June 3, 2016
By The Morning News
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- Massive rescue underway after a migrant boat carrying hundreds capsizes in the Mediterranean.
- Conference in Paris gathers the Middle East Quartet, the Arab League, the UN—but not Israelis or Palestinians.
- Flooding in Paris forces the Louvre and Orsay museums to move precious art.
- From 1910: "Grim fear has settled upon Paris as it breathlessly watches the Seine rising steadily inch by inch."
- The Iraq War, rise of ISIS, and recent Middle East tumult, as told in reverse.
- San Diego paper of record endorses for president…Ronald Reagan.
- Lunch with James Baker, who doesn't care who wins the White House.
- It's no more bizarre than the election in 1800, wherein Jefferson accused Adams of being a hermaphrodite.
- Threats of a prospective President Trump compel high(er) Muslim voter turnout.
- UCLA shooter only killed one of the professors on his list.
- College students in America want free speech curtailed; they won't end up on the right side of history.
- Curfews for teenagers and kids, a remnant of Clintonian policy, are often enforced in racially discriminatory ways.
- China makes no provision for prisoners’ children—so when a father is jailed, his kids' fates are up for grabs.
- In three years, a San Francisco school's suspensions dropped by 79%, attendance rose to 98%, and GPAs climbed each year—thanks to meditation.
- Twitter's Dorsey wears a #StayWoke T-shirt during a panel with Black Lives Matter's McKesson.
- Oakland gentrification dovetails with Warriors popularity, culminating in a frenzied Bay Area during playoffs.
- "Hot felon" Jeremy Meeks has a tacky agent and is trying his hand at Hollywood.
- Extensive look inside the not-so-strange world of celebrity emoji packs.
- Your Friday fascination: How to figure out the age of an undated world map.
- In the video for Kaytranada's "Lite Spots," a robot best friend learns how to dance.
- Classic rock long con: Members of ZZ Top toured America in the late ‘60s as an imposter of The Zombies.
- Oldie but goodie: Pictures show either a ska band or an improv troupe.
