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Jim Carrey Sees Red Over Migrant Child's Death at Southern Border in Latest Artwork
The Wrap - 16 Dec 2018 04:56
Jim Carrey has a colorful response to the death of a 7-year-old girl who died in border patrol custody last week… and that color is red. “Now an innocent seven-year-old girl has died of medical neglect because of Tru...
Family of migrant girl who died in Border Patrol custody disputes agency’s account of death
USA Today - 16 Dec 2018 04:47
Lawyers for the family of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody say her father had provided her with water and food.
Four Books That Deserved More Attention in 2018
The New Yorker - 16 Dec 2018 12:00
James Wood recommends Walter Kempowski's "All For Nothing," Catherine Lacey's "Certain American States," Joshua Cohen's "Attention: Dispatches from the Land of Distraction," and Brian Dillon's "Essayism."
Trump's 'Smocking Gun' Tweet Tops This Week's Internet News
Wired - 16 Dec 2018 16:00
President Trump misspells smoking. Plus: The Washington Post adds a "Bottomless Pinocchio" rating, Theresa May cancels a Brexit vote, and more.
Family of slain Green Beret furious that comrade Maj. Mathew Golsteyn faces charges
New York Post - 16 Dec 2018 05:49
The parents of a Marine slain by a terrorist bomb in Afghanistan in 2010 are dumbfounded that the decorated Green Beret who killed the suspect is now being tried on murder charges. "I think that's crazy," said David Klei...
Ancient, never-looted tomb discovered in Egypt
New York Post - 16 Dec 2018 03:58
Egypt announced the discovery of an "exceptionally well preserved" ancient tomb--and the best part may be, it's never been looted. The 4,400-year-old grave in a pyramid complex outside Cairo belonged to a priest named Wa...
Trump aide who lied to FBI plans to run for office
New York Post - 16 Dec 2018 03:36
Fresh out of prison for lying to the FBI, ex-Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos is plotting his own run for office. "I will be running for Congress in 2020, and I will win," he tweeted. "Stay tuned." The Chicago ...
Academy Award Trophy For 'Gentleman's Agreement' Sells For Nearly $500K
Deadline - 16 Dec 2018 00:46
A rare auction of Oscar statues has resulted in the sale of the 1947 Best Picture award for $492,000. Gentleman’s Agreement, which examined anti-Semitism and starred Gregory Peck, was sold by auction house Profiles in ...
41 people injured in Japan restaurant explosion
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2018 16:48
Japanese police say more than 40 people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan. The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern …
Apollo 8 astronauts delivered a 1968 Christmas message that calmed a ravaged nation
USA Today - 16 Dec 2018 16:45Police, anti-migration protesters clash at EU headquarters
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2018 16:39
Police have used tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators who assembled around the European Union's headquarters in Brussels to protest the adoption of a United Nations migration pact. About …
Rudy Giuliani, Trump's lawyer, blasts Michael Cohen as "pathetic"
ABC News - 16 Dec 2018 16:31
"The man is pathetic. That's a lawyer you were interviewing," Rudy Giuliani told George Stephanopoulos after watching a clip of Cohen's exclusive interview with ABC News.
North Korea Observes Seventh Anniversary of the Death of Kim Jong II, Kim Jong Un's Father
Time - 16 Dec 2018 16:27
His death thrust the young and unknown Kim Jong Un into power in 2011
Croatia denies abusing migrants at Bosnian border
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2018 16:17
Croatian authorities are denying a report by an international watchdog group that the country's police are illegally and sometimes violently pushing migrants back into neighboring Bosnia. Croatian interior ministry denie...
Mulvaney once called Trump a 'terrible human being'
New York Post - 16 Dec 2018 16:12
WASHINGTON — President Trump's incoming acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney had some harsh words for his future boss at a Congressional debate held days before the 2016 election. "Yes, I am supporting Donald Trump, but...
Turkey would consider working with Assad if he won a democratic Syrian election
Reuters - 16 Dec 2018 16:06
Turkey and other world powers would consider working with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he won a democratic election, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar on Sunday.
Moscow police arrest least 5 protesters near security office
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2018 16:04
A human rights activist says Moscow police have arrested at least five protesters at an unsanctioned rally outside the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to …
Hondurans who fled political violence fear for lives if sent home
Reuters - 16 Dec 2018 15:56
The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of polit...
Fight Tracks: The walkout songs of UFC on FOX 31 with the Stones, CCR and Ini Kamoze
MMAjunkie - 16 Dec 2018 15:40
Check out all the fighter walkout songs from Saturday’s UFC on FOX 31 event. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 …13
California Cannabis Company Caliva Is Poaching Über Drivers And Executives
Forbes - 16 Dec 2018 15:31
Need a new job for the new year? Caliva is hiring.
Family of migrant girl challenges official account of her death
The Week - 16 Dec 2018 15:11
The family of Jakelin Caal Maquin, the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) custody this month, have challenged the agency's account of her death. "She had not suffered from ...
Bomb kills 8 in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed forces
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2018 14:47
A bomb blast in a northern Syrian town held by Turkish-backed opposition forces killed at least eight people Sunday, activists said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit …