July 2, 2015

• BP to pay Gulf states $18.7 billion in oil spill settlement.
• Cuba pioneers protocol to eliminate HIV and syphilis transmission from mother to baby.
• HIV vaccine researcher goes to prison for faking results and taking more than $7 million in grants.
• After decades of diminished crime, shooting and murder spikes have police departments concerned.
• Less than 24 hours after asking creditors for a bailout, Greek PM urges voters to reject it.
• What Greece must do: international leaders' opinions—and why they matter.
• A flowchart explains the Greek referendum's possible outcomes.
• Why a single global currency would help disrupt our cycle of monetary crises.
• Justice Dept. collusion probe is no surprise to airline consolidation skeptics.
• New Snowden docs show NSA's database has been queried for info from US web forums.
• NASA releases an image of a prototype drone glider for Mars exploration.
• Madison rally for Sanders draws 10,000, nearly doubling Clinton's largest crowd.
• One reason for Trump: He "won't be beholden to special interests because he's too rich to be tempted."
• Close friends for generations, the Huntsman and Romney families are now bitter rivals.
• Episcopal Church authorizes clergy to perform same-sex weddings.
• America is busy celebrating victory over the Confederate flag while black churches are still burning.
• After having a black son in America, an English journalist's American politics focus gets personal.
• Man returns to Myanmar after two decades in slavery. He was swindled for $300.
• Fitbit sleep data used to disprove testimony in court.
• Evidence suggests when the universe ends, "you'd be seeing all the atoms being ripped apart."
• Magic Mike XXL—a movie that invites gaze—gets Roxane Gay's Oscar vote.
• The wacky world of alternative controllers, the trackpad's weirder cousins.
• Since 1953, an Italian bank has accepted Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels as loan collateral.
• Jacques Pépin saved my life.
• Jacques Pépin masterfully deep-fries an egg.
• "We’re throwing away more in food waste than we are saving by buying in bulk."
• Sesame Street's Maria is retiring after 44 years.
• How to make friends with a crow.
• Classic films, as understood by drones.