June 29, 2016

• EU members met in Brussels today for the first time without Britain.
• Nicola Sturgeon is in Brussels to begin talks for Scotland to remain in the EU.
• The Istanbul airport assault is the 14th major terrorist attack in Turkey over the past year.
• Bernie Sanders: Like Britons, Americans are angry, and the Democratic Party should be alarmed.
• After the Syrian regime began targeting doctors, an underground network of emergency field hospitals was built.
• Incorrectly redacted transcripts released by the Benghazi Committee show Republicans likely abused subpoenas.
• Landlords and ISPs are in cahoots to cheat apartment dwellers out of internet options.
• Violent attacks on queer people are rarely labeled as hate crimes, even in cases where sexuality was a clear factor.
• The Netherlands, in possession of a lot of empty jail cells, has been housing refugees in prisons.
• Profile of Stephen Miller, another horrifying man employed by Donald Trump.
• SCOTUS's ruling on Abigail Fisher's case could eliminate the Top Ten Percent rule at the University of Texas.
• History of the Top Ten Percent rule and the fight for equitable access to higher education in Texas.
• By setting aside former Virginia governor's conviction, SCOTUS made it harder to prosecute corrupt politicians.
• Researchers swab Boston transit system, surprised to find only bugs you'd pick up by shaking someone's hand.
• Ikea's recall of nearly 36 million dressers includes hundreds of models, going back to 2002.
• "Warranty void if removed" stickers on gaming consoles are illegal.
• An AI lawyer chatbot has overturned 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York.
• The oldest white oak in America—perhaps the world—is in New Jersey, and it's dying.