In The News

[Content note: Terrorism, death, disaster, misogyny, rape]

Thursday:

The U.S. believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its own people.

The body of Sunil Tripathi, the man misidentified as a suspect in the Boston bombing case, has been found in Rhode Island.

The story of the factory collapse in Bangladesh just got much, much worse.

President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service for the 14 people killed in West, Texas last week.

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opens today. How many copies of The Pet Goat will they have?

Wikipedia appears to be moving female novelists from its "American Novelists" category to its "American Women Novelists" subcategory.

A student at the University of Arizona gave a sermon about how "if you dress like a whore, act like a whore, you're probably going to get raped" while holding a sign reading "YOU DESERVE RAPE" on the same day as a campus sexual assault awareness event. The interim dean of students says he "has yet to, at this point, violate the student code of conduct."

Harry Shearer has been unceremoniously fired by KCRW.

This is a neat motorcycle helmet.

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson treated his girlfriend to afternoon tea on the Orient Express. Sweet!

It is World Penguin Day, just FYI.

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