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Concern over a theoretical World War 3 is high, and people are expressing their anxiety through memes.

Following a drone strike carried out by the United States that killed two prominent Iranian officials, many Americans are concerned. People took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the matter and quickly turned to memes to communicate their feelings. Unsurprisingly, the waves of WWIII memes now sweeping the web are not sitting well with everyone.

Me: This decade I'm gonna get married, have kids, buy my first car, travel the worl-#WWIII: pic.twitter.com/rHKC8Bacct

good morning to the west coast pic.twitter.com/NniquMnDTg

Most of the memes poked fun at fear of getting drafted. Many draft-aged users are expressing their fear of the draft through funny, but ominous, posts. Me after I fake my death to avoid getting drafted, one user captioned a video.

Me after I fake my death to avoid getting drafted #WWIII pic.twitter.com/kZK6Skqkq3

Me chilling at home after ignoring my draft notice #WWIII pic.twitter.com/fMRtvRg3ZV

Me dodging bullets on the battlefield after getting drafted for #WWIII pic.twitter.com/a1PtzFKvS9

Other memes centered around millennials and Gen-Z joking about their general lack of preparedness for war.

Me and the boys on missile duty during #WWIII pic.twitter.com/pdfh29eT9n

Me and my boys when we in Iran and run out of ammo and have to make our own redneck shit #WWIII pic.twitter.com/t7Qeb32SKD

Me having no fucking idea what Im doing in #WWIII pic.twitter.com/r1DUCgvLvq

As the WWIII memes picked up speed online, they were met by a swift and fierce backlash. Disapproving users chided memers for their nonchalance, and for using memes as a coping mechanism. Stop saying ur making memes about war as a coping method, one user wrote. Every single one of u will be fine the people of iraq and iran will continue to suffer u people have nothing to be fucking coping for.

stop saying ur making memes about war as a coping method every single one of u will be fine the people of iraq and iran will continue to suffer u people have nothing to be fucking coping for

so funny that americans think they CAN cope over this with jokes ... what the fuck are you coping? youre not going to die and your homeland will not be destabilized. you are not in a position to cope by any means.

also, all world war 3 jokes are inappropriate. this war will not be fought on us soil. you will not be affected. this is not about american lives.

War is not a fucking joke, another user wrote. It is a destructive and selfish act. 4,424 U.S. soldiers and an estimated 600K Iraqi civilians died in the Iraq war over WMDs that did not exist. So please stop with these #WWIII memes and instead call your Congress members and tell them #NoWarWithIran.

War is not a fucking joke. It is a destructive and selfish act. 4,424 U.S. soldiers and an estimated 600K Iraqi civilians died in the Iraq war over WMDs that did not exist. So please stop with these #WWIII memes and instead call your Congress members and tell them #NoWarWithIran.

americans joking about commiting more imperialism and genocide in another country and saying 'it's a coping mechanism' is peak 2020 and we're literally only two days into this year https://t.co/Lf0XgkUtnD

Accusations that Black users, in particular, were at the center of the influx of memes suddenly shifted the focus for critics. Some started going after Twitter users of color, heaping criticism on their tweets for not taking the situation seriously. Honestly, Im not believing a lot of you right now when you say that war is not funny, one user shot back at critics. Twitter is such a performative space, I find it likely that many of you are declaring how unfunny Black Twitter is just for some retweets. All of it is pretty disgusting at this point.

Honestly, Im not believing a lot of you right now when you say that war is not funny. Twitter is such a performative space, I find it likely that many of you are declaring how unfunny Black Twitter is just for some retweets. All of it is pretty disgusting at this point.

I know how this space works. We all do in fact. Literally combing over other folks tweets to see how well you can chastise and educate folk about war, to get more likes and retweets. The jokes are pathetic and so are some of you.

I remember being awake all night and day on Twitter when the Ferguson uprisings were happening, then spilling into other cities.

We were scared then. We were not joking like this.

But coping.

