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A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed close to China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said it warned and followed the American vessel. The patrol by the USS Lassen was the most significant US challenge yet to the 12-nautical-mile territorial limits China asserts…
On Monday, a case against the Church of Scientology went to trial in Belgium, where the Agence France-Presse reports the international celebrity church faces a possible ban for fraud and extortion. According to the AFP, Belgian authorities opened an investigation into the church’s financing in 1997 after a number of former members came forward to…
Just in time for Halloween, here’s another vermin-eats-food-themed costume to take the wind out of pizza rat’s sails. Redditor connierubirosa has snapped what they deem the “most New York Photo” they’ve ever taken, words likely uttered by other notable urban life photographers. Hey look—it’s a pigeon with a bagel around its shoulders! The story of…
Every Halloween, western kids look forward to dressing up in scary costumes and going door-to-door trick-or-treating around their neighbourhoods. But if you’re a kid living in a certain district in Kobe, Japan, the spooky highlight of your year could lie in receiving a big bag of candy from Japan’s largest yakuza group. Trouble is,…
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gallery js This year OHNY opened up the doors to the gorgeous TWA building at JFK Airport, a mid-century time capsule that sits abandoned across from Terminal 5. Over there, you’re reminded of a time when air travel had a bit of dignity and elegance. You could sit down at a sleek bar and drink…
Anti-police brutality activists in New York City took a trip to a gentrified neighborhood on October 18 to catch white people freely committing the type of crimes that get black and brown people regularly harassed by cops. The group that organized the action, the Police Reform Organizing Project, or PROP, took to the streets of…
gallery js Next Tuesday evening at Cooper Union, some of the titans of New York City subway map design will convene alongside map aficionados to talk shop. The setting is auspicious, as back in 1978 Cooper Union hosted the Great Subway Map Debate, a showdown between backers of Massimo Vignelli’s sleek-but-disorienting subway diagram and supporters,…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Cat lovers and animal activists showed up at the Santa Clara County courthouse Monday for an accused cat killer’s hearing. San Jose resident Robert Farmer, 24, is charged with animal cruelty and other crimes related to stealing and hurting or killing cats. VIDEO: Man accused of kidnapping, killing cats in…
<![endif] [if gt IE 9]>><![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 8]>< ![endif][if gt IE 8]>><![endif][if lt IE 9]>< ![endif][if lt IE 9]>< ![endif] UP NEXT 03 At least one teacher is dead after a masked man armed with a sword attacked a school in western Sweden. Police say the attacker was shot by police and is…