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Gun Maker Remington Will Pay $73M Settlement to Sandy Hook Families

Remington, which made the Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle, has agreed to pay the families of Sandy Hook victims $73 million.
Emma Ockerman
Trone Dowd
2.15.22
News

‘Freedom Convoy’ Conspiracy Theorists Are Losing It Over Trudeau’s Emergencies Act

Conspiracy theorists are seeing “false flag” operations everywhere and think Justin Trudeau is about to enact martial law across Canada.
Mack Lamoureux
2.15.22
Ukraine

‘I Still Have My Bags Packed’: Ukrainians on the Threat of Russian Invasion

On the eve of the date of a potential Russian invasion put forward by U.S. intel, people in Kyiv were acting as they have for much of the last eight years: calmly.
Galya Rudyk
Matthew Cassel
Sean Stephens
2.15.22
Ukraine

Ukraine’s Military, Banks Suffering DDoS Attacks

There is currently no indication who's behind the attacks, but they throw further chaos into an already volatile situation.
Jason Koebler
2.15.22
crypto

Democratic DAO Suffers Coup, New Leader Steals Everything

After seizing control, the new leader drained the DAO's treasury, liquidity pools, and minted over 1 billion tokens for themselves.
Edward Ongweso Jr
2.15.22
News

Ottawa Police Chief Resigns Amid ‘Freedom Convoy’ Siege

Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned amid criticisms of the force and its handling of the anti-vaxxers’ occupation of the city.
Anya Zoledziowski
2.15.22
Tech news

‘Freedom Convoy’ Truckers Struggle to Cash Out Bitcoin Worth $1 Million

Bitcoiners jumped to donate to the anti–vaccine mandate protests in Canada, but now they have to figure out how to cash out.
Jordan Pearson
2.15.22
Tesla

‘Last Stages of Desperation’: Inside Tulsa’s Courtship of Elon Musk

In a bid to attract a new Tesla factory, Tulsa officials pulled out all the stops, but knew they had one major challenge: Get Elon Musk to think Tulsa doesn’t suck.
Aaron Gordon
2.15.22
tech-science

Space Junk That Will Hit Moon Is Likely From China, Not SpaceX

The rocket part, which is due to hit the Moon on March 4, is likely from a Chinese mission launched in 2014.
Becky Ferreira
2.15.22
Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit With Virginia Giuffre

Prince Andrew apparently “intends to make a substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre's charity in support of victims’ rights.”
Carter Sherman
2.15.22
Tech

Ranch Resistance: Explicit Gay Cowboy Anthem Disrupts Trucker Convoy

Counterprotesters are using “Ram Ranch” to troll and disrupt Canada’s trucker convoy.
Matthew Gault
2.15.22
Anti-trans bills

A Missouri Senate Candidate Is Attacking a Trans Swimmer in Pennsylvania

The right-wing obsession with college swimmer Lia Thomas has moved from cable news to the campaign trail.
Paul Blest
2.15.22
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