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| North Korea's Kim Jong Un is going places. A major dark web site's been busted. And the Democrats may have a new front-runner. Here's the news to know Wednesday. |
| But first, so many F·R·I·E·N·D·S: Jennifer Aniston's new Instagram account broke a Guinness World Record. |
Kim Jong Un took his horse to the old town road |
| Giddy up, internet, because you'll never be the same after seeing these pictures (and memes) of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea unleashed a series of photos Wednesday showing Kim Jong Un riding a ~ majestic ~ white horse atop a sacred mountain. The government claims he often rides before making key decisions. Near the mountain, Kim reportedly vowed to overcome U.S.-led sanctions that he said pained and infuriated his people. Although the journey was meant to portray a powerful statement, many took to Twitter to mock the world leader. One said, "Not the Game of Thrones spinoff series I was hoping for." |
 | | In this undated photo provided on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse to climb Mount Paektu, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. | | AP | |
Feds charge 337 with running dark web child porn site |
| Hundreds worldwide have been charged with running or using a major child sexual exploitation site that included videos of adults abusing children as young as 2 years old, federal authorities said Wednesday. A nine-count indictment says 337 people in 24 U.S. states and 11 countries were arrested and charged. The dark web, also known as "darknet," is encrypted online content that is not indexed by conventional search engines. Authorities said the site contained 250,000 videos that were downloaded a million times by users worldwide. |
What everyone's talking about |
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'The Kurds are being slaughtered' |
| In a rare bipartisan rebuke, the House overwhelmingly voted to condemn President Donald Trump's "abrupt" decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria, saying it benefits U.S. adversaries. The resolution underscores the bipartisan backlash for Trump over the troop withdrawal that cleared the way for Turkey's assault on U.S.-allied Kurds. It notes that the Kurds "fought courageously with the United States against the brutality of ISIS throughout Syria" and that the withdrawal benefits adversaries such as Syria, Iran and Russia. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said the pullout stained America's reputation as a dependable partner, adding, "The Kurds are being slaughtered." |
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There's a new Dem front-runner: Elizabeth Warren. Just ask her rivals |
| Twelve Democratic presidential candidates took to the debate stage Tuesday night – making it the biggest primary debate in history. The polls show former Vice President Joe Biden with an edge over the rest of the Dems, but the folks most intensely attuned to the contest – her rivals competing for the nomination – targeted Elizabeth Warren. Here are some of the other big takeaways from the debate: |
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 | | Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at the Democratic debate on Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. | | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images | |
A break from the news |
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It all came down to this moment |
| The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition released its list of 2019 winners, and they are stunning. In this moment, photographer Yongqing Bao captured the intensity of life and death – a predator mid-move and terrified prey. Check out all the winning images and how the photographers captured them. |
| P.S. We are all very worried about the marmot. |
 | | The moment by Yongqing Bao, China Joint Winner 2019, Behavior: Mammals It was early spring on the alpine meadowland of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, in China's Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve, and very cold. The marmot was hungry. It was still in its winter coat and not long out of its six-month, winter hibernation, spent deep underground with the rest of its colony of 30 or so. It had spotted the fox an hour earlier, and sounded the alarm to warn its companions to get back underground. But the fox itself hadn't reacted, and was still in the same position. So the marmot had ventured out of its burrow again to search for plants to graze on. The fox continued to lie still. Then suddenly she rushed forward. And with lightning reactions, Yongqing seized his shot. His fast exposure froze the attack. The intensity of life and death was written on their faces – the predator mid-move, her long canines revealed, and the terrified prey, forepaw outstretched, with long claws adapted for digging, not fighting. Such predator prey interaction is part of the natural ecology of the plateau ecosystem, where rodents, in particular the plateau pikas, are keystone species. Not only are they the main prey for foxes and nearly all the other predators, they are key to the health of the grassland, digging burrows that also provide homes for many small animals including birds, lizards and insects, and creating microhabitats that increase the diversity of plant species and therefore the richness of the meadows. | | Yongqing Bao, Wildlife Photographer of the Year | |
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