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In 2018 Americans Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan were killed in Tajikistan while cycling through

In 2018, Americans Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan were killed in Tajikistan while cycling through “ISIS territory” in order to vindicate their belief in human kindness.

A millennial couple embarked on an international biking adventure after quitting their day jobs in 2017. The two wrote a joint blog post about their planned travels, where they revealed that they would discover that “humans are kind” and that evil “is a make-believe concept.” Sadly, after just over a year of traveling, they were killed by ISIS militants in Tajikistan.⁠

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Aftermath of the attempted cash-in-transit robbery in South Africa

A South African guard was caught in dashcam footage fighting a gang of armed thieves who sprayed his security vehicle with more than thirty bullets in an attempt to kill him, before turning the situation around by chasing them under the threat of a weapon.

Leo Prinsloo, 48, was escorting cellphones in his unmarked armored Toyota Land Cruiser when he was ambushed by two cars full of gunmen.

Prinsloo is a former member of the South African Police Service’s Special Task Force, a special operations group within the SAPS.

The Special Task Force functions as a hostage rescue and counter-terrorism organization, trained to deal with high-risk threats on the land, in the air, and at sea.

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In covid-free Melbourne, 85,000 fans are packed in at the MCG for the ANZAC day AFL game. The largest sporting crowd worldwide since the pandemic began.

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and “the contribution and suffering of all those who have served”

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Cartel boss Carlos Enrique Sanchez, ‘El Cholo’, appeared in a video shortly before found dead in a Mexico park

Mexican authorities believe a body found wrapped in plastic and left on a park bench in Guadalajara belongs to notorious drug lord "El Cholo."

While not yet formally identified, signs pinned to the corpse with knives said in Spanish, "the traitor El Cholo", the nickname for Carlos Enrique Sanchez.

Formerly a top member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Sanchez left the group to form a competing criminal gang known as La Nueva Plaza in 2017

The ensuing war for control of Guadalajara’s drug trade led to an escalation of violence in the city.

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Robert Aaron Long Identified As Suspect in Atlanta-Area Asian Spa Shootings That Left 8 People Dead

Deputies alleged he entered Young’s Asian Massage Parlor along Georgia Highway 92 and opened fire at about 5 p.m., shooting five people and killing four of them in Woodstock, an Atlanta suburb near Acworth. Officials alleged he then drove to nearby Atlanta and opened fire at two additional Asian spas, Gold Spa and Aromatherapy, killing four more people.

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During the four years of the Civil War, Ft. Stevens was the closest the confederates got to Washington. During the siege on the US Capitol building, supporters of Donald Trump paraded the confederate battle flag through the Capitol.

The portrait on the wall is of 19th century Vermont Senator Justin Morrill, one of the founders of the Republican Party. After the Civil War, he served on the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, requiring southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment before they’d be readmitted into the United States.

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The Chinese government has an AI surveillance system that uses 20m+ cameras and facial recognition systems to track citizen behavior and monitor criminals. They officially named it ‘Skynet’, because of Terminator

Skynet is the Chinese government’s video surveillance system, which it claims is for tracking criminals. Under the project, more than 20 million cameras have been set up in public spaces across the country.

State media boasts that it’s the world’s biggest surveillance network, calling it “the eyes that safeguard China” — but it’s also led to fears about the impact of constant surveillance on the public at large, and that it might be used to target dissidents.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shares first photo from Berlin hospital

“Hi, this is Navalny. I miss you. I still can hardly do anything, but yesterday I was able to breathe on my own for the whole day. Just myself. I did not use any outside help, not even the simplest valve in my throat. I liked it very much. An amazing, underestimated process by many. Recommended.”

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Ted Kaczynski (better known as the Unabomber) received an invitation in 2012, while incarcerated at ADX Florence, to his Harvard graduating class’s 50th anniversary reunion. He RSVPed, noting his occupation as “prisoner” and his eight life sentences as “awards.”

As a sophomore, Kaczynski participated in a study described by author Alston Chase as a “purposely brutalizing psychological experiment” led by Harvard psychologist Henry Murray. Subjects were told they would be debating personal philosophy with a fellow student, and were asked to write essays detailing their personal beliefs and aspirations. The essays were turned over to an anonymous attorney, who in a later session would confront and belittle the subject – making “vehement, sweeping, and personally abusive” attacks – using the content of the essays as ammunition, while electrodes monitored the subject’s physiological reactions.

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A California fire sparked during a gender reveal party has burned more than 10,000 acres since Saturday.

As of Tuesday morning, the El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County is currently 16% contained.

Investigators announced that a gender reveal party, which used a “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device,” caused the fire. The exact device wasn’t specified, but it is believed to have either emitted colored smoke or fireworks to reveal the baby’s sex.

While officials haven’t released surveillance footage of the incident they described the recording to press. In it, a couple and several children can be seen walking into the grass while another person appears to light a device.

As the device ignites, the family could be seen “scrambling” and grabbing water bottles to try to stop the growing fire. Investigators said everyone involved is cooperating with investigators.

In 2017, a gender reveal in Arizona sparked a 47,000-acre wildfire after the father shot a highly-explosive Tannerite target. The mishap caused more than $8 million in damages. The father was charged with misdemeanor violation of US Forest Service regulations.