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Police Say a Ferguson Man Shot Himself But Many People Are Skeptical

Police say a man from Ferguson shot himself in the nearby town of Normandy, but many people who claim to have witnessed the incident are challenging the official version of events.
Avi Asher-Schapiro
10.28.15
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Diane Charlemagne, the Voice Behind Many Drum and Bass Hits, Has Died

The “Inner City Life” vocalist lost her battle to cancer this morning.
Claire Wang
10.28.15
Crime

A Food Blogger Was Fined €11,000 For Writing a Fake Restaurant Review

While brutal online reviews are just a reality of owning a restaurant in the age of the smartphone, this particular review of Loiseau des Ducs de Dijon, in Dijon, France, stood out because it was posted five days before the restaurant even opened.
Nick Rose
10.28.15
Iran

Flogging, Amputations, and Hangings Are Business as Usual in Iran

The UN says that Iran isn't slowing down the pace of executions and torture -- and now, two poets have been sentenced to flogging for socializing with the opposite sex.
VICE News
10.28.15
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Aussie Producer Mr. Bill Is Releasing Tracks With a New Comic Series

The collaborative visual series with Funilab is not just a creative storytelling tool, but also a statement about the current model of digital music production.
Claire Wang
10.28.15
americas

Activists Claim Footage Shows Slaughterhouse Workers 'Tormenting Frightened Animals for Fun'

The group Mercy For Animals used a hidden camera to record undercover footage at a Tyson Foods chicken slaughterhouse in Mississippi.
Colleen Curry
10.28.15
Paris

Paris Suburb Commemorates Ten Years Since Two Teens' Deaths Sparked the 2005 French Riots

Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris, recalled the day 10 years ago when two young men died after being chased by police into an electrical transformer site. The deaths of Bouna Traoré and Zyed Benna sparked the 2005 riots that spread through France.
Lucie Aubourg
10.28.15
africa

Thousands Flee Flash Floods in Somalia as El Niño Intensifies Rainy Season

Flood waters have damaged latrines, destroyed people’s belongings, and cut off roads as rivers over-flooded in the country’s Shabelle basin, which includes areas around the capital Mogadishu.
Kayla Ruble
10.28.15
americas

Ontario Moves to Ban Random Police Stops — And Issue Receipts for All Else

“It is unprecedented what we’ve introduced today,” Ontario's community safety minister Yasir Naqvi told VICE News, calling the regulation the “first of its kind” in Canada.
Tamara Khandaker
10.28.15
Stuff

A Day and Night at Redfern's Community Legal Centre

With budget cuts looming, we investigate the human cost of Australia's social service funding black hole.
Jason J. Cohn
10.28.15
Gaming

'Batman: Arkham Knight' Is Back on Sale, and People Are Already Complaining

Warner Bros. suggest that having 12 GB of RAM might help. No duh.
Emanuel Maiberg
10.28.15
americas

Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Has a New Tumor

Ford, who garnered international headlines for admitting to smoking crack cocaine, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last year, but appeared to be on the mend lately.
Natalie Alcoba
10.28.15
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