| Good morning! Becoming partly cloudy, with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms north. Highs in the mid-70s to lower 80s. Happy International Cat Day! In honor of the day, relive one of the greatest lost-and-found cat tales (tails?) of all time. | Forecast |
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The FBI and other law enforcement agencies haven't described Saturday's mosque bombing as terrorism. Some say there's a double standard at play. | Bombed mosque couldn't afford to have security cameras, director says |
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| A long-awaited federal report recommends using methods including noise, electricity, water jets and other methods to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. | DNR tags invasive carp to track movement |
In a 3,300-word document that has been shared across Google's internal networks, an engineer at the company said "biological causes" are part of the reason women aren't represented equally. Bloomberg and Reuters report the engineer has been fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes." |
The costs of higher education are softening in some places, but experts aren't too excited yet. | Education |
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| KA Designs introduced a "new" swastika, promising to reclaim the ancient symbol from the stigma of Nazi Germany. Not surprisingly, it didn't work. |
| The shopping event is an opportunity for people in south Minneapolis to not only to meet their neighbors, but also support them by buying the things they make. | People & Places |
Psychologist Jean Twenge has observed dramatic shifts in behavior among children who go through adolescence with smartphones. They're spending less time with friends and reporting greater anxiety. |
| After a series of $14 tax bills went unnoticed, San Francisco auctioned Presidio Terrace off to the highest bidder -- a couple from San Jose. They're thinking of charging residents to park there. In his latest novel and essay collection, writer Paul Kingsnorth explores cataclysmic change through a new lens. | More from The Thread: The multiple, terrifying, worlds of Ben Percy's writing |
