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Extra, Extra: Did YOU Freak Out About The Orange Sky This Morning?


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Jen Carlson

Published Jul 25, 2018

Modified Jul 25, 2018


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Published Jul 25, 2018

Modified Jul 25, 2018


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  • The sky was Trump orange this morning.
  • Parts of Yosemite National Park have been closed due to wildfires, which have "burned more than 38,500 acres," NPR reports. Adding, "This is the first time Yosemite Valley has been closed due to a wildfire since 1990." #ThisIsZeroHour
  • Following a fatal mass shooting this week, Toronto's "conservative mayor backed a proposal that even the most liberal American politicians wouldn’t dare support ― a total ban on all handgun sales."
  • Katsuji Tanabe, owner of Mexikosher in Manhattan and Flushing, Queens, is printing out receipts that declare: “Immigrants cooked your food and served you today #ITookaRisk.”
  • Privileged white male will not be kept down by sexual abuse claims.
  • Pepperidge Farm has recalled more than three million packages of Goldfish crackers, saying a "miracle ingredient" may be contaminated with salmonella.
  • Toxoplasma, a "mind-controlling" parasite found in cat feces, could be reducing your fear of failure. The bad news is it could also be making mice unafraid of cats.
  • Frasier may be the next show to get a reboot.
  • Moby put his gorgeous mid-century home in Pound Ridge, NY on the market.
  • And finally, an EDM fest in Germany "descends into The Great Tentnado":

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