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Ice Cream

This Cop Has Been Handing Out Ice Cream to Bad Drivers

Officer Ed Smith of the Warner Robins Police Department issued traffic law violators with mere warnings—and with Dairy Queen Blizzards.
Munchies Staff
8.7.15
Sponsored

​Diamonds Out of the Rough (Excerpt)

A small town unites to save a special team.
Dick's Sporting Goods (Sponsored)
8.7.15
Sponsored

​Off Guard (Excerpt)

How a pioneering program brought fencing to some unlikely places, inspiring kids to see more in themselves then they'd ever imagined.
Dick's Sporting Goods (Sponsored)
8.7.15
Music

Sophie Simmons Tells Beauty Norms to Kiss Off, Announces New Single

Over cake and tea on the Upper East Side, Gene Simmons daughter tells us about her shelter for abused kids, clothing line for plus-sized women, and how her controversial father taught her how to be a (literal) boss.
Mitchell Sunderland
8.7.15
Sponsored

​Sol Survivors (Excerpt)

How one coach's passion gave a group of California girls all they ever wanted: a chance to play.
Dick's Sporting Goods (Sponsored)
8.7.15
asia & pacific

Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger This Year Hacked to Death by Machete-Wielding Gang

Niloy Chakrabarti, better known on the internet by his pen name Niloy Neel, was a secular blogger who had criticized previous attacks on authors in the country.
VICE News
8.7.15
thump news

Beatport Apologizes to Label Partners And Promises Payment Next Week

Robert Sillerman, Chairman and CEO of SFX, adds that he "deeply embarrassed" by what happened.
Michelle Lhooq
8.7.15
Baseball

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Dangerous Joys of Going for It

A week ago, the Toronto Blue Jays were a third-place team. The huge moves they've made since might not work out, but they're showing us what going for the playoffs looks like.
Matthew Kory
8.7.15
Identities

When Changing Names Means Changing Identities

The complicated reasons Chinese-born men and women raised in the West are reconnecting to the names they were born with.
Jessica Wei
8.7.15
crime & drugs

Kalief Browder's Family to Sue New York City for $20 Million

The teenager spent more than a thousand days at the Rikers Island jail without a trial, an experience that his parents say drove him to take his own life.
VICE News
8.7.15
WTF

Your Diet is Making You Smell Weird

It's all true: You are what you eat. And depending on the kinds of food you consume, you can come up smelling like a rose—or like a pile of garbage.
Hilary Pollack
8.7.15
africa

'Pride Is Assertiveness': Gay Ugandans Are Celebrating This Weekend, but Warn of Repercussions

VICE News spoke to some of the organizers of the East African country's gay pride celebration, who are excited but also warning attendees to be psychologically prepared for the aftermath.
Sally Hayden
8.7.15
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