This week for BuzzFeed News, Marisa Carroll meets the enthusiasts behind gloving, America’s lightest and brightest new sport. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
A Hands-On Day at the Super Bowl of Gloving, America's Trippiest New Sport — BuzzFeed News
How did dancing with LED-lined gloves become a Shark Tank-approved, multimillion-dollar industry? And where does it go from there? A day with the champs, the challengers, and the chiefs of America’s trippiest new sport. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
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The 13 Women Who Accused a Cop of Sexual Assault, in Their Own Words — BuzzFeed News
Jessica Testa breaks the harrowing testimonies of the alleged victims of Daniel Holtzclaw, the Oklahoma City cop who was recently convicted for multiple counts of raping and assaulting women in the low-income neighborhood he patrolled. "Who are they going to believe? It’s my word against his because I’m a woman and, you know, like I said, he’s a police officer." Read it at BuzzFeed News.
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A Survivor's Life — The Washington Post
Eli Saslow discovers how, for the youngest survivor of October's shooting at a community college in Oregon, life remains at a standstill long after everyone else has moved on. "The fact was it felt good to be angry, to yell and curse, because if she wasn’t angry then she was mostly afraid." Read it at The Washington Post.
Photograph by Jabin Botsford for The Washington Post
The "Witch Hunt" Barring Same-Sex Families From Adopting Children in Kansas — BuzzFeed News
David Mack tells the devastating story of how a lesbian couple in Kansas lost their foster daughter due to alleged discrimination, only to find that she was placed in an allegedly abusive home with 14 other children. “Every step of the way it defied logic.” Read it at BuzzFeed News.
Photograph by Kit Doyle for BuzzFeed News
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