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Capital Gazette Releases A Paper The Day After Its Office Was Attacked In spite of the tragedy, Gazette reporters were steadfast that they would be publishing the paper as normal on Friday, and they followed through. June 29, 2018 at 04:53AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2KAMt1q

A baby was treated with a nap and a bottle of formula. His parents received an $18,000 bill. An ER patient can be charged thousands of dollars in "trauma fees" — even if they weren't treated for trauma. June 28, 2018 at 08:10AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2tMHIHh

The psychology of why you feel alone even when you’re surrounded by people Despite the world's population creeping upward by around 200,000 people a day, many of us have never felt as alone. June 27, 2018 at 04:00AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2twfhyg

Nat Geo's Travel Photographer Of The Year Award-Winning Photos Are Here Taken all over the globe, these images represent the world's very best photographers seeking out beautiful scenes in the most remote corners of our planet. They're incredible. June 28, 2018 at 11:27AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Kt3PJY

A German Student Came Up With This Incredibly Clever Invention To Protect Smartphones From Breaking In a perfect world, nobody would drop their smartphones on the ground and risk breaking them. Unfortunately, we don't live in that perfect world. Fortunately, we live in one where this has been invented. June 28, 2018 at 12:05PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2N8gHau

Inside Target’s Top Secret Test Store Inside its Minneapolis headquarters, Target has constructed a full-sized Target. And we were the first outsiders to be let in. June 28, 2018 at 06:16AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2KeZM8m

The DNA Cops Who Make Sure The World's Deadliest Viruses Aren't Rebuilt Ginkgo Bioworks is helping stop a new class of lethal biological weapons from being created. June 27, 2018 at 06:33PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2tInqib

Rejected by A.A. How the 12 Step program and its decades-old philosophy are exacerbating the opioid crisis. June 27, 2018 at 05:32PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2N5QBEL

What Happened To The Winner Of McDonald's $1 Million Flexi-Disc Contest? In 1989, a 13-year-old boy in Galax, Virginia thought he'd won the real-life golden ticket. His family suddenly had money — but with it, more problems. June 27, 2018 at 03:07PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2lHuI21

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Normally, a primary victory in an overwhelmingly blue district would be nothing out of the ordinary but there are a number of reasons why Ocasio-Cortez's upset marks an extraordinary moment in American politics. June 27, 2018 at 10:25AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Kplz94

Migrant family separations: States sue Trump administration It is the first legal challenge over family separation from the states, who argue that the president's executive order denies migrant families due process and the right to seek asylum. June 26, 2018 at 05:36PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2N3AeIP

'Cadillac Frank,' 'Ice Pick Willie,' And The Nicknames Of American Mobsters Last Friday, Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme was found guilty of killing a South Boston nightclub owner 25 years ago. And while the crimes of Cadillac Frank and his contemporaries were heinous, their nicknames were undeniably cool. June 26, 2018 at 05:36PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2tLjXjc

How To Forgive Your Father My immigrant father was trying to navigate life in a new and scary world. And I was hellbent on making things as difficult as possible. June 26, 2018 at 04:14PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2ItYqk1

I'm Starting to Have Serious Doubts About Amazon Prime It's not so much that Prime is a good deal. It's that Prime is a great trick. June 26, 2018 at 10:55AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2IuJdiG

Where Is Barack Obama? The most popular American, whose legacy is the primary target of Donald Trump, has, for now, virtually disappeared from public life. June 25, 2018 at 10:55AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2lw2gQE

Watching This Turf-Covered Pool Automatically Open Is Hella Satisfying Climb on in, the water's extra fine. June 26, 2018 at 10:41AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2lAegkn

Guys Are Sharing Their Laziest, Most Depressing Bachelor Meals, And It’s Kinda Terrifying And here I felt guilty for eating sliced ham out of the bag. June 25, 2018 at 05:16PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Kqyhro

The NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs In Eight US Cities Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not publicly known. June 25, 2018 at 11:47AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Iu57Tm

Rare Footage Captured Of The World's Biggest Pig The 600-pound giant forest hog is rarely seen by humans despite its formidable size. June 25, 2018 at 02:27PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2MXdM4k

Sleepy in Songdo, Korea’s Smartest City The hardest thing about living in an eco-friendly master-planned utopia? Meeting your neighbors. June 24, 2018 at 06:00AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2Kg8tLw