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drugs-health

Here's More Evidence That Flavors Aren't the Reason Teens Vape

"Mint" and "unicorn poop" might not be as compelling to young people as trying something kind of weird and maybe even dangerous.
Alex Norcia
12.10.19
food news

Razor Blade in NYPD Officer's Sandwich Turns Out to Just Be a Very Weird Accident

A shitstorm erupted a few days ago after a plainclothes NYPD officer bit into a sandwich in Queens, New York, and got a mouth full of razor blade.
Jelisa Castrodale
12.10.19
Terraform

Mothers Against Sinister Technology

A speculative story that imagines a crusade to end the internet as we know it.
Rose Eveleth
12.10.19
kickstarter

The Biggest 'Clusterfuck' in Kickstarter History Has Mercifully Come to an End

Due to unforeseeable global conflict over the course of a half decade, no one else is getting their Coolest Cooler.
Jason Koebler
12.10.19
healthcare

A Person Getting an Abortion Is Like a Person Getting an Abortion

Even well-intentioned abortion analogies, like Jameela Jamil's recent comparison to "landlords" and "tenants," objectify people.
Katie Way
12.10.19
cities

Someone in Vegas Glued Cowboy Hats to a Bunch of Pigeons' Heads

A nonprofit pigeon rescue called Lofty Hopes is trying to track down the birds—and figure out why the hell anyone would do this.
Jelisa Castrodale
12.10.19
climate change

Exxon Just Won That Big Climate Change Lawsuit in New York

New York state prosecutors tried to prove that Exxon misled investors by keeping two different sets of books: one for investors and another private.
Alex Lubben
12.10.19
Harm Reduction

9 Mesmerizing Photos of the Ravers Who Keep Everyone Safe While they Party

Photographer Aline Aronsky submerged herself amid the Californian ravers whose mission is ‘peace, love, unity and respect’
Aline Aronsky
12.10.19
shooting

Multiple Dead After Chaotic, Hours-Long Shootout in Jersey City

Video footage of the chaotic scene showed a massive police response, including SWAT teams and snipers positioned on nearby roofs.
Tess Owen
12.10.19
Identity

How Two Black Girls From Oklahoma Fought Their High School's Head Wrap Ban

Seniors Is’Abella Miller and Delanie Seals have been fighting their school's "culturally and ethnically insensitive" head wrap ban since they were sophomores. A few months ahead of graduation, they've finally won.
Leila Ettachfini
12.10.19
Politics

Canadians Are Convinced Mayor Pete Helped Fix Bread Prices

The conspiracy theory linking Pete Buttigieg to Canada’s bread price fixing scandal is based on his own revelations.
Anne Gaviola
12.10.19
News

Watch This Cheerful Man Outrun an Avalanche

Sometimes when life comes at you hard and fast all you can do is grin and run like hell.
Mack Lamoureux
12.10.19
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