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Instagram and Amber Alert team up to put breaking information into your scroll

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Lewis was abducted near Camden, Mississippi, in 2014 and hasn't yet been found. This care is reflected even in the promotional images for Instagram's update, which uses a photo of missing child Myra Lewis to demonstrate how alerts will be displayed. The latest image is an age-progressed depiction of Lewis at age 10.

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12 best dramas on Netflix for when you want to feel something

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Based on the Hillary Jordan novel, this period drama charts the relationships and racial conflict between two farming families in the 1939 Mississippi Delta. Sarah Gadon stars as the notorious killer, who journeyed from Ireland to Canada and made a humble life for herself as maid to the farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross).

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The Reason Right-Wing States Are Cracking Down on Indigenous Climate Protesters

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A new report provides new insight into why right-wing legislators all over the U.S. are cracking down on anti-pipeline protests—namely, that the protests really work to limit planet-warming pollution. Read more.

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Cops Are Using Facebook to Target Line 3 Pipeline Protest Leaders, New Documents Reveal

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Protests against Enbridge’s Line 3 have been ramping up in Minnesota—and so has the response from authorities. A video went viral this week of a Department of Homeland Security helicopter sandblasting protesters following mass arrests. But some police tactics are far less visible while causing long-term hardship. Read more.

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Climate Justice Groups Flood Top Biden Administration Officials’ Inboxes With 5,600 Emails

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Since President Joe Biden took office in January, tensions between the White House and the environmental justice movement have ratcheted up. In recent weeks, though, they’ve come to a head over an email campaign. Ten high-level administration officials had their inboxes flooded with 5,600 messages over two days in… Read more.

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Amazon's Former Security Chief Is Now Guarding the Line 3 Oil Pipeline

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The man heading up security for the oil transport company Enbridge, which is currently facing down an Indigenuous-led protest movement against the Line 3 pipeline , formerly helped Exxon shield its operations from demonstrations in Nigeria and oversaw global security for Amazon. Read more.

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'Sometimes the Good Guys Win': Company Cancels Plans for Oil Pipeline Through Black Neighborhoods in Memphis

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It’s hard to find good climate news these days–but there’s some out of Tennessee. A company that was set to build a hotly contested oil pipeline through Black neighborhoods in Memphis said on Friday that the project is off. Read more.

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