September 26, 2013: Morning
- Key rebel groups in Syria abandon the opposition’s political leaders, and sign up with an affiliate of Al Qaeda.
- Stories from survivors of the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi.
- FBI releases footage of the Navy Yard shooter, photos of his weapon, timeline of the attack.
- Pussy Riot protester explains why she's going on a hunger strike in prison.
- Bear walks into a bar in an Alaskan hotel; bartender tells bear to leave; bear leaves.
- Prabhjot Singh, Sikh doctor who was mistaken for Muslim and assaulted, on why he won't leave Harlem.
- France's Interior Minister says the majority of the country's Roma community should go home.
- See also: How many Earths?
- President George H.W. Bush acts as the official witness at a same-sex wedding; reporter makes sure to notice his stylishly mismatched socks.
- Senator McCaskill: "Ted Cruz clearly does not understand the moral of Green Eggs and Ham."
- Study finds people care more about the number of people killed in a disaster than the number of survivors when deciding how much to donate.
- Ancient Entelognathus fish found to have "human"-like face, with complex jawbones and less cartilage.
- Related: Artist turns NASA’s data sets and grainy pictures into dazzling images of the solar system.
- In America, 15% of adults do not use the internet or email; 34% of non-internet users say the internet is just not relevant to them.
- How to a spot a fake Yelp review: watch out for hyperbole and weirdly imperfect punctuation.
- Your Thursday morning slideshow: Inside a toilet manufacturing factory.