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Alexei Navalny, one of Russia's most prominent opposition figures, appears in a Moscow courtroom on July 24. A longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, he was recently arrested after calling for a mass protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from Moscow's city council election.

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Hospitalized With 'Severe' Allergic Reaction

Navalny, a longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, was recently arrested after calling for a mass protest in Moscow.

Police officers detain a man at protests in Moscow. Hundreds have been arrested during a demonstration demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council.

Russian Police Arrest Hundreds Of Demonstrators At Moscow Protest

Demonstrators are demanding fair elections for the City Duma and for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot.

People crossing the border have their temperature taken to check for symptoms of Ebola, near Kasindi, eastern Congo, on Wednesday.

WHO Weighs Declaring Global Health Emergency As Ebola Spreads In Africa

The latest outbreak has killed nearly 1,400 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo, but new cases in neighboring Uganda have raised further concern at the World Health Organization.

Charli XCX's third studio album, <em>Charli</em>, comes out Sept. 13.

All Right, Angels, Charli XCX Has Announced Her Third Album, 'Charli'

Charli,out Sept. 20, includes 15 songs and 14 features from the likes of Christine and the Queens,Sky Ferreira, Troye Sivan, Lizzo and HAIM.

J. Cole and his Dreamville label wanted to invite as many artists as possible to connect and create on the album <em>Revenge of the Dreamers III.</em>

Competition Lives On Dreamville's 'Revenge Of The Dreamers III' Album

For Dreamville's third compilation album, Revenge of the Dreamers III, J. Cole wanted to invite as many hip-hop and R&B artists as possible to collaborate for 10 days straight. It worked.

East West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia, offered single-use plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to encourage customers to utilize reusable bags.

How A Grocery Store's Plan To Shame Customers Into Using Reusable Bags Backfired

A Canadian grocery store put embarrassing slogans, such as "Wart Ointment Wholesale" and "Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium," on plastic bags to get customers to use reusable shopping bags.

Netflix said future shows aimed at its younger audiences will not depict smoking or e-cigarette use unless it is "essential." The streaming content giant also says information about smoking will be included as part of its ratings.

Netflix Promises To Quit Smoking On (Most) Original Programming

The streaming content giant said it will stop showing smoking or e-cigarette use in future shows unless it is "essential." New research finds tobacco imagery on popular shows has skyrocketed.

A rendering of a proposed North Market tower, which would be 28 stories tall.

Columbus Revives North Market Tower Plan, Shorter And More Expensive

A previously-shelved plan to build a tower in the North Market parking lot is back, with some significant revisions. At 28 stories tall, developers’…

NASA's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis team created this map, which shows surface displacement caused by the recent major earthquakes in Southern California.

Rippling Rainbow Map Shows How California Earthquakes Moved The Earth

NASA has mapped changes in the ground's position caused by the recent earthquakes — and it happens to look like beautiful, psychedelic art.

Need To Make A Phone Call From Jail? It'll Cost More In Rural Ohio

A typical phone call usually doesn't cost much, if anything. But in jails and prisons, inmates must pay to use phones to stay in touch with loved ones and…

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