* The US government threatened to prosecute James Foley's family if they attempted to negotiate with ISIS. * Federal agents are saving America $1 billion annually by eradicating cattle ticks, a deadly pest that can kill a cow in a week. * Utah initiative that gives the chronically homeless housing, regardless
How a book, booze, and a guilty hangover brought an admittedly non-athletic man to the starting line, and what happened next.
* US military to boost Ebola efforts by sending as many as 3,000 to West Africa and constructing 17 treatment centers in Liberia. * First responders in Aleppo. * The Indian state of Chhattisgarh has at least 300 child police officers, some as young as five. * The FBI's controversial new
* Nearly 70% of Americans doubt that the US will effectively defeat ISIS. * Syrians in Jordanian refugee camps have been pushing daughters to marry at younger ages, ostensibly to protect them. * Ten years after Russian forces' botched hostage rescue at a school left hundreds dead, an official investigation has yet
Mid-century magazine clippings find new life in collages that are just the right amount of weird and clever.
* Ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is mostly holding, with prisoners being exchanged—a short-term victory for Russia. * The fact that Russian soldiers have died in a war in which they officially have no involvement is a problem in Russia. * Related: Keith Gessen reports from Donetsk. * With less than a week
* The Islamic State raises most of its money domestically in Iraq and Syria by smuggling oil. * Iran reminds its citizens that the Islamic State, like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, was devised by the CIA as a counterweight to Iran. * Things found on an Islamic State laptop: Celine Dion and
A blind woman and her guide dog share a symbiosis that can become a spiritual bond for both.
* Obama to explain tonight his action plan against ISIS, likely to include more wide-ranging air strikes. * America spends $33 billion more on defense than the eight top spenders combined. * The moment a man enlists in the US armed forces, his chances of being sexually assaulted increase by a factor
A generation of women read the “Harry Potter” series as teens, “Twilight” in college, and “Fifty Shades of Grey” in their twenties. What is the cumulative effect?
