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Juan Cole | Trump's Massive Mission Creep in Syria 
Syrian government forces shell a rebel-held neighbourhood in Daraa last week. (photo: AFP)
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The US is warning Syria against attempting to recover lands lost to rebels south of Damascus."
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A child in detention at the U.S./Mexico border. (photo: Getty Images)
A child in detention at the U.S./Mexico border. (photo: Getty Images)

US Lost Track of 1,500 Immigrant Children, but Says It's Not 'Legally Responsible'
Dakin Andone, CNN
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Tonya Johnson trying to remove a swastika that was spray-painted on a headstone at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates cemetery in Glen Carbon, Ill. More than 200 headstones and monuments were similarly vandalized. (photo: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Tonya Johnson trying to remove a swastika that was spray-painted on a headstone at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates cemetery in Glen Carbon, Ill. More than 200 headstones and monuments were similarly vandalized. (photo: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Swastikas Spray-Painted on More Than 200 Headstones at Illinois Cemetery
Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "This type of swastika vandalism is more common than many people realize."
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Restart your router. (photo: Quartz)
Restart your router. (photo: Quartz)

FBI Tells Router Users to Reboot Now to Kill Malware Infecting 500k Devices
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Goodin writes: "The FBI is advising users of consumer-grade routers and network-attached storage devices to reboot them as soon as possible to counter Russian-engineered malware that has infected hundreds of thousands of devices."
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Children at the border. (photo: AP)
Children at the border. (photo: AP)

We're Making Undocumented People Wear Yellow Bracelets Now
Katherine Krueger, Splinter News
Krueger writes: "Not only are we ripping families apart for the unthinkable crime of crossing the border, immigration officials are also apparently making parents wear yellow insignia to denote their status."
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, May 23, 2018. (photo: Reuters)
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, May 23, 2018. (photo: Reuters)

Britain's May Faces Calls to Relax Northern Ireland Abortion Rules
Andrew MacAskill, Reuters
MacAskill writes: "British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a showdown with ministers and lawmakers in her Conservative party after refusing to back reform of Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion rules after neighboring Ireland's vote to liberalize its laws."
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Puna Geothermal Venture is seen near a lava field from the Kilauea Volcano in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii, U.S., May 24, 2018. (photo: Reuters)
Puna Geothermal Venture is seen near a lava field from the Kilauea Volcano in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii, U.S., May 24, 2018. (photo: Reuters)

Lava Covers Potentially Explosive Well at Hawaii Geothermal Plant
Jolyn Rosa, Reuters
Rosa writes: "Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has covered a potentially explosive well at a geothermal power station and threatened another, after flowing onto the site, officials said."
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