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1/27/17
TechNews for the week: January 27; January 23;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Coalition warplanes take out Islamic State fleet in Mosul;
Protests erupt in Gaza as electricity crisis deepens; Israel approves settlement homes in East Jerusalem; huge expansion of West Bank settlements;
Netanyahu thinks a 'state-minus' is enough for the Palestinians; Probe of Netanyahu has Israelis worried;
Czech Republic recruits cyber troops to combat pro-Russia disinformation;
UK leader admits she knew British nuclear missile flew towards United States;
On day one, reminders of potential Trump business conflicts; Trump Sued Over Foreign Emoluments;
Trump's First Executive Orders: Attack Obamacare, Raise Taxes; Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate;
Interior Department told to shut down Twitter accounts after sharing unflattering posts about Trump;
The first days inside Trump's White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot; DOJ says Trump's Son-in-Law Kushner Can Take White House Job;
Trump continues lying tactics; Trump's unsupported claim he has 'received awards on the environment'; Cory Booker calls Trump a 'liar' who uses 'propaganda';
WhiteHouse.gov petition for Trump to release tax returns hits 100,000 threshold; Trump won't release his tax returns because people don't care, top adviser says;
On Day 2 of his presidency, Trump wages war with the media over the size of his inauguration crowd;
Sean Spicer held a press conference He didn't take questions Or tell the whole truth; Challenged on falsehoods, adviser says Trump team has 'alternative facts';
Trump wrongly blames fraud for loss of popular vote; With no evidence, Trump claims that up to 5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote;
Donald Trump's definition of 'voter fraud' appears to include his own daughter and top adviser; Voter fraud claim backed by a bizarre Bernhard Langer story;
Lawyer says Trump supporter charged with voting twice shouldn't stand trial;
The Trump administration just told a whopper about the size of the federal workforce;
After ethics review, Senate postpones committee vote for Betsy DeVos; DeVos review identifies 102 financial interests with potential conflicts;
Trump cancels TTP, recasting U.S. role in global economy; halts hiring of federal workers and freezes pay raises;
Trump kills TPP, giving China its first big win; but Beijing isn't celebrating;
Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan and bolsters Bannon; Frustrated Republicans press McConnell to kill the filibuster;
Mulvaney says he would change Medicare, Social Security as OMB chief;
USDA researchers ordered to stop publishing news releases, other documents; Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump;
Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities;
White House press secretary says border wall will be funded by 20 percent import tax on Mexican goods; Here's all the land (and water) a Trump Wall would have to cover;
Mexican president cancels visit to Washington as tensions with Trump intensify; Border Patrol chief removed from post after clashing with powerful union;
GOP leaders will fork over at least $12 billion for border wall;
In these six American towns, laws targeting 'the illegals' didn't go as planned;
Trump's inflated estimate for Keystone XL construction jobs;
The State Department's entire senior administrative team just resigned; Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd;
White House Hobbles Nikki Haley Before Her First Day at the U.N.; Niki Haley's blunt vow: 'We're taking names';
Leaks from the Trump White House cast the president as a clueless child; President's 'war' with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role;
Trump favors "nuclear option" if Supreme Court pick gets blocked;
Republicans to kill U.S. rules on corruption, environment, labor and guns next week;
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas appeal over voter ID law; After Clinton wins Virginia, state Republicans try to change how votes are tallied;
Nebraska lawmaker quits after unsavory Women's March retweet; Texas lawmaker introduces bill criminalizing abortion;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Appeals court denies full hearing in data surveillance case; US fights Microsoft's bid to tell users when feds take data;
China Targets Use of Virtual Private Networks; Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter;
Obama's Legacy in Internet Security; How the Media Influences Our Fear of Terrorism;
Trump's Use of Personal Smartphone Raises Security Concerns; Security Risks of the President's Android Phone;
Conservative Groups Urge End to Broadband Privacy Order;
Doctors Want FDA to Regulate Internet Devices for Babies;
Math and science
This new Periodic Table shows the astounding origins of every atom in your body;
New Horizons To Explore Kuiper Belt Object After Successful Pluto Mission; A 466-million-year-old space collision is still raining shrapnel on Earth;
An asteroid is about to slip between Earth and the moon - the second near miss in 3 weeks;
Archaeologists shed new light on collapse of Mayan civilization; Study: Pueblo architects understand advanced geometry;
Report Details Robotic Silicon Sleeve To Aid Heartbeat and Circulation; Maryland Students Use Math Modeling Program To Plot Efficient School Bus Routes;
Freeze on Federal Activities Gives Scientists a Chill; Donald Trump's campaign shifted odds by making big data personal;
Web and computing issues
Here's how to stop robocalls on your home phone and smartphone; How bad is email for the environment?
Google Offers Advice on Optimizing Sites for Web Crawling, Indexing;
Can the law stop fake news and hoax-spreading bots? These politicians think so;
The top 5 things to know about the blockchain; Blockchain: The smart person's guide;
Windows 10 tip: Reset your PC completely; How to stop those irritating automatic Windows updates;
The inside story of the Raspberry Pi;
SC News and Politics
New online map lets you check out every DOT project in South Carolina; The Viewer;
Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina: Budget deficit hawk by day, racking up debt like most Americans at night;
Kevin Bryant is South Carolina's fifth lieutenant governor in five years;
State needs to get out of death spiral of not really governing; Lawmakers move to stop towns from banning plastic bags: Guns could be next;