A lot of Black liberals are so used to playing the oppression olympics that they now want to equate Black folks experience here with that of folks in the global south, living under the bullseye of the worlds most lethal military. Pls dont do this.

everything is hahaha until somebody says the united states is george zimmerman to the world, then it's too far. people act like mindless americans and then wanna grow a politic when it's a superficial showing of Black solidarity that takes 0 study, rigor or sacrifice.

Black Twitter, meanwhile, remained entirely unfazed by the criticism. All of black twitter chillin in jail when we refuse to go to war, one user wrote.

we really shouldnt joke about the war-black twitter: pic.twitter.com/3N00VP6AMt

I dont know why people thought black Twitter wasnt about to get these jokes off about #WWIII. Black folk even had jokes when they was IN the last world war lol. They spelled Hitler name on an artillery shell like it was a Starbucks cup pic.twitter.com/ScuxUWc61W

We goin to war soon

All of black twitter: pic.twitter.com/tcPJnGy2Ky

America: If Yall Dont Enlist Yall Not getting Yall Tax Money

Black Twitter: pic.twitter.com/wa1Kajx3a3

All of black twitter chillin in jail when we refuse to go to war pic.twitter.com/wv94VyBJ5s

Everybody Else: Oh my god, WW3 is coming, we gotta fight this.

Black Twitter: pic.twitter.com/tvVX4mYGvH

*World War 3 starting*

*black Twitter not taking it serious*: #WWIII pic.twitter.com/hEWb6q94LW

As of press time, the memes show no sign of slowing down.

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As this decade comes to a close, we see people reflecting all over social media. The good, the bad, and the infamous will stick with us for years to come. A shift is happening in 2020 and it is out with the old and in with the new. That doesnt mean we cant look back and remember some of the highlights of the decade. Here is a list of some of our most memorable moments that happened each year.

2010

LeBron James announces his departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers during a live ESPN broadcast on July 8, 2010. The decision was a television special in which NBA playerLeBron James announcedthat he would be signing with the Miami Heat instead of returning tohishometownCleveland Cavaliers.

2011

September 8, 1986, the first nationalepisodeof TheOprahWinfrey Show was broadcast into homes across America. Thefinal episodeof TheOprahWinfrey Show aired in the United States on Wednesday,May 25, 2011 after 25 seasons/4,561 episodes. The Oprah Winfery Show was a representation of the power of daytime television and how a well orchestrated talk show can change lives.

2012

November 6, 2012, Barak Obama was re-elected as President of the United States. He won 65,899,660 popular votesand332 electoral votes,with twostatesless than in his 2008 victory. His campaign lead him to be re-elected for his second term as the 44th as President.

2013

On July 13, 2013, the Black Lives Matter organization was officiallylaunched. The movement began with the use of thehashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman after the untimely death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin.

2014

June 25, 2014, Beyonce and Jay Z begin the On the Run tour. For each ticket sold, $1 was donated to the Shawn Carter Foundation set up to help and support existing students of the foundation that represent diverse backgrounds, and face significant barriers to success such as teen pregnancy, homelessness, poverty, former incarceration, sexual and domestic abuse, and gang membership.

2015

June 26th, 2015, the United States Supreme Court approved the legalization of gay marriage. The United States legalizedit in all fiftystates, and requiredstatesto honor out-of-state same-sex marriagelicensesin thecase Obergefell v. Hodges.

2016

The 49ers Colin Kaepernick, began taking a knee during the pre-game U.S. national anthem creating a stand for justice and equality for all. Kaepernick says he refused to stand during the national anthem before their game against the Green Bay Packers because of his views on the countrys treatment of racial minorities.

2017

August 21, 2017, A complete solar total eclipse captivated the nation. Millions of Americans traveled and camped out to witness the rare eventdubbed the Great AmericanEclipse by the media.

2018

The world watches as Meghan Markle becomes black royalty after marrying Prince Harry.The wedding ofPrince HarryandMeghan Marklewas held on 19 May 2018 in St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom.

