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Starbucks Is Blocking Union Activists and Workers on Twitter

Leaders of Starbucks Workers United said that the company has ramped up its efforts to silence pro-union workers since Howard Schultz stepped up as CEO in April.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
4.18.22
police

Video Shows Cop Punching Protester During Anti–Police Brutality Protest

Multiple videos taken during Saturday’s demonstration over a Black homeless man’s death show a Wilkinsburg police officer punching a protester.
Trone Dowd
4.18.22
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How Miami Became a Hot Spot for Brazilian Butt Lift Recovery

Healing from a BBL can take six to 12 months. A new industry—with little regulation—has sprung up to care for those pursuing an Instagrammable peach.
Katie Way
4.18.22
Games Reviews

The Playdate Proves What Video Games Have Been Missing Are More Cranks

What’s here is novel and fun, and gestures at a device that could extend beyond its 'hey, that’s neat' status. But is it a platform or a fun toy?
Patrick Klepek
4.18.22
News

The Pope Apologized. Some Conservatives Are Denying Residential School Horrors Anyway.

The denial or downplaying of what happened at residential schools works to protect the status quo and amounts to a form of genocide denial that needs to be confronted, experts say.
Anya Zoledziowski
4.18.22
russia

Russia’s Ambassador to the US Says He Hasn’t Talked to Putin in Almost 5 Years

But despite not actually talking to Putin, Antonov defended the Russian president’s mindset.
Paul Blest
4.18.22
Twitter

Someone Behind the Québec Health Ministry Twitter Account is Into Feet 

“I was really surprised, really,” said the performer whose Pornhub link ended up in a Health Québec tweet. 
Samantha Cole
4.18.22
Infowars

Sandy Hook Families May Not Buy InfoWars’ Sudden Bankruptcy Filing 

Several of the parents previously accused Alex Jones and InfoWars of “conspiring to divert assets” to shell companies. 
Anna Merlan
4.18.22
Debhani Escobar

A Driver Took Her Final Photo. Now She’s on a Long List of Missing Women.

The photo shows 18-year-old Debanhi Escobar standing alone on a federal highway on April 10. She hasn’t been seen since.
Luis Chaparro
4.18.22
C.R.E.A.M.
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The Ex-Russian Spy Turned Millionaire Influencer

Aliia Roza is an ex Russian spy seductress who defected to America and became a multi-millionaire fashion PR mogul and actress. But when VICE’s Sydney Lima spends time with her she discovers that things might not be all that they seem.
Snake Venom

COVID Conspiracy Theorists Wreak Havoc With a Story About Snake Venom

Conspiracists are omnidirectionally beefing over a theory that starts with the claim COVID is connected to snake venom and only gets more out there.
Anna Merlan
4.18.22
Hacking

'We Are Fucked': Crypto Stablecoin Collapses After $182M Hack

Hackers used a flash loan to exploit the Beanstalk project, tanking its stablecoin's value from $1 to $0.15.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
4.18.22
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