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'Limetown' and the Sound That Evil Makes
How the device of letting everyday people describe extraordinary evil captures a unique kind of horror.
Rob Zacny
12.11.17
The Rundown

NFL Protests Prompt Every Miami Dolphins Player to Register to Vote
Your guide to the NFL protests, what’s working, what’s not and what you can do about it.
Aaron Barksdale
12.11.17
FOIA

Public Lands Agency Ordered Staff to Promote Oil and Gas on Social Media
Staff at the Bureau of Land Management were instructed to share photos of fossil fuel development on the agency’s Flickr page, FOIA documents reveal.
Sarah Emerson
12.11.17
georges-st-pierre

Georges St-Pierre Dropping His Belt Ends a Year of Silliness for Middleweights
Robert Whittaker was promoted to official champ last week, and will defend the belt in February.
Jack Slack
12.11.17
Environment

Right whales could go extinct, American officials warn
Canada and the U.S. need to examine ship speed, fishing gear and climate change, report says
Hilary Beaumont
12.11.17
scams

Cryptocurrency Scammers Took At Least $1.7 Million From Canadians Last Year
Cryptocurrency scams doubled from 2016.
Jordan Pearson
12.11.17
The VICE Morning Bulletin

The VICE Morning Bulletin
Trump sexual misconduct accusers want congressional probe, US officials warn of North Korean bioweapons, VICE News report finds police shootings way more common than we thought, and more.
VICE Staff
12.11.17
NFL

NFL Needs Harsh Punishments for Teams Blowing Off Concussion Protocol
Tom Savage clearly suffered a brain injury against the 49ers Sunday. He theoretically went through the concussion protocol and was cleared to return the next series. It's an all too common occurrence.
Dave Lozo
12.11.17
scotland

Meet the DJ Who Opened Glasgow’s First Ramen Bar
“When I DJ or make a mix, I’m not thinking what I wanna put in the mix, I’m thinking what’ll please the most amount of people, and it’s the same with making ramen.”
Kamila Rymajdo
12.11.17
Premieres

M.E.S.H.’s New Video Is a Descent Into an Unsettling Underworld
The creepy journey in the clip for “Search. Reveal.” is a perfect accompaniment for the ungainly movement of Jamie Whipple’s music.
Colin Joyce
12.11.17
CHEFS

Mario Batali on Leave from Restaurants and TV Following Sexual Harassment Allegations
At least four women have come forward with claims that Batali touched them inappropriately and made lewd comments about their bodies.
Hilary Pollack
12.11.17
Mars

Earth Microbes Could Sabotage the Journey to Mars
A new study found a healthy community of microbes in the ISS, but this doesn’t mean that a journey to Mars would be safe for the microbe and human travellers.
Caroline Haskins
12.11.17
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