Here’s what I’m reading up on this morning:
- Barack Obama addresses the U.N., where he pretty much sounds like George Bush.
- Meanwhile, the U.S. is using new, overpriced war jets that cause pilots to knock out during flight to bomb Syria.
- A white South Carolina trooper is charged for shooting a black unarmed motorist.
- The California Highway Patrol and Marlene Pinnock, who was senselessly beaten by officer Daniel Andrew, have come to a $1.5 million settlement; Andrew is also resigning as part of the settlement.
- You might be surprised to learn which retailer sells more vinyl than anyone else in the world.
- Tight pockets are bending those new iPhones.
- Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa call it quits.
- ESPN’s Bill Simmons is suspended after going in on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
- Researchers find a correlation between people who work 55 or more hours in "low socioeconomic status jobs" and Type 2 diabetes.
- Wow. NASA observes steamy water vapor on an exoplanet 120 light-years away.