May 12, 2016
- US missile shield in Europe goes live today to protect NATO from Iranian rockets.
- Hollande's Socialist government to resign en masse if it loses today's confidence vote in France.
- Study finds that mandatory voting in Austria doesn't affect electoral outcomes.
- Turkish troops shoot and beat Syrian refugees trying to cross the border.
- "How Rival Gardens of Eden in Iraq Survived ISIS, Dwindling Tourists, And Each Other."
- Brazil's Rousseff, accused of illegally manipulating finances, to face trial.
- PayPal founder, Ayn Rand devotee Peter Thiel to be a delegate for Trump in California.
- Dating site matches Americans who can't live under a Trump presidency with Canadians.
- Immigrants list surprises they found by moving to America.
- Senate passes bill to strip "Oriental" from any US laws where it applies to a person.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates can't move into his new Brooklyn house thanks to harassment and fame.
- Justin Bieber will no longer take photographs with fans due to feeling inhuman.
- OSHA's horrifying list of ways people have died at the workplace.
- Pot arrests rise for black and Latino youths, decrease for whites in Colorado since legalization.
- When a heroin user dies, prosecutors may charge their final dose's supplier with murder—in some cases flying against good Samaritan laws.
- Father builds his son a robotic pancreas, "long considered the Holy Grail of Type 1 diabetes technology."
- Vintage iPods fetch extraordinary prices on eBay.
- Related: Illustrated history of the polka dot.
- Artist Debbie Grossman reimagines archival photos in a 1940s dust bowl town as all-female.
- Photo comparisons show effects of climate change at Denali.
- Chart shows how many people are older and younger than you in America right now.
- Walmarts around Tampa Bay generated 16,800 calls to the police in one year.
- The world's first underwater band.