Here’s the top news this evening:
- Early Afghan combat handover agreed (BBC) — Obama says this after meeting with Karzai.
- France sends troops to Mali to fight al-Qaeda-allied militias (WashPost) — First Libya, now this. France is getting kind of aggressive these days.
- US to get hotter, drier and more disaster-prone (The Guardian) — Interesting that a Brit paper is leading with this (of course, I think that’s because it knows I’m in the U.S.; readers in London probably see something else).
- Obama to push assault weapons ban (WashPost) — White House disputes rumors he’ll back off because of the perceived resistance in Congress.
- Local social media celebrity died of natural causes before wreck (thestate.com) — The news I previously shared about Rick Stilwell, a.k.a. @RickCaffeinated.
- After 50 Years, Cuba Drops Unpopular Travel Restriction (NPR) — It doesn’t cover everyone though. Top scientists and athletes, for instance, are still stuck there.
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We got what we wanted out of Afghanistan (Bin Laden); they don’t want us; we shoud leave.
Actually, we found bin Laden in Pakistan, but I understand your point, Karen; I’m just being pedantic.
Any updates on a fix to the security certificate message glitch? It’s still appearing on my desktop (Windows7)…like an annoying pop-up ad.