Arizona's outgoing governor is pressing forward with a scheme to erect hundreds of shipping containers topped with razor wire along the state's border with Mexico. / Associated Press US legal experts on how free speech can be modified to punish lying—or at the very least curtail
In the week ending November 26, more than 34,000 positive flu tests were reported in the US, the most in a single week during any flu season on record. / Vox Avian influenza has led to the deaths of over 52 million birds in the United States this year. / Smithsonian
Russia says it "will not accept" the G7's $60-a-barrel price cap on its oil exports. / Reuters Internal documents show the US Army planned to sponsor Call of Duty streamers to attract Gen Z recruits. / Motherboard "It is easy to see Metallica as an
China plans to announce an easing of its Covid quarantine protocols and a reduction in mass testing. / Reuters Helen Branswell: Hong Kong's zero Covid policy, in the face of Omicron, led to half the population getting infected within two months. / STAT Unrelated: A Buddhist temple in Thailand goes
China announces a new social credit law, attempting to codify past experiments. / MIT Technology Review To understand China's zero-covid policy, it's helpful to think of it "as a steampunk pandemic response." / The Economist Unrelated: Cities where "vision zero," regarding traffic deaths,
In China, protests over Covid lockdown restrictions intensify across multiple cities and universities. / BuzzFeed News Related: With its anti-propaganda team now decimated, Twitter is being overwhelmed by spam in attempts to drown out coverage of the protests. / The Washington Post Iran wants the US suspended from the World Cup
More than 50 million people are traveling this weekend, reaching 98% of pre-pandemic Thanksgiving travel. / MarketWatch A reporter is detained for wearing a rainbow T-shirt to the World Cup. / Fútbol with Grant Wahl See also: "'It feels,' says one journalist, 'like a country that&
A group of conspiracy theorists have convinced Arizona officials to delay certifying last week's election results, claiming voting machines weren't certified. / Associated Press As the threat of the Supreme Court overturning Obergefell looms, here's what in Congress's new bill to protect same-
An interactive explanation of how Ukraine blew up the Kerch Strait Bridge connecting Russia to Crimea. / The New York Times "Everybody's a Joe Manchin." By only the slimmest of margins, Republicans have won the House of Representatives. Expect turmoil. / Politico After two decades of leading House
Why the FBI is so far behind on cybercrime—the bureau's culture prizes agents who can do "any job, anywhere," which pushes out specialists. / The New York Times "The emergency gyno shook her head... 'Whoever did this to you ought to be shot in
