International News
Hong Kong protests: Activists disrupt rush hour trains
BBC World News
Activists prevented trains from leaving across the city. Some blocked doors while others sounded emergency alarms.
Crowds of passengers were left stuck on subway platforms and services were badly delayed for much of the morning.
Anti-government protests have rocked the city in recent weeks and are causing ongoing disruption.
'World's tallest work of public art' to land on Belgian motorway
The Guardian
A Belgian motorway has been confirmed as the site of what is being billed as the world’s tallest public artwork, which at 60 metres will be twice as high as the statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro and taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Egypt must end human rights abuses of political prisoners: group
Al Jazeera
Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities "to immediately end cruel and inhume conditions" of political detainees, who have been on hunger strike at a notorious maximum security prison in Cairo.
US News
US-China trade war: 'We're all paying for this
BBC World News
I've been building my business, and growing it year after year, and then this happened," says Sherrill Mosee, who is one of the many who've been caught in the crossfire of the US and China tariff war.
Why Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — presidential candidates who want to break up Google
Vox News
In interviews with Recode, Google employees (mostly engineers who work on everything from Android to virtual reality) who donated to Sanders and Warren said that breaking up Google could help consumers and spur more tech innovation by allowing for more competition from upstarts. Some even said they thought regulation could force Google itself to return to its startup roots, recreating the bootstrapped work culture that they say enabled the company’s initial success. (Google executives don’t exactly agree.)
John Dillinger exhumation to be documented by History channel
Chicago Tribune
For years, John Dillinger and his gang terrorized the Midwest, robbing banks, escaping from prisons and killing people, including a police officer.
Here Comes Big Boy!!!!!!! The world’s largest steam locomotive is crossing America, and America is in love.
Slate
The world’s largest steam engine is making its way across the country, attracting crowds in cities and small towns wherever it goes. Currently chugga-chugga-choo-chooing across the Midwest, the hulking black engine is spreading old-fashioned analog delight across America’s heartland and leaving wholesome local news stories in its wake. The steam engine’s name is Big Boy, and he is a very big boy.
Science/Environment News
Walkability is key: A look at greenspace use
Phys.org
If city planners want more people to visit community greenspaces, they should focus on "putting humans in the equation," according to a new study from University of Arizona researchers.