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Twitter Is Banning Political Ads
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the social network will not accept political ads starting on November 22, and promised more details when the final rules are published in two weeks.
Jordan Pearson
Samantha Cole
10.30.19
impeachment

Democrats Are Going After Their Biggest Impeachment Witness Yet: John Bolton
If he agrees to appear, Bolton would be the highest-ranking official yet to testify before the committees.
Greg Walters
Cameron Joseph
10.30.19
Politics

'Secularism'-Obsessed Quebec Is Making Immigrants Take a Values Test
"The values test is based on stereotypes about Muslims. Let's not pretend that it is anything else."
Manisha Krishnan
10.30.19
2020

Things Aren't Going Super Great for Kamala Harris so She's Going ‘All-In on Iowa’
Her cash-strapped campaign is laying off staff and literally betting the farm on Iowa.
Elizabeth Landers
10.30.19
LGBTQ

Library Hosts Anti-Trans Rights 'Feminist,' Saying It Already Hosted Neo-Nazis, So Why Not
Twitter-banned author Meghan Murphy left via the rear entrance of the Toronto Public Library after her talk as hundreds protested outside.
Steven Zhou
10.30.19
wildfires

PG&E’s Blackouts Are Making It Harder to Measure the ‘Toxic Stew’ in the Air From California’s Wildfires
The blackouts imposed by power company PG&E knocked at least six air quality monitoring stations offline, the EPA confirmed to VICE News.
Alex Lubben
10.30.19
Food

Molson Coors Blames Millennials’ Good Taste for Layoffs
The iconic company is slashing jobs and focusing on non-beer products in an effort to stay relevant to millennials and Gen Z.
Anne Gaviola
10.30.19
rights

People Suspected of Witchcraft Are Still Being Persecuted and Killed
An international group of advocates are urging the U.N. to do something about the ostracization and violence.
Manvir Singh
10.30.19
Music

This Halloween, Please Remember That 'Monster Mash' Still Slaps
Released in 1962, the spooky pop song purported to be a "graveyard smash," but really, its power goes beyond the grave.
Alex Zaragoza
10.30.19
Tech news

DeepMind's 'Starcraft II' AI Is Now Better Than 99.98% of Human Players
AlphaStar achieved Grandmaster status the old fashioned way: grinding through matches with human opponents to move up the leaderboard.
Matthew Gault
10.30.19
Hacking

NSO’s Spying Contract Doesn’t Limit Use of its Hacking Tools to Terrorism and Crime
The contract may be incomplete, but one included with WhatsApp’s lawsuit doesn’t tell NSO customers to limit hacking to prevent terrorism or serious crime.
Joseph Cox
10.30.19
Github

Spain and GitHub Are Blocking an App That Helped Protesters Organize
As thousands of people protest in Barcelona, an app meant to organize activists was blocked by Github on request of the government.
Samantha Cole
10.30.19
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