Why you shouldn't laugh off North Korea's "H-bomb;" lead in the water in Flint, MI; and allegations of mass attacks on women in Germany.
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North Korea blew something up, but not an H-bomb
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North Korea almost certainly did test some sort of nuclear device, though. The best guess right now appears to be that they tested a "boosted fission bomb" — which would still cause a lot of destruction if lobbed at, say, Seoul.
[VICE News / Ryan Faith]
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Perhaps more important is the shift in North Korea's strategy on nukes. Former leader Kim Jong Il used the nuclear program as a bargaining chip for foreign aid. Current leader Kim Jong Un appears to want the world to take North Korea's nuke program seriously, and accept the nation as a nuclear power.
[New Yorker / Barbara Demick]
Michigan's lead emergency
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The problem started in 2014, when Flint changed its water source as a cost-cutting measure — and immediately started ignoring residents' complaints about the water's smell, taste, and effects on their health.
[Vox / Libby Nelson]
A very troubling story out of Cologne
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"The very next day, May 14, Alexander received an e-mail from a friend. The subject line read simply: 'The Pope.' It included a link to an article detailing Vatican plans for Pope Francis to visit South America in July—at the very time when he was supposed to be officiating at her wedding."
[Vanity Fair / Adam Ciralsky]
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"It’s funny, mostly, that we’re in an Age of Everything Is Very Beautiful when I’m super ugly some days and that’s just how it is. Stuff doesn’t fit right, my hair looks weird, my face is bleeding. I’m fine. There are other days."
[Medium / Fran Hoepfner]
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