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guns

Gun Owners Are Freaking Out on TikTok Over the Great Ammo Shortage of 2021

The #ammoshortage is real, and in the gun world, it’s all anyone can talk about.
Tess Owen
4.26.21
tech-science

15 People Lived 40 Days in a Sunless Cave Without Clocks to Study Time

Participants lost their sense of time as the weeks passed during the multidisciplinary 'Deep Time' project, which studied human adaptation in extreme circumstances.
Becky Ferreira
4.26.21
brazil

Police Raids in Rio's Favelas Were Banned — But Now They're Back and Deadlier Than Ever

Despite a life-saving Supreme Court ban on police operations in favelas, deadly raids in these poor neighbourhoods are back and on the rise.
Charlotte Peet
4.26.21
Police Shooting

Sheriff’s Deputy Shot a Black Man Holding a Cordless Phone He Thought Was a Gun

Isaiah Brown, 32, is now on a breathing machine and fighting for his life.
Emma Ockerman
4.26.21
sex-lifestyle

I Have a Prosthetic Leg. Here's How I Have Sex

“If I want to explore a certain position during sex when I have my prosthetic on, I feel comfortable enough with my partner that I just kick it off.”
Mark Hay
4.26.21
Hacking

Researchers Say 'Massive' MacOS Bug Was Exploited by Hackers

Hackers were exploiting a serious bug in Apple's operating system, which allowed them to bypass most of the security mechanisms in MacOS.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
4.26.21
qanon

One of QAnon’s Earliest Influencers Just Got Elected to South Carolina GOP

Tracy “Beanz” Diaz claimed in one blog post that it was her idea to move QAnon off 4chan and start a Reddit thread dedicated to the conspiracy movement. 
David Gilbert
4.26.21
pornhub

Police Investigating Arson After Pornhub CEO's Mansion Goes Up In Flames

MindGeek, Pornhub’s parent company, has been under scrutiny from parliament’s ethics committee.
Mack Lamoureux
Samantha Cole
4.26.21
Somalia

Somalia’s Government Has Lost Control of Most Of Its Capital

As different forces jockey for power in Mogadishu, violence has descended upon the city.
Amanda Sperber
4.26.21
hate crimes

A 61-Year-Old Asian Man Is Fighting for His Life After Being Repeatedly Stomped in the Head

Yao Pan Ma is in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator, and hasn’t woken up since the incident.
Samir Ferdowsi
4.26.21
SURVEILLANCE

Florida Cops Flew Spy Plane Above Press Conference for Black Teens Killed by Police

The conference, led by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, was announcing a lawsuit over the killings of A.J. Crooms and Sincere Pierce.
Joseph Cox
4.26.21
Tech

A Missile Radar in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Is Now a Protected Heritage Site

For decades the Duga-1 radar array warned the Soviet Union of incoming missiles, now it’s a monument to a nuclear disaster.
Matthew Gault
4.26.21
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