Bad news for New York City. The same flooding that ruined the Jersey Shore, Lower Manhattan and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity and homes for months, is here to stay. The city could see devastating flooding every two years as sea levels rise by five feet by the year 2100. The sea level projections mean that much smaller floods will produce more catastrophic effects on the city. [DailyMail]
The woman who was found in crushing rubble 17 days after a Bangladesh building collapsed is now speaking out. She told media that she’s glad to have survived, but followed up by saying what she would never do again – Reshma vowed to never again work in the country’s garment industry, where she was earning the equivalent of $60 a month. [CNN]
Columbia University is coming under fire after it was found that a scholarship the school offered is restricted to “whites only.” The Ivy League school’s Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that the funds be given only to “a person of the Caucasian race.” Welcome back Jim Crow. [NY Post]
A woman is suing Philadelphia 76ers star Nick Young for sexual assault, claiming he roofied her back in 2011, then raped her vaginally and anally. [TMZ]
