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'20 minutes of action': Another sex assault on campus



It's a culture where a father can argue that his son shouldn't be punished for sexual assault because he'll lose out on the life he dreamed of. What of the victim's dreams? The father of former Stanford student Brock Allen Turner, 20, who was found guilty last week of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015, said in a statement that his son shouldn’t be penalized for “20 minutes of action.” (He also mentioned his son hasn't been enjoying his steak the way he used to.) Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail, three years’ probation and has to register as a sex offender. His 23-year-old victim read an emotional letter in court where she explains how those 20 minutes affected her life. Read her powerful statement here. It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes.

Having your social media accounts hacked can happen to any one. Just ask Mark Zuckerberg

Yep, even the dude with the perhaps the most social media cred on the planet has been hacked. No, not his Facebook account. But his Twitter (ha) and Pinterest (yep) accounts were both compromised recently, according to publishedreports. The accounts have since been secured. A group called OurMine Team claims credit for the hack, saying Zuckerberg's credentials were discovered in a database of compromised LinkedIn (!!) accounts.

Drunken Americans are causing all kinds of trouble in Japan

U.S. Navy to sailors in Okinawa: Enough with the drinking problems. The Navy officially banned booze on Monday and confined servicemembers to base. Here's why: Japan doesn't really have that much violent crime, and a string of high-profile incidents (drunken driving, sexual assault, murder) have residents who live near the base outraged. U.S.-Japan relations are officially strained. Plans to relocate a key U.S. airbase in Okinawa are in jeopardy. U.S. authorities have promised to cooperate fully with Japanese police.

Can we stop mom-shaming now?

The mother of the 3-year-old boy who fell into the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla exhibit won't face charges, the county prosecutor said Monday. "She was being attentive to her children by all witness accounts," he said. "If anyone doesn't believe a 3-year-old can scamper off very quickly, they've never had kids." If you're still mourning Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla who was killed so the boy could be rescued, you may want to help stop the 2,000 gorilla deaths that happen every year (mostly from poaching).

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Speaking of helping, John Oliver just bought and forgave $15 million in medical debt to prove that "debt buying is a grimy business, and badly needs more oversight, because as it stands any idiot can get into it."

Time to ditch your rubber clogs and not just 'cause they're ugly. Crocs are also bad for your feet.

Steph Curry says, "It's an incredible honor to represent your country and wear ‘USA’ on your chest," but it's an honor he'll forgo — Curry's skipping the Rio Olympics in part due to his ankle/knee injuries.

"Can you hear me now?" Good, 'cause I switched to Sprint. Yep, the glasses dude is no longer doing ads for Verizon.

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