Start Spreading The News: What You Should Read Today [12/8/14]

The protests for Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice will continue to be a big part of the news cycle and here are a few more stories you should know about on Monday.

The CIA Report Everyone Is Dreading

News spread that a senate report detailing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's "enhanced interrogation techniques" will be released this week and Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, expressed his safety concerns for Americans abroad. "Our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths. ... We have seen what happens when other incidents are used in the propaganda terrorist machine to incite violence," Rogers said in an interview with CNN. The report is said to reach a conclusion that the CIA misled President George W. Bush about how frequently it used waterboarding and other interrogation techniques, according to the New York Times. The CIA report is expected to be released on Tuesday.

Inventor Of First Home Video Game Console Dies

The New York Times published an obituary celebrating the life of Ralph H. Baer. While people might know "Pong" or "Tetris" and may have grown up with a console plugged into their television, Baer invented the home console. Baer designed and developed the Odyssey, filing the first video gaeme patent in 1971, and later licensed the Odyssey to Magnavox in 1972. The NYT obit includes an interesting look at the legal battle between Baer and Atari over "Pong." Atari released the game in arcades later that year. Magnavox was successful and would also win over video game suits, racking up $100 million in settlements.

Sadly, the Console Living Room, backed by the Internet Archive, does not have the first Odyssey available to play online but it does have its successor, the Magnavox Odyssey 2 which was released in 1978.

The Rising Cost Of Children

The Child Care Aware of Ameirca 2014 report details the rising cost of daycare across the U.S. The report states the average cost of infant center-based child care is double that of what families spend on food and is also higher than transportation costs, Time reported. The United States Department of Agriculture released its own report on how much it costs to raise a child born in 2013 until the age of 18.

The Royals Are Coming

Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived in New York City on Sunday. The royal couple's winter trip to the United States is being compared to Prince Charles and Princess Diana's visit in 1985. Prince William will be visiting Washington D.C. and met with President Barack Obama on Monday. Middleton spent time in New York City and the couple will be spend Monday night watching the Brooklyn Nets play the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center. Beyonce and Jay Z are expected to meet the royal couple at the game.

India's New Comic Superhero Is A Rape Survivor

Priya's Shakti, created by Ram Devineni and Mauli Singh, will be released on Dec. 15 and focuses on Priya as she teams up with the Goddass Parvati. Priya is a gang-rape survivor and Devineni told the BBC the comic was developed after the New Dehli bus gang rape in 2012. "The project centers on the Goddess Parvati and Priya, a mortal woman devotee and survivor of rape and is rooted in ancient matriarchal traditions that have been displaced in modern representations of Hindu culture. It creates an alternative narrative and voice against GBV in popular culture through the Hindu mythological canon," reads the project's description. The comic's release is even more timely after the news that an Uber driver allegedly raped a woman in New Dehli.