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police

LA Sheriff's Deputies Tased a Black Man Flagging Down a Cop Car for Help

Another man was also wrestled to the ground and arrested during the incident.
Trone Dowd
12.3.20
mexico

Mexican Weed Connoisseurs Are Concerned Legal Weed Might Not Be the Best Shit

A bill set to be signed into law this month has little detail on what the new legal industry will look like, and who might be left out.
Nathaniel Janowitz
12.3.20
monolith

Mysterious Monolith Update: Racists Destroy California Monolith, Proclaim Christ Superior to Space Aliens

A group of men shouting "Christ is King" and "America First" destroyed a new monolith and replaced it with a wooden cross.
Samir Ferdowsi
12.3.20
refugees

Asylum Seekers Face Mental Health Crisis as NGOs Refuse to Sign Gagging Clause

NGOs have withdrawn from a migrant detention centre after they were asked to sign no. Now they fear for the asylum seekers still inside.
Peter Yeung
12.3.20
tech-science

Watch the Devastating Moment of the Arecibo Telescope's Collapse

Newly released videos capture the horrifying moment when an enormous suspended platform plunged through the observatory’s dish.
Becky Ferreira
12.3.20
africa

U.S.-Funded Counterterrorism Efforts in West Africa Aren't Helping

Government investigations describe American security assistance efforts as a waste of time and money.
Nick Turse
12.3.20
Coronavirus

Texas Mayor Told Residents to 'Stay Home' After Taking Private Jet to Cabo

"This is not the time to relax.”
Emma Ockerman
12.3.20
georgia runoff

Trump Is Begging People to Vote in a Georgia Election He's Already Said Was Rigged

QAnon conspiracy theorists are now putting the GOP's Senate majority at risk.
Paul Blest
12.3.20
games blogs

'Empire of Sin' Is Much More Than Just 'X-COM' With Tommy Guns

Romero Games references real history to create a tactics game that's more interesting than just 'X-COM" with a prohibition era reskin.
Gita Jackson
12.3.20
Health

Why We Forget How Early It Gets Dark Every Year

There are reasons why seeing the afternoon’s darkness outside our windows feels freshly jarring and disorienting year after year.
Shayla Love
12.3.20
tech-science

Chang'e-5 Lunar Grab-and-Go Mission Is Already Flying Back to Earth

The mission’s ascent vehicle has left the Moon, carrying its valuable cargo of lunar rocks, and is headed for a rendezvous and pass-off in lunar orbit.
Becky Ferreira
12.3.20
Google

Here’s the NLRB Complaint Alleging Google Illegally Fired and Surveilled Workers

The board's investigation has also found evidence that Google illegally fired two worker activists in 2019, and illegally surveilled, retaliated against, and interrogated other employees engaged in labor organizing.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
12.3.20
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