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americas

Canada’s Prime Minister Refuses To Take Additional Refugees After Backlash Over Drowned Syrian Boy
Facing public outrage after initial reports that Canada had refused refuge to Alan Kurdi, Canadian authorities said they had never received an asylum request for the boy or his family. Alan's uncle was rejected for an 'incomplete' application.
Justin Ling
9.3.15
asia & pacific

An Overloaded Boat Carrying at Least 70 Migrants Has Capsized Off Malaysia
As Europe tries to find a way to solve the migrant crisis on its doorstep, at least 14 migrants have died when their boat sank in Southeast Asia.
VICE News
9.3.15
texas

Cutting Competitions: A Century Long Texas Tradition
Unlike many rodeo events, cutting, which entails separating a cow from the heard, is actually practiced every day on ranches.
Asa Merritt
9.3.15
News

Baltimore Is Bracing for the Freddie Gray Trials After a Deadly Summer
Concerns about violence and unrest threaten to derail criminal justice reform as local prosecutors press ahead in their case against six cops charged with the death of the 25-year-old in April.
Rachel M. Cohen
9.3.15
tom brady liberation front

Judge Nullifies NFL's 4-Game Suspension of Tom Brady
We just might be free from hearing about Deflategate ever again. Maybe.
Liam Daniel Pierce
9.3.15
Film

A Miyazaki Masterpiece Gets Remixed into an 8-Bit Video Game
CineFix flips 'Princess Mononoke' on its head with their signature “old-school 8-bit (and a little 16-bit)” style.
DJ Pangburn
9.3.15
Politics

Women's Health Care Providers Take Texas Abortion Fight to Supreme Court
Texas's harsh abortion restrictions could close all but eight clinics in the state. Women's groups are fighting back.
Callie Beusman
9.3.15
News

Washington State Unsure If Stoners or Drunks Are Better For the Economy
The first government-mandated report on legal weed was unable to determine if marijuana has turned Washington into a wasteland.
Jason Koebler
9.3.15
short circuit

Uber Is Basically Hiding from Protesters in Brussels Now
The ridesharing company is having an especially difficult time outside of America.
Clinton Nguyen
9.3.15
Stuff

How to Sublet Your Apartment with a Refugee and Crowdsource the Rent
A young Berlin couple have set up an Airbnb-style website, Refugees Welcome, that pairs refugees with hosts willing to give up a spare room.
Jessica Holland
9.3.15
grilling

Behold the American Hero Who Saved His Prized Ribs from a House Fire
Wright was barbecuing some ribs at his Fresno, CA, home at 3 AM on Tuesday—absolutely a normal time to be doing some casual grilling—when he suddenly saw flames shooting out of the window of an apartment in his building.
Hilary Pollack
9.3.15
Features

One Man’s David and Goliath Battle to Get Xerox to Fix a Major Bug
What’s the world coming to when we can’t trust a photocopy?
Rachel Pick
9.3.15
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