The Week Evening Review
Prosecuting parents, a looming government shutdown and Earth's biocrust

TALKING POINTS

Should parents be charged when their kids kill?

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

'These data should be a wake-up call for women. Waiting until women are in their 60s and 70s to initiate heart attack and stroke prevention is a prescription for failure.'

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

Another government shutdown might be imminent

Statistic of the day

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Saving Earth's living skin

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'A peaceful coexistence'

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