January 20, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Tonight's State of the Union, expected to address income inequality, is a final chance to set the agenda before the next campaign.
- See also: Transcripts and, where possible, video of every State of the Union address.
- Even when black Americans make it to the middle class, their children are far from guaranteed to stay there.
- Jury selection begins in the trial of James Holmes, and could last until late spring.
- Hundreds of thousands flock to anti-Hebdo protests as Chechen and Russian politicians unite to promote traditional values.
- Victory within grasp for far-left Greek party, whose move to center stage legitimizes anti-austerity movements across Europe.
- Astronomers encounter the latest in a string of unidentifiable radio waves from space.
- We have passed four of the nine boundaries within which climate scientists say humans can thrive on Earth.
- All the words in every book in the Library of Congress...would be about an inch. Within the Internet Archive.
- See also: If Earth goes, so does your life's worth of data—a search for off-planet storage.
- Researchers predict no one will die from cancer by 2050.
- The raw data behind cancer screenings, deaths, false positives, and unnecessary treatments.
- Buyer beware of medical apps.
- Artists arm a bot with bitcoin and release it on the dark web; it returns with drugs, weapons, and hacking devices.
- This year's Big Question gathers leading thinkers on AI.
- The queen of one of New York's largest bail bond agencies—a cross between private insurance and law enforcement—means business.
- The tiny Florida town of Miracle Village is a safe haven for nearly 100 sex offenders.
- Checking in on Franzen's claim cruise lines are "emblematic of our time."
