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Monitor articles for May 18, 2018

• First LookAs sports betting expands, gambling addiction services fall behind
• A Christian Science PerspectiveA change in perspective that heals
• Cover StoryPolar power play: Who will prevail at the rooftop of the world?
• The Monitor's ViewThe new calm in combatting Ebola
• First LookTexas school shooting draws attention back to student gun control efforts
• 'First Reformed' charts a young priest's slide into ecoterrorism
• 'On Chesil Beach' tells a tragic story of crossed love
• 'The Seagull' offers strong performances, Chekhovian sorrow
• Hindu prayer service? There’s an app for that.
• 3 books about planets
• Top Picks: 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls' podcast, the Redshift app, and more top picks
• What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Doctor Who,' 'Longmire'
• 'Atticus Finch' tackles tough questions about an American icon
• How regime change, with modifications, has new life under Trump
• Labor shortage? Employers tap foreign workers, visas permitting.
• 'The Guardians' beautifully portrays the dynamics of a family farm in WWI France
• First LookIn humanitarian gesture, Egypt keeps Rafah crossing open through Ramadan
• First LookAid agencies sign onto global plan to supply clean energy to refugees
• First LookRoyal wedding helps spotlight Britain's housing crisis
• First LookGlobal sailing race spotlights plastic pollution in oceans
• First LookGina Haspel makes history as first female CIA director
• After four years of Western sanctions, Russia digs in for long haul
• 'Deadpool 2' is a wisecracking, chaotically staged action romp
• 'Book Club' fails to make good use of a stellar cast