November 13, 2015

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US airstrikes intend to shut down two-thirds of the oil production controlled by IS.

Police arrest 16 in Italy, Britain, and Norway who were planning to kidnap European diplomats.

Donald Trump wants his poll numbers back, compares Ben Carson to a child molester.

The long, bitter relationship between Obama and Netanyahu. #longreads

Government demands for Facebook user data spiked in the first half of 2015.

Illinois ACLU and Chicago PD secretly agreed to hide stop-and-frisk data from the public.

Justice Dept. won’t allow US Marshals to wear body cameras, even as it urges local police departments to do so.

Los Angeles County police shoot and kill black people at triple the rate they do whites and Latinos.

US airlines outsource maintenance to El Salvador, China, and Mexico, where most mechanics for the planes are not FAA-certified.

Infamous pharma CEO Martin Shkreli is livestreaming his life in an ill-informed PR stunt.

Hospitals are waiting for a major hack that exposes patient data—or gives hackers remote access to medical equipment.

Americans are moving homes less, and when they do they’re staying closer to home.

“The people who are politically influential believe the smoking problem has been solved. It’s not in their neighborhoods.”

Vox’s excellent internal Code of Conduct could also be applied to your family’s Thanksgiving.

Sunday’s papers will include the 1915 version of VR: a 16-page insert of classic comic strips.

The Oatmeal: “It’s going to be okay.”

Much to their creators’ delight, VHS music releases irritate older generations.

See also: Boomers are reinventing death, and irritating Generation X all the way down.

Your last byline doesn’t matter. What’s the next? Journalists remember what David Carr taught them.

Related: What one journalist learned through David Carr’s class syllabus and interviews with students.