Extra, Extra

Gonna Be Hard to Wiggle Out of This One: “Oil prices have shot toward $110 a barrel. The price spike has caused rolling blackouts, rationing and angry protests from Asia to Latin America. In the Philippines, fishermen docked their boats because they can’t afford fuel. In Bangladesh, power outages caused hourslong work stoppages at factories. In Guatemala, protesters burned tires and cars.” And this is all happening as the oil reserves being used by individual nations are running low. NYT (Gift Article): Global Economy Is Running Out of Wiggle Room.

+ Git Happens: MoJo: The Trump Administration Is Imprisoning Somali Immigrants at Gitmo. “The worst place ever I’ve been in my life.”

+ Don’t Call it a Comeback: “As cases and deaths rise, the reality becomes harder to ignore: Measles, a disease the country seemingly overcame 30 years ago, is once again killing Americans.” Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous.

+ Human Wrecking Ball: “A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.”

+ Garbage In, Data Out: “The city of Dallas, Texas, armed its trash collection trucks with AI-powered cameras earlier this year … They’re being used to assign ‘blight scores’ to homes and send residents warning letters about things like grass height and dirty chimneys. Basically, we now have the technology to turn the entire country into an HOA.”

+ Mitch Session: Mitch is back. Sort of.

+ Cat Out of the Hat: “For the first time in a century, researchers say they’ve identified a new species of wild cat previously unknown to science.” Meet the Leopardus Tilcayo. (You’re excited about it. But it’s already bored with you.)