The Arts: Christianity: Gizmodo reports that some Catholic priests are performing exorcisms over a phone connection.
Computing: Gizmodo reports that the European Union is proposing to give robots/artificial intelligences legal status as persons, much like corporations may have such legal status, but not be able to vote, and with other limitations. A number of AI experts, and other experts, don't think this is a good idea.
Finance: (or something) National Public Radio reports that those stickers and labels, saying "warranty void if removed," are illegal.
Health: New Scientist reports that people who stay up late are more likely to die.
(or something) FiveThirtyEight reports that suicides may be a bigger threat to police than various kinds of non-police angry people, but that no one is keeping track of police suicides, nationwide.
Humor: (and several other categories) National Public Radio remembers Carl Kasell, long-time newcaster with a splendid voice, and also part of its humor and news show, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, here and here.
Politics: Sojourners asks why many evangelicals still support Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, in spite of several ethically questionable actions.
More on Pruitt's questionable behaviors, which have been questioned by the EPA, itself.
We may be concerned, and should be, about the fate of Syrian civilians, but the US has accepted only 11 Syrian refugees this year, so far, according to NPR.
Relevant reports that Franklin Graham has questioned the Christianity of political progressives.
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