Italy's efforts to prosecute people-smugglers have gone astray. They concentrate on the boat drivers, who are usually migrants conscripted into that job, and can't get evidence to identify the real smugglers, who stay in Africa.

Venezuela's coup-supporting opposition has been thwarted, and visible US support has driven Venezuelans away from it. Now the political division is between supporters of Chavismo and Maduro, and supporters of reforming Chavismo to move on from Maduro.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has set the "doomsday clock" at 100 seconds to midnight, representing the dangers of global heating, pollution and resource exhaustion as well as possible nuclear war.

The bully admitted his plan to cut funds for Medicare.

(satire) *In response to ongoing complaints of unexpected outages and subpar customer service response times, cable provider Comcast debuted a new bundle deal Thursday that includes 24/7 live-in technical support.*