May 5, 2016

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Justice Department warns North Carolina that its transphobic bathroom law violates civil rights laws.

The US wasted over a billion dollars trying to fight AIDS in Africa by promoting abstinence.

Europe to cease issuing the €500 bill; $1 million worth weighs five pounds and fits in a small bag.

Quick primer on Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith, candidates in today’s election for London’s new mayor.

Uncertainty in Turkey as Ahmet Davutoğlu, President Erdogan’s handpicked successor, prepares to step down.

Hillary Clinton is now easily the most fiscally conservative candidate in the presidential race.

Trump supporters make $20,000 a year more than America’s median household income.

Predictions of President Trump’s first 100 days in office, based on recent interviews with the NYTimes.

One-third of America’s anti-Muslim attacks in 2015—up 13% over 2014—came in December, after Trump called for mosques to be closed.

Google feeds romance novels into its artificial intelligence engine to make its products more conversational.

On the history and racial politics of the Great Lakes Vowel Shift accent.

Harriet Tubman was not a glamorous person. She was a tough old woman who looked like she’d lived a hard life, and was disabled from a young age by her beatings.

Former inmate shows how to make fine art with crushed Skittles and makeshift brushes. #video

Photojournalist hitchhikes across America to see how many serial killers he’ll encounter.

Johns Hopkins researchers say medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US.

Study finds that one-third of prescribed antibiotics are unnecessary—which makes them weaker against diseases they are actually needed to fight.

Inside a DIY fecal matter transplant.

Please don’t cleanse your palate with hand soap. Illustrated guide to eating sushi.

Luxury shopping app sells designer items at lowered “Italian retail price,” which may or may not be code for “too good to be true.”

There’s a fine line between innocence and inexperience: Why Sofia Coppola was actually very good in the third Godfather. #opinions

On mute, this Run the Jewels video is merely a suggestive nature film—but that’s no fun. #video