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Instagram Influencers Partied at a Saudi Arabian Music Festival — but No One Mentioned Human Rights
On social media accounts of the followed and famous, the MDL Beast music festival was a rave true to form: fluorescent face paint, flashing lights and a star-studded lineup of DJs that spun dance music into the wee hours.
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Insta Influencers Face Backlash After Seen At Saudi Arabia Music Festival
On social media accounts of the followed and famous, the MDL Beast music festival was a rave true to form: fluorescent face paint, flashing lights and a star-studded lineup of DJs that spun dance music into the wee hours.
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Wakanda Free Trade Forever? Fictional Nation Removed From US Trade List
Taxpayers and reporters alike demanded answers from the US Department of Agriculture, which at some point on Wednesday removed Wakanda from its Agricultural Tariff Tracker.
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Polar Bear Seen Painted In Cryptic Graffiti In Russia, Scientists Alarmed
On grainy, shaky footage, a polar bear lumbers into view, its off-white pelt barely distinguishable from the pockmarked snow of its environs - until it turns its flank to the camera, revealing mysterious graffiti scrawled across its side.
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Woman Inflated Resume, Faked TIME Cover; Got Job At US State Department
Mina Chang sports a subtle smile on the cover of a Time magazine "Special Edition," with a swaggering headline that reads, "We change the world: Modern humanitarian in the digital age."
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A Woman's Stalker Used an App That Allowed Him to Stop, Start and Track Her Car
The Australian woman said in court that she's spent the last 10 years working in digital technology, ABC reported. She didn't know she was so vulnerable.
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Tesla’s Futuristic Door Handles Blamed for Man’s Death in the US
The futuristic door handles on Tesla's Model S are being blamed for a fatal crash in which a police officer was unable to pull a man to safety from his burning car.
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US Doctor Died In Burning Tesla As Futuristic Doors Didn't Open After Crash, Alleges Lawsuit
Omar Awan was driving his dream car when he lost control. The sleek, blue Model S Tesla careened across a road in South Florida and slammed into a palm tree.
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'Can I Hug Her?' In Court, Man Forgives Ex-Cop Who Killed His Brother
The white former police officer who shot and killed her unarmed black neighbor in his own apartment was sentenced to 10 years in prison - the conclusion of a dramatic trial that spotlighted issues of racial injustice, police accountability and the extraordinary capacity of a victim's family to forgive a perpetrator.
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"Should Have Known Better": Justin Trudeau Sorry For Wearing 'Brownface'
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday for wearing brownface and blackface after a yearbook picture surfaced showing him at an Arabian Nights-themed party in 2001, embroiling the politician in another scandal as he faces a tough battle for a second term.
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Storm Chaser's Harrowing Story As Hurricane Dorian Slams The Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian: Stories that began to emerge from the island nation as the storm moved north serve as the first accounts of a historic event. Dorian flattened buildings, perhaps leveling entire towns. It has claimed seven lives, but government officials expect the toll to rise much higher. It could define the Bahamas for decades.
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Alabama Governor Used Black Paint On Her Face In "Racist" College Skit
The skit was called "Cigar Butts," and a couple of the university students who starred in it thought the performance was hilarious.
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5 Decades After Vietnam Airman Died, His Son Flew Home His Remains
Bryan Knight was 5 years old when he waved goodbye to his father from Dallas Love Field airport. He never saw him again.
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Meet #greenshirtguy Who Laughs Hysterically At Anti-Immigration Protester
Alex Kack was sitting front row at the Tucson City Council meeting Tuesday night when the scene began unfolding next to him
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Ocasio-Cortez's Indian-American Chief of Staff To Quit Amid Controversies
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff is leaving her office, a departure that comes weeks after his public statements added tinder to an already fiery feud between the Democratic Party's liberal lawmakers and its moderates.
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Instagram Influencers Partied at a Saudi Arabian Music Festival — but No One Mentioned Human Rights
On social media accounts of the followed and famous, the MDL Beast music festival was a rave true to form: fluorescent face paint, flashing lights and a star-studded lineup of DJs that spun dance music into the wee hours.
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Insta Influencers Face Backlash After Seen At Saudi Arabia Music Festival
On social media accounts of the followed and famous, the MDL Beast music festival was a rave true to form: fluorescent face paint, flashing lights and a star-studded lineup of DJs that spun dance music into the wee hours.
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Wakanda Free Trade Forever? Fictional Nation Removed From US Trade List
Taxpayers and reporters alike demanded answers from the US Department of Agriculture, which at some point on Wednesday removed Wakanda from its Agricultural Tariff Tracker.
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Polar Bear Seen Painted In Cryptic Graffiti In Russia, Scientists Alarmed
On grainy, shaky footage, a polar bear lumbers into view, its off-white pelt barely distinguishable from the pockmarked snow of its environs - until it turns its flank to the camera, revealing mysterious graffiti scrawled across its side.
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Woman Inflated Resume, Faked TIME Cover; Got Job At US State Department
Mina Chang sports a subtle smile on the cover of a Time magazine "Special Edition," with a swaggering headline that reads, "We change the world: Modern humanitarian in the digital age."
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A Woman's Stalker Used an App That Allowed Him to Stop, Start and Track Her Car
The Australian woman said in court that she's spent the last 10 years working in digital technology, ABC reported. She didn't know she was so vulnerable.
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Tesla’s Futuristic Door Handles Blamed for Man’s Death in the US
The futuristic door handles on Tesla's Model S are being blamed for a fatal crash in which a police officer was unable to pull a man to safety from his burning car.
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US Doctor Died In Burning Tesla As Futuristic Doors Didn't Open After Crash, Alleges Lawsuit
Omar Awan was driving his dream car when he lost control. The sleek, blue Model S Tesla careened across a road in South Florida and slammed into a palm tree.
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'Can I Hug Her?' In Court, Man Forgives Ex-Cop Who Killed His Brother
The white former police officer who shot and killed her unarmed black neighbor in his own apartment was sentenced to 10 years in prison - the conclusion of a dramatic trial that spotlighted issues of racial injustice, police accountability and the extraordinary capacity of a victim's family to forgive a perpetrator.
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"Should Have Known Better": Justin Trudeau Sorry For Wearing 'Brownface'
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday for wearing brownface and blackface after a yearbook picture surfaced showing him at an Arabian Nights-themed party in 2001, embroiling the politician in another scandal as he faces a tough battle for a second term.
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Storm Chaser's Harrowing Story As Hurricane Dorian Slams The Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian: Stories that began to emerge from the island nation as the storm moved north serve as the first accounts of a historic event. Dorian flattened buildings, perhaps leveling entire towns. It has claimed seven lives, but government officials expect the toll to rise much higher. It could define the Bahamas for decades.
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Alabama Governor Used Black Paint On Her Face In "Racist" College Skit
The skit was called "Cigar Butts," and a couple of the university students who starred in it thought the performance was hilarious.
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5 Decades After Vietnam Airman Died, His Son Flew Home His Remains
Bryan Knight was 5 years old when he waved goodbye to his father from Dallas Love Field airport. He never saw him again.
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Meet #greenshirtguy Who Laughs Hysterically At Anti-Immigration Protester
Alex Kack was sitting front row at the Tucson City Council meeting Tuesday night when the scene began unfolding next to him
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Ocasio-Cortez's Indian-American Chief of Staff To Quit Amid Controversies
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff is leaving her office, a departure that comes weeks after his public statements added tinder to an already fiery feud between the Democratic Party's liberal lawmakers and its moderates.
