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We're celebrating 10 years of Mean Girl with the best GIFs we could find. You're welcome.

Israeli Prime Minister Tells The UN Israel Did Not Commit Genocide

Comments (1) | Abbas, benjamin netanyahu, Gaza, Hamas, isis, Israel, israeli prime minister, Nation and World, Palestine, un, UN General Assembly, United Nations

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

The Israeli Prime Minister addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Monday. (@TimesofIsrael/Twitter)

Prime Minister said the threats posed by Hamas and ISIS were the same.

Volcano Erupts In Japan At Popular Hiking Trail

Comments (0) | death toll, hikers, International, Japan, japanese volcano, missing, mt ontake, rescue, volcano

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

Rescue workers search for the missing after a volcano erupted in Japan. (SFGate/Twitter)

Rescue workers are still searching for an unreported number of missing.

Pentagon Briefs Nation On ISIL Strikes

Comments (10) | Chuck Hagel, civilian casualties, firefight, General Dempsey, Iraq, ISIL, ISIL strategy, Kurdish fighters, Nation and World, social media search, Syria, Turkey, US airstrikes, US ISIL strategy

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

The Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gave a press briefing on ISIL strategy. (RT America/Twitter)

This will be an Iraq-first strategy, said the Pentagon.

Britain Votes To Join US Air Strikes In Iraq

Comments (0) | air strikes, airstrikes, britain, british parliment, cameron, Iraq, ISIL, isis, Nation and World, Obama, President, prime minister, U.S., vote

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

The U.S. and Britain are often allies in foreign policy. (Number 10/Flickr)

British Parliment finally votes to add air support to U.S. allies.

Attorney General Eric Holder Gets Emotional At Press Conference

Comments (1) | National

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

Attorney General Eric Holder will leave the DOJ when a replacement has been chosen. (Perduesenate/Twitter)

Holder resigns and everyone pretends it's so he can spend more time with his family.

Missing Afghan Soldiers Found At Canadian Border

Comments (3) | absent, afghan soldiers, afghani, awol, canadian border, cape cod, escape, found, joint base, missing, Nation and World, niagra falls, peacekeeping, training exercise

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

U.S. soldiers in a training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod (U.S. Dept. of Defense/Flickr)

This is the second time Afghan soldiers have gone missing like this.

L.A. Giant Slip-and-Slide Denied

Comments (0) | Los Angeles

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

The downtown L.A. giant Slip-and-Slide was denied a permit. (CurbedLA/Twitter)

Downtown L.A. pulled the plug on "1,000 feet of soapy vinyl."

Alibaba Is Now Worth $240 Billion

Comments (1) | Alibaba, billion, ipo, Jack Ma, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, prices, stock prices, Technology, yahoo

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

Alibaba is now worth more than eBay and Amazon combined. (RT/Twitter)

Predictions that Alibaba is going to be one rich guy are right on target.

Ex-Convict Grandfather Kills Six Grandchildren

Comments (0) | National

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

Grandfather Kills His Family and Himself (ABC Action News/Twitter)

The convicted ex-felon used an illegal gun to kill his family and commit suicide.

Dangerous California King Fire May Be Arson

Comments (0) | arson, brush fire, California, California, dry, evacuations, firefighters, Heat, king fire, northern california, weather, Wildfire

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

California's firefighters are working hard to contain the blaze (Thomas Hawk/Flickr)

The smoke plume from the King Fire is now as long as the state of Colorado.

Scotland Tries to Secede From Britain

Comments (0) | britain, England, Independence, International, referendum, Scotland, scottish independence, vote

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

(the justified sinner/Flickr)

Author J.K. Rowling pays Scotland $1.6 million to stop trying to leave England.

Fighting Terrorism With Diplomacy Is A Bad Idea

Comments (0) | address, barack, Chuck Hagel, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, ISIL, isis, Kerry, NATO, Obama, Opinion, politics, POTUS, President of the United States, speech, Summit, un

Arielle Samuelson
Contributor

The U.N. knows how to keep the peace, not fight a war (Aramburu/Flickr)

The president's strategy to "destroy" ISIL feels a little too much like a UN mission.

U.S. Calls On NATO Allies to Help Fight ISIS

Comments (1) | Barack Obama, breaking news, britain, Congress, David Cameron, Frank Wolf, International, isis, military action, NATO, politics, President Obama, Summit, Times of London, United States, war

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

President Obama wrapped up the NATO summit by saying that the "goal has to be to dismantle" ISIS.

Plane Flying Over Atlantic May Have Lost Pilot

Comments (0) | Atlantic Ocean, breaking news, cuba, fas, FIGHTER JET, Florida, International, naples, new york, NORAD, plane, private plane, rochester, unresponsive

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

An unresponsive U.S. plane has crashed off the coast of Jamaica.

Raise Graduation Rates, Not The Minimum Wage

Comments (0) | Education, high school, income inequality, labor day, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles county, Mayor Eric Garcetti, minimum wage, Northeast San Fernando Valley, politics, poverty, San Fernando Valley, student, wage hike, young adult, YouthBuild Charter

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

San Fernando Valley's youth are quietly reaching for something better.

Obama Says US Won't Attack ISIS

Comments (0) | address, dc, Iraq, isis, Military, National, Obama, politics, President, press conference, strategy, Syria, Ukraine

Arielle Samuelson
Staff Reporter

Obama says U.S. will hold back from Syria and Iraq (@nataliewsj/Twitter)

President Barack Obama said that the U.S. doesn't have a strategy for combatting ISIS yet.

Why Fewer Black Women Commit Suicide

Comments (0) | African American, America, awareness, black, black women, Drugs, Health, Health, la county, Los Angeles, mental health, prevention, suicide, UCLA, United States, woman

Phoenix Tso, Arielle Samuelson
Staff Reporters

Why do African American women have the lowest rate of suicide in the U.S.?

Black Transgender Women Face Highest Suicide Rates

Comments (0) | african-american, black, Cadyn Cathers, discrimination, Health, highest suicide rate, LA, suicide, transgender, transwomen

Arielle Samuelson
Staff Reporter

With suicide rates of 49 percent, this is the most at-risk group in the U.S.

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It's Mean Girls Day

Israeli Prime Minister Tells The UN Israel Did Not Commit Genocide

Volcano Erupts In Japan At Popular Hiking Trail

Pentagon Briefs Nation On ISIL Strikes

Britain Votes To Join US Air Strikes In Iraq

Attorney General Eric Holder Gets Emotional At Press Conference

Missing Afghan Soldiers Found At Canadian Border

L.A. Giant Slip-and-Slide Denied

Alibaba Is Now Worth $240 Billion

Ex-Convict Grandfather Kills Six Grandchildren

Dangerous California King Fire May Be Arson

Scotland Tries to Secede From Britain

Fighting Terrorism With Diplomacy Is A Bad Idea

U.S. Calls On NATO Allies to Help Fight ISIS

Plane Flying Over Atlantic May Have Lost Pilot

Raise Graduation Rates, Not The Minimum Wage

Obama Says US Won't Attack ISIS

Why Fewer Black Women Commit Suicide

Black Transgender Women Face Highest Suicide Rates

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