Finance and Economics
U.S. economy grew 1.9 percent in fourth quarter, ending worst year for economic growth since 2011; The 100 worst traffic bottlenecks on U.S. highways;
In unprecedented move, pension plan cuts benefits promised to retirees; 9 Lies About Social Security;
UK's May Sees "Global Britain" Buoyed By Clean Energy Industrial Strategy;
Trump threatens US business with 'very major' border tax; Treasury Rates Up As China Sells Big;
U.S. blocks health insurer Aetna's $34 billion Humana acquisition; Aetna exited ACA markets in attempt to bolster case for merger;
States Vying For Part Of Proposed "Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Spending Sprees";
Trump signs executive orders seeking to revive controversial oil pipelines; TransCanada Submits New Application For Keystone XL;
Wyoming Bill Would Raise Cost Of Wind Energy; LIPA Approves Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Project;
Solar Energy Employs More People Than Fossil Fuels In US Power Sector;
Biofuel Credits Drop On Uncertainty, EPA Reaffirms RFS A Priority; Maryland Environmentalists Prepare For Fights In Annapolis;
Trump Hotels "Laggards" In Energy Efficiency;
Analysts: Widespread Adoption Of Electric Vehicles Will Require More On The Road To Start; DOT Announces 10 Official Proving Grounds For Autonomous Vehicle Testing;
Amazon Continues Building On Early Smart Speaker Lead; Engineer Designs Echo "Kill Switch";
Obama's FCC Chairman Wants Net Neutrality Protected;
Tech Sector Faces Challenges In Diversifying Workforce;
Fake news will rise as news media continues to fail;
Other news
A Trump White House; 'Facts' are just what Trump 'believes';
Mindfulness Subtly Changes the Way You React to Everything;

Education:
Colleges confront 'the skills gap'; Study suggests grading leniency is result rather than cause of low grading reliability;
Study Analyzes "Working-Class" Colleges' Turnout Of Top-Earning Low-Income Students; STEM Careers Offer Best Chance At America's Best Jobs;
United States Visa Concerns Expected to Stifle International Student Enrollment;
Student Government Presidents Urge Trump To Continue DACA; Colleges Preparing To Protect Students From Immigration Raids;
The New Financial-Aid Timeline: How Colleges Are Adjusting; States Pushing For Free College Despite Political Climate;
Virginia Legislature Kills Bill Aimed At Reduce Student Loan Burden; Judge Sides With U. of Kentucky in Fight Over Openness and Privacy;
Questions About the U. Louisville's Immediate Future ;
Education Dept. Releases Latest List of Title IX Investigations, After Failing to Do So;
What's Wrong With Econ 101; Report: Are great teachers poor scholars?
New Study Charts Recent Proliferation of Faculty Unions;
College President Finds College Scorecard Coding Error;
Florida State Republicans face scandal;

