Morning Must Reads: September 22

Earth’s Most Dangerous Waters

The world’s most perilous seas for piracy, as the U.N. recently declared, aren’t the waters of the West Indian Ocean, where young Somali brigands brandish Kalashnikovs. Rather, they’re in Southeast Asia — and for criminals they offer sumptuously rich pickings

NASA’s MAVEN Enters Mars’ Orbit

The spacecraft entered Mars’ orbit Sunday, beginning a yearlong journey during which scientists hope to discover what happened to the Martian atmosphere

Masses Demand Climate Action

Massive crowds demanded Sunday that the U.N. take action on global warming in what is believed to be the largest-ever demonstration on the issue

Rockefeller Charity to Pull Out of Fossil Fuels

After making an immense fortune off oil, the Rockefeller family is set to divest its charity foundation from fossil fuels. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund — an $860 million philanthropic organization — has already replaced its investments in coal and tar sands

Republicans ‘Aren’t Yelling’ This Year — At Least in N.C.

Standing in the Guilford County Republican Party Headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, TIME’s Joe Klein recently found that candidates and their constituents aren’t aligning yet with the right-wing radio trope

‘Somebody Knows’ What Happened to Missing Student

The first wave of volunteers, numbering more than 1,600, spread out around Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday to search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, who vanished a week earlier after an off-campus party

Joseph Gordon-Levitt May Play Edward Snowden in Film

Director Oliver Stone reportedly already offered the part of the asylum-seeking NSA leaker Edward Snowden to Gordon-Levitt, who in turn said he’d come aboard for the upcoming biopic, but no formal deal has been signed yet

More Than 200,000 GM Cars Are Recalled for Brake Defect

The latest in a series of recalls from General Motors was announced over the weekend, this time over defective parking brakes. The problem has been reported in the 2013–15 Cadillac XTS and the 2014–15 Chevrolet Impala, and 221,558 vehicles have been recalled so far

At Least 100,000 Flee ISIS in Syria for Turkey

At least 100,000 refugees flooded across the border into Turkey over the weekend as Islamist militants launched an offensive against Kurds in northern Syria. Activists say the militants routed dozens of towns and executed at least 11 people in the villages near Kobani

Millennials Are Finally Leaving Their Parents’ Homes

New census data shows that while 18 to 34 year olds are less likely to live with their parents than they were at the height of the recession, their economic prospects lag behind the broader population; they’re moving in with friends and relatives, not buying homes

White House Security Is Heightened After Breach

The Secret Service is boosting security outside the White House following two security incidents in 24 hours, including Friday’s breach in which an intruder with a knife made it all the way into the White House before agents managed to stop him

The Maze Runner Runs Away With Weekend Box Office

The postapocalyptic young-adult adaptation became the weekend’s No. 1 movie with a $32.5 million gross in North America, but the star-studded This Is Where I Leave You got left behind in third place with $11.9 million in takings

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