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Attorney General William Barr clashed with black congressional Democrats over whether systemic racism exists in U.S. police forces. Barr, who testified Tuesday to the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee, acknowledged that black Americans’ concerns about police “are legitimate” but said it’s “an oversimplification to treat the problem as rooted in some deep-seated racism generally infecting our police departments.” Black-on-black crime, Barr said, is more of a threat to young African American men than police misconduct. “The leading cause of death for young black males is homicide. Every year approximately 7,500 black Americans are victims of homicide, and the vast majority of…

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Tourists traveling on cable cars through a national park in China had to be rescued following a power outage. The incident took place on Sunday at Qianling Mountain in southwest China, the local fire service reported. Rescuers from nearby Guiyang were dispatched to the scene with reports that 18 people were trapped in multiple cable cars while traveling to and from the top of the mountain, which is in a national park popular with hikers and known for its resident population of rhesus macaque monkeys. With the cableway stopped by the outage, rescuers had to evacuate the cars’ occupants,…

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An attempt to “cancel” a Loyola University New Orleans professor is failing so far, signaling a potential shift in campus culture. A petition to fire Walter Block, a professor of economics, has attracted 600 signatures. Meanwhile, a petition to give Block a raise has more than 5,000. It’s unclear how many of those who have signed the petitions are students because anyone can sign them. Block is known for his anarcho-capitalist views, which are included in his 1976 book “Defending the Undefendable,” which argues for legalizing drugs, prostitution and the sale of bodily organs. Block’s troubles began in June when…

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Chinese authorities arrested a man who allegedly killed his sleeping wife, cut her into pieces and dumped the body parts in a septic tank. The revelations came after police in Hangzhou, in eastern China, concluded an 18-day search for the victim, Lai Huili, 51, whose husband reported her missing July 6. Her spouse and alleged killer, Xu Guoli, 55, was arrested July 23, after DNA evidence found in the sewerage later led to a confession, Jia Qinmin, deputy head of the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau, told reporters at a press conference on July 25. The case drew attention across…

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Mexican researchers turned to high-tech to help decode Mayan hieroglyphs and decipher the names of nine chiefs who ruled the ancient city of Cobá during its golden era, between A.D. 500 and 780. The names of another five leaders could not be determined. The Cobá archaeological site is located in the southeastern Mexican state of Quintana Roo, and is located around four lagoons. At its peak, the Mayan city had 50,000 inhabitants. Archaeologist Maria Jose Con Uribe, of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, led the Cobá Project team that deciphered the names. The team began its research…

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A main thoroughfare in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood resembled a war zone Saturday, with protesters reportedly throwing rocks, bottles, liquid-filled balloons, fireworks and other explosives at police officers, who responded with pepper spray, sponge grenades and blast balls to disperse the crowds. In body-cam footage posted by the Seattle Police Department, an explosion is seen on the street among a team of cops moving toward the protesters on their bikes. In the other parts of the video, explosives can be seen being thrown among the officers as they slowly retreat. According to the department, two groups of protesters coming from…

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A 1-year-old Russian girl suffering from a rare neuromuscular disease has received an injection of what’s been dubbed the world’s “most-expensive shot,” thanks to online fundraising efforts led by her mother that drew donations from several celebrities. Milana Semenkova, who lives in Kaliningrad, has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic diseases that cause weakness and wasting in the voluntary muscles, including impacting the ability to breathe. To diminish the disease’s progression, Milana’s doctors prescribed an injection of Zolgensma, a new medication that does just that. The catch: a single injection of the medicine costs 162 million rubles, roughly $2 million…

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Seventeen-year-old Angela Nduta, who lives in the sprawling Kayole-Soweto slum in Nairobi, Kenya, is struggling during her menstrual period—but not in the way you might think. “I have been forced to seek other alternatives [to maxi pads] to survive. I am currently using pieces of dirty cloth at home. Things have been extremely difficult now. How I wish we can go back to school soon, where I am sure I can get free sanitary towels,” she said. Like many others in her community, adolescent girls who lack menstruation products in Kenya are forced to stay at home or unscrupulously “convince”…

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“The Old Guard” is a film that is so woke, it puts its audience to sleep. Netflix’s attempt to fill the superhero void is more progressive than it is heroic. As Americans figure out what to do with without the latest blockbuster film thanks to the global pandemic, Netflix seeks to rise to the occasion with another comic book adaptation of its own, after “The Umbrella Academy.” “The Old Guard” prides itself in changing the landscape of the industry from a political standpoint. The series has a very solid premise, a group of people bound by their immortality and fighting…

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Amid a season of peaceful protests and angry riots erupting across the country and globe in response to the death of George Floyd, one man was quietly taking action for different cause in a different way. He decided to bring light to a dark corner in our society by taking a bike ride. But this was not just a daylong jaunt—it would take roughly a month and cover roughly 2,700 miles, from one coast to the other. Aaron Vanderbeck walks away from the Oceanside Pier to begin his cross-country bike ride on May 26, 2020 in Oceanside, California. (Shana Thompson/Zenger)Aaron…

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