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They are being booted off or locked out of their websites and blogs. Their electronic payment accounts are blocked. After last week’s ‘Unite the Right’ protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, operating online got much harder for some white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. The decision by tech providers to choose which groups to knock offline has at least one tech worker asking, ‘Is this the day the internet dies?’

More than a week after the election, Kenyan officials still haven’t released all of the vote totals from individual polling stations. The European Union mission that monitored the vote is calling for the tallies to be made public, especially in light of opposition leader Raila Odinga’s charges that the election was rigged to favor the official winner, President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Some young Cambodian girls have pitched a unique app in Silicon Valley. The 11- and 12 year olds were participating in a global tech competition and have become role models for other Cambodian girls. But they aren’t out to build the next billion-dollar company — the goal of their app is to fight poverty in their homeland.

Adams County’s $580-million fruit industry depends heavily on immigrant labor, but with President Trump cracking down on illegal immigrants, Pennsylvania orchard owners are bracing for the possibility of not having enough workers for the fall harvest. Although Adams County voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Trump, growers are growing increasingly worried about what will happen to the state’s ‘fruit belt’ if there’s no immigrant labor force left to work the fields.

VIDEO: Ben’s Chili Bowl is a Washington institution. Over 60 years, the little dive next to a city alley has attracted presidents, movie stars, tourists and regulars who’ve gobbled up Ben’s spicy sausages and savory chili. While other restaurants on the street have come and gone, Ben’s has endured for decades, through riots and drug wars, and is still cooking!

Raqqa residents who escape airstrikes and Islamic State snipers are falling victim to landmines planted by the extremist group. US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say their battle to oust IS from its self-proclaimed capital has entered a fierce and grueling phase as IS fighters use suicide car bombs, snipers, drones and tunnels in a fight to the death.