More than 10,000 cases have been confirmed on the island, including infections in over 1,000 pregnant women, and dozens more are reported each day.

Time for a second look at Corey Lewandowski? Maybe.
Monday’s New York Times has a bombshell of an article on current Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort that accuses him of taking millions of dollars in cash payments from former Ukrainian President Viktor F. Yanukovych. Here’s the opener:

KIEV, Ukraine — On a leafy side street off Independence Square in Kiev is an office used for years by Donald J…

The world isn’t perfect, so there will always be a certain number of tragedies that could be prevented. But in some cases, they are caused by glaring errors that could easily be stopped by the slightest degree of attention. When it comes to medicine and treatment, there are many safeguards to keep tainting and infections […]
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Older organ donors, living or dead, are desirable for older recipients, who represent a growing proportion of transplant patients.

CNN’s Brian Stelter asked Trump spokesman Jason Miller Sunday morning about the memes the GOP nominee has started using at his rallies, asking if anyone in the campaign fact-checks them. Miller didn’t really answer:

Where are Trump's charts from? Sometimes @FoxNews, but here's an example of a chart taken from a conspiratorial site https://t.co/d2AQ47eptI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 14, 2016

One of the memes Stelter highlighted was this one he linked to the “fringe right-wing website” Before It’s News, which specializes in alternative stories on things like UFOs:

But it’s worse than that…

Remember when Donald Trump hammered pundits for not understanding that what he was saying about President Obama founding ISIS was just “sarcasm”?

Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) "the founder" of ISIS, & MVP. THEY DON'T GET SARCASM?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2016

Yeah … about that…

Sexual-minority teenagers are at far greater risk for depression, bullying and many types of violence than their straight peers, the C.D.C. has found.

We tend to think of history as a collection of abstract facts that have no bearing on the “real world,” but everything connects across the timeline. Big, world-changing events don’t just change things when they happen; they send out shock waves that reverberate into the present. Like William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. […]
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As civilization evolved, the written word became absolutely necessary for proper documentation—whether for governmental operations or retelling myths. Rediscovering ancient or extinct languages is an arduous process, often dictated by luck, but it is an invaluable tool in the study of our growth as a species. 10 Gothic Bible Photo via Wikimedia Language: Gothic The […]
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No, CNN … Great Britain has not overtaken China in the medals table:

Great Britain overtakes China in the medals table; the US continues to lead. #USA #GBR #CHN pic.twitter.com/zRD7ulTeUg
— CNN Sport (@cnnsport) August 14, 2016

Greater than vs. less than — how does it work?

Someone help me out here. Why is 35 > 42? https://t.co/EIOcmef2bV
— jenitals (@mtsjen) August 14, 2016

Um, @cnn, since when is 35 greater than 42? https://t…