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Activist shares stories, videos from Iranian protesters in defiance of internet blackout
The government of Iran has responded to massive protests by shutting down the internet. But New York-based Iranian activist and journalist Masih Alinejad is still finding ways to get the information out.
This 'perfect miniature magazine' by Charlotte Brontë is heading back to England
The Brontë Society is celebrating its purchase at auction of a tiny tome, written by a young Charlotte Brontë. The elusive miniature magazine completes a collection the society's museum has been building for years.
Why pessimists in Finland are embracing their town's reputation as 'the worst'
As visitors approach Finnish community of Puolanka, they're greeted by ominous signs that read: "You’ve still got time to turn around.”
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Nov. 19, 2019
Hong Kong students pushed by police action to use 'unprecedented force,' says activist
A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong says students throwing bricks and using bows and arrows have been provoked into violence by the police.
Writer stripped of Indian citizenship says PM trying to 'make an example' of him
Aatish Taseer says the Indian government has cut him off from his home and his family to punish him for writing an article that was critical of the prime minister.
This Bengals fan vowed to live on his roof until his team wins. 6 weeks later, he's still there
Cincinnati Bengals fan Jeff Lanham vowed to live on the roof of his restaurant until his football team won a game. But the Bengals are still stuck in a winless streak — so Lanham is now into his second month up there.
As It Happens: The Monday Edition
Nov. 18, 2019
After 6 years, prize-winning author detained on Manus Island lands in N.Z. — and vows to stay
Six years after first arriving to a detention centre on Manus Island, Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani is in New Zealand. He's on a temporary visitor's visa for a book festival. But Boochani says he'll never return to Manus Island if he can help it.
Book about a random Sunday in the U.S. proves 'there's no such thing as an ordinary day'
Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten has a mantra: if you've got the patience to find it, and the skill to tell it, there's a story behind everyone and everything.
Why this photographer brought a 1940s wooden camera to the impeachment inquiry
Renowned photographer David Burnett was just one of dozens of photojournalists in the crowd at the public hearings in the U.S. presidential impeachment inquiry on Wednesday. But he stuck out, because of his World War II-era wooden camera.
As It Happens: Friday Edition
Nov. 15, 2019
A Texas family was ordered take down early Christmas decorations, so they put up more
Claudia Simonis is pregnant and her baby is due Dec. 25, so she wanted to get a jump start on decorating.
Amateur wildlife photographer captures photo of rare 3-antlered deer
Steve Lindberg was walking his dog in the woods near Marquette, Mich., last weekend when he came across a deer with "a pretty nice set of antlers."
Wi-Fi is illegal in this West Virginia town, but it 'keeps creeping in' anyhow
It's illegal to use Wi-Fi in Green Bank, West Va., because the town is home to a massive observatory that requires electromagnetic silence to operate. But it's becoming difficult to enforce that law as smart technology becomes more popular.
Anti-Trump books keep 'going missing' at an Idaho library, says director
The director of the library in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, says someone has been taking books off the shelf — specifically politically progressive titles and those that criticize U.S. President Donald Trump — and stashing them where no other patrons could possibly find them.
As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Nov. 14, 2019
'The simple things': Program that grants small wishes to dying patients deemed a success
The 3 Wishes Project, which began in Hamilton, Ont., is successful, powerful and cost-effective, according to a new study.
The last time he protested Erdogan in D.C., he got his head kicked in — but he's doing it again
When Murat Yasa protested Turkish President Raycep Erdogan's U.S. visit in 2017, he was beaten so badly that he suffered long-term brain damage.
At a Florida university, student senators are also trying to impeach their president
Donald Trump isn't the only president in the United States facing a possible impeachment right now.
As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Nov. 13, 2019
Dutch government ordered to repatriate children of ISIS militants
Despite a government that's firmly opposed, the Netherlands has been ordered by a Dutch court to repatriate 56 children living in difficult circumstances in Kurdish-run camps in Syria.
Children still being placed in immigration detention 'on a regular basis': report
Jenny Jeanes with Action Réfugiés Montréal says that Canada is not 'living up to the commitment' to limit family separations and the detention or housing of minors in immigration detention centres.
Unseen for decades, elusive 'mouse deer' spotted tiptoeing through Vietnamese forest
For the first time in nearly three decades, a conservation group has sighted a tiny two-tone mouse deer, called the silver-backed chevrotain, in Vietnam.
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
