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It's Friday, January 18, and Women Allegedly Can't Eat Alone at This Upper East Side Bar

Plus, is "ugly" produce a lie?
Hannah Keyser
1.18.19
War on Drugs

The Pentagon Spent Billions Fighting the War on Drugs Without Even Asking for a Plan

A new government watchdog report says the Pentagon has paid states billions of dollars for counter-narcotics operations without ever asking what would be done with that money.
Matthew Gault
1.18.19
YouTube

Why Did YouTube Mass Recommend That People Watch News Footage of the 9/11 Attacks?

Thousands of people say that a years-old CNN news feed from the morning of the September 11th attacks has been resurfaced by YouTube's recommendation algorithm.
Rob Dozier
1.18.19
Internet Exploring

This Bootleg Netflix Drake Documentary Is The Purest Form of Agony

'Drake: Rewriting the Rules' is a new entry in a line of garbage, basic documentaries about Drake without Drake.
Noisey Staff
Jabbari Weekes
Phil Witmer
1.18.19
video

Embedding with Canada's Arctic Guardians

20 years later, the soldier-turned-photographer Philip Cheung is featuring the northern military unit in his latest exhibition.
VICE Staff
1.18.19
Pennsylvania

PA Cops Underestimate How Many People Will Volunteer to Get Drunk for Free

“WE HAVE HAD AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FOR THIS AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS TRAINING”
Jelisa Castrodale
1.18.19
T-Mobile

Senator Wyden Hammers T-Mobile For Empty Promises on Sale of Cell Phone Location Data

The Senator expressed “disappointment” and “disbelief” at CEO John Legere’s unfulfilled promise to end the sale of geolocation data to “shady middlemen.”
Karl Bode
1.18.19
russia investigation

Democrats are furious over allegations Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress — and talking impeachment

“If this is true, this is plain, slam-dunk, criminal obstruction of justice,” tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Democrat from Rhode Island.
Alex Lubben
1.18.19
housing

The Very Strong Case For Moving the Hell Out of Toronto

With rent prices skyrocketing and telecommuting becoming more common, many young people are finding a better life in smaller places.
Tiffy Thompson
1.18.19
High Wire

Addictive Drugs Should Not be Marketed, Period

New findings about the pressure to sell OxyContin reveals a lot about the opioid crisis.
Maia Szalavitz
1.18.19
Essays

James Blake Just Made a Gorgeous Album About Being Happy in Love

His overwhelmingly optimistic fourth album ‘Assume Form’ finds the UK singer-producer coming to terms with life after stability.
Josh Terry
1.18.19
antarctica

Dead Tardigrade Found Buried 3,200 feet-Deep in Antarctica Lake

Scientists found a carcass of the extremophile, microbial tardigrade a kilometer underground near an Antarctic lake.
Caroline Haskins
1.18.19
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