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Dylann Roof has been charged with federal hate crimes in the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting.

Roof, 21, who is accused of killing nine people in a mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston last month, has been charged with federal hate crimes — part of 33 overall federal charges returned by a grand jury, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced yesterday. He was already charged on the state level with several counts of murder and attempted murder.

Dylann Roof appears at a court hearing in Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday.

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Federal charges were necessary to deal with a defendant who Lynch said “decided to seek out and murder African-Americans because of their race” since South Carolina has no state hate crime law, according to the Associated Press. “This is the archetype of the original domestic terrorism,” Lynch said.

Both state and federal charges against Roof could lead to the death penalty, but the Justice Department and state officials have not decided whether to seek it.

Here’s what Kenyan women want from President Obama’s visit.

President Obama will make his first presidential visit to his father’s native country later this week, and women’s rights groups there want him to loosen his administration’s interpretation of an anti-abortion rule, BuzzFeed News’ Jina Moore reports from Nairobi, Kenya. A letter to Obama, signed by 15 national and local women’s rights organizations, argues reproductive health is an integral part of women’s economic empowerment — a key focus of his visit.

People walk past a billboard on Wednesday welcoming President Obama in Nairobi, ahead of his visit later this week.

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“Kenya’s 2010 constitution allows for abortion in limited circumstances, but the procedure has been virtually impossible to access, even when legal, since the Ministry of Health withdrew medical guidelines for the procedure in late 2013,” Moore writes.

Here are some quick facts:

• Nearly half a million Kenyan women induce abortions annually

• About 125,000 women in Kenya are estimated to have died from related complications in 2012

• That rate is almost nine times higher than the World Health Organization’s estimate of average abortion-related deaths in developing countries

And a little extra.

“Through more than six years in office for Obama, Kenya has been a complicated part of his political persona,” the New York Times’ Peter Baker writes. “How Kenya fits into his own identity remains one of the enduring questions of his presidency,” Baker writes. Obama’s trip will be the first time a sitting president has visited Kenya.

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Greece’s parliament approved more reforms demanded by its creditors, paving the way for negotiations on a third bailout to ease the country’s debt crisis.

Greek lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the reforms to the judiciary and banking systems, which were the final prerequisite before the country can start formal talks with its creditors — the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — for a third bailout worth around 85 billion euros. “Without the money Greece would face financial ruin and forced exit from the euro currency club,” the AP writes.

Last week’s parliamentary vote called for higher taxes and cuts in pensions.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras listen to speakers during a session at the Greek parliament prior the vote in Athens early on Thursday.

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What’s next?

Both sides hope the new bailout talks can conclude before Aug. 20. That’s when Greece faces another critical debt payment due to the European Central Bank for more than 3 billion euros.

And here’s a little extra, Which was bigger: the Greek or American bailout?

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You don’t need mandatory prison sentences to put the right drug criminals in jail, says the Justice Department.

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates makes the case for why the biggest change to federal sentencing laws will improve — rather than unravel — the system that goes after drug criminals. “It’s a fundamental change to the way prosecutors think about their work when it comes to drug cases,” Evan McMorris-Santoro writes.

Yates is one of the leading advocates in the push by President Obama’s administration to eliminate mandatory minimums, which require certain crimes to be punishable by a minimum number of years in prison, altogether in most cases. Last Monday, Obama granted clemency to 46 non-violent drug offenders and later called for lower mandatory minimum sentences in a speech that contained "the most wide-reaching remarks of his presidency on criminal justice and the prison system," BuzzFeed News' Darren Sands writes.

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There was movement on both U.S. coasts yesterday in the push to raise the minimum wage.

The New York state wage board recommended an eventual increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour for fast food workers, and the 10-campus University of California system announced that it will raise its minimum wage to the same amount. The moves come a day after Los Angeles County officials voted to raise the county minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. There is also a national push to raise the federal minimum wage, an effort Vice President Joe Biden promoted during a visit to Los Angeles yesterday.

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“Is there anybody in the world who is on my side?”

After surviving one of the most high-profile and long-running school sex abuse scandals in history at Horace Mann School in New York, a group of 32 men and women banded together to seek solace and justice — only to find that public outrage, a star attorney, and overwhelming evidence are no match for a legal process stacked against even the most privileged or traumatized.