1/20/17
TechNews for the week: January 20; January 18;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
After a slow and bloody fight against ISIS, Iraqi forces pick up the pace in Mosul; Iraqi forces tighten grip on eastern half of embattled Mosul;
Islamic State attacks Syria's Deir al-Zor city, dozens dead; U.S. stealth bombers strike Islamic State fighters in Libya; Isis destroys parts of amphitheatre at Palmyra;
Israel dismisses Paris Mideast summit as "futile"; Paris summit warns against 'unilateral' steps in Mideast conflict; World diplomats tell Trump, Israel: Mideast needs peace;
Israel's Netanyahu mired in series of corruption allegations; For Israel, Energy Boom Could Make Friends Out of Enemies;
Senegalese troops enter Gambia as strongman Yahya Jammeh refuses to leave office;
Senators promise investigation of Trump-Russia ties;
Supreme Court case asks whether government officials can be sued over unconstitutional treatment;
9 foreign policy issues the Trump administration will have to face;
Trump's business ties prompt a dispute between Republicans and a tiny ethics office; Trump tweet prompts ethics office warning;
Trump's Washington hotel could trigger early test of conflicts;
Trump removes Head of D.C. National Guard in middle of inauguration; After media reports Trump transition team says asks D.C. National Guard general to stay;
John Lewis says Donald Trump isn't a legitimate president, and Trump hits back hard; Kansas election officials threw out thousands of ballots;
Donald Trump's Smack Talk Could Start A War; Trump threatens German carmakers with 35 percent U.S. import tariff;
Trump promises health insurance for all; Pressure mounts on GOP for post-Obamacare plan following CBO report;
Trump calls a key part of the Republican tax plan 'too complicated';
Trump Considers "Anti-intellectual" David Gelernter As Science Adviser; Trump's Treasury pick just doubled down on a budget trick that will steal from an entire generation;
President Trump's inaugural address; Donald Trump says he'll keep personal Twitter account; Controversial Pastor to Preach to Trump on Inauguration Day;
Chris Matthews: Trump Speech Was 'Hitlerian'; Inaugural speech marks a sharp break with past; Fact-checking Trump's inaugural address;
Fake news author is fired; apologizes to those who are 'disappointed' by his actions;
Trump Suggests CIA Director 'Leaker' Behind Unsubstantiated Report; decries 'phony' polls showing him with low approval ratings;
GOP governors who turned down Medicaid money have hands out;
Former 'Apprentice' contestant sues Trump for defamation for denying alleged groping;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
January Crypto-Gram Newsletter, DNC Hacks, Security Risks of TSA PreCheck and more;
Cloudflare's Experience with a National Security Letter; Alleged NSA Hacking Group Releases Files, Shuts Down;
New White House Privacy Report; Intelligence bill drops FBI bid to read Americans' browser history, email records;
CIA documents expose internal agency feud over psychologists leading interrogation program;
Brian Krebs Uncovers Murai Botnet Author; Marketer of Phone Hacking Tools Reports Cyber Attack;
The new Gmail phishing attack is fooling everyone; Security Bloggers Find Way to Hack Into Samsung Cameras;
Trump Turns in Smart Phone for 'Secure' Device;
Math and science
Japanese spacecraft spotted a massive gravity wave in Venus' atmosphere;
What You Need to Know About the Deadly 'Superbug' Infection Resistant to All FDA-Approved Antibiotics;
An Attempt to Replicate Top Cancer Studies Casts Doubt on Reproducibility Itself;
Mathematical Model Reveals the Patterns of How Innovations Arise;
How Statistics Lost Their Power and Why We Should Fear What Comes Next;
Web and computing issues
Google and the Misinformed Public; Facebook to flag up fake news in Germany; Facebook Blocks, Restores Russian News Outlet;
Governments suck at social media, but you deserve some blame; Rights Groups Cite Facebook's 'Racially Biased Censorship';
Windows 10: Explore the new Start menu and other changes in the Creators Update; 7 cool ways to reuse an old laptop;
11 hidden WhatsApp features; How to delete your Facebook account once and for all;
SC Politics
Clemson University Receives $1.4 DOT Award For Research Into Traffic Elimination Technology;
Haley reflects on accomplishments, but downplays flag;
Obama deserves more credit than he gets;
New SC resident sets pending state record at 7th Charleston Marathon;

