In most large US cities, solar panels are a very good investment.

Prisoner Ricky Martin begged to be moved away from his violent cellmate, but he wasn't moved, and he was murdered.

There is some reason to think the guards arranged for him to be murdered.

Microsoft has stopped informing some users about bugs in Windows. Now it tells only the NSA.

Freedom of speech in France takes another hit: a comedian has been arrested for a vague statement which the state interpreted as sympathy for one of the killers. And that's one of 54 prosecutions for illegal speech launched in France since the march to defend freedom of speech.

Even if someone unambiguously expressed support for the killers, that would still be part of freedom of speech.

Mining The high price of gold is encouraging mining that is based on deforestation.

There are many problems like this. What they add up to is, when most of the Earth is covered with human activities, preserving a fraction for wildlife is harder than it looks.