Light Night News Dump

Sexual assaults in the military spiked nearly 38 percent last year, Pentagon says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sexual-assaults-in-the-military-spiked-nearly-38percent-last-year-pentagon-says/2019/05/02/831826d8-5a11-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?utm_term=.65f7d932abf6

CBO: 7 million more uninsured by Trrump/Republican Elimination Of PPACA Individual Mandate
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/441888-cbo-repealing-mandate-penalty-increases-uninsured-by-7-million

Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tonnes of garbage - A special team has been tasked with cleaning up the world's highest mountain, littered with garbage from decades of commercial mountaineering. Everest is sometimes described as the world's highest rubbish dump.
https://www.dw.com/en/mount-everest-clean-up-team-picks-up-3-tonnes-of-garbage/a-48569456

[Kanter] I wish I could go back to Turkey to see Family 😔 But I chose to support Democracy, Freedom and Human rights, I am grateful for most Americans supporting that right. @nuggets take control of your fans. This is hurtful 💔 Be grateful for the Democracy and Freedom we have here. (self.nba)
https://twitter.com/Enes_Kanter/status/1123980798015807488

Suicides Among Black Children Are at Crisis Levels. The Congressional Black Caucus Aims to Do Something About It
https://www.theroot.com/suicides-among-black-children-are-at-crisis-levels-the-1834479583

Pepsi withdraws lawsuits against Indian potato farmers
https://zeenews.india.com/companies/pepsi-withdraws-lawsuits-against-indian-potato-farmers-2200487.html

'Russian spy' whale has defected to Norway, locals claim
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/02/russian-spy-whale-has-defected-to-norway-locals-claim

69 percent of Americans say prisoners shouldn't be allowed to vote
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/441863-poll-69-percent-of-voters-say-prisoners-shouldnt-be-allowed-to

"Animals on factory farms are routinely subjected to intense cruelty and conditions that disgust the average American consumer" Thank you VOX for addressing the exciting business growth but ALSO the reality of animal cruelty.
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/2/18525601/beyond-meat-ipo-vegan-burger

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/middleeast/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl/index.html

The US opioid crisis has wrecked Mexico's heroin trade as Americans switch to synthetic opioids like fentanyl
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/02/fentanyl-use-could-end-the-opium-era-in-mexico-the-only-crop-that-paid

Trump Is Spending $20 Billion on an Aircraft Carrier. The Navy Wanted That Money for Cybersecurity
http://time.com/5582063/trump-navy-truman-cybersecurity/

Billionaire founder of opioid firm guilty of bribing doctors to prescribe drug
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/02/john-kapoor-opioids-billionaire-founder-guilty-of-bribing-doctors-to-prescribe

The Trump Administration Said Religious Doctors Can Refuse Medical Treatment for Patients
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/the-trump-administration-just-said-religious-doctors-can-refuse-medical-treatment-for-patients/

Permafrost is thawing in the Arctic so fast scientists are losing their equipment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/permafrost-melting-1.5119767

Ice Age Bear & Wolf-Like Creature Found in Underwater Mexican Cave - Divers excavating an underwater cave in Mexico have discovered the bones of giant meat eaters that lived there during the last ice age
https://www.livescience.com/65380-ice-age-bones-underwater-cave.html