Finance and Economics
China's US Treasury holdings cut to 2010 level; Britain's prime minister calls for a clean break from the E.U.;
Italy presents the EU's new bank-rescue rules with their first big test; DuPont-Dow merger faces stiff EU resistance;
With Donald Trump as President, Here's What Will Happen to the U.S. Economy; Why the Trump Market Rally is Fading;
Trump's administration will regulate Trump's businesses, raising prospect of conflicts;
Renault Trucks Develops 3D Metal Printing Process For Size, Weight Benefits; Nissan Will Begin Self-Driving Tests In London Next Month;
Natural Gas Surpassed Coal As Primary Energy Source Last Year; EIA says Getting rid of coal power plants has led to one stunning statistic;
Trump Considers Utah Attorney General as FTC Chairman; FTC's Qualcomm Lawsuit May End Before it Begins;
Investors Think Companies Will Increase Automation Under Trump Administration; Producers Turn To Automation Amid Farm Income Slump, Labor Shortage;
UNC President Says Job Candidates Have Rejected NC Over Bathroom Bill;
Citigroup agrees to $25 million penalty over 'spoofing' claims;
Other news
Trump's Seven Techniques to Control the Media; How social media is crippling democracy, and why we seem powerless to stop it;
When Truth Becomes a Commodity; Why the elites always rule;
Donald Trump was asked to name one of his heroes. His answer was very, very strange;
This man running 7 marathons on all 7 continents in 7 days;

Education:
Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60; Harvard data; Public Colleges Enhance Social Mobility and Elite Colleges Often Don't;
The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science; the syllabus;
The Need for More M.D.-Ph.D. Hybrids, and What Colleges Are Doing About It;
Education Department Approves $655 Million In Debt Relief For Defrauded Students; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Nation's Largest Student-Loan Servicer;
Education Dept. Clarifies Rule Governing Online Courses;
How to Cultivate Faculty Leaders;
Five Actions States Can Take to Bridge the Computer Science Ed Gap; Groups Respond to Reported Plan to Cut Arts and Humanities Endowments;
University Of Louisville Faces Possible Loss Of Accreditation; Kansas Supreme Court rejects KNEA suit on teacher tenure;
Oregon football workouts landed players in the hospital. Who will stand up for them;

1/13/17
TechNews for the week: January 13; January 11; January 9;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. military aid fuels ambitions for Syria's leftist Kurdish militia; Iran's former president, who was set to play crucial role in selecting next supreme leader, dies;
Israeli media report new details of Netanyahu probes;
Germany investigates fake news after bogus Breitbart story; Breitbart Has A Literally Unbelievable Response To Its False Story;
RT's Charade of Independence From Putin;
Congress looks to build border wall - paid for, at least initially, by taxpayers; Republicans Are Already Increasing The Deficit...Big Time;
Republicans quietly pass rule shielding lawmakers from criminal investigations; The Most Dangerous Bill You've Never Heard of Just Passed the House;
Republicans once again rely on a misleading Obamacare factoid;
US ambassador to Canada resigns, first under Trump overhaul;
Trump Maintaining His Own Private Security Force, Even With Secret Service Protection;
The 11 most important lines from the new intelligence report on Russia's hacking;
CNN anchor confronts Trump adviser on Russia: 'How can you say that the hacking had no impact on the election?';
Ethics official warns against confirmations before reviews are complete; Mitch McConnell Probably Regrets This Letter He Sent 8 Years Ago;
Ethics reports for four Trump nominees not yet public; Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required;
Trump's son-in-law expected to join White House as a senior adviser; Donald Trump Beats Libel Lawsuit Over Tweets Directed at Political Strategist;
Intelligence chiefs briefed Trump and Obama on unconfirmed claims Russia has compromising information on president-elect;
Leaked memos allege Trump's lawyer helped orchestrate Russian hacking;
Transcript of Trump's news conference; Fact-checking 15 fishy claims from Trump;
Trump scrambles to avoid conflicts between public, business interests; Trump's foreign network: High-rollers, risk-takers and rule-benders;
Trump outlines plan to shift assets, give up management of his company; Government ethics chief blasts Trump over plans for business;
Justice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI;
Disconnect between police and public attitudes over violent clashes;
Kansas lawmakers jump-start debate over repealing tax break; Texas City Found In Violation Of Voting Rights Act;
Washington State legislative session starts with deadlock over education funding;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
U.S. Intelligence Report Also Links Russia to Doping Attacks; Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia; Comment on the Trump Dossier;
Russian Authorities Require Removal of LinkedIn App; Internet Filtering in Authoritarian Regimes;
Election systems get 'critical infrastructure' designation; Classifying Elections as "Critical Infrastructure";
'Hacktivists' increasingly target local and state government computers; 5 things to know about ethical hacking;
Law Enforcement Access to IoT Data; NSA Given More Ability to Share Raw Intelligence Data;
Math and science
A meteorite recently slammed into Mars and left this giant black stain of a crater; Study suggests Earth once had many moonlets - until they merged to form the moon;
Our solar system might have a ninth planet, and researchers have an idea of where it came from; Comets Found Plunging Into A Young Star;
Supermassive Black Holes Found Hiding Nearby; We can't directly see black holes. This time lapse shows the awesome power of their gravity.;
A 1,000-foot-thick ice block about the size of Delaware is snapping off of Antarctica;
Taiwan's NARLabs Displays Typhoon-Monitoring UAS; Defense Department Tests Largest Micro-Drone Swarm.;
MIT Scientists Develop Super-light, Super-Strong Structure; US Army To Research 3D-Printing UAVs From Deployed Positions;
A super-cool science story about a really cold thing;
Web and computing issues
Hoaxy Visualizes the Spread of Online News; This genealogy site knows a lot about you;
Why Healthcare is Behind the Data Curve;
Collecting Student Work with Google Forms; Conditional Formatting in Google Sheets This Week, Next Week, Last Week; 17 Excel Shortcuts for 2017;
Five ways to make your site HTTPS compatible;
SC Politics
Dylann Roof, avowed white supremacist, sentenced to death for Charleston church massacre;
Supreme Court to decide lieutenant governor issue ;
MUSC Board of Trustees cuts back spending;

