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climate change

‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’: Rainforest Auctioned for Oil Drilling
DR Congo will sell parts of the world's second-largest rainforest and peatlands that currently absorb a decade's worth of global carbon emissions.
Dipo Faloyin
7.25.22
News

ICE Agent in Sex-Trafficking Unit Donated to GOP and Days Later Investigated Hunter Biden
It is unclear what connection the New Jersey agent had to the case involving Biden's laptop that was being pushed by Donald Trump's acolytes in the latter days of the 2020 campaign.
Ben Makuch
Tim Marchman
7.25.22
DIVORCE

JD Vance Suggests People in ‘Violent’ Marriages Shouldn’t Get Divorced
The Ohio Republican Senate nominee claimed people “shift spouses like they change their underwear,” and that it had damaged a generation of children.
Cameron Joseph
7.25.22
russia

A Chess Robot Broke the Finger of Its 7-Year-Old Opponent in Russia
“This, of course, is bad,” said the president of Moscow’s chess federation.
Helen Nianias
7.25.22
tech-science

The Origin of Strange ‘Ghost Particles’ From Deep Space Has Been Discovered, Scientists Say
Neutrinos shoot through space, planets, and our bodies near lightspeed, and uncovering their origin sheds light on a major cosmic mystery.
Becky Ferreira
7.25.22
Games News

Neon White’s Developers Being Too Good at Their Own Game Caused Real Problems
Once you spend tens of thousands of hours playing a thing, you're going to be good at it. Too good, actually, to understand regular people.
Patrick Klepek
7.25.22
sex work

How a Former Porn Performer Sued Her School for Discrimination—and Won
Nicole Gililland’s case could be the first of its kind: a win for sex workers who are discriminated against at school and work.
Samantha Cole
7.25.22
Myanmar

‘Barbaric’: Global Outcry as Myanmar Junta Hangs Prominent Political Prisoners
While the military has condemned more than 100 people to death since the coup, including two children, the executions were the first since the 1980s.
Alastair McCready
7.25.22
News

Democrats Take Aim at Tiny ‘Switches’ That Create Illegal Machine Guns
Senators are introducing a bill focused on "auto sear" devices following a joint investigation by VICE News and The Trace.
Keegan Hamilton
7.25.22
Love Island

The ‘Love Island’ 2022 Power Ranking: Week Seven
Driven by banter, pheromones and the will of the people, The Italian Snack and Mother-Su have made it to the last stretch.
Emma Garland
7.25.22
Social Media

How to Actually Take a Social Media Break
Say goodbye to endless scrolling (for a bit).
Romano Santos
7.25.22
Open Secrets

'Nothing's Changed': Sexual Misconduct Is Driving People Out of Music
"Every person of colour that works in my sector of the industry has mental health problems."
Stephanie Phillips
7.25.22
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