2019

For the first time, Miss USA (crowned May 2nd), Miss Teen USA (crowned April 28th), Miss America (crowned December 19th), Miss World (crowned December 14th) and Miss Universe (crowned December 8th) are all black women.This was a big deal because of these top beauty pageants history of winners being predominately white women.

We are looking forward to what this next decade will bring! See you all in 2020!

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George Zimmerman, the Florida man acquitted of killing unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in 2012, filed a lawsuit in early December against the boys family, their attorneys and the prosecutors for damages in excess of $100 million. Our Facebook post with the story had by far the most angry reaction emojis of any of our posts in 2019, a sign that people were not on board with Zimmermans legal action. His lawsuit alleges malicious prosecution by prosecutors, defamation by both Martins defense attorney and a book publishing company, and a civil conspiracy by Martins family and lawyer to put on a false witness with a made-to-order false storyline to try to fraudulently create probable cause to get a conviction. The Martin familys defense attorney responded by saying, I have every confidence that this unfounded and reckless lawsuit will be revealed for what it is another failed attempt to defend the indefensible and a shameless attempt to profit off the lives and grief of others.

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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, an unparalleled decade comes to a close: one that saw everything from NASA's first all-female spacewalk to the aftermath of natural disasters and the death of Osama bin Laden.

There were times of real change and hope. The White House was lit up in rainbow colors when the Supreme Court struck down same-sex marriage bans. The world watched in awe as a Thai soccer team and their coach were rescued one-by-one by a group of brave diving experts after being trapped for more than three weeks.

And there were moments so shocking we were left feeling helpless. Twenty-six people were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and eight parishioners and their pastor were gunned down during Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Revolutionary moments made history in real time as anger and passion turned into movements -- like the one made up of thousands of students who skipped classes worldwide to demand action from their leaders on the climate crisis.

Here's a look back at some of the news stories that defined the past 10 years.

The decade produced scandals that upended institutions from the Catholic Church to elite universities.

The controversies began less than a year into 2010, when the US State Department was pushed into damage control mode after WikiLeaks released thousands of classified documents on July 25. WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is now facing charges related to the leak. Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst who helped the site get access to the classified documents, is currently jailed for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating Assange.

A year later, another release -- this time, a grand jury report made public in November 2011 -- marked the beginning of a scandal that would ripple through Penn State University and lead to the termination of the school's beloved football coach. The report contained testimony that former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused eight young boys, a number that would eventually increase to 10, over a period of at least 15 years. University officials purportedly failed to notify law enforcement after learning about some of these incidents. Sandusky was found guilty in 2012. Football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier lost their jobs in the scandal.

Sexual abuse within the Catholic Church was similarly far-reaching. In 2017 and 2018, the church in the US spent more than $300 million -- including $200 million in legal settlements -- on costs related to clergy sexual abuse. The payouts were only part of the fallout of the massive worldwide scandal in which the church was accused of repeatedly covering up sexual abuse.

USA Gymnastics was likewise disgraced after Larry Nassar, a former USAG and Michigan State University doctor, was sentenced in 2018 to up to 175 years in prison after more than 150 women and girls testified he sexually abused them over two decades.

Earlier this year, about 50 people were accused in a college admissions scandal of either cheating on standardized tests or bribing college coaches and school officials to accept students as college athletes -- even if they weren't. Among those named by federal prosecutors were actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.

From #MeToo to Black Lives Matter, the 2010s were shaped by activism, beginning in 2011 with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. The demonstrations against income inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of money in politics began in New York but spread to cities across the United States.

Anger over the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in 2014 gave rise to the Black Lives Matter. What started as a social media hashtag quickly grew into an international movement protesting against police brutality and inequality.

Another social media hashtag went offline when survivors of sexual abuse shared their stories with #MeToo. Although the hashtag was created years earlier by activist Tarana Burke, it caught fire after people in Hollywood used it to take down Harvey Weinstein. Not only did it spark a conversation about consent and harassment, but the global movement also contributed to powerful men like producers, actors, anchors and executives and politicians being called to account on harassment accusations.