Finance and Economics
Repealing Obamacare Taxes Gives the Super Wealthy $7 Million More a Year; Why Republicans Hate Obamacare So Much;
A Little Laffer Curve Reality Should Guide Republican Tax Reform; Trump, Sessions Target H-1B Visa Program For Overhaul Or Elimination;
Bank of America Sued for $542 Million Over FDIC Risk Rule; Boeing Internal Memo Details More Intended Layoffs;
Kentucky Bill Aims To Encourage State Coal Use; Firm Proposes 13 Small Wind Projects In South Dakota; New Vermont Governor Keeping Renewable Energy Target;
Yahoo's name change - to Altaba - reflects just how far it has fallen;
Other news
How to remove Trump from office; Stealing Elections Is All in the Game;
President Obama's farewell speech was a remarkable pep talk on democracy;

Education:
Special report: Donald Trump and Higher Ed; Trump's victory means college officials can no longer doubt that racism still exists;
Over 800 Programs Fail Education Dept.'s Gainful-Employment Rule; The programs that failed;
Number Of Older Americans With Student Loan Debt Quadrupled In Last Decade; Education Dept Will Automatically Forgive Student Loans Incurred at Defunct For-Profit;
New Federal Guidance Is Hailed as Helping Adjuncts Collect Unemployment;
Twin Surprises at Suffolk U.: an Extra Paycheck and a Demand to Return It; Community College Pays Hacker $28,000 for Ransomware Attack;
Kentucky Senate Passes Bill To Abolish University Of Louisville Board Of Trustees; 2 More University Mergers Are Announced in Georgia;
Missouri Lawmaker Who Wants to Eliminate Tenure Says It's 'Un-American'; Lawmakers in 2 States Propose Bills to Cut Tenure;
Colleges Are Accused of Using Civics Instruction to Promote Liberal Activism;
Columbia U. Is Mostly Mum on Accusations of Plagiarism Against Top Trump Aide;
Free Online Course Outlines How to Avoid Bad Technology Choices for Flipped Learning;
When Students' Prejudices Taint Reviews of Instructors;
How to buy college football players;

