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extremism

White Supremacists Co-Opted the ‘Thin Blue Line’, So This Police Chief Banned It

The symbol that's been synonymous with police solidarity for years appeared prominently during the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Trone Dowd
1.29.21
Save Ourselves

Climate Protesters Dug a Tunnel Under London. It's Just Started to Flood

Anti-HS2 demonstrators at Euston say that they are being subjected to "torture" by bailiffs.
Hannah Partos
1.29.21
News

Travellers Entering Canada Will Have to Pay $2,000 for a Hotel Quarantine

International travellers will also have to take a compulsory COVID-19 test when they land.
Anya Zoledziowski
1.29.21
gamestop

GameStop Short Seller Citron to Stop Advising Traders to Short Companies

Citron Research, one of Wall Street's most famous short sellers, says it will no longer publish short reports and focus on more optimistic long positions.
Edward Ongweso Jr
1.29.21
Songs of the Month

The Songs That Made This Never-Ending January Worthwhile

Songs from SZA, Jazmine Sullivan, Smino, and more kept us warm in the first hectic month of 2021.
Kristin Corry
Josh Terry
Jaime Silano
Ashwin Rodrigues
1.29.21
qanon

The ‘QAnon Shaman’ Just Flipped on Trump

Jacob Chansley is no longer "horribly smitten" with the former president and is willing to testify against him in the impeachment trial.
Paul Blest
1.29.21
Denmark

A Bunch of Influencers Are Stranded in Dubai Due to COVID

Ex-Denmark footballer-turned-influencer Nicklas Bendtner is among a group caught out by a sudden change in policy.
Sebastian Skov Andersen
1.29.21
tech-science

Some Forests Are Covered With Lichens That Love to Fuck, Scientists Discover

“We have to assume there’s a lot of cryptic sex going on,” said a researcher about Québec’s reindeer lichen populations.
Becky Ferreira
1.29.21
courts

‘Stansted 15’ Activists Who Stopped Deportation Flight Have Convictions Overturned

“There was in truth, no case to answer,” judges said.
Simon Childs
1.29.21
Coronavirus

Novavax Says Its Vaccine Is Effective Against UK COVID Variant

During trials that took place in the UK the vaccine was found to be 89.3 percent effective against the virus – and 86 per cent effective against the new variant.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
1.29.21
Internet

New Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Broadband Caps During the Pandemic

Telecom monopolies are price gouging during a public health and economic crisis. Some lawmakers aren’t amused.
Karl Bode
1.29.21
tech-science

Scientists Monitored 631 People As They Died. This Is What They Found

The largest international study of the physiology of death to date shows that death is “more of a continuum than the flipping of a switch.”
Eleanor Cummins
1.29.21
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