The NSA is investigating how it will spy on internet-connected "smart" gadgets and appliances in the homes of people who make the mistake of having such things.

If the device has proprietary software in it, it does not deserve to be trusted. The software's proprietor might design it to snoop on you or mislead you. However, even if the proprietor doesn't put in a malicious feature, the software is likely to have security flaws, and users won't be allowed to release corrected versions for you to install.

A defector from the Honduran army says that a US-trained unit was ordered to kill Berta Cáceres.

This is not unusual for US-trained Latin American military. US-trained officers participated in torture and murder of dissidents in the 1970s.

Wall Street vultures are suing Puerto Rico, asking the US to make Puerto Rico prioritize paying them over caring for its citizens.

However, the "PROMESA" bill is not a solution. It is repression as seen in Detroit and Greece.

Conservationists will move 500 elephants from a place where numbers are growing to a sanctuary for eventual repopulation of other areas.

A new fatal kidney disease seems to be caused by hard work in high temperatures. Global heating will make it spread.