- American novelist Philip Roth has died at the age of 85, Roth was known for a Pulitzer-winning, prolific career that included "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Portnoy's Complaint".
- Democrat Stacey Abrams will be the first black female major party candidate to run as governor in Georgia after winning her primary last night, with women in four states advancing to the general.
- House lawmakers from both parties are expected to grill US Olympics executives on widespread failure to prevent sexual abuse, days after new abuse allegations have arisen in women's swimming.
- House lawmakers have also passed a sweeping Senate rollback of Dodd-Frank banking regulations imposed after the 2008 financial crisis, Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill this week.
- Online retail giant Amazon is shopping mass facial recognition technology to US law enforcement, prompting major privacy warnings from civil liberties groups.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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