September 29, 2015
- The US should welcome Russia's entrance into the fight against IS, even if it means America gets upstaged.
- Taliban took Kunduz at dawn. If defended, it will be the first provincial capital to fall since invasion.
- Robert Mugabe shouted “We are not gays” at the UN yesterday, and it’s a popular message for his constituents.
- UK no longer grants ethnic Traveller status if a person stays in one place—regardless of their ethnic background.
- McConnell is safe for now—conservatives should have gone for him first.
- In an "unmitigated defeat” for big oil, Shell will abandon Arctic drilling, which proved unprofitable.
- Tiny machines could fight ocean acidification with artificial reefs of calcium carbonate.
- Fantastic two-toned glowing turtle discovered.
- Now that marijuana is legal in Oregon, the state is open to expunging criminal records of minor violations.
- A border wall would disrupt habitats as well as lives— jaguars only one among many species threatened.
- Arizona homeowner awakened by the sound of a 26-pound marijuana missile smashing through her carport.
- ESPN is irritating college administrators by referring to point spreads and other gambling terms.
- Concerns over concussions and other traumas have more US high schools dissolving their football programs.
- "Talk to me when we can go real old school and take the helmets off and not get anyone killed."
- Trial begins for Matthew Keys, who allegedly provided Anonymous with credentials for the Tribune Company's CMS.
- Interview with a courtroom artist.
- From the archives: Danny Gregory brings his watercolors to Martha Stewart's trial in Manhattan.
- Tinder might sue Los Angeles sexual health nonprofit over PSA associating dating apps with gonorrhea.
- Rooster McConaughey—Matthew's older brother—named his son Miller Lyte, after his favorite beer.
- Related: David Sedaris reads "You Can't Kill the Rooster," the greatest story in human history.