1/6/17
TechNews for the week: January 6; January 4;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Syrian cease-fire crumbles as government forces advance around Damascus; The Islamic State claims responsibility for New Year's attack at Istanbul nightclub;
3,000 years ago, it ruled the Mideast, now blown to pieces;
Israeli police question Netanyahu over corruption allegation; Benjamin Netanyahu questioned again in corruption probe;
Fatal shootings by police remain relatively unchanged after two years;
House Republicans vote to rein in independent ethics office; Republicans back off after critical Trump tweet;
House ethics flap raises doubts about Trump's good-government pledge;
House Republicans revive obscure rule that could allow them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1;
GOP hard-liners might accept $1 trillion budget gap to end Obamacare; Republicans Want to Fine Lawmakers for Live-Streaming;
Trump tells U.S. ambassadors to resign by Inauguration Day;
Trump's debt held by Wall Street could reportedly pose conflicts for new administration; The public is being kept in the dark about Trump's deal with Carrier;
Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing; Ex-CIA director cuts ties with Trump team;
Trump's doubts about cybersecurity alarm experts; Trump's conspiracy theorizing on Russia's hacking, as explained by a top adviser;
Russia meddled in U.S. election, Clapper says, rejecting Trump's view;
Declassified report says Putin 'ordered' effort to undermine faith in election and help elect Trump; U.S. intercepts capture senior Russian officials celebrating Trump win;
How nostalgia for white Christian America drove so many Americans to vote for Trump;
North Carolina Republicans sue to preserve racial gerrymandering; The Assault on Democracy in North Carolina;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
America's Spies Need to Watch Their Backs; Hiding your tracks from Trump: Online privacy worries heat up;
FBI Investigating How Hackers Infiltrated FDIC Computers; N.Y. Financial Regulator Revises Cyber Security Rules for Banks;
Chinese Cybersecurity Body Urges Greater Surveillance; Trump Administration Must "Make Cybersecurity A Top Priority";
Researchers Demonstrate How to Hack Drones; Photocopier Security; Class Breaks;
FTC Sues D-Link for Failing to Ensure Security of Routers;
The Effect of Real Names on Online Behavior;
Are We Becoming More Moral Faster Than We're Becoming More Dangerous?
Math and science
A theory that challenges Newton's and Einstein's gravity and nixes dark matter passed its first test;
Scientists identify the source of mysterious radio bursts that are one of astronomy's most enigmatic phenomena;
The Wrong Eating Habits Can Hurt Your Brain, Not Just Your Waistline; The simple mistake people make when they try to eat healthy;
Scientists discover new organ in human body;
Web and computing issues
The 7 big trends that will dominate CES 2017;
Claimed Inventor of Email Files $15 Million Libel Suit;
SC Politics
Report: S.C. will lose jobs when Obamacare is repealed; Another legislator suspended; Session to start Tuesday;
Oregon's election system offers model for S.C.;

Finance and Economics
US adds 156k jobs, unemployment rate climbs to 4.7%; Roughly inline employment report likely to keep Fed on course; 'Routine' Jobs Are Disappearing;
What Goldman Sachs told its millionaire clients about 2017; Who will really win in an Obamacare repeal;
New Trans-Siberian rail link would mean passengers could travel 6,000 miles from London to TOKYO;
Analysts See Solar Costs Dropping Below Coal Globally; Biofuel Producers, Some Refiners Back Renewable Credit Trading Oversight;
Internet providers pushing for a repeal of Obama-era privacy rules;
Equifax and TransUnion fined $23 million for misrepresenting credit products; DuPont to pay $10.5M in punitive damages over leaked chemical;
Toyota To Continue Building Human-Driven Cars In Coming Years; Trump just threatened Toyota, but it looks like he got the facts wrong;
Two contractors allege getting stiffed for work on Trump's D.C. hotel;
Airbus Moves US Engineering Unit To Wichita State Facility;
Other news
Donald Trump 'lies.' A lot. And news organizations should say so; When telling the truth is actually dishonest; What It's Like to Read Fake News For Two Weeks;
How Clemson joined Alabama and Ohio State in college football royalty;
To Change Your Life, Learn How to Trust Your Future Self;

Education:
Report: Computer Use Doesn't Stunt Middle Schooler Social Development; On the Front Lines of a New Culture War;
ED Releases Final Higher Education Distance Learning Rules;
Substitute teacher shortage in Michigan no surprise; New York Governor Announces Free-College Plan;
Wisconsin Legislative Agenda Could Have Range of Effects on Higher Ed; Awaiting a State Budget, Illinois Colleges Adapt and Hope;
For-Profit Sage College Abruptly Closes Amid Accrediting Issue;