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Monitor articles for August 16, 2016

• Migration crisis balloons in northern Italy as other EU nations close borders
• To fight wildfires in Pa., a time-tested tool makes a comeback: fire towers
• Russia is now using an Iranian base to fight in Syria. Why is that important?
• How off-the-shelf drones are changing war in Syria and Lebanon
• First LookIn an increasingly competitive market, China's 'Apple' stumbles
• First LookVanderbilt to delete ‘Confederate’ from dorm's name: Why now?
• How Shake Shack is shaking up the burger industry
• First LookHow climate change will determine where the Olympic Games are held
• First LookDid 'Shadow Brokers' steal NSA cyberweapons?
• Making America's debt great again
• First LookWhy Russia might make do with one less cosmonaut
• Why Trump’s warning of ‘rigged election’ isn’t credible
• After shooting of imam, N.Y. Muslims confront climate of fear
• Aetna pulls out of exchanges, highlighting a major challenge for Obamacare
• First LookBefore the Atlantic, before the Pacific: a 340-million-year-old ocean crust
• The Monitor's ViewWho says voters are ‘polarized’?
• Is the $4 million Akai Gurley settlement enough to curb police brutality?
• Latest cute animal discovery is an adorable purple squid
• Ford, Chinese search giant invest $150 million for self-driving car
• Russia steps up role in Middle East, launches attack on Syria from Iran
• California town that wildfires had spared faces new reality
• Egyptian judoka sent home for handshake snub
• Is there really a hidden Nazi gold train in Poland?
• Scientists sequence genome of very hungry caterpillar
• 'Hidden Figures': How black women helped launch America to space
• First LookUnited Arab Emirates accepts 15 Guantánamo prisoners. 61 remain.
• Classic creme brulee
• Simple ways to teach your children about money
• First LookChina's quantum satellite: The key to hacker-proof communication?
• A Christian Science PerspectiveHonesty is power
• Shaunae Miller's epic dive for Olympic gold in the 400m sprint
• Rio Olympics schedule: What to watch Tuesday
• Suspected rebels kill at least 36 civilians in eastern Congo
• Turkish police raid Istanbul courthouses, more officers detained
• Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State
• Pentagon announces single largest transfer of Guantanamo inmates
• First Look'Medicaid 23' protesters face trial in Missouri
• Volkswagen diesel acts were likely criminal, according to Justice Department
• 'Nightly Show' done: Where does Comedy Central stand post-Stewart?
• First LookVolunteers flock to Louisiana in wake of 1,000-year flood
• 4 audiobooks that tell tales about women
• First LookIs there a fifth fundamental force of nature?
• Training programs promise good jobs without college degrees. Can they deliver?
• Zambia's president re-elected in close vote
• Food films to inform and inspire
• Scientists spot ‘rebellious’ object orbiting beyond Neptune
• The South has the highest bankruptcy rates in the country
• Media coverage of female Olympians is typical, but viewers' responses are not
• Mexico: Drug lord's son among those abducted at resort
• Why are Boston cops refusing body cameras?
• First LookLong-term study shows pesticides are killing bees
• Bestselling books the week of 8/18/16, according to IndieBound
• Trump isn't alone in rethinking America's role in the world
• 'Learning to Swear in America' features lively characters, exciting astrophysics
• First LookCould Trump's 'extreme vetting' of prospective immigrants really work?
• First LookSay what you will about Shaunae Miller's dive, but it was legal
• NYC pays victim's family $4.1 million in police stairwell shooting
• Could Libertarian Gary Johnson qualify for the first presidential debate?