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Think you’re sleep-deprived? Try being a single mother

A survey to find the most sleep-deprived people in the United States identified — perhaps not surprisingly — single parents, most especially single moms.

Tech Times

Cities that get the most sleep

KRCR

High court seems sure to rule against unions

The Supreme Court has left little doubt where it stands on the issue of requiring all workers in a bargaining unit to support its public employees union: It’s ready to strike the requirement.

USA TODAY

‘El Chapo’ extradition to US may take a year

The head of extradition for the Mexican Attorney General’s Office says it probably will take at least a year to extradite Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States.

ABC News

Famished Syrians weep as aid convoy arrives

The first shipment of foreign aid since October has reached the besieged Syrian city of Madaya, bringing starving residents to tears at the sight, a UN source told CNN. The 44-truck convoy brought food, blankets and medicine.

CNN

Video of townspeople gathering to greet aid convoy

BBC

Obamas invite Syrian refugee to State of the Union address

USA TODAY

Scale of New Year’s Eve assaults stokes German debate on welcoming asylum-seekers

Assaults in German cities on New Year’s Eve have prompted more than 600 criminal complaints. Police suspicion rests on asylum seekers, spurring opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door migrant policy.

Reuters

Blog:

Night of shame,’ week of soul-searching: Cologne attacks divide Germany

NPR

Suicide attack at Baghdad mall kills 16 people

Suicide bombers and gunmen killed at least 16 people and took hostages in an attack on a mall in the Iraqi capital, an especially brazen assault in a city used to militant violence.

Bloomberg

NASA coordinating protection from asteroids

A major step has been taken to coordinate U.S. agencies and intergovernmental efforts to respond to future near-Earth objects that threaten Earth.

Christian Science Monitor

IN-DEPTH

Obama security team asks Silicon Valley CEOs how to thwart use of Internet to foment terror

Much of the national security leadership of the Obama administration is flying to California to seek tech firms’ help in figuring out how to thwart terrorists who use the Internet to recruit, radicalize and plan attacks.

MSN Money

Human actions create Anthropocene era

Anthropocene is different from the previous epoch, the Holocene, because of how human actions have affected “measurable signals in geological strata” of sediments and ice.

Bills Insider

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Trump urged to apologize to Muslim woman ejected from rally after protesting bigotry

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is demanding an apology from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after a Muslim woman was escorted out of a South Carolina campaign rally.

USA TODAY

Will GOP split over class, ethnic resentment?

The GOP is facing a historic split over its fundamental principles and identity, as its once powerful establishment grapples with class tensions, ethnic resentments and mistrust among working-class conservatives.

Santa Fe New Mexican News

TERROR

Belgian police find possible bomb-making site

Belgian police have found a Brussels flat where bombs used in the Paris attacks could have been made and where key suspect Salah Abdeslam may have hidden after the massacre, prosecutors said Friday.

MSN News

Israeli forces kill Tel Aviv shooting suspect

An Israeli Arab wanted for shooting dead three people in Tel Aviv on 1 January has been killed by security forces in northern Israel. Nashat Melhem was tracked down to a mosque in his home town of Arara and killed in a gun battle.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

British protesters gather at Embassy to urge Saudi Arabia to free dissident blogger

Protesters held a vigil outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in London for dissident blogger Raif Badawi, who was imprisoned for ten years and sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.

International Business Times

Mexican navy rescues 9 Cuban migrants at sea

Mexico’s navy rescued nine Cuban refugees this week from a makeshift boat found adrift in the Caribbean off the Yucatán Peninsula, officials said.

International Business Times

Coast Guard seeing steady increase in illegal migration attempts

KeysInfoNet

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Some states may see gas nearing $1 a gallon

You would have to think back a long way to remember a time when gasoline was $1 per gallon. According to experts, however, some states – including Alabama – could likely see gas near the $1 mark before too long.

AL.com

Catalytic converter will fix cars, VW chief says

Volkswagen AG will propose to U.S. authorities a new catalytic converter system that could be fitted to about 430,000 cars capable of cheating diesel emissions tests, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller says.

Reuters

Commodities glut follows China buying binge

For years, China gobbled up all manner of metals, crops and fuels as its economy rapidly expanded. Countries and companies aggressively broadened their operations, betting China’s appetite would grow unabated.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

China says its forex reserves relatively abundant despite drop

Times of India

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Artificial intelligence taught to get humor

Researchers have trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to understand and predict visual humor, representing a major development towards creating “common sense” machines.

Newsweek

Brainwaves analyzed to predict speech

Extrasensory perception (ESP) and telepathy have not been scientifically proven. However, new research suggests mind reading may not be all that far fetched.

iDigitaltimes

Wearables inch toward a purpose in 2016

Smart minds are beginning to craft gear that does one job, and does it well. Right now, nobody has been able to make a wearable that everyone needs, but that’s no longer the goal.

Engadget

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Benjamin Spoer):

Flint’s water crisis is a human rights violation

Al Jazeera

Column (Bernd Riegert):

Groping incidents in Cologne exacerbate EU refugee crisis

Deutsche Welle

Column (Lucy Schouten):

How does NASA plan to pay for a Mars mission?

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Space station zinnias rebound from blight

Zinnia experimental plants growing aboard the International Space Station have staged a dramatic New Year’s comeback from a potential near death experience.

Universe Today

How you could live if you won the jackpot

Given that the lottery winner is probably unfamiliar with the world of the rich and famous, here’s a guide to the splendid ways the winner can spend this newfound fortune.

CBS News

Powerball Jackpot: The Fantasy of Winning Big

ABC News

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Rights groups fight India’s exception to ban on use of animals in performance

Animal welfare groups have decided to challenge the Union government’s decision to create an exception to the Supreme Court ban and allow Jallikattu, a bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu, though with safeguards.

NGO News World

Are there too many NGOs on Lesbos?

An outpouring of goodwill has seen volunteers flock to the Greek island of Lesbos, but the mayor says the presence of unregistered NGOs is more disruptive than useful.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Lacking state help, organizations provide bottled water to people of lead-poisoned Flint

Michigan has declared the Flint water crisis an emergency — but the state has not yet provided bottled water even though lead levels are still high. Churches and other organizations have been left to fill the gap.

NBCNews.com

Beijing to shut 2,500 firms to fight pollution

Beijing will close 2,500 small polluting firms this year in its latest effort to combat pollution, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing the municipal government.

Reuters

Beijing imposed $28 million in pollution fines last year - Xinhua

Reuters

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Leaders of nonprofits and foundations applaud White House for actions to limit gun sales

Some nonprofit and foundation leaders are heralding a move by the White House this week to curb gun violence and called on others to take up the issue.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Foundations support new theater works

The Wallace Alexander Gerbode and William and Flora Hewlett foundations have announced grants totaling $300,000 in support of the creation and production of new theater works by California playwrights.

Philanthropy News Digest

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Boats on the beach in Montgat, a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. (Photo by Candi via Flickr) Photo used under CC BY

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