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extremism

Infamous Capitol Hill Attacker Was Allegedly Posting Inside Neo-Nazi Chatroom
Riley June Williams has been accused of trying to steal a laptop used by Nancy Pelosi’s team and attempting to sell it to Russian intelligence.
Ben Makuch
8.24.21
data selling

How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet
ISPs are quietly distributing "netflow" data that can, among other things, trace traffic through VPNs.
Joseph Cox
8.24.21
proposition 22

Prop 22 Was Declared Unconstitutional, and It's Just the Beginning
Uber plans to appeal the ruling on the California ballot initiative, with clones in numerous jurisdictions facing similar scrutiny.
Edward Ongweso Jr
8.24.21
nudes

Quora Is the Last Place You'd Expect to See a Guy Piss In His Mouth, and Yet…
The question-and-answer social platform might be the nicest place on the internet to post casual nudes.
Samantha Cole
8.24.21
Cannabis

The Cannabis Industry is Unionizing
The industry is seeing more organizing after the pandemic brought high profits for corporations but layoffs and slashed benefits for employees.
Radhamely De Leon
8.24.21
Games Opinion

Cheap Trick: 'The Magnificant Trufflepigs' and Unreliable Narrators
When the mental illness is just the predictable twist.
Jordan Erica Webber
8.24.21
Health

The US Denied a Child in Need of Rare Surgery a Visa. So His Family Turned to Twitter.
The 4-year-old's Pakistan-based family had already raised $280,000 in an online campaign for his heart surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Rimal Farrukh
8.24.21
Afghanistan

The Director of the CIA Held a Secret Meeting With the Leader of the Taliban
It was the highest-level meeting between the US and the Taliban since the group took over Afghanistan.
Mitchell Prothero
8.24.21
Food

McDonald’s Has Run Out of Milkshakes
The fast-food restaurant's is the latest to be hit with supply chain issues as a result of Brexit and coronavirus-related lorry driver shortages.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
8.24.21
mexico

Mexico May Free the Cartel ‘Godfather’ Behind a DEA Agent’s Murder
President AMLO said Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, who is deaf and blind in one eye and now confined to a wheelchair, could be freed if “justified.”
Nathaniel Janowitz
8.24.21
mexico

A Brutal Mexican Turf War Is Sending Thousands of People to the US Border
Mexican kingpin "El Mencho" is fighting other cartels to control his home state of Michoacan, fueling mass displacement to Tijuana.
Manuel Ayala
Nathaniel Janowitz
8.24.21
Sports

He Had No Idea ‘Others Like Him’ Competed in Sports. Now, He’s the World No 1 Para-Badminton Athlete.
The incredible story of Pramod Bhagat, who is gunning for gold at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Shail Desai
8.24.21
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