The decade also brought catastrophic natural and environmental disasters to points across the world.

Haiti and Japan both were hit with the largest earthquakes ever to strike those countries. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and 9.1-magnitude quake -- followed by a tsunami -- the following year in Japan left hundreds of thousands of people dead and thousands more displaced.

The first year of the decade also saw an explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 people and released 168 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

The strongest hurricane to strike the Bahamas made landfall in 2019. Hurricane Dorian slammed the island over Labor Day weekend and stalled there for more than 48 hours. It was one of five Category 5 hurricanes to form this decade. The others: Matthew, Irma, Maria, Michael and Lorenzo.

Hurricane Maria, which made landfall on the island nation of Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane and hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm in 2017, caused about $90 billion in damage and resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths.

The same year introduced a yearslong spate of wildfires in California, including the deadliest in the state's history.

Mass shootings in the United States shook the country's sense of safety as targeted places included an elementary school, nightclubs, colleges, a music festival and places of worship. More than half of the 10 deadliest US mass shootings took place in this decade, including when a gunman opened fire inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016. At least 49 people were killed. In October 2017, 58 people were gunned down at an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas.

The shootings raised a debate across the nation about access to firearms.

Violent attacks weren't limited to the United States. ISIS showed its global reach in 2015 with a terror attack in Paris and a series of attacks in Tunisia, including at a hotel where 38 people were killed.

At Garissa University College in Kenya, four gunmen killed 147 people and wounded scores more during morning prayer in April 2015, making it the deadliest attack in Kenya since the 1998 United States embassy bombings. The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the terror attack.

An act of terrorism also devastated the city of Boston in 2013. Two bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring at least 264.

But bloodshed this past decade didn't only come in isolated attacks. The decade was scarred by humanitarian crises and devastating conflicts -- like the yearslong civil war in Yemen, which has taken the lives of more than 100,000 people.

In 2012, the American government came under fire after four Americans were killed in Benghazi, Libya. Critics said the State Department may not have done enough to protect its employees.

Back home, Americans faced a rise in extremism. A 2017 government report found far-right-wing violent extremist groups were to blame for the majority of deadly extremist incidents in the country since 2001. The total number of fatalities from far-right wing violent extremists and radical Islamist violent extremists was about the same. The words "white nationalism" began leaking into headlines after the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed as a car plowed through a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., the man accused of driving into the crowd has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charges.

Across the ocean, Europe was fighting its own battle against racism. A CNN poll in 2018 recorded frightening anti-Semitic attitudes across the continent while many blamed a substantial amount of Brexit votes on a rise in racism.

With millions fleeing from violence in the Middle East and Africa, Europeans began taking measures against the influx of immigrants. A heartbreaking image of 3-year-old Syrian boy Alan Kurdi shook the world and offered a glimpse into just how badly the European migrant crisis was handled.

Four years later a similar photo surfaced: a father and daughter from El Salvador lay face down in murky waters. The devastating picture offered a glimpse into the dangers and challenges migrants face trying to cross from Mexico into the US. The crisis at the border was center stage during the 2016 elections, with then-candidate Donald Trump vowing to build a wall to curb illegal migration.

Trump's administration would later draw worldwide condemnation for its practices of separating children from their parents at the border and holding migrants in overcrowded cage-like units.

The past decade's politics have been marked by polarization and division.

In a bitterly fought referendum, the United Kingdom voted in June 2016 to leave the European Union. The deal, called Brexit, eventually led to the resignation of British Prime Minister Theresa May and the election of hardline Brexit supporter Boris Johnson.

In another divisive decision, the United States elected businessman Donald Trump, a Republican, as president over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a Democrat in November 2016. Three years into his term -- and following dozens of controversial decisions and tweets -- Trump, this month, became the third US president to be impeached. The House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Meanwhile, citizens of countries took on their leadership and protested for change. Thousands took to the streets in Venezuela in 2019 in failed effort to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office.

