Research by Duke University political scientists finds that about half the American labor force has working-class jobs, and only about 1% of state legislators come from working-class backgrounds — a gap that holds regardless of party and has gotten slightly worse since they last measured it. Also: the New York Times Magazine published a deep look at why ticks are more dangerous than ever, the diseases they're spreading are more numerous and harder to treat, and the public health system has no coherent response. And the day after Amazon announced it was expanding drone delivery to 500 cities, a Texas woman named Lindsey Austen watched a drone hover over her backyard, open its hatch, and drop her package directly into her swimming pool. \"I don't think I'll be wanting any more drone deliveries,\" she said. Plus a woman arrested for pointing a gun at a KFC employee, a ring recovered from a NJ Transit train toilet, a naked man surviving a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge, and a 38-year-old who got a couple to adopt her.
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