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14-Year-Old Faces Child Porn Charges for Snapchat Selfie, De Blasio Declares War on Electric Bikes, FDA Continues to Fail: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.26.2017 10:15 AM


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    A 14-year-old girl is facing child pornography charges after sharing a nude Snapchat selfie with a male classmate who showed it to other students.

  • New York City is cracking down on electric bicycles.
  • The British are getting freaked out by all the Russian Navy vessels out and about. "I will not hesitate in defending our waters or tolerate any form of aggression," said British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson in a statement. "Britain will never be intimidated when it comes to protecting our country, our people, and our national interests."
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administation's food-recall policy is making people sick.
  • Newsweek article implies (among other ridiculous things) that in Seattle, a city of roughly 704,352 people, some 648,700 people solicit prostitution every day.
  • Housing policy is costing us friendships.
  • In August, he helped run an undercover prostitution sting. In December, Sacramento Sgt. Keven Steed got caught in one.
  • "Man arrested after repeatedly calling 911 about restaurant's small clams."

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.