*Warm winter could prove fatal for UK’s endangered species.* The warmth causes species to miss out on the relationships that they need to other species, and thus discoordinates ecosystems.

If they make it through this year, I doubt they will make it through winter in 2050.

The western obituaries for Desmond Tutu generally don't mention that he compared the Israeli occupation of Palestine to the apartheid that he knew from South Africa.

France has banned selling many fruits and vegetables in a plastic containers.

Anti-vaxxers in the UK are launching harassment and violent threats against scientists who advise the government about public health, and their relatives and associates.

*Colorado trucker’s 110-year sentence reduced to 10 years after outcry.*

It is not clear to me that his losing control of the truck deserves to be punished at all. He didn't decide to lose control; he tried to regain control, and failed.

Is it just to punish people for being the instrument of misfortune? Does it make society safer? I don't think so.