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New York Today: New York Today: Madonna's Metropolis
The New York Times - 26 Aug 2016 12:21
Friday: The Queen of Pop's New York, things to do this weekend and Times Square's seedy past.
Striking Miners in Bolivia Have Killed the Country's Deputy Minister
Time - 26 Aug 2016 05:56
The strike has turned violent recently with two protesters being killed
Brazilian Senators Blast Each Other as Rousseff Impeachment Trial Gets Underway
Time - 26 Aug 2016 04:50
Rousseff accused of illegally shifting money between government budgets to mask deficits
2 Nuns Killed in Mississippi; Signs Point to Home Break-In
ABC News - 26 Aug 2016 04:50
Officials say two nuns who worked as nurses and helped the poor in rural Mississippi were found slain in their home
Judge in Stanford rape case will no longer hear criminal cases
New York Post - 26 Aug 2016 04:17
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A court says a California judge who was criticized for ordering a lenient six-month jail sentence in a rape case against a former Stanford University swimmer will no longer hear criminal matters by h...
Connecticut home-invasion monster tried to hang himself in prison
New York Post - 26 Aug 2016 07:12
One of the creeps convicted in the sex assaults and murders of a mother and her two daughters during a home invasion in Connecticut tried to kill himself in prison, authorities said. Department of Correction spokeswoman ...
Clinton emails reveal plans to depict Ryan as anti-Trump
New York Post - 26 Aug 2016 05:49
Hillary Clinton's campaign planned to praise House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans at odds with Donald Trump, but Democratic officials balked at the idea, arguing that it would damage the party's other candidates...
New Mexico Girl Found Brutally Murdered on Her 10th Birthday
Time - 26 Aug 2016 05:39
The murder has been described as the "most gruesome act of evil"
This is Donald Trump's greatest offense against democracy
The Week - 26 Aug 2016 11:44
After more than a year of outrageous statements, the prospect of singling out Donald Trump's most poisonous pronouncement might seem an impossible task. Is it the passing reference to immigrant rapists in his speech anno...
US slams Syria's chemical weapons use
CNN - 26 Aug 2016 03:32
The White House is condemning the Syrian government Thursday after having announced that a year-long UN-backed investigation found that both the Assad regime and ISIS had used chemical weapons.
How one Republican is navigating the Trump hurricane
CBSNews - 26 Aug 2016 16:00
Up for reelection, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman has been keeping Trump at arms length -- and so far, it's working
Why Britain Has No Women's Equality Day
Time - 26 Aug 2016 15:58
We don't mark a date for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. Yet there are several possible dates
Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills 11
Reuters - 26 Aug 2016 15:53
ISTANBUL/KARKAMIS, Turkey
The Latest: UN says it wasn't consulted on Syria-Daraya deal
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2016 15:52
The Latest on developments in Syria's civil war (all times local): …
Clinton calls out Trump's "steady stream of bigotry"
CBSNews - 26 Aug 2016 15:42
Clinton said Trump was building a campaign on prejudice, steeped in conspiracy theories and dog whistles to white supremacists and racists, and blasted some of his most controversial, racial comments
Court Suspends 'Burkini' Ban in French Town
The New York Times - 26 Aug 2016 15:23
The Council of State, the highest court in the French administrative justice system, ruled that the prohibition in Villeneuve-Loubet violated civil liberties.
SAfrican Judge Denies Appeal for Harsher Pistorius Sentence
ABC News - 26 Aug 2016 14:13
South African judge denies appeal for harsher sentence against Oscar Pistorius
Woman Convicted of Killing Boyfriend Granted New Trial
ABC News - 26 Aug 2016 14:07
The juror claims he didn't remember pleading guilty in a child support case.
The EpiPen scandal is everything wrong with American health care
The Week - 26 Aug 2016 11:50
America has a drug price gouging problem. Valeant Pharmaceuticals and "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli are big offenders. But now, the drug manufacturer under fire is a company named Mylan. In 2007, Mylan bought the rights to...
Several reported wounded in Turkey car bomb attack
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2016 07:51
Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have exploded a car bomb at a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey. Several people were wounded. …
Seth Meyers tries to get a grasp on Donald Trump's ever-changing immigration stance
The Week - 26 Aug 2016 07:40
For those wanting to fully understand Donald Trump's immigration stance, Seth Meyers put together a segment Thursday night featuring a dizzying array of statements the Republican nominee has made on the issue. Meyers sai...
New Jersey woman wrongly declared dead as a child dies at 94
CBSNews - 26 Aug 2016 06:26
Woman was the victim of a hit-and-run in Delanco when she was 9 years old, and was pronounced dead and brought to the morgue