October 1, 2015
- The one way Syria could get more complicated: Russian airstrikes. And that just happened.
- Anyone who says Russia and America are on the same page right now would be lying.
- Most Russians oppose military intervention in Syria—Putin is gambling with his popularity.
- Afghan government says it's retaken Kunduz from the Taliban.
- US government shutdown is averted, though majority of House Republicans voted for it.
- Bipartisan Senate proposal to reduce mandatory minimum sentencing will be unveiled today.
- Richard Glossip's stay of execution could turn into a chance to overturn the death penalty.
- "The notion that mistakes made in the judicial system will be righted by the fail-safe of clemency is lethally incorrect."
- FBI tends to baselessly accuse Chinese-Americans of stealing secrets.
- Ralph Nader's tort museum is now open.
- "Waking up to the idea that gender identity doesn't fit into two neat blue and pink boxes."
- How some Alabama hospitals are drug testing new mothers without their consent.
- Gut check: shift in the American microbiome contributing to nation's weight gain.
- Parasites are another victim of climate change—their absence would throw ecosystems into turmoil.
- Rage Against the Machine bassist apologizes for influencing Limp Bizkit, which he mistakenly thinks is defunct.
- Don't clone your dog.
- Catfishing is usually part of an online romance scam—not the world of expensive French bulldogs.
- Follow the breadcrumb trail to unmask Silicon Valley's most scathing Twitter satirist.
- The tale of a Roman slave's magic revenge.
- An atlas of America's punny businesses.