In Hong Kong, protests began in June 2019 in response to a bill that would have allowed citizens of Hong Kong to be extradited to China. The protests have continued for months nonstop and resulted in violent clashes with police. The focus of the protests also has shifted to demand greater democracy and an inquiry into allegations of police brutality.

But among division and disasters, the world took major strides toward change.

In 2011, American troops pulled out of Iraq after nearly nine years in the country -- fighting a war over which many high-ranking officials were criticized for not putting an end to earlier.

In a landmark opinion, the US Supreme Court ruled in June 2015 that same-sex couples can marry nationwide. The divided court's decision established a new civil right and gave a historic victory to gay rights advocates.

Later that year, in December, about 195 nations agreed to begin tackling the climate crisis head-on by reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- the primary driver of climate change -- and entering into other agreements. The agreement became known as the 2015 Paris Climate accord. In 2019, the Trump administration announced that the US would pull out of the agreement following the President's claims that it would punish American workers and benefit foreign countries.

And this year, the most diverse class of lawmakers to date took office in the US Congress, bringing greater gender, racial, religious and sexuality representation.

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113011 Boston, MA - Protesters from Occupy Boston step off on their two month anniversary march. Boston Herald staff photo by John Wilcox.

(063011, Boston, MA) Whitey Bulger is taken from a Coast Guard helicopter to an awaiting Sherif vehicle after attending federal court in Boston. Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Staff photo by Stuart Cahill)

Members of the Rutter family of Sandy Hook, Conn., embrace early Christmas morning as they stand near memorials by the Sandy Hook firehouse in Newtown, Conn.,Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

(Boston, MA - 1/6/14) Mayor Thomas Menino and his wife, Angela, arrive at Boston City Hall, Monday, January 06, 2014. Staff photo by Angela Rowlings. THIS PHOTO WON AN HONORABLE MENTION AS PART OF A NEWS PICTURE STORY ENTRY ON MENINO'S LAST DAY IN OFFICE.

BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN - DECEMBER 18: President Donald Trump speaks at a Merry Christmas Rally at the Kellogg Arena on December 18, 2019 in Battle Creek, Michigan. While Trump spoke, the House of Representatives was voting on two articles of impeachment, deciding if he will become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

(Boston, Ma 013018) Ayanna Pressley. January 30, 2018 Staff photo by Chris Christo

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump reacts before speaking at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix. The Trump administration is preparing to restore the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

BOSTON MA. - DECEMBER 12: Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker share a laugh during the announcement on December 12, 2019 in Boston, MA that the NAACP convention will be held in Boston next July. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

The Teens have been a whirlwind of bitter divisiveness and violence, with changes of the political guard on both sides of the aisle that were welcomed by some but feared by others, and also dramatic innovation and prosperity.

Then-President Barack Obamas controversial signature achievement, Obamacare, kicked off the Teens as the big story of 2010 and fueled Republican Scott Browns U.S. Senate win in blue Massachusetts. But the even more controversial and divisive election of President Trump in 2016 stands as the single most transformative event of these last 10 years cutting a sharp line in American politics between liberals and conservatives, coastal elites and those in the heartland who felt they were ignored, with a power struggle between sharply different visions of Americas future that remains unresolved.

Donald Trump redefined the American political order with his stunning defeat of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a polarizing victory and hes now under a highly disputed partisan impeachment.

A businessman and real estate mogul with no prior political office, Trump capitalized on discontent with the political establishment to power his way to the White House.

Trump has passed broad tax cuts, began a dramatic rollback of regulations and appointed dozens of constitutionalist judges. Despite predictions the stock market would crash, the economy has boomed. He brought North Koreas Kim Jong Un to the negotiating table after dire warnings he was provoking a war. He forced the renegotiation of trade relations with Mexico and Canada, and launched a trade war with China ignoring the threats of consequences. He was vilified for his crackdown on illegal immigration and a freeze on visas for several Muslim nations, though his supporters say his tactics matched those of the Obama administration. He faced a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election but wasnt charged, though special prosecutor Robert Mueller stopped short of exonerating him.

