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Focus, support enable more US teens to master math

You wouldn’t see it in most classrooms, but a cadre of American teenagers are reaching world-class heights in math — more of them, more regularly, than ever before.

The Atlantic

Lumber Liquidators: Math blunder reignites doubts

Bloomberg

Uber driver charged in random shooting spree

An Uber driver has been charged with six counts of murder after a random shooting spree. Jason Brian Dalton, a driver for ride-sharing app Uber, was reported to be picking up passengers in between the attacks.

BBC

Rampage: What we know and don’t know

CNN

US, Russia forge terms of cease-fire in Syria

The U.S. and Russia have agreed on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect Saturday, even as major questions over its enforcement remain unresolved.

NBCNews.com

Blasts kill 122 in Syria; ISIS claims responsibility

CNN

Apple wants public to weigh in on encryption

Apple Inc. is urging the creation of a government panel on encryption, the latest salvo in a standoff over a locked iPhone linked to the San Bernardino massacre.

Reuters

Caste protest disrupts Delhi water supply

More than 10 million people in India’s capital, Delhi, lost their water after protesters sabotaged a canal serving the city.

BBC

Cyclone Winston death toll rises in Fiji

Workers are scrambling to reach hard-hit outer islands in Fiji to fully assess the scope of the devastating cyclone that struck the Pacific Island nation over the weekend, killing at least 21 people.

CNN

Video of strongest tropical cyclone in Fiji’s history

Guardian

IN-DEPTH

Why some conservative colleges in Texas are saying no to concealed-carry law on campuses

When University of Texas at Austin President Gregory Fenves announced new policies to comply with Senate Bill 11, which orders public colleges to allow licensed, concealed guns into campus buildings, he made his reluctance clear.

Christian Science Monitor

Showdown looms over university’s reading of campus carry law

FOX News

El Chapo’s wife speaks out to Telemundo

The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, Emma Coronel Aispuro, said in her first-ever interview that she fears for the life of her husband and has not seen him since he was recaptured on January 8/

NBCNews.com

Interview:

El Chapo

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

NC governor aims to block transgender action

North Carolina’s largest city may allow transgender people to choose public bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities, prompting the governor to call the measure a threat to public safety.

ABC News

American Girl will debut civil rights era doll

American Girl is preparing to release a new historical doll. Melody Ellison is a 9-year-old growing up in Detroit during the 1960s civil rights era, a girl who loves to sing and uses her voice to make a difference.

CBS News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Leaders of Nepal, India mend fences

K.P. Oli of Nepal and Narendra Modi of India have overcome mutual misgivings, India‘s foreign secretary said, after talks over Nepal’s recently adopted constitution.

Reuters

Bolivia rejects new re-election bid by president

Bolivians rejected leftist President Evo Morales’ bid to seek a fourth term and potentially extend his presidency until 2025, local media reported.

Yahoo! News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Islamic State rigs currency to prop up finances

Islamic State militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are manipulating the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars to squeeze money out of local people as coalition bombers attack the group’s finances.

Reuters

What’s next for oil production?

After Russia and Saudi Arabia joined in discussing capping crude output to stabilize sinking oil prices, the price of global crude began to stabilize, although the outlook for oil prices worldwide remained far from rosy.

International Business Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Augmented reality’ technology promising

“Augmented reality” (AR) technology, a clumsy phrase that just means overlaying digital information onto the physical world via an electronic device, holds great promise in medicine and scientific exploration.

BBC

Democrats push bill to fight online threats

A group of Democratic senators led by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is pushing legislation that would make it easier to convict people who make violent threats online.

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

106-year-old woman dances with the Obamas

Virginia McLaurin thought she would never live to see the inside of the White House. But on Thursday, Feb. 18, the 106-year-old African American woman got to pose for a photo with the first black president and his wife.

TIME

What life was like when Virginia McLaurin was born

BBC

How do penguins waddle?

While penguins’ torpedo-shaped bodies might be perfect for swimming around icebergs and dodging seals, walking poses a whole new set of challenges, according to a new study.

Smithsonian Magazine

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Egyptian torture watchdog fights closure

The director of Egypt’s only independent torture monitor has reaffirmed that her organization will carry on its work unless police enforce the closure of the center.

Middle East Eye

600 Ugandan women complain about vote

A control center set up in Uganda to monitor violence against women and other obstacles preventing women from voting in last week’s presidential election said it had received nearly 600 complaints.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ENVIRONMENT

US drought’s impact projected to spread far

The harmful effects of the drought, scientists say in a new paper, are likely to spread east as conditions are expected to intensify, altering the distributions of species and the biodiversity of landscapes nationwide.

Christian Science Monitor

Emissions cutbacks may save 295,000 lives

A new study shows that reducing US emissions enough to avoid the two-degree Celsius increase in planetary warming could save 295,000 lives by 2030.

Newsweek

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Bra auction to benefit breast cancer charity

A collection of bras exclusively designed and signed by iconic Scots and fashion brands are to be showcased and auctioned in Edinburgh. Proceeds will go to cancer charity Walk The Walk, organizers of The MoonWalk Scotland.

BBC

Lebanon PM to visit Gulf after Saudis cut aid

Lebanon’s prime minister says he will head a ministerial delegation to visit Gulf states in the near future after Saudi Arabia halted security assistance deals worth $4 billion.

ABC News

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