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White House ‘Horrified’ Agents on Horseback Threatened to Whip Haitian Migrants

“One cannot weaponize a horse to aggressively attack a child. That is unacceptable,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
Paul Blest
9.21.21
Science Will Win

How Machine Learning Is Identifying New, Better Drugs

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the drug development process, making the work faster, more efficient, and more effective.
Audrey Carleton
9.21.21
Politics

Trump’s Lawyer Gave Pence a 6-Step Memo on How to Overturn the Election

Trump attorney John Eastman sent Pence a guide he hoped the vice president would use to block Congress from certifying President Biden’s victory.
Cameron Joseph
9.21.21
privacy

Court Ruling Gives Dog Owners Less Privacy Than Their Dogs

The ruling declared dog owner names and addresses can be made public but that the names of their dogs can’t be.
Karl Bode
9.21.21
climate change

Louisiana’s Native Tribes Were Crushed by Hurricane Ida. They Feel Forgotten.

The United Houma Nation and other Native tribes in Louisiana aren’t federally recognized, which cuts them off from help they need after Hurricane Ida.
Emma Ockerman
9.21.21
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‘I Haven't Gotten COVID Yet’ Isn’t a Good Reason to Skip the Vax

Experts emphasize that if you’re unvaccinated and have made it this far without contracting the virus, it’s because you’ve been lucky.
Caitlin Flynn
9.21.21
qanon

QAnon Is Selling NFTs Now

Ron Watkins of QAnon fame is selling screenshots of his tweets as NFTs, but says it's definitely not a grift.
David Gilbert
9.21.21
snapchat

‘We in This Bitch’: Snapchat Maps Used to Bust Alleged Capitol Rioter

Newly unsealed court records show how Snapchat's heatmap feature helped lead the FBI to an alleged Capitol rioter.
Joseph Cox
9.21.21
Marjorie Taylor Greene

None of What Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Said About Abortion Is True

Greene falsely claimed that a bill to legalize abortion would allow a fetus to be aborted "up to the day of birth."
Paul Blest
9.21.21
Coronavirus

This Celebrity Raised Millions for COVID Relief. Now, He’s Accused of Tax Fraud.

The allegations against Bollywood's Sonu Sood came just days after he announced an education partnership with a political rival to Modi’s ruling party.
Shamani Joshi
9.21.21
venezuela

Venezuela’s Ex–Spy Chief Caught After Years Disguised in Wigs and Fake Mustaches

The DEA finally caught up with Hugo Carvajal, the former military intelligence chief of the regime of President Hugo Chávez, in Spain.
Jeff Ernst
9.21.21
climate crisis

Climate Activists ‘Hack’ More Than 200 Billboards To Protest Alleged Greenwashing

Brandalism said it had “hacked” billboards across the UK with spoof Barclays adverts designed by various artists to depict “environmental impacts we don’t see.”
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
9.21.21
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