Morning Must Reads September 17
General Tweaks Obama's Iraq Plan, If the U.S.-led effort to "degrade and destroy" ISIS falls short, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday he would ask President Obama to send at least a limited number of American ground-combat forces to help get the job done, Netflix's Plan to Conquer the World, The streaming service is rolling out in six new European countries this week, which will expose the company to millions of new customers, Urine Tests Can Diagnose HPV, They're not here yet, but urine tests could be game-changing, a new analysis says, as a possible alternative to pap smears, Why Most Sponsors Aren't Pulling Out of the NFL, Although the league has drawn heavy criticism for how it has handled domestic-violence scandals around players Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, few brands besides Radisson have gone as far as canceling their sponsorships. TIME's Charlotte Alter examines why, N.Y. Man Indicted on Charges of Helping ISIS, A 30-year-old man from Rochester was charged Tuesday with three counts of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, one count of attempted murder of current and former members of the U.S. military, and three counts of weapons-related offenses, U.N. Chief Ebola Is Beyond Health Issues', Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has "gone beyond health issues" and could even affect the political stability of the region. The virus has killed more than 2,400 people and there have been nearly 5,000 reported cases, Sony Forecasts 2 Billion Loss as Its Smartphones Lag, Sony expects its annual loss to swell to 2 billion and cited intense competition as a major factor, especially from Chinese rivals the tech giant has canceled dividends for the first time in more than half a century after writing down the value of its troubled smartphone business, Scottish Athletes Face Tough Choice in Referendum, Should Scotland opt out of the United Kingdom, and they go with it, they risk losing out on the benefits of British funding, coaching and facilities. Even if they stay with Team Great Britain, they'll have a harder time earning the love of English and Welsh fans, American Arrested Trying to Swim to North Korea, South Korean soldiers arrested a U.S. citizen who attempted to swim across the Han River to North Korea a Defense Ministry spokesperson told reporters the man detained on Tuesday night claimed to be wanting to "meet with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un", Report Claims Tech Giants Don't Take Harassment Seriously, The Association for Progressive Communications' Women's Rights Program mapped Twitter, Facebook and YouTube's policies for reporting and resolving instances of harassment or violence against womenand gave each a failing grade