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Quick things to know:

• Five people were found stabbed to death at a home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Two teens who are related to the victims have been detained. (BuzzFeed News)

• A review of dashcam footage shows a trooper’s account of Sandra Bland’s arrest differed from what was caught on video. (BuzzFeed News) Bland, who was found hanged in her Texas jail cell three days after she was arrested during a traffic stop, told authorities she tried to kill herself in 2014. (BuzzFeed News)

• The European Union has accused several major Hollywood studios, including Disney and Warner Bros., of illegally curbing access to movies and TV shows for some viewers. (CNN Money)

• India Clarke is the ninth confirmed transgender woman of color killed in the U.S. this year. (BuzzFeed News)

• The U.S. now faces a greater threat from the terror group ISIS than al Qaeda, FBI Director James Comey said. (BuzzFeed News)

• Executions in Iran could top 1,000 this year, according to Amnesty International. (The Guardian)

• The 2016 U.S. presidential race is emerging as the first Uber election. (Los Angeles Times)

• Google is rolling out a Timeline feature for Google Maps to show you every place you’ve ever visited — if you’ve opted in to Google’s location history, that is. (Motherboard)

• McDonald’s all-day breakfast could become real this fall. (BuzzFeed News)

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Happy Thursday

When was the last time you took a walk in the park? Ever wondered if it’s really doing any good for your brain? There’s still a lot of research to be done, and it might seem a bit obvious, but “a walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in ways that improve our mental health,” the New York Times writes of a new study’s findings. So go on — take a stroll.

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“99 was a good year for me.” He’s just too damn perfect.

We all know David Beckham as an insanely beautiful tattooed man.

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There's not much skin left to get any more inkings tbh.

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Particularly when it comes to his hands and arms.

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~They’re just like us.~

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Daring to walk the red carpet without a stitch of make-up. So brave!

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Chris Pratt

The actor was somehow unashamed to go barefaced next to his glamourous wife.

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Will Smith

He looks shockingly different when not made up.

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Channing Tatum

Facing the crowd without so much as a swipe of mascara, how daring.

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Seriously, there’s a hell of a lot happening here.

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Dawn Butler told BuzzFeed News it was a “surreal” interview. But she would do it again.

Labour MP Dawn Butler got so fed up with Kay Burley's questioning on Sky News that she asked: "What's wrong with you?"

Skip to 3 mins 10 secs for the key moment.

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The MP for Brent Central grew increasingly frustrated with Burley. "You say that politicians don't answer the question, I've answered it three times, and then you're asking me the same question again," Butler said.

The interview got tense when Butler insisted Burnham had vowed to include Corbyn in his shadow cabinet if he became leader. "Don't tell me he didn't say it because he did – what's wrong with you?" Butler said.

It's safe to say Burley did not look impressed.

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The exchange, which took place on Wednesday, sparked an online backlash against Burley. Her name started trending on Twitter.

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In which we find out that just like his character, Kit Harington truly knows nothing. [Spoilers if you’re not up to date.]

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1. Not having read the books because they're too big, Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) was told his character was going to die by a fan.

2. Dance also appeared in the Ali G movie, Ali G Indahouse, in which he wore a red PVC skirt and a leopard print top. Lovely.

3. Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Snow) made it down to the last two when auditioning for the role of Jon Snow, but lost out to Kit Harington.

4. But Rheon really struggles with some of the scenes he has to film because of how cruel his character is.

5. Emilia Clarke and Michelle Fairley didn't play Daenerys Targaryen and Catelyn Stark in the pilot.

6. While on the subject of the mother of dragons, Clarke was once covered in so much fake blood that she got glued to a toilet seat. As you do.

7. Rory McCann (The Hound) broke an arm, a wrist, and both ankles and fractured his skull in a rock-climbing accident in 1990.

8. And back when The Hound was still hanging out with the Lannisters, punk legend Wilko Johnson (Ilyn Payne) would give McCann guitar-playing advice between takes.

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Having a whale of a time.

Four orca calves and their families have made their home in the Haro Straight between San Juan Island and Vancouver Island. One of the babies, named J50, recently put on a show of breaching that will make your heart burst out of your chest. LOOK AT HER!!!

She left whale tour operator and photographer Clint Rivers in awe.

"J50 stole the show, and hearts, with more than 60 breaches as she and her family moved south in Haro Strait," he tells BuzzFeed Canada. "It’s like she just figured out how this breaching thing works and couldn’t stop."

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Hairy Potter and the Danger of Tree Cuts. Lololol.

On Thursday morning Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made headline news – because she'd reportedly caused four days of travel chaos while she was getting her bush trimmed.

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This is legit insane.

As everyone knows, Kylie Jenner has changed a lot over the past 18 months.

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Spoiler: You should be eating well and getting exercise, but you don’t need to take Gingko biloba supplements or worry that you’re watching too much TV.

Let's get this out of the way: There are some things that increase your risk of dementia that you won't be able to do anything about.

Dementia is a set of symptoms that can include problems with thinking, language, spatial skills, orientation and memory loss. It's caused by diseases that damage your brain, like Alzheimer's disease.

Aging is the most significant risk factor for dementia, and there's nothing we can do about it. (For the sake of this post, let's assume that in our lifetimes there's not going to be any miracle anti-aging technology.)

It looks like women are slightly more likely to get dementia than men, even when accounting for the fact that women tend to live longer. Genes can also play a part, but nobody fully understands how.

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That's what we're going to focus on here, because those are the factors that are reported (and mis-reported) the most.

