November 12, 2015
By The Morning News
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- "Everyone here, it seems, has an angle to work, scrambling to fill the void left by the collapse of the Syrian state."
- A real caliphate would clean up the mess called IS.
- Congress passes bill establishing legal rights for citizens and businesses to own resources in outer space.
- Bernie Sanders's old public-access TV show in Vermont is exactly what it sounds like.
- Only 0.02% of Filipino soldiers who fought for the Allies in WWII were granted the American citizenship and veterans' benefits they were promised.
- Riverside County, Calif., is home to the largest federal wiretapping project in America by many times over; the Justice Dept. thinks it might be illegal.
- Confidential calls between inmates and attorneys leaked to show how insecure the prison phone company is.
- The internet makes us more aware of things all around the world, but less in-tune with things happening in our neighborhoods.
- History of the Parental Advisory sticker, which turns 30 this month.
- One of the Parental Advisory sticker's architects said she was "thankful" they're still in use.
- Profile of DJ Akademiks, "the new king of hip-hop commentary."
- The NFL committee that reinstated Greg Hardy after he was convicted of beating his ex-girlfriend allowed Hardy to present his side only—without much, or any, pushback.
- "Our press passes don't give us the license to bully ourselves into any and all spaces where our presence is not appreciated."
- South Boston, Va., police Tasered Linwood Lambert multiple times while he was handcuffed; he later died.
- Most American police forces don't follow federal Taser guidelines, which say shocking someone multiple times could kill them.
- "If drinking the water doesn't kill us, the stress of having it on our mind and worrying about it all the time will."
- "Thermal anomalies" at the Great Pyramid of Giza hint at an undiscovered tomb.
- A bag designed to hold $1M in cash.
