WORLD STORIES - 09/15/2018

Russia reportedly warned Mattis it could use nuclear weapons in Europe, and it made him see Moscow as an 'existential threat' to the US.

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'I will rape you': female journalists face 'relentless' abuse, with more than half of women in media suffering work-related abuse, threats or physical attacks in the past year according to a recent survey.

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Manafort to plead guilty in Mueller probe.

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread.

self.politics
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Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at first-responders in Puerto Rico.

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Trump Doubles Down On Puerto Rico Death Toll Claims Despite Backlash.

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The brain has a “noise cancelling” circuit in the form of a cortical filter that learns to suppress the acoustic consequences of movement, so that we can dynamically filter out the sounds of our own movement such as our own footsteps, as shown in a new mouse study..

nature.com
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Men whose first child is a girl are more likely to support policies that promote gender equity than men whose first child is a boy..

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Wikipedia generated over $114k revenue for Reddit in 2016, because posts with Wikipedia links get more views and generate more ad revenue. While Wikipedia content generates revenue for Reddit and Stack Overflow, those sites do not bring any benefit back to Wikipedia.

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DATE: 09/15/2018