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East West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia, offered single-use plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to encourage customers to utilize reusable bags. Courtesy of East West Market hide caption

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How A Grocery Store's Plan To Shame Customers Into Using Reusable Bags Backfired

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Sri Lankan officials inspect St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, after a series of explosions on Easter Sunday at churches and hotels across Sri Lanka killed nearly 300 people and wounded hundreds more. Getty Images hide caption

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The Philippine government says it will "pursue to the ends of the earth the ruthless perpetrators" behind bomb attacks that killed at least 20 people and wounded many more during a Sunday Mass at a cathedral in Jolo. WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP hide caption

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WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds President Trump during a speech at the United Nations during the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption

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Netanyahu's Not-Quite-2-State Solution

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A man casts his vote at a polling station on Sunday in Tetovo, Macedonia. Macedonians all across the country went to the polls to vote in a referendum to change the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia and end a long running dispute with Greece. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption

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Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the 44th season opener of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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