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Tucker Carlson praises Trump's naked-eye eclipse staring, partly fulfilling parody predictions
The Week - 22 Aug 2017 05:37
Given Fox News host Tucker Carlson's previous treatment of President Trump, the wags on Twitter had some fun predicting what he would say Monday night about Trump's decision to stare directly into the sun during the sola...
Protesters demand removal of NYC statue hailing doctor who experimented on slave women
USA Today - 22 Aug 2017 06:10
Protesters are demanding the removal of a statue in New York's Central Park hailing J. Marion Sims, a gynecologist who experimented on slave women.
Report: It took urging from generals, photos of women in miniskirts for Trump to decide on Afghanistan strategy
The Week - 22 Aug 2017 05:38
When President Trump finally settled on a strategy for the war in Afghanistan last weekend at Camp David, he went with the plan pushed by generals who understand the complexities of the situation and have battlefield exp...
Bail Set at $2 Million For Montana Stabbing Suspects After Bodies Were Found in Basement
Time - 22 Aug 2017 05:04
Two bodies were found in plastic tubs of chemicals in a Missoula basement
Missouri set to execute inmate despite new DNA evidence
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 15:50
Attorneys for a convicted murderer scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday say the state of Missouri may be preparing to execute an innocent man. New DNA testing conducted in December could prove the innocence of...
Anger over rally violence boils over in Charlottesville
ABC News - 22 Aug 2017 06:45
Anger boiled over Monday at the first Charlottesville City Council meeting since a white nationalist rally in the city descended into violent chaos
Two Kennedys arrested after wild party in Cape Cod
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 06:22
Two members of the Kennedy clan were arrested for refusing to tone down a raucous party early Sunday. Police in Barnstable, Mass., collared Matthew "Max" Kennedy, 52 -- the ninth son of assassinated former New York senat...
Most disapprove of Trump's Charlottesville response: poll
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 05:08
Most Americans disapprove of the way President Trump responded to the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Fifty-six percent of US adults said Trump was wrong...
'Body slam' congressman must have mugshot taken
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 04:50
Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte has lost a bid to avoid being booked — and must now have his mugshot and fingerprints taken by police — for assaulting a reporter just one day before he was elected. The Republican ...
Spain attack raises questions on extremism among Moroccans
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2017 17:22
Morocco has long considered itself a haven of stability in a volatile region and a key ally in the fight against Islamic extremism, but in recent months, it has found …
Remains of Navy Sailors Found Aboard USS John McCain After Collision
Time - 22 Aug 2017 15:08
The crash left 10 sailors missing and five injured
Denmark: DNA test underway to see if body was reporter's
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2017 17:08
Danish police say they have combed a Baltic Sea coast where a headless torso was found without finding new evidence in their investigation of a Swedish journalist who is believed …
Drunk driver smashed into 17 cars while trying to park: cops
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 17:04
A drunken driver in Florida turned a parking lot into his own personal demolition derby, smashing into 17 cars while trying to park his Chevy Blazer, according to reports. Tony Futch, 25, turned into a one-man wrecking c...
Saudi king blew $100M on most expensive vacation ever
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 16:43
It was a vacation fit for a Saudi king. The annual summer jaunt of Saudi Arabia's King Salman to Morocco reportedly cost $100 million, the most expensive "all-inclusive package" ever, Haaretz reports. The Saudi monarch w...
$417 Million Awarded in Suit Tying Johnson's Baby Powder to Cancer
The New York Times - 22 Aug 2017 06:12
A Los Angeles jury voted the damages for a medical receptionist who developed ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson's talc for decades.
Italian rescue workers rescue three brothers from rubble following earthquake
Fox News - 22 Aug 2017 16:50
Italian firefighters extracted three young siblings from the rubble of their home early Tuesday following a 4.0-magnitude earthquake on the resort island of Ischia off Naples that killed at least two people.
Young Americans Are Actually Not Becoming More Progressive
Time - 22 Aug 2017 16:42
They're more likely to support same-sex marriage -- but not support gun control. Why?
Ex-coach dead of apparent suicide after admitting sex with student
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 16:38
A former Maine high school coach who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student has died of an apparent suicide, police said. Timothy Even, 28, was found dead in his car Friday, after being convi...
Rail train crash in suburban Philadelphia injures 42
Chicago Tribune - 22 Aug 2017 16:15Sheriff's sergeant accused of demanding sexual favors in return for days off
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 16:05
A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant allegedly forced a subordinate to perform sexual favors in exchange for granting her time-off requests, according to a report. Sgt. Michael John Spina's alleged lewd behavior began...
WATCH: Anti-terror drill executed in Seoul
ABC News - 22 Aug 2017 16:01
Seoul Metro conducted an anti-terror drill involving police and emergency workers which used various scenarios, such as poison gas being released in a subway car.
North Korean shipments to Syria's chemical arms agency intercepted
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 15:59
Two North Korean shipments to a Syria government agency involved in the regime’s chemical weapons programs were intercepted in the past six months, a United Nations report said. “Two member states interdicted shipmen...