What beautiful weather we're having!

I sent the girls out this afternoon on a small errand. "Do we have to go out?" Two hours later it was, of course, "Do we have to come in?"

Set up the new laptop for the girls for school. It was such a bargain, refurbished off of eBay of all places, that I was worried it wouldn't work at all, but it's running just fine, and pretty fast too. So I might get another from the same seller. If they're doing Cherokee online, they really both need access to a computer of reasonable speed, and preferably not one that's tethered to my desk.

Nearly all this news is serious/depressing, so if that's an issue you may not want to bother with any links.

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NYC enacts anti-discrimination rules for city facilities

U.S. Returns Historical Documents, Stolen From Russia In Chaotic '90s

Israel to launch one of the most advanced missile defense systems in the world, with U.S. help

Homework is wrecking our kids: The research is clear, let’s ban elementary homework

Hostile young adults may experience thinking and memory problems in middle age

A critical problem affecting America’s childcare system (but ignored by policymakers)

Medical advances in care of aging zoo animals lead to difficult questions

The Eviction Economy

The Ghost Tenants of New York City

NYC revisits policing tactics that clogged jails, courts

242,000 Americans got a job last month. Here's why they're not celebrating

American Indian Girls Often Fall Through the Cracks

Utah Senator says Flint doesn't need aid, blocks lead bill

Water utilities serving American cities use tests that downplay contamination

The FBI Has a New Plan to Spy on High School Students Across the Country

Kidnapped by a paedophile I met online

Foreign diplomats voicing alarm to U.S. officials about Trump

More Latinos Seek Citizenship to Vote Against Trump

The ‘Trump Effect’ is contaminating our kids — and could resonate for years

Refugees stranded in Greece await news of their fate

Migrant crisis: Russia and Syria 'weaponising' migration

U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report