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President Obama has announced plans to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq to advise the government’s campaign against the Islamic State (Washington Post).

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new challenge to the Affordable Care Act, a mere two years after the Court upheld a key provision of the law (NPR).

The successor to the popular drug/weapon/passport emporium Silk Road—creatively named Silk Road 2.0—was shut down in a joint U.S.-European operation which saw over 400 sites taken offline and 17 people arrested (BBC).

The Ukranian government claims that a column of tanks and supply trucks has crossed the border from Russia, potentially straining a September 5th ceasefire between pro-Russian rebels and Petro Poroshenko’s pro-Western government (New York Times).

A student at Colorado State University took MDMA and cocaine at a Halloween concert, stole an ambulance, and assaulted a police officer before being taken into custody. He then “stood on a bench, kicked the wall, and masturbated”. Maybe stick to the legal weed next time (7NEWS Denver).

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