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Abortion Is Effectively Banned in Kentucky

Beyond a 15-week abortion ban, Kentucky’s new law creates an abortion-monitoring system so baroque, providers and state agencies alike can’t do their jobs.
Carter Sherman
4.14.22
Sovereign Citizens

I Trained to Become a Fake Cop with COVID Conspiracists

VICE World News went undercover with sovereign citizen COVID “truthers” who believe they can declare themselves exempt from laws they don’t like.
Tim Hume
4.14.22
Tech

$2.8 Million Jack Dorsey Tweet NFT Turned Out to Be a Terrible Investment

A crypto investor put what he called the Mona Lisa of tweets up for auction expecting to clear $48 million. He couldn’t even make his original investment back.
Matthew Gault
4.14.22
Decade of Hate
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Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Their Own Nation

Sovereign Citizens are a bizarre anti-government conspiracist group who believe they’re above the law. But experts say they are showing a dangerous potential for violence.
nyc subway shooting

Accused Subway Shooter Worked for Amazon, Doordash

Frank James, accused of opening fire on a New York subway car, railed about working at Amazon in at least one of his hundreds of videos.
Anna Merlan
Tim Marchman
4.14.22
Elden Ring

‘Let Me Solo Her:’ The Birth of an ‘Elden Ring’ Folk Hero

The ‘Elden Ring’ community is celebrating a jar-headed crusader.
Emanuel Maiberg
4.14.22
El Salvador

10,000 Alleged Gang Members Got Arrested in El Salvador in 2 Weeks

The current crackdown is the most severe yet from President Nayib Bukele, and includes a sweeping new law aimed at censoring press reporting on the gangs.
Emily Green
4.14.22
Tech

Ethereum Programmer Jailed for North Korea Trip Wanted to Clone Dogs, Become ‘Crypto Hero’

Virgil Griffith went to the DPRK to talk about crypto. The DOJ said he helped the country learn a new way to bypass sanctions and launder money.
Jordan Pearson
Matthew Gault
4.14.22
amazon

Amazon Labor Union Is Inspiring Amazon Workers Around the Country to Unionize

Organized groups of Amazon warehouse workers have formed or expanded across the country since ALU's victory.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
4.14.22
crypto

Meet the Blockchain Detectives Who Track Crypto’s Hackers and Scammers

A handful of skilled independent investigators are uncovering high profile scams and hacks in the crypto and web3 world.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
4.14.22
Accident

3 Dead After a Rescue Operation of Stuck Cable Cars Went Horribly Wrong

“I will probably never enter a cable car ever again in my life.”
Pallavi Pundir
4.14.22
Ukraine

British Fighter Seized in Ukraine Fears Being Used as ‘Bullshit Propaganda’

Aiden Aslin was forced to surrender with his Ukrainian comrades after being surrounded in Mariupol. He is at risk of torture, his friend tells VICE World News.
Helen Nianias
4.14.22
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