails between prisoners and their lawyers. * Last year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives inspected 7% of licensed gun stores. * The next time you
* One-child policy raised the cost of raising a kid, making it too expensive for most families to have more than one. * To fight climate change, billionaires should buy up coal and never mine it. * "Elon Musk can keep on making $100,000 cars, but he should make some
* Weeks before the raid on Osama bin Laden, White House lawyers created legal rationales for every possible outcome. * Today marks 18,967 days since a US president died in office—a new record. * DNA testing shows two-thirds of "wild-caught" restaurant salmon is actually farmed. * Federal funding
* Deposing Saddam caused brutally destabilizing aftershocks. * Data breaches motivating corporations to hand over more and more responsibility—and sensitive information—to the feds. * George Washington's wealth was almost Trumpish. * US students' math scores fall—Common Core may be why, since it doesn't teach some of
* If last night's debt ceiling deal happens, it's good for Obama's legacy, Ryan's cotillion, and Boehner's barn. * South Carolina campus cop tosses desk-bound student to the floor. * A lack of sleep can undermine all areas of health—and blacks
* WHO deems processed meats carcinogenic—less than two slices of bacon a day increases bowel cancer risk by 18%. * Meat lobbyists use inside influence to keep environmental impact outside scope of dietary regulations. * A history of the WHO's carcinogen findings and what "definitely," "probably,"
* Up to 25 states are ready to sue the federal government over yet-to-be-announced climate change laws. * Syrian refugees blaze a new path into Europe: bicycling across the Arctic Circle. * Giant hurricane headed for Puerto Vallarta. * Amex is finding itself in a precarious position familiar to companies who