Trump is now the third president to be impeached, after the Democratic House majority on a party-line vote accused him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress based on a July phone call in which Trump allegedly pressured the Ukrainian president into investigating Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Trump enters 2020 awaiting trial in the Republican-led U.S. Senate, which is expected to toss the charges.

Boston under attack: The defining event of the past decade in this city was the deadly terrorist blasts that turned the celebratory finish line of the Boston Marathon into a crime scene on April 15, 2013. Islamic extremist brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ethnic Chechens who immigrated from Kazakhstan set off two bombs along crowded Boylston Street, killing Martin Richard, 8, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lingzi Lu., 23. Three days later, the Tsarnaevs shot and killed MIT police officer Sean Collier, 27. In a Watertown shootout, MBTA officer Richard Donohue, 33, was critically wounded. Boston Police officer Dennis Simmonds, 28, injured in the Watertown shootout, died in April 2014.

Tamerlan was killed in Watertown. The younger Tsarnaev, after a daylong manhunt, was found hiding in a boat. Now on federal death row in Colorado, Tsarnaev is fighting his conviction and death sentence.

Bostons leadership changed hands for the first time in two decades in 2014 when Martin Walsh succeeded the citys longest-serving mayor, Thomas M. Menino, who died of cancer later that year.The governorship, meanwhile, returned to Republican hands with Charlie Bakers victories in 2014 and 2018.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressleys stunning defeat of incumbent Mike Capuano last year was a rebuke of the partys establishment, which led to this years challenges of sitting U.S. Sen. Edward Markey. Brown lost in 2012 to current U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, now a leading Democratic candidate for president.

Ten years after 9/11, the U.S. military hunted down and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011. It was hailed as a major blow to the terrorist network that drew the United States into war.

But the Islamic State emerged in 2011 in Iraq and Syria after the United States exited the region. In 2015, ISIS-inspired terrorists killed 129 people and wounded 352 in Paris. In 2016, ISIS-inspired terrorists killed 31 people and injured 270 in Brussels. Trump sent U.S. troops into Iraq and Syria, largely destroying the organization. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself this year while pursued by U.S. soldiers.

Smartphones became ubiquitous in The Teens. Facebook, which had allowed family, friends and businesses to connect with each other, was revealed as having extensively data-mined its users. Twitter became a major means to pushing out information, bypassing traditional media. But it also became notorious for hosting vile personal and political attacks.

Murderous Southie gangster Whitey Bulger and his girlfriend Catherine Greig were captured in 2011 in in Santa Monica after 16 years on the lam. In 2013, Bulger was convicted for his role in 11 murders. In 2018, then 89, he was beaten to death in a West Virginia federal prison.

The 2012 the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., prompted a national debate over gun control. The debate between those who want to ban weapons and 2nd Amendment advocates has resurfaced after mass shootings in San Bernardino, Orlando, Las Vegas, Parkland and El Paso.

Occupy Wall Street. Black Lives Matter. #MeToo: Occupy Wall Street kicked off a decade of social protests in 2011 with a protest in Manhattan with the rallying cry, We are the 99 Percent.

Black Lives Matter emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, accused of killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, with riots following killings by police in Ferguson, Mo., and other cities, and incidents such as the execution of two police officers in New York City. In Boston, then-BPD Superintendent William Gross faced down protesters after his officers shot and killed a man who had shot a detective in the face.

And the #MeToo movement, combating sexual harassment, started with accusations against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, and led to allegations against actor Kevin Spacey, comedian Louis C.K., NBC news anchor Matt Lauer and others. In Massachusetts, the news that casino mogul Steve Wynn had paid out settlements forced an investigation of the license for the Encore casino in Everett.

But Trump, the top story of The Teens, will remain the top story as the new decade starts, as embittered Democrats seek to remove him from office both by impeachment and in the 2020 election.

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