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Matthew Slater almost chose Dartmouth over UCLA
Boston - 7 Nov 2017 20:32
"I actually committed to go to Dartmouth out of high school, and was dead-set on going there."
Trump campaign adviser Carter Page acknowledges meeting with senior Russian officials: transcript
USA Today - 7 Nov 2017 05:46
The House Intelligence Committee released a transcript of Page's seven hour, closed-door testimony.
Trump tweets his approval of Saudi Arabia's political purge
The Week - 7 Nov 2017 04:23
President Trump tweeted his support on Monday night for Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince, saying he has "great confidence" in their leadership amid a corruption crackdown that many see as a political purge. "I have g...
Trump lands in South Korea for nuclear talks about North Korea
USA Today - 7 Nov 2017 06:08More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation
Time - 7 Nov 2017 05:39
War has made food production impossible
The U.N. Security Council 'Strongly Condemns' Crackdown on Rohingya Muslims
Time - 7 Nov 2017 05:05
It's the council's strongest statement on Myanmar in almost a decade
Bodies of 26 teenage African girls found floating in Mediterranean Sea
New York Post - 7 Nov 2017 15:52
Italian authorities are probing the deaths of 26 teenage African girls whose bodies were recovered in the Mediterranean Sea along the perilous route to Europe from Libya, according to a report. The girls, aged 14-18, are...
Jury finds Thomas Snow guilty of murder in his parents' 2013 bludgeoning deaths
Chicago Tribune - 7 Nov 2017 04:14Domestic Violence is the 'Canary in the Coal Mine' for Mass Shootings
Time - 7 Nov 2017 04:44
54% of recent mass shootings involved domestic or family violence
Astronomers look back 11 billion years and find oldest galaxy ever seen
New York Post - 7 Nov 2017 16:47
You already know that humans are newbies when it comes to the age of the universe -- in fact, "new" doesn't adequately describe the incredibly brief period of time we've existed here on Earth, but I digress. But thanks t...
Communist supporters mark Bolshevik Revolution centennial
Miami Herald - 7 Nov 2017 16:44
Thousands of Communist party members and supporters have marched across downtown Moscow to mark the centennial of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution even as the Russian government is ignoring the anniversary. …
EU hopes leaks lead to Europe-wide deal against tax havens
Fox News - 7 Nov 2017 16:23
EU finance chiefs are working on a blacklist of uncooperative tax havens amid growing public concern about widespread tax dodging by multinationals and the wealthy.
Trump changes his tone on North Korea: 'It'll all work out'
The Week - 7 Nov 2017 14:29
President Trump's grim vision of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as being on "a suicide mission for himself and for his regime" took on a gentler tone during his first day on in South Korea, The Associated Press reports....
Hong Kong court grants activist Wong's prison appeal bid
Fox News - 7 Nov 2017 04:28
Hong Kong's top court has granted a bid by young democracy activist Joshua Wong to appeal his prison sentence.
Diddy not changing name to Brother Love
CNN - 7 Nov 2017 16:11
Everyone can relax. Diddy is still Diddy.
Cops won't say Texas shooter's name publicly
New York Post - 7 Nov 2017 16:12
Fearing copycats, officials investigating the Texas church massacre are refusing to repeat the alleged killer's name publicly. “We do not want to glorify him and what he has done,” Texas Department of Public Safety R...
Secret Service arrests man for threatening to kill 'all white police'
New York Post - 7 Nov 2017 15:54
Secret Service arrested a Dallas man who traveled to Washington, DC, hoping to kill "all white police" at the White House. Cops collared Michael Arega on Pennsylvania Avenue near Lafayette Park at 4:05 p.m. Monday-- seve...
'Trump whisperer' Keith Schiller to be grilled Tuesday on what happened at the Moscow Miss Universe
The Week - 7 Nov 2017 15:53
President Trump's longtime bodyguard, fast-food fetcher, and "emotional binky," Keith Schiller, will be grilled Tuesday by the House Intelligence Committee as part of the ongoing probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 ...
Rand Paul was apparently violently assaulted over a landscaping dispute
The Week - 7 Nov 2017 14:37
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will likely miss work for a while due to what his aides say are five broken ribs and bruised lungs sustained when a longtime neighbor, Rene Boucher, tackled him from behind while Paul was mowing hi...
McConnell: Stopping violence 'very challenging'
USA Today - 7 Nov 2017 13:58
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday, was asked about the Texas and Las Vegas shootings and the New York truck attack. He said "it's hard to envision a fool-proof way to prevent indiv...
Is Lebanon caught in a Saudi-Iran regional power play?
Al Jazeera English - 7 Nov 2017 13:45
Hariri's resignation in Riyadh shows Saudi will no longer accommodate Iran's influence in Lebanon, analysts say.
Tiger attacks employee at zoo in Russia's west
Miami Herald - 7 Nov 2017 13:37
A tiger at the zoo in Russia's westernmost region attacked one of the staff after she entered the enclosure in violation of safety regulations, zoo authorities said. The Kaliningrad Zoo …