February 3, 2015
- White House: Officials will delete private information collected on Americans that has no intelligence purpose.
- The case for Obama's library on Chicago's South Side raises questions about U of C's role there.
- One of the spaces in Rep. Aaron Schock's new DC office is a replica of the red room in Downton Abbey.
- United Steelworkers are striking for healthcare benefits; a full walkout could disrupt 64% of US fuel output.
- A tour of failing infrastructure across the US, from century-old sewers to high-hazard dams.
- Scientific report suppressed by EU officials could have helped ban 31 pesticides linked to severe health hazards.
- UK close to legalizing three-parent genetic technique that would help women overcome mitochondrial disease.
- Parsing the competing versions of a baby boy's death.
- Suge Knight charged with murder in hit-and-run that unfolded as he tried to make amends with Dr. Dre.
- Inside the "murderabilia" market, in which notorious criminals' effects can net thousands from collectors.
- Judgements of guilt are based partially on evidence and partially on the accused's facial features.
- The trial of an alleged Al Qaeda leader is underway in New York, and no one seems to care.
- Michael Pollan on the new psychedelic research.
- See also: After the government ban on LSD studies, one researcher kept going and ventured into "micro-dosing."
- As part of its new democracy, Fiji announces it will remove all colonial symbols from its flag.
- Architecture magazine names Aberdeen as the most dismal town in Scotland.
- Infowars: Katy Perry's Super Bowl performance was the work of the Illuminati.