Headlines from September 17, 2014

The US government threatened to prosecute James Foley’s family if they attempted to negotiate with ISIS.
Federal agents are saving America $1 billion annually by eradicating cattle ticks, a deadly pest that can kill a cow in a week.
Utah initiative that gives the chronically homeless housing, regardless of program progress, has been an economic and social success.
Who really owns Scottish nationalism? Unlike England, Scotland has yet to reconcile ethnicity and nationality.
As relations with Moscow wither on Earth, US finalizes plans for home-grown travel to the International Space Station.
Among the 2014 MacArthur “geniuses”: cartoonist Alison Bechdel, labor organizer Ai-jen Poo, and director Joshua Oppenheimer.
Prescription painkiller-related deaths quadrupled among white people from 1999 to 2011, outpacing every other racial group.
In 2011 Chernobyl was officially declared a tourist attraction. My tour of a disaster zone. #photos
Droves of Indians and Pakistanis search for safety, as the region experiences the worst flooding in 50 years. #photos
Science suggests pleasure—not anger—drives the internet’s obsession with hate-reading.
The internet hasn’t killed libraries—younger Americans are more likely than those over 30 to have visited one in the past year.
While much of the world—especially the US—now buys music digitally, CDs still account for 85% of all music sales in Japan.
Martin Amis’s newest novel, a concentration camp satire, is being roundly rejected by European publishers.
Ninety-three-year-old Auschwitz guard is charged with the deaths of more than 300,000 holocaust victims.
I am afraid that we would have had to engage people with our own gun fire. St. Louis County police chief stands by Ferguson militarization.
Ten-year-old Australian goldfish receives brain surgery, is expected to live another 20 years.
From auto-correct to U2, why iPhones are a tool of the patriarchy. #humor
Jessica Valenti: New contraception technology for men won’t address underlying gender norms around sex and reproduction.