* Clinton Foundation accepted millions from seven foreign governments while Hillary was Secretary of State. * Two ISIS fighters explain why they joined. * ISIS lays waste to Mosul's cultural heritage, including UNESCO sites and rare books. * Americans are approaching a consensus on immigration, and in a very different place than
* Chicago's incumbent mayor Emanuel fails to win more than 50% of the vote despite big advantages. * Chicago police found to be operating a "domestic black site," where detainees are abused in secret. * Perhaps predictably, David Brooks thinks Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Public Theater
* Obama to veto legislation today, without "a lot of drama or fanfare," that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. * Fifteen former students of for-profit Corinthian Colleges go on debt strike. * No end in sight for Venezuela's condom shortage. * Two-day uprising at Texas immigrant detention
* 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
