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Environment

US Sanctions Have Made Iran's Air Quality Much Worse

In 2010, the United States imposed sanctions targeting Iran's fuel imports, forcing the Islamic Republic to boost domestic production of low-quality, highly-polluting gasoline.
Arron Merat
1.12.15
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Inspector’s Review Says the NYPD Still Has a Huge Problem With Banned Chokeholds

The first report by the new inspector general for the NYPD found that officers who use the banned practice were hardly punished despite repeated calls for more serious consequences.
VICE News
1.12.15
Premieres

Premiere: Watching Country's "White Colors" Video Will Induce Your Mid-Life Crisis

Watch an animated story about how you can manage to waste the life that flashes before your eyes.
Noisey Canada Staff
1.12.15
Tech

Self-Identified Islamic State Fans Just Hacked a US Military Twitter Account

The attack came just as President Barack Obama was delivering a speech on cybersecurity.
Allie Conti
1.12.15
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Evil Sponge Bob and Satan: Inside a Guantanamo Bay Prison Riot

In this excerpt from his book Murder at Camp Delta, former Guantanamo guard Joseph Hickman describes putting down a prisoner riot — and how he earned the nickname "Satan."
Joseph Hickman
1.12.15
americas

Cuba Frees 53 Prisoners as Promised In Diplomatic Deal with US

After the release if dozens of prisoners, the US government says it will maintain pressure on Cuba to release more ‘political’ detainees.
Liz Fields
1.12.15
News

We Watched Protesters in Hamilton Disrupt Bill Cosby’s Show

During the show, 30 women—representing the number of women who have accused Cosby of raping or drugging them—staged a walkout.
Adam Jackson
1.12.15
Interviews

Panda Bear: New Year, New Bear, and the Stark Reality That We're All Going to Die

The Animal Collective co-founder is back with his fifth record, 'Panda Bear Versus The Grim Reaper,' and he's still the perfectly weird Panda Bear we've come to love.
Eric Sundermann
1.12.15
Style Stage

English Pop Singer Florrie Teams up with H&M for "Too Young to Remember"

This season is all about pastels and pale metallics and sounding like Taylor Swift.
Kim Taylor Bennett
1.12.15
Interviews

Empty Houses: Pop Punk Kids with a Motown Sound

An unexpectedly soulful side project from the members of Fireworks.
Jonathan Diener
1.12.15
Art

Floral Oil Paintings Look Like Intricately-Squeezed Icing

Artist Caroline Larsen creates colorful paintings of birds of paradise and cacti by extruding oil paints like frosting.
Becky Chung
1.12.15
Film

'Inherent Vice' Leaves Out the Book's Vintage Web Paranoia

Somewhere in the adapting, IV: The Film loses IV: The Book's slight-but-sly critique of ARPAnet, the progenitor of the internet.
Ben Richmond
1.12.15
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