WHILE YOU WERE RUBBERNECKING THE SCANDALS

• So. Politicians and the people who cover them have had a one-track mind this week. If you aren't interested in talking about scandals, they aren't interested in talking to you. Here are some stories from around the world you may have missed.
• The killings in Syria are becoming more and more grisly, and the victims younger and younger.
• Climate change is getting scary. Even more so than usual.
• People in New Orleans are still recovering from and investigating a Mothers' Day shooting that left 19 wounded.
• Two people were killed, 11 wounded in Chicago shootings in the past 24 hours.
• The Eurozone's recession is now the longest in the currency bloc's entire existence. 
• A mine in Indonesia collapsed yesterday, and workers are still trapped inside. The death toll is currently four.
• Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is calling for the immediate retraining of military recruiters and sexual assault prevention officers as more and more sexual-assault charges in the military come to light.
• Moscow officials denied an application for a gay-rights parade, saying “there is no demand for these kinds of events in the city.”