The VICE Morning Bulletin

Here is everything you need to know about the world this morning, curated by VICE.

• Oklahoma Crash Suspect in Court
  The woman accused of driving a car into a crowd and killing four at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade appears in court today. Adacia Chambers' lawyer believes mental illness, not intoxication, may have caused the crash. —AP

• Biden: Family Came First
  The Vice President said recovering from the death of his son Beau left him no time to mount a presidential campaign. In a 60 Minutes interview Biden said he wouldn't run for office again, and claimed he and Hillary Clinton "get along together". —NBC News

• Flash Flood Alert in Louisiana
  Louisiana is braced for more torrential rain today, as the storm that dumped more than a foot of rain on Texas over the weekend moves east. Flash flood watches have been issued for parts of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. —Reuters

• Could Russian Subs Cut Internet Cables?
  US officials have expressed worry about the close proximity of Russian submarines to underwater internet cables. They fear Russia could cripple the West by severing fibre-optic connections. —The New York Times

• Five Killed in Whale-Watching Tragedy
  A whale-watching boat has sunk off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, killing at least five people. Coast guards rescued 21 passengers from the wreckage of the MV Leviathan II, while one person remains missing. —CBC News

• Comedian Becomes Guatemalan President
  Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian, has swept to power in Guatemala's presidential election. Morales quit his Daily Show-style TV show last year to run for the presidency, campaigning against political corruption. —The Guardian

• EU Agrees on Migrant Centers
  Leaders in Brussels have agreed another 100,000 spaces in refugee welcome centers. EU nations will also send 400 police officers to Slovenia, where the Prime Minister has warned that without a plan for the refugee crisis, "Europe will start falling apart." —Reuters

• Conservatives Take Power in Poland
  The conservative Law and Justice party has won a landslide election victory in Poland. Exit polls suggest it will be the first time since democracy came to the country in 1989 that a party has won enough seats to govern alone. —BBC News

• #LegosForWeiwei
  Ai Weiwei fans have pledged to donate Lego bricks to the Chinese artist so he can complete new work. Bizarrely, the toymaker says it cannot sell directly to anyone using Lego to make political statements. —TIME
• Pharrell Testy at Testimony
  Footage of Pharrell giving testimony during the "Blurred Lines" copyright suit has emerged. "Silk and rayon are two different things—they just feel the same," Mr Happy told the lawyers. —Noisey

• Getting High by Staring into Strangers' Eyes
  More than 100 cities have taken part in the World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment. Turns out that if you push past the embarrassment, the love hormone oxytocin kicks in. —VICE

• Terraforming Is Entirely Possible
  Recreating an Earth-like environment on Mars will be really difficult. But a NASA astrobiologist explains how synthetic lifeforms can help us survive on other planets. —Motherboard

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