May 10, 2016

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Sanders likely to win West Virginia today, but Clinton’s overall delegate lead looks insurmountable.

Fictional political pundit out-guesses Nate Silver, 538, Vox, and other “science”-based poll predictions.

Republican senators meet with and praise Supreme Court nominee Garland—and continue to block his fate.

Obama to become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima.

No matter what the White House says, US troops are increasingly playing combat roles against the Taliban and the Islamic State.

Muslim high school student in California misidentified as “Isis” in her yearbook; school says it was a typo.

London’s first Muslim mayor rebuffs Trump’s exception to the candidate’s plan to ban Muslims from the US.

Trump changes tack, turns to the GOP for fundraising help.

In addition to earning more than the US median, Trump voters are better educated than the average American.

Philippines set to make thuggish mayor Duterte its next president, despite threats to kill criminals and jokes about committing rape.

Ten years of a photographer’s self-portraits, all taken while falling down.

“Spotlight” team at the Boston Globe reports on hundreds of cases of children abused by staff at New England private schools.

Complete history of Grant Park, Chicago’s “front yard.” #longreads

Gap between black and white American life expectancy shrinks to 3.4 years.

Minorities are underrepresented in studies of autism and have little access to treatment options.

Sandberg: Only now do I know how hard is it for single moms to “lean in.”

Former employees allege Facebook “deep-sixed” conservative topics like CPAC from its trending topics section.

The New Yorker runs its first augmented reality cover, with drawings by Christoph Niemann that become animations.

This is what real giants would look like in the real world: often miserable. #video

Drake’s new Views sets record streaming tally, more than doubling Beyoncé‘s record established a week ago.

Two-thousand new species are discovered each year, and yet 20% of the world’s plant species face extinction.

McDonald’s tries selling garlic fries in the Bay Area—and quickly sells out.