Today is both Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day. So as you present your heart-shaped gift to your significant other, remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return. If you think that's unusual, please also note that this coming Easter coincides with April Fool's Day.
Some things going on today:
From the Boston Globe, Poca, I mean, Senator Warren (D-MA) speaks.
From the Washington Examiner, a former governor of Warren's state is expected to announce his Senate candidacy tomorrow.
From The Baltimore Sun, three men are in custody after an SUV attempted to crash into the NSA campus at Fort Meade.
From FOX 6 NOW, an active shooter has been reported at a Parkland, Florida high school. (via the New York Post)
From Breitbart London, Sweden's church is expected to lose a million members in the next ten years.
From the Express, the leader of the German Social Democrat party resigns.
From Russia Today, NATO will open new command centers in Germany and the United States.
From Voice Of Europe, according to an Italian criminologist, the Nigerian mafia has infiltrated Italy.
From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda remains popular. (via Voice Of Europe)
From Greek Reporter, the flow of migrants into Greece decreased in January.
From Human Rights Watch, female refugees face a high risk of sexual violence in migrant centers on Greek islands.
From the NL Times, a Dutch company introduces the flying car. (If you have about half a million Euros lying around, you can get one for yourself.)
From France24, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister dies at age 78.
From Sputnik International, Belgian and U.K. police bust a migrant smuggling operation. (As I keep saying, the migrants are not merely migrating. They are being trafficked.)
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warns that stopping Brexit would be a "disastrous mistake".
From Euractiv, the founder of Friends of Europe says "Brussels must bite the bullet" when it comes to immigration policy. (This is an opinion piece, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Euractiv.)
From the Weekly Standard, an open letter from a UCLA sociology professor to the Bruin Republicans about hosting Milo for a speech. (Yes, that Milo.)
From National Review, America's "crumbling" infrastructure is a myth.
From FrontpageMag, two notable groups don't like Valentine's Day.
From the Daily Post, a Muslim group in Nigeria warns law schools not to ban the hijab.
From the Daily Sabah, a church in Vaxjö, Sweden backs a Muslim request to broadcast the call to Friday prayer.
From the New York Post, a shooting range connected to President Trump's sons is generating too much noise for the comfort of its neighbors.
From The Sun, meet North Korea's "Megaton Twins".
From the Laredo Morning Times, a woman becomes infected with eyeworms.
And from Inverse, contrary to legend, Pope Gregory the Great did not exempt baby rabbits from the Lenten ban on eating meat on Fridays.
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