Life's what you make it.
Michael Cohen is set to publicly testify today before the House Oversight Committee. 1/18
Among the many assertions in Cohen’s opening statement for today’s testimony is that he heard Trump take a call from Stone about the planned Wikileaks dump—and that Trump never wanted to win, calling his campaign the “greatest infomercial in political history.” 2/18
Yesterday, authoritarianism expert Sarah Kendzior said if Cohen downplays Trump’s political ambitions to “cover up a crime with a scandal,” he’d give himself and Trump an escape route. 3/18
National security experts on the Trump-Kim summit: Don’t expect Kim to give up anything as long as North Korea continues using diplomacy to outmaneuver the US. 4/18
Since 2014, there have been 5,859 complaints of sexual abuse on unaccompanied migrant minors while in US custody. 5/18
Video: Known instances of electoral interference carried out by the US and the USSR/Russia between 1946 and 2000. 6/18
For every ton of cement created, one ton of CO2 is released—and production has quadrupled over the past 30 years. 7/18
Climate models predict fewer clouds as Earth warms, which means more sunlight reaches the planet, creating a dangerous feedback loop. 8/18
Chloe has experienced trauma symptoms in the months since leaving her job. She started to have a panic attack in a movie theater during the film Mother!, when a violent stabbing spree triggered a memory of that first video she moderated. Facebook moderators are taught to recognize offensive content, but not always how to spot when they’re personally deteriorating. 9/18
Walmart is changing greeters’ responsibilities in ways that are pushing many with disabilities out of their jobs. 10/18
A comparison of ancient civilizations from rise to collapse shows an average lifespan of 336 years. 11/18
Attention indie bookshops and those who love them: We have bookstore sponsorships open for the 2019 Tournament of Books! Discounts available if you arrange multiple days. For details, please email talk@themorningnews.org.
“It was five of us in two cars. We just changed drivers and kept going.” What it was really like to tour during Jim Crow. 12/18
RIP to Mark Hollis, the reluctant pop star from Talk Talk. Watch the video for “It’s My Life,” one of the singularly great songs of the 1980s. 13/18
The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting its entire collection of Rembrandts—nearly 400 works—to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the artist’s death. 14/18
The aerial geometry of Barcelona’s city blocks, photographed by Márton Mogyorósy. 15/18
The Gyllenhaal experiment, analyzed: all the ways Reddit users misspell celebrities’ names. 16/18
A group of research biologists finds a budget-friendly way to acquire samples from animal cadavers: roadkill. 17/18
In The Potemkin Village photo series, Gregor Sailer visits various fake towns built for military exercises. 18/18
Love your Headlines? Please become a Sustaining Member or consider a one-time donation to keep them coming.
Got a link we should include? Tip us.
Your TMN Headlines are written by the editors of The Morning News and arrive in your inbox every morning, Tuesday through Saturday.