Headlines from July 23, 2015

For the third “straight” year, most Americans accept our gay reality.
New study: Glaciers melting 10x faster than expected; ocean to rise 10 feet in 50 years.
Trump has around 515 jobs and whether he’s worth $50 million is anyone’s guess.
Oncologists stand with movement to stop the rapid price increases of cancer drugs.
Ahead of Obama’s Kenya trip, US carries out secret airstrikes against Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
“[Obama] stayed away from Kenya until now, unwilling to provoke the obvious political circus.”
White House says plan to close Guantánamo Bay nearly ready.
Researcher finds incarceration turns small-time offenders into career criminals.
Dylann Roof to be charged with federal hate crime.
Congress waits to hear from Mississippi before removing Confederate sympathizer flag from US Capitol.
Hundreds of human rights lawyers arrested and detained in Chinese crackdown.
NYC’s notoriously difficult gun permit application process has spawned a slew of consulting firms.
Pharmaceutical companies are doubling down their research on people with rare genetic mutations.
Ikea offers repair kits to all owners of a dresser that killed two children.
Air conditioning uses less energy than heating, but seems unnatural and therefore wrong.
New York will increase fast-food workers’ minimum wage from $8.75 to $15 an hour.
Nicholas Jaar and friends feed artists’ samples to drums equipped with sensors. #video
A brief, amazing history of sci-fi movie sound effects.
“Why I deleted your band’s promo email.”