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Mary Catalfamo

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Mary Catalfamo is a web intern at The Week. She's a junior at Syracuse University, where she studies journalism and English textual studies. Direct book recommendations and jokes about her hometown of Buffalo, New York to her Twitter.

HBO & Sky to team up for a docuseries on Serial's Adnan Syed
Amy Berg.
calling all Serial fans

HBO & Sky to team up for a docuseries on Serial's Adnan Syed

Senate votes 52-47 to reverse FCC net neutrality rollback
Net neutrality protest.
a win for the web

Senate votes 52-47 to reverse FCC net neutrality rollback

Hospitals are seeing higher rates of teen suicide
A human shadow.
at risk

Hospitals are seeing higher rates of teen suicide

Alaska wants 50 percent of its electricity to come from renewable sources
A marshy, tundra landscape in Alaska.
Better late than never

Alaska wants 50 percent of its electricity to come from renewable sources

Fox revives Tim Allen's Last Man Standing a year after it was canceled by ABC
Tim Allen.
television

Fox revives Tim Allen's Last Man Standing a year after it was canceled by ABC

SNL stars Michael Che and Colin Jost will host this year's Emmys
Michael Che and Colin Jost.
dream team

SNL stars Michael Che and Colin Jost will host this year's Emmys

23andMe aims to make DNA research more diverse
DNA rendering.
Good idea alert

23andMe aims to make DNA research more diverse

Kendrick Lamar just became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer
Kendrick Lamar.
damn

Kendrick Lamar just became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer

HBO acquires rights to Michelle McNamara’s true crime book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
The cover of Ill Be Gone in the Dark.
True Crime

HBO acquires rights to Michelle McNamara’s true crime book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are now required to use clear backpacks
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Seriously?

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are now required to use clear backpacks

Google will invest $3 million in news literacy programs for teens
An iPhone.
You can handle the truth

Google will invest $3 million in news literacy programs for teens

The Book Thief author to release new novel more than 10 years in the making
Markus Zusak.
read this

The Book Thief author to release new novel more than 10 years in the making

Watch the Black Mirror Season 5 trailer
Black Mirror Season 5.
Watch this

Watch the Black Mirror Season 5 trailer

'Disheartening' study finds childhood obesity is on the rise
An obese child.
weight watching

'Disheartening' study finds childhood obesity is on the rise