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The VICE Morning Bulletin

A US service member has died during a raid on Islamic State militants, a Category 5 hurricane is headed for Mexico, Sesame Street gets its first autistic character, and more.

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

US News

  • Dice Game Shooting in Tennessee
    One person has been fatally shot and two others wounded in a dispute over a dice game at Tennessee State University in Nashville. It comes just over a week after three people were wounded by gunfire at an off-campus party in Nashville. —USA Today

  • Clinton Endures 11 Hour Grilling
    Hillary Clinton survived a day-long hearing at the House committee unscathed, with little new information emerging about events in Benghazi in 2012. "I really don't care what you say about me," said a defiant Clinton. —The Washington Post

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  • The $1 HIV Pill
    Martin Shkreli caused outrage by planning to charge $750 for a HIV treatment pill. One San Diego-based company now plans to compete with Shkreli by making a customized version of the drug for $1 a pill. —NBC News

  • American Killed in Hostage Raid
    A US service member has died following a commando raid which freed around 70 hostages held by the Islamic State in northern Iraq. According to the Pentagon, the hostages faced imminent execution. —CNN

International News

  • Deadly Bus Crash in France
    At least 42 people, mostly elderly tourists, were killed when a coach collided with a truck in the Gironde region of France. The high death toll is result of the coach bursting into flames upon impact. —AFP

  • Islamic State's Oil Wealth Revealed
    The Islamic State makes $50 million a month from from oilfields under its control in Iraq and Syria, according to latest intelligence. The militants are selling crude oil to smugglers at discounted prices. —AP

  • Sweden Mourns School Killings
    A masked man wielding a sword killed a teacher and a student at a school in Trollhättan before police shot him dead. Police believe the 21-year-old attacker had "racists motives" and are investigating his far-right sympathies. —The Guardian

  • Hurricane Headed for Mexico
    Hurricane Patricia, a monster Category 5 storm forecasters describe as a "potentially catastrophic", is expected to make landfall today. Residents of a stretch of Mexico's Pacific Coast have boarded up their homes, and all schools in the area have been closed. —ABC News

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Julia (centre), Sesame Street's first autistic character

Everything Else

  • Soccer Star Looks Like Nazi Doll
    Bastian Schweinsteiger, captain of the German soccer team, is not happy about a Nazi doll that looks exactly like him. He is considering suing the Hong Kong manufacturer, unconvinced by company claims that the likeness is "purely coincidental". —BBC News

  • Sesame Street Gets First Autistic Character
    Julia, the first muppet with autism, has her own digital storybook. The character is an attempt to reduce the stigma associated with autism spectrum disorder. —NPR

  • Airbnb's Crazy Ads
    The company has smothered San Francisco in hysterical anti-Proposition F adverts. The measure restricts short-term rentals to 75 nights a year, but Airbnb thinks it's about the government watching you in your sleep. —Motherboard

  • Anti-Abortion Extremists Target Black Women
    Activists have made a disturbing attempt to co-opt the Black Lives Matter movement by saying abortion is the "number one killer" in the black community. —Broadly

Can't handle any more reading this morning? That's OK, take it easy, nobody's judging you. Instead, though, why don't you watch our new film 'Unicorns', about London's movement of polyamorous party kids who identify as unicorns.