* Syriza buckles, will accede to four-month extension of austerity in Greece. * Steelworkers expand strike, the largest since 1980, to Port Arthur; Shell refuses to budge on safety demands. * Forceful demonstration flares in Texas private prison; inmates were protesting medical neglect. * See also: Cadre of architects question ethics of prison
* Before working at Gitmo, a Chicago detective may have tortured and wrongfully convicted people of color for years. * Louisiana refuses to compensate Glenn Ford for the 30 years he spent on death row for a murder he didn't commit. * NSA and GCHQ hacked one of the world'
* Justice Dept. prepared to sue Ferguson PD over racial discrimination if it doesn't make recommended changes. * Football in general, and football fans in particular, can't persuade a racist not to be a racist. * MLK was a Trekkie, and in 1969 he convinced star Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
* Aggressive form of HIV discovered in Cuba; the strain progresses into AIDS three times faster. * Stronger marijuana may pose higher risk of psychotic disorders. * Rome officials panic as ISIS makes its way into Libya, just across the Mediterranean from Italy. * Young Chinese, attracted by Jon Stewart's transparency message,
* West Virginia declares state of emergency after a train crashes, leaking Bakken crude oil into the Kanawha River. * Boston's contract prohibits non-union workers; it's instead paying prisoner pennies to shovel record snowfall. * Citing State Dept. guidelines, UMass is not accepting Iranian students for programs in
* Everything ISIS does is calibrated to bring apocalyptic prophecy to fruition; that prophecy says Jordan has to be next. * In long-secular Turkey, parents confront a new reality: Islamic education. * The recent, odd history of USB dead drops—in Iran, they've been used for weed purchasing tips. * Silk
* Chelsea Manning to be first Army veteran provided transgender therapy. * Including the financial world. * FBI director discusses unconscious racial biases, believing America hasn't tackled race after Ferguson. * New York City goes a record 10 days without a murder, and criminologists can't say why exactly. * Forecasters warn
* Leaders of Ukraine and Russia agree to tentative truce to begin this weekend. * See also: Ukraine borders porous enough to allow 30 billion cigarettes to sneak through. * If Obama gets the nod to fight the Islamic State, it'll be a ringing endorsement of unlimited presidential war making. * "
* An estimated 20,000 foreign fighters have traveled to Iraq and Syria to join IS, including 150 from the US. * Obama to withdraw most troops from West Africa and declare the five-month Ebola effort a success. * Trumpeting supremacy clause Obama confident Supreme Court will raise LGBT rights to a
* Controversy reignites over Italy's end of search and rescue after 29 migrants die aboard a coast guard boat. * Bulging with immigrants and without jobs for the young, Eastern Europe's economies need to make up ground. * Since 2006 a North Carolina state agency—the only of its
