I think it’s time to retire Maria as a name for any storm. The name has been wiped from the hurricane list in the Atlantic after Hurricane Maria completely upended life in the Caribbean. But it’s still on the rolls in the Pacific, where Typhoon Maria is about to make life miserable.

E3 is a huge event, and it’s one of the rare opportunities where you’re given direct access to the creative talent behind a variety of games. Game publishers hold individual marketing events for their tentpole releases—a preview event here, a review event there— but E3 puts everyone under the same roof. There’s a chance to have a broad reading of the industry. We wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, so in nearly every one-on-one interview we scheduled...

An HIV vaccine that has the potential to protect people around the world from the virus has shown promising results. The treatment, which aims to provide immunity against various strains of the virus, produced an anti-HIV immune system response in tests on 393 people, a study in the Lancet found. It also protected some monkeys from a virus that is similar to HIV.

A plausible theory of mind-boggling collusion.

It's like 2016 all over again.

For remaining unbiased, accepting, welcoming. This may be a rare thing, so relish, enjoy, embrace, and most of all be it!

Congratulations to /u/Appaloosa who reached Level 50 today. I am always interested in your snaps and comments.

It’s polarizing our politics, making us ignore inconvenient facts and impeding real activism.

The Chinese air force has for the first time landed several bombers on a South China Sea island. The move could fuel tension in the region amid concern that Beijing is expanding its military might to the disputed waters.

Social networking site and market-leading data broker Facebook is once again taking heat for playing fast and loose with its access to personal information. This time, it's the Facebook Android app that is under the spotlight after users noticed it requesting an extraordinary amount of access privileges. The users note that the change has happened in recent days, leading to speculation that a new feature or update is to blame, and it may not have been intentional.

Pet dogs often have a peaceful death that forestalls protracted suffering and pain. Why can’t we do the same for humans? By Joseph Pierre.

Is evil fine now?

This bill was supposed to fight sex trafficking. But it's driving women back to a riskier, pre-internet world of sex work. By Emily McCombs.

Teen dramas, yes. Prestige comedies, yes. Reality TV, yes. You'll be able to find almost any type of show on Netflix soon.

More than half of Canada’s landmass is comprised of boreal forest—a vast and tree-filled region that extends across the country. To help conserve the forest, the province of Alberta has designated four new protected parks in its northeastern region, reports David Thurton of the CBC. When added to other contiguous conserved lands in Alberta, the new parks make up the largest stretch of protected boreal forests on the planet.

Backsliding in Budapest. By William Galston.

OneSpace sends a rocket up, and hopes to start launching satellites next year

The gunman opened fire inside Santa Fe High School around 7:45 a.m., the authorities said. At least one police officer was injured.

Welcome to the future transparency of today as quantum computers reveal all currently encrypted secrets -- a viable scenario within just a few years.