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Homeless, barefoot boys asleep, huddled over a grating for warmth. Original photo (circa 1889) by social reformer Jacob Rils resides in the Museum of the City of New York; here shown is the cropped, colorized version by Kelly Short.  (Photo by Jacob Rils & Kelly Short) What you need to know about the enterovirus outbreak The rare virus suspected of sickening 1,000 kids in 11 states can start out like the common cold but quickly evolve into something much more serious. ABC News Blog: CDC warns of fast-spreading enterovirus afflicting children NPR Flash floods, torrential rains drench Phoenix, claim two lives Torrential rainstorms flooded Arizona roadways leaving motorists stranded and claiming two lives. More than 3 inches of rain fell in Phoenix, far surpassing the previous record set in 1939. Christian Science Monitor Arizona drought marches on despite record rain in Phoenix NBCNews.com   Violence against children: Pakistan among world’s worst Pakistan is among 10 countries with the largest number of victims of homicide among children and adolescents up to the age of 19, with close to 3000 victims in 2012. The Express Tribune Up to 700 Iraqi children killed, maimed or used as suicide bombers this year RT.com Ebola spreading ‘exponentially’ as patients seek beds in Liberia The Ebola virus is spreading exponentially across Liberia as patients fill taxis in a fruitless search for medical care, the World Health Organization said. NBCNews.com Study: Ebola vaccine fully successful in monkey tests BusinessWeek Blog: WHO doctor to be evacuated after testing positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone The Star Thousands of hidden drug-war corpses lie in Mexico’s mass graves As Mexico’s violent drug war rages on, the country has become marked with narco-graves. While more of them surface each month, critics say the government isn’t doing nearly enough to locate the dead. Vocativ   PHILANTHROPY AND AID We could have stopped this Public health officials knew Ebola was coming. They know how to defeat it, but they’re blowing it anyway. Foreign Policy Philanthropy yoga Philanthropy yoga, noun: Regularly asking deep questions about your giving in order to stay flexible as well as strategic. Huffington Post Blog: Next Generation Philanthropy Huffington Post HUMAN RIGHTS Kids work on Tennessee’s tobacco farms with few protections Gabino Luna is the new face of Tennessee‘s centuries-old tobacco industry — a teenage migrant worker from Mexico unaccompanied by his parents, forgoing an education and laboring long hours for little pay. The Tennessean Why are Alameda county jails forcing women to take pregnancy tests? For at least several years, Alameda County sheriffs and medical personnel have routinely conducted pregnancy tests on thousands of prisoners, old and young, fertile and sterile, willing or not. RH Reality Check GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS Matthew Todd Miller, facing trial in North Korea, says the US isn’t helping An American young man detained in North Korea since April, who will be put on trial, claims that his repeated pleas for help to the State Department have gone unanswered. Newsweek Nigeria‘s Boko Haram ’shoots ex-President Obasanjo‘s son’ The son of Nigeria‘s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been shot and wounded in a battle with militant Islamists, the ex-leader’s aide says. BBC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE Home Depot confirms computer data system breach Home Depot, the largest home-improvement chain, confirmed that hackers infiltrated its computer systems at stores in the U.S. and Canada. Bloomberg EU need for Russian gas via Ukraine wanes as stores fill Europe’s reliance on Russian natural gas shipments via Ukraine is declining after the region pumped a record volume of the fuel into underground inventories, minimizing the risk of shortages during the coming winter. Bloomberg SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NASA launches new era of earth science from International Space Station The launch of a NASA ocean winds sensor to the International Space Station this month inaugurates a new era of Earth observation that will leverage the space station’s unique vantage point in space. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Stephen Hawking says ‘God particle’ could wipe out the universe Stephen Hawking bet Gordon Kane $100 that physicists would not discover the Higgs boson. After the particle was detected in 2012, he lamented the discovery, saying it made physics less interesting. LiveScience Blog: God particle could wipe out the universe Sowetan Live   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Thelma Mejia): Mass deportations don‘t squelch Hondurans’ migration dreams truthout Column (John Queally): Are you ready to ‘disrupt’? Climate movement readies global mobilization CommonDreams.org Column (Guy Standing): The age of rentier capitalism Al Jazeera   Site edited by: Dipthi Battapadi, Julia Prilepina and Daniel Acosta.   GOOD NEWS Americans’ love of junk food is surprisingly good for the environment The fondness for fat and sugar that’s making more and more Americans sick has a strange upside: It creates fewer greenhouse gases than a healthy diet does. Quartz US Pacific blue whales seen rebounding close to historic levels Decades after the threat of extinction led to them being protected from whalers, there are now about 2,200 blue whales off the West Coast, roughly 97 percent of historical levels. NPR NONPROFITS & NGOS Nonprofit internships: Can you afford to work for free? For recent college grads, sometimes doing an unpaid internship for a nonprofit is a nonoption. According to a 2010 study by Intern Bridge, unpaid internships make up 57 percent of internships offered by nonprofit organizations. Chronicle Independent Puerto Rico tax change boosts donations A change in tax code in Puerto Rico resulted in a net $5 million increase in donations and almost 20,000 more residents taking a charitable deduction on their tax forms in 2011 compared to 2010. NonProfit Times ENVIRONMENT Gigantic dino “Dreadnoughtus” outsizes all titanosaurs Paleontologists in southern Patagonia, Argentina, have discovered fossils of a new long-necked, long-tailed dinosaur the size of 12 elephants. PlanetSave.com Dairy and the case for greener, healthier cows With supermarket milk cheaper than spring water, it’s time to rethink the modern dairy industry. Milk, a precious resource in many parts of the world, has become a throwaway commodity in wealthy countries. Environmental News Network Farmers and kids reap the benefits of Hudson Valley Fresh Westfair Online   Photo of the Day Kentucky Wonder pole bean vines growing on a string lattice on porch in Bradenton, Fl, late-winter (February).  (Photo by Richard Hudson)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. 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