| Internet explodes over Miss USA, Wonder Woman and a former female Olympian | | It's been a complicated 48 hours for feminism. OK, it's been complicated longer than that, but here's the latest: 1. Warner Bros. decides to make a blockbuster movie about iconic female superhero Wonder Woman, a huge opportunity to celebrate female power. But part of the promotion for the film has Wonder Woman hawking diet bars. 2. The woman crowned Miss USA 2017 Sunday night is a nuclear scientist who champions women in STEM, but said she's not a feminist — because she doesn't hate men — and that women and men are equal in the workplace. (Here's what feminism actually means and here's what the facts say about men and women in the workplace). 3. The Internet celebrated Miss USA 2016 Deshauna Barber's body when she rocked her natural hair this weekend, but tried to police former Olympian McKayla Maroney for exposing too much of her natural butt. We'll wrap up by leaving this here. | | We still WannaCry | | If you made it through Monday without your computer getting hijacked with a variant of the fast-moving ransomware that infected thousands of computers around the world this weekend, it was obviously a good start to the week. The bad news is you're not totally out of the woods yet. Some 22-year-old computer genius may have stopped the initial infection, but there are 452 variants of the malware currently infesting the Internet, and experts warn new versions of the virus could still emerge. The incredible ransomware attack, called "WannaCry," struck businesses, hospitals and other organizations in 150 countries since it began on Friday. We still don't know who is responsible for the attack. If your computer is infected, here's what to do. If not, here's how to avoid getting snagged. | | A win for civil liberties, but don't read too much into it | | The Supreme Court said "nah, we'll pass" to reconsidering a lower court's ruling that a North Carolina photo-ID law discriminated against black voters "with almost surgical precision." This is a big win for voting advocates. Follow along: Back in 2013, the Supreme Court freed states from pre-clearing election law changes with the federal government, making 2016 the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act. (Note: These were mostly Southern states with a history of voting discrimination.) Many states, including North Carolina, enacted an array of voting restrictions. In July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that North Carolina lawmakers intentionally imposed restrictions to make it more difficult for blacks to vote. So when the Supreme Court passed on the case Monday, opponents of the North Carolina law declared victory. But another case involving Texas's photo ID requirements also is heading toward the court, so the justices will get another chance to weigh in. | | The missile North Korea fired this weekend might be able to reach Alaska | | North Korea said Monday that its long-range ballistic missiles can reach the U.S. mainland carrying a nuclear warhead. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ecstatic (he was reportedly doling out hugs). Seoul, Tokyo, Washington and Moscow not so much. North Korea made the announcement after the stunning success of a missile test this weekend. Experts say the missile might be able to reach Alaska and Hawaii if fired from a standard angle. Pyongyang has threatened for decades to reduce Seoul to a "sea of fire," and the test is seen as an immediate challenge to South Korea's new president, a liberal elected last week who expressed a desire to reach out to North Korea. Now, #itscomplicated. |  | | Quit blaming the booze | | "I was drunk; that wasn't really me." Or was it? Alcohol may have less of an affect on your personality than you think it does, according to a new study published in "Clinical Psychological Science. " The study found that while participants reported that their personality drastically changes when they're drunk, observers noticed less drastic differences between the person's "sober" and "drunk" personalities. In the study, participants noted changes in all five personality factors when they were intoxicated, but observers only noted a change in the personality factor of extraversion. | | This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY. | | Contributing: The Associated Press | |
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