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Special counsel indicts Russian nationals for interfering with U.S. elections and political processes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/16/special-counsel-indicts-russian-nationals-election-interference/345720002/


Parental Use of Corporal Punishment in Europe
[Behaviour and emotional probems are FAR higher in children whose parents frequently use physical punishment.]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326463/
tags: child abuse


Bat Swarms Tracked by Weather Radar Reveal Earlier Migration as Planet Warms
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14022018/bat-migration-climate-change-texas-agriculture-weather-radar-global-warming-animal-impact


Trump's gas tax would wipe out 60% of tax cut benefit for individuals, analyst estimates
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/trumps-gas-tax-would-wipe-out-60-percent-of-tax-cut-benefit.html


Gas Tax Revenue Isn't What It Used to Be
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-15/gas-taxes-aren-t-paying-the-bills-for-roads-anymore


We could choose to have a kinder, less mean society. Other societies do so. A sociologist who studied many countries said that the U.S. is the most personally competitive, with people feeling they have to be THE winner, or they are a loser. Trump exemplifies this. This affects how people relate to and treat children. And we have more violence, as well as more people in jail. (Although the rate of violence has been decreasing for a couple of decades.)
I feel very sad for the victims of the Florida school shooting. I also feel sad for the shooter. Someone who does this is miserable. If we cared about children and helped them, we and our children would be safer.


Trump Proposes Deep Cuts In Detecting Disease Outbreaks Worldwide
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/12/585119417/trump-proposes-deep-cuts-in-detecting-disease-outbreaks-worldwide


Florida school shooting suspect linked to white supremacist group: ADL
http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-school-shooting-suspect/story?id=53092753


Cuban embassy staff had concussion-like injuries, doctors say
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cuban-embassy-staff-had-concussion-injuries-doctors-say-n848291


Borneo Has Lost 100,000 Orangutans Since 1999
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/15/585983258/borneo-has-lost-100-000-orangutans-since-1999


FCC watchdog investigates chairman's role in easing way for Sinclair's acquisition of Tribune Media, congressman says
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-fcc-ajit-pai-sinclair-tribune-media-20180215-story.html


Ultra-processed foods 'linked to cancer'
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43064290


This new text bomb crashes most Mac and iOS apps with a single unicode symbol
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/15/iphone-text-bomb-ios-mac-crash-apple/?ncid=mobilenavtrend


Last February, Trump signed a bill making it easier for people with mental illness to buy guns
Republicans rolled back even the most modest gun regulations
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/15/17016036/trump-guns-mental-illness


Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics conclude
https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21736561-one-study-suggests-insiders-profited-even-global-financial-crisis-another