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1. The Patriot Act expired, but Congress passed of the USA Freedom Act, which is like the Patriot Act on steroids.
2. The FBI was caught surveying people from planes disguised as commercial carriers, all without warrants (in the US, that is a huge infringement of our Constitutional rights).
3. NBC was caught manipulating footage of the shooting of an unarmed college student.
4. Congress passed a measure that would require all police departments to report all police-involved killings and uses of force.
5. A Department of Homeland Security investigation discovered that the TSA failed to catch 95% of the mock explosives and weapons smuggled through airports.
6. A Guantanamo detainee alleged he was tortured by the CIA with methods worse than previously thought, methods that included sexual abuse, anal force-feedings, and being hung from the ceiling naked.
7. Scientists grew the first “biolimb” and transplanted it onto a rat.
8. Over a thousand people in India have died due to a heatwave that has caused temperatures to soar upwards of 117 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. An archaeologist in Russia discovered 2,400 year old bongs containing marijuana and opium in the Caucasus Mountains.
10. A declassified Pentagon report revealed that ISIS was created by western governments.
11. Scientists discovered that your parents’ lives can affect your DNA.
12. A student discovered enormous plasma tubes in the Earth’s atmosphere.
13. There was the conclusion of the Meng Long Li trial, who was convicted of two of the three charges against him for assaulting an MSU student.
14. The cruise ship, The Eastern Star, capsized in the Yangtze River, and as of today, the death toll has reached over 400, with many still missing. Only 14 people thus far have been known to survive.
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