- An African-American man has pleads guilty to impersonating a white supremacist in a fictitious Facebook account to make death threats against an African-American university student and pretending to be a white supremacist outraged by the election of Barack Obama. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/crime/08/13/facebook.racial.threat/index.html 8 comments politics
- A strong majority of American adults over 50—including the 37% of older adults who own guns or live with someone who does—supports specific steps that could reduce the risk of firearm injury and death, according to a University of Michigan study https://news.umich.edu/most-older-adults-support-steps-to-reduce-firearm-injury-risk-u-m-study-shows/ 20 comments science
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said North Korea should swiftly return South Koreans and Americans detained in the reclusive nation and that it had "a heavy responsibility" in the death of a U.S. university student. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-northkorea-detainee-moon-idukkbn19b1e4 220 comments worldnews
- Americans who have bachelor's degrees living progressively longer over the past three decades, while the two-thirds without bachelor's degrees have been dying younger since 2010, according to new research by two Princeton University economists who first sounded the alarm on "deaths on despair" https://academictimes.com/lifespan-now-more-associated-with-college-degree-than-race-princeton-economists/ 24 comments economy