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walter wallace

Pennsylvania Is Sending In the National Guard to Suppress Walter Wallace Jr. Protests

Dozens of people were arrested in Philadelphia on Tuesday night and police ordered some residents to stay in their homes.
Paul Blest
10.28.20
Money

10 Questions for a Funeral Director, About Making a Living from Death

"I rent a parking spot for the hearse, because having it in my driveway would look weird."
Gwen van der Zwan
10.28.20
charity

Charities Praise Comic Relief's Decision to Stop Sending Celebrities to Africa

The move follows "white saviour" criticism.
Jim Greig
10.28.20
guatemala

Genocide Survivors Say Guatemalan Government is Blocking Their Fight for Justice

Institutional peace bodies are being shut down in the Central American nation. The move is seen by victims as a retreat by the government on promises it made as part of peace accords that ended the civil war.
Sandra Cuffe
10.28.20
law enforcement hacking

ICE, IRS Explored Using Hacking Tools, New Documents Show

A cache of documents shared with Motherboard show much broader interest from the U.S. government in using malware in criminal investigations.
Joseph Cox
10.28.20
NIGERIA

Nigerian Media Won't Cover the #EndSARS Protests, So Young People Are Doing It for Them

Local news outlets – some of which are owned by prominent politicians – have been reluctant to report on the growing unrest.
Tolu Olasoji
10.28.20
Internet

Alex Jones Appearance on Joe Rogan Tests Spotify's Content Policies

Alex Jones was banned from Spotify in 2018. He returns via the Joe Rogan Experience, where he spreads conspiracy theories about Covid-19, which Spotify has removed in other instances.
Emanuel Maiberg
10.28.20
blue wave

Can Biden Win Big Enough to Secure a Democratic Senate?

The path to the Senate majority runs mostly through red-tilting states where Biden is tied or has a slight lead.
Cameron Joseph
10.28.20
Tech news

The UN Banned Nuclear Weapons, But the U.S. Isn't Listening

The UN ratified a treaty banning nuclear weapons in member countries, but major holdouts including the U.S. and Russia will make it difficult to turn into reality.
Matthew Gault
10.28.20
Games News

Here's the Navy's Twitch Guide for Responding to Questions About War Crimes

The manual includes advice such as responding to questions about U.S. war crimes with: "I’m here to play games. I have no interest in engaging in personal attacks.”
Matthew Gault
10.28.20
Weed

This Multimillion-Dollar Drug Smuggling Ring Used Skydivers To Transport Weed

A podcast called ‘The Syndicate’ dives into a sophisticated criminal network that snuck $12 million dollars worth of weed across the U.S. state borders. 
Shamani Joshi
10.28.20
Drugs

‘Monkey Dust’ and the Anatomy of a Tabloid Drug Scare Story

A damning new study examines the British media’s response to monkey dust, a drug that supposedly turned users into “zombies” with "superhuman" strength.
Max Daly
10.28.20
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