Larry Krasner, the new District Attorney of Philadelphia, is redirecting prosecution from oppressing people as hard as possible, on any excuse, to leading people away from crime. Especially sex workers and marijuana users.

Prison and probation will be focused on serious criminals.

The Minneapolis thug that killed Justine Damond last July has been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Since a decade ago, US college students have started to lack emotional empathy for others.

The small sample size means that we shouldn't be entirely sure of this result. If it holds up, it could be an effect of some or all aspects of technology, but it isn't obvious a priori which aspects would be responsible. It might have been due to growing up with cable TV.

It might be a response to the precariousness of employment, caused by the financial crisis, and the consequent lack of good jobs.

The US Senate rejected the resolution to deauthorize US support for the bombardment of Yemen.

However, it came within a few votes of winning. I think that is great progress. There will probably be another attempt next year.

Many bird species in France are crashing, and scientists suspect it is because pesticides now kill the insects birds would have eaten in the past.

It was noted recently in Germany that the population of flying insects had decreased by 3/4 since a few decades ago. That article did not specify a cause, but it could be due to pesticides.