With help from the Alzheimer's Society, we've looked at how strong the evidence is for each risk factor. Here's what you need to do to lower your risk, and what you don't need to worry about.

DO: Get some exercise.

"Of all the lifestyle interventions studied so far, taking regular physical exercise appears to be the best thing you can do to reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia," according to the Alzheimer's Society.

One study, published in PLOS One in December 2013, followed 2,235 men aged 45–59 years in Caerphilly, Wales, over 30 years. It found that adopting four of five factors for a healthy lifestyle – consisting of not smoking, eating well, being physically active, drinking in moderation, having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of between 18 and 25 – reduced the risk of cognitive decline by up to 60%.

"I think it's pretty clear that what you need to do in life is exercise and eat well," Dr Claudia Cooper, from the Division of Psychiatry at University College London, told BuzzFeed Science.

Verdict: Strong evidence for exercise reducing risk of dementia.

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“She taught me how to dream,” a close friend told BuzzFeed News. “She followed her dreams. She told me to follow mine.”

Friends and family have been paying tribute to 23-year-old Kleyo De Abreu after she died in a bungee jumping accident in Spain on Tuesday.

British-born De Abreu had moved to South Africa but was living in Brixton while studying fashion.

She died in Lanjaron, Granada, when she bungee jumped from the Tablate bridge and hit an old stone bridge beneath it, the BBC reported.

A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil in Granada confirmed to the Press Association that her aunt, whom she was visiting in the area, was present at the time of the incident.

He said "one of the lines of inquiry is that there was a miscalculation with the rope", but that it was "too early to draw any conclusions about the circumstances of the death".

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Close friend Siki Msuseni told BuzzFeed News that De Abreu "taught me how to dream. She followed her dreams. She told me to follow mine."

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In an email, Msuseni said:

Today I lost a friend. A woman mature for her age, Kleyo was calm. She kept me sane when I would hyperventilate over life issues. Kleyo had a good heart and never wished ill upon anyone. She was effortlessly beautiful.

She taught me how to dream. She followed her dreams. She told me to follow mine. She loved carelessly. She dropped everything to travel.

She was my style icon, her collection of vintage gems was amazing. Kleyo was flawlessly beautiful and her good heart made her even more beautiful.

I'm pained by Kleyo's death but at peace that she fulfilled most of her dreams especially being reunited with her father, she also left interior design to follow her true passion, the fashion industry. I was scheduled to go to Europe in the winter to see her and her family but now she is gone, and I am hurt.

I am so sad but during these trying times I think of her mother whom she lived with here in Cape Town. Kleyo was her mother's EVERYTHING, they were clockwork and loved each other so much. They had a very solid bond and I can imagine how devastated her mother is.

I will miss our late nights as interior design students, our lunch dates, our endless thread messages of life dramas on Facebook and WhatsApp.

She leaves behind her family and friends also a very loving boyfriend.

I will forever miss Kleyo.

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Okay, some of these might be too long, but… Ings Can only get better.

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An inquest heard that Eloise Parry had a “constant problem with weight”.

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No Robin, let’s not go to the mall.

You delay your shopping trips till you're a desperate mess.

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You try being prepared for shopping trips by making mental lists...

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But when the day comes, you're more easily distracted than a 4-year-old at Disneyland.

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You never leave a store with what you'd intended to get.

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So their fans of course completely lost their shit.

Believe it or not, this week it was One Direction's fifth birthday.

FIVE YEARS!!

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The family of the 73-year-old festival favourite from Bristol say he’s not been seen in three weeks.

Legendary 73-year-old Bristol DJ, Derek Morris, also known as DJ Derek, is missing, his family say.

Morris's niece Jennifer Amy has launched a campaign on Facebook to find her uncle, who she says has not been seen in three weeks.

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"I can't sleep and at wits end as I feel totally hopeless!" she said in another post, adding that the police have been contacted and are assisting with their search.

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DJ Derek has been a regular on the festival circuit for many years, as well as playing his signature mix of '60s rocksteady, reggae, ska, dancehall and soul at club nights nationwide and in his hometown of Bristol.

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Morris has been DJing since his mid-thirties, and his incongruous appearance behind the decks at reggae clubs and music festivals has gained him something of a cult following.

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The hoax was picked up Friday by places like the Huffington Post, Metro, and Sun Nation.

A video of some magicians called Young & Strange performing a trick in the background of a Sky News report went viral on Friday morning.

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The video appears to show magicians performing a trick in the background as reporter Ashish Joshi reports on NHS reform.

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It was quickly picked up by the Huffington Post, Metro and the Sun Nation website.

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However, Joshi has told BuzzFeed News that the video is not real.

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“If I had to complain every time this happens, I’d spend my life talking to the police.”

Camille Regnier is a 21-year-old actress living in Paris, France. On Tuesday, Regnier was taking the Paris Métro when she says she looked up and saw a man touching himself right in the middle of the train.

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