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Orlando Jones Ponders Legal Action Over 'American Gods' Firing; Producer Fremantle Has A Race Problem, Actor Says
Deadline - 17 Dec 2019 23:06
"I'm really trying to do my level best to create an environment for the future, because there are plenty of folks who are going to come behind me with that company who are going to experience the same thing that I experi...
The Case of the Angry Daughter
The New York Times - 17 Dec 2019 12:00
Why did my sweet 5-year-old become so stormy when she started kindergarten?
NBA DFS Daily Plays - Tuesday, 12/17 (DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo)
Sports Illustrated - 17 Dec 2019 19:10
NBA DFS (Tuesday, December 17)Welcome to the latest edition of SI Fantasy's NBA DFS daily plays. We have a fun six-game slate to sweat tonight in NBA DFS. We have three games with implied totals over 220 points, the nigh...
Man who wanted to join ISIS arrested waiting to board ship, authorities say
ABC News - 17 Dec 2019 03:04
Elshazly, 22, allegedly arranged to travel by ship to Turkey to join ISIS.
Whistleblower accuses Mormon Church of hoarding $100 billion intended for charitable purposes
The Week - 17 Dec 2019 16:55
The Mormon Church may be misleading its congregation when it comes to its tax-exempt investment fund, The Washington Post reports. David Nielsen, a former senior portfolio manager at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-...
Pope abolishes "pontifical secret" in sex abuse cases after criticism
CBSNews - 17 Dec 2019 16:42
Pope Francis also raised from 14 to 18 the cutoff age below which the Vatican considers pornographic images to be child pornography.
An Early Flu Season, a *Flight Simulator* Revival, and More News
Wired - 17 Dec 2019 00:16
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Giuliani told Trump that Ukraine envoy obstructed investigations that would benefit him
New York Post - 17 Dec 2019 16:51
Rudy Giuliani said he informed the president earlier this year that Marie Yovanovitch was impeding granting visas to Ukrainian prosecutors to travel to the US to present evidence to him and to federal authorities that wo...
Tractor carrying 17 tons of M&Ms crashes, shuts down interstate
New York Post - 17 Dec 2019 05:15
It's a real-life version of "Candy Crush." A tractor-trailer carrying 17 tons of M&Ms crashed in Tennessee last week, spilling some candy and shutting down an interstate for hours. The sticky situation started when the d...
TV Star Salaries Revealed: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Evans, Cardi B and the $1 Million Club
Variety - 17 Dec 2019 17:00
When Apple TV Plus agreed to pay Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon more than $1 million per episode to star in "The Morning Show," the burgeoning service didn't just enter the streaming wars with a bang -- it blew u...
Stephen Colbert Calls Out House Republicans For "Partisan" Impeachment Politics
Deadline - 17 Dec 2019 05:27
Stephen Colbert has a major problem with the way Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are handling the impeachment process surrounding President Donald Trump. Colbert expressed his frustration Monday night in the...
A 19-Year-Old Man Was Arrested and Charged in the Houston Mercury Spill, FBI Says
Time - 17 Dec 2019 03:45
According to the FBI, he took the mercury from a lab he broke into
Astronomers are spotting so many exoplanets that there's no time to study them all
BGR - 17 Dec 2019 02:07
Today, astronomers have more tools at their disposal than ever before. Technology has reached a point that scientists can finally spot planets outside of our own solar system. That's an incredible achievement, of course,...
Pakistan sentences former dictator Musharraf to death in absentia
Reuters - 17 Dec 2019 16:17
A Pakistani court sentenced former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia on Tuesday on treason charges stemming from his imposition of a state of emergency in 200.
Disney CEO Bob Iger Doesn't Count Out Future 'Star Wars' Trilogies
Variety - 17 Dec 2019 05:40
Though Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said in an interview on Sunday that future Star Wars films will move away from a three-movie structure, Disney CEO Bob Iger says that isn’t necessarily the case. “Oh, I don...
Spinning Out Trailer
15 Minute Fun - 17 Dec 2019 04:03
Spinning Out follows a young ice skater named Kate battling demons both on and off the ice.
Trump, Congress reach $1.4 trillion budget agreement with border wall provisions
New York Post - 17 Dec 2019 03:42
President Trump and Congress have reached a tentative agreement on a $1.4 trillion spending plan that gives the White House flexibility to continue building border fencing, slashes unpopular ObamaCare taxes and boosts fu...
McConnell On Senate Impeachment Trial: ‘I’m Not Impartial About This At All’
TPM - 17 Dec 2019 22:37
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doubled down Tuesday on comments he made last week indicating he was heading into...
'It Had a Lifelong Effect on Her.' A New Virginia Woolf Biography Deals With the Author's Experience of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Time - 17 Dec 2019 21:56
"By her own account, it had a lifelong effect on her"
FAA must boost oversight to address Allegiant Air maintenance issues: audit
Reuters - 17 Dec 2019 21:53
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to improve its oversight to address maintenance issues at Allegiant Air, the 11th largest U.S. carrier, according to a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
8 Ways Restaurants Have Changed in the Past Decade
The New York Times - 17 Dec 2019 20:18
Our chief restaurant critic tries to make sense of the past 10 years in American dining, with a little help from Twitter.
Susan Collins distances self from McConnell, slams Schumer on impeachment
New York Post - 17 Dec 2019 16:54
Sen. Susan Collins slammed Chuck Schumer and distanced herself from Mitch McConnell as she pledged to act as an impartial impeachment juror in the upcoming trial. The centrist Republican, who is often viewed as a critica...