Butting Heads With Fighter Jets: South China Sea edition!
Killing Toddlers By Drone: The US military expresses its “deep regrets” for extinguishing the life a baby with a sky robot on Thanksgiving day.
Because Boeing Is So Special: The Missouri governor is calling a special session of the legislature in order to lure Boeing and its 777X production line to the state. Your move, Inslee.
Because Wal-Mart Is So Fucked Up: Protesters descended on Wal-Mart stores across the country to protest the retail giant’s exploitive labor practices, from Chicago to Dallas to Los Angeles and more. In Federal Way, a worker who says he was fired illegally took part, while in Bellevue, a dozen or so demonstrators were arrested by police in riot gear. Fights and stampedes broke out (one outlet reported a catastrophically high death toll). Nevertheless, Wal-Mart claims it broke sales records.
Rebuilding in the Philippines: It’s difficult going. A young Haitian, reflecting on his country’s attempts to recover from the 2010 earthquake, explains why.
While You Were Shopping: 52 people died in Iraq in the latest outburst of sectarian violence.
Malware Attack: Whoops! UW Medicine has begun notifying some 90,000 patients that their Social Security numbers and other personal information may have been stolen last month.
$50K Fine Over A Spilled Drink: Jason Kidd was always a smart, smooth basketball player. Surprised he thought he could get away with this.
You call it Thanksgiving? We call it things taken: