| He had to do it. It made him sick. But he has no regrets. | | When new information became available about Hillary Clinton's emails, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday he had no choice but to tell lawmakers . Never mind the presidential election was just 11 days away. Going public about the latest development was controversial. "It makes me mildly nauseous that we would have had an impact on the election," Comey told a Senate committee. He was answering questions about the FBI's probe into the emails, Russia and WikiLeaks. Clinton was more blunt. She blamed Comey as recently as Tuesday for torpedoing her bid to become president. Comey said he saw two options: conceal or speak. So he spoke. If he kept quiet, it would have been the "death of the FBI as an institution in America," he said. | | Beware of the bite | | Summer perfume will smell a lot like DEET. Experts say it's going to be a bad tick season, in part because of two consecutive warm winters. A boom of white-footed mice last year didn't help either — ticks love to feed on the rodents, which carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Plus, there's another virus to worry about : Powassan. About 10% of those infected, die and about half of the survivors have permanent neurological symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We'll be wearing a full hazmat suit on the family camping trip. | | 'Heartbreaking': Facebook steps up push against violent videos | | Mark Zuckerberg said he will hire 3,000 more people to Facebook's community operations team responsible for monitoring videos. The reason? Some videos have appeared on the social network depicting killing and violence. The most recent one showed a father in Thailand who killed his 11-month-old daughter while streaming on Facebook Live. Zuckerberg said Facebook will improve tools to make it easier to report videos, and for its team to flag and remove them. "Over the last few weeks, we've seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook — either live or in video posted later," said Zuckerberg. "It's heartbreaking, and I've been reflecting on how we can do better for our community." | | Brad Pitt gets honest about his divorce, booze, therapy | | Brad Pitt hasn't made many public statements or appearances since the news broke last fall that he and wife Angelina Jolie were getting a divorce. But Pitt, who has a new movie, "War Machine," hitting Netflix this month, is on the cover of the summer issue of "GQ Style." He told the magazine about his relationship with alcohol (he gave it up), his family (he's worried) and his career (he has questions). On alcohol: "I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family. But even this last year, you know — things I wasn't dealing with. I was boozing too much," said Pitt, 53. He also revealed that he now goes to therapy. Pitt said he is anxious about his family following the split, telling the magazine he "worries" about their kids — Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 8 — being "subjected" to the various media narratives around the divorce. |  | | '13 Reasons' responds to criticism | | Netflix is adding viewer warnings to "13 Reasons Why," a show about a teen girl's suicide, after criticism from psychologists, parents and educators . Writer Nic Sheff, who himself attempted suicide, said the show's graphic depiction could save someone's life. Sheff and the cast aren't the only ones jumping to the show's defense. Experts say a secondary character's comments on cutting accurately describe this type of self-harm as non-suicidal. And the conversation that the show is starting about rape culture and high school sexual harassment and assault could be just as crucial as awareness about suicide. | | Want the Short List delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter. | | This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY. | |
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