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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Just Got Its Third Governor In One Week. She Might Not Stick Around.

A Supreme Court ruling handed power to former Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez, who would have been next-in-line in the first place.
Alex Lubben
8.8.19
food news

Kidnappers Held a Man Hostage for Hours, Then Gave Him a Grilled Cheese 'For His Troubles'

Love a grilled cheese, but not sure any sandwich cancels out the trauma of being kidnapped and held at gunpoint.
Jelisa Castrodale
8.8.19
school lunch

New Trump Food Stamp Rules Could Kick Entire Schools off Free Meals

The change at the Department of Agriculture could impact millions of children attending thousands of schools in poor districts.
Morgan Baskin
8.8.19
tech-science

Ocean Heatwaves That Instantly Kill Coral Are Getting Worse, Scientists Warn

Marine heatwaves present “a distinct biological phenomenon” from bleaching events, and could threaten the livelihoods of half a billion people.
Becky Ferreira
Madeleine Gregory
8.8.19
Games Opinion

Fire Emblem Doesn't Just Need Gay Characters, It Needs Queer Life

'Three Houses' technically offers more queer romance than past entries, but its a footnote in a very heteronormative game.
Todd Harper
8.8.19
Tennessee

Demon Tattoos Could Be the Key to Finding This Escaped Tennessee Inmate

He escaped the day a corrections officer was discovered dead in her house on the penitentiary’s property.
Kelly Vinett
8.8.19
Obituaries

David Berman Knew Exactly How to Find Beauty in Sadness

Across a long career of music, poetry, and visual art, the Silver Jews songwriter married despair and absurdity. Few artists better reflected how complicated it is to be alive.
Brian Coney
8.8.19
VICE News Tonight on HBO

Inside Sen. Chuck Grassley's Town Hall After the El Paso and Dayton Shootings

The chances of bipartisan support with gun control look slim
Liz Landers
8.8.19
Trump Defense

Man Who Fractured a Kid's Skull for "Disrespecting" the National Anthem Is Blaming Trump

An attorney for Curt Brockway, the 39-year-old accused of choke-slamming the boy and fracturing his skull, said he was just acting on the president's orders.
Trone Dowd
8.8.19
El Paso

El Paso Shooter's Mother Told Police She Was Worried About His Gun

An officer told her the gun was perfectly legal, ending the conversation.
Emma Ockerman
8.8.19
VICE News Tonight on HBO

Why El Paso Didn't Welcome President Trump's Thoughts And Prayers

People here feel Trump has changed the very nature of their city
Evan McMorris-Santoro
8.8.19
Mitch McConnell

Twitter Threw Mitch McConnell In Twitter Jail at the Worst Possible Time

The Senate majority leader was temporarily frozen out of Twitter, and he's using it as proof of Big Tech's supposed bias against conservatives.
David Uberti
8.8.19
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