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philadelphia

Pope Goes Off-Script on Sex Abuse, Says 'All Responsible Will Be Held Accountable'
After a private meeting with a group of sexual abuse victims in Philadelphia, Pope Francis delivered off-script remarks to a group of priests.
Atoosa Moinzadeh
9.27.15
America Incarcerated

Prison Yoga Is Helping Inmates Transcend Their Cells
The Prison Yoga Project is bringing mindfulness, meditation, and physical release to hundreds of prisoners.
Jessica Rizzo
9.27.15
FBI

Variety Jones: A Corrupt FBI Agent Is Hunting Me, So I'm Turning Myself In
The still-at-large Silk Road architect says there is another crooked law enforcement agent profiting off the dark web.
Joseph Cox
9.27.15
enduring freedom

80 Islamic State Fighters Killed as Afghan Fight Against Militants Intensifies
Several government outposts came under attack in an eastern province that has become a flashpoint in Afghanistan’s fight against the militant group.
VICE News
9.27.15
Internet Exploring

Fetty Wap in Stable Condition Following a Motorcycle Accident
Fetty's gonna be all right!
Craig Jenkins
9.27.15
Tempeh

Tempeh Is the Underdog of the Fake Meat World
If plant proteins can be classified by high school clique, tofu is the jock, seitan the punk, and tempeh the stoner. Tempeh is the more versatile one, the more nutritionally complex one, the more delicious one—but it’s also the weird one.
Alicia Kennedy
9.27.15
gmo

Russia Has Officially Banned GMOs in Food Production
While the idea of “Frankenstein food” with altered genetic code may seem disturbing on the surface, there is still no solid evidence of GMOs being detrimental to human health.
Nick Rose
9.27.15
Fringes

16:11
Heroin Holiday
Every August, while Europe's desk jockeys shut off their phones and head to the beach, the junkies of Prague set up camp in the poppy fields outside the city.
Sex

Working at a High-End Sex Shop
On selling lube, miming sex acts, and mediating desire.
Larissa Pham
9.27.15
Stuff

The Last Gasps of Texas German
Nearly 15 years ago at a diner in Texas, linguistics professor Hans Boas recognized a dialect of German he'd never heard before. It was Texas German. In a few decades, it will be extinct.
Luke Winkie
9.27.15
free rasool

Free Rasool: VICE News Staff on the Journalist Now Imprisoned for a Month in Turkey
VICE News staffers describe their experiences working with Mohammed Ismael Rasool, a talented young journalist who was detained one month ago while reporting in southeast Turkey.
VICE News
9.27.15
Food

Listening to This Man’s Stories Could Make Chocolate Taste Even Better
An experiment at the University of the West of England wires people to brain-scanners to find out whether listening to a story changes perception of flavour.
Frankie Miren
9.27.15
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