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Emily Fridlund's 6 favorite books about self-deception
The Week - 10 Dec 2017 12:30
The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James (Dover, $4). James' ghost story The Turn of the Screw famously reckons with the unreliability of human perception. But I find his late novella The Beast in the Jungle even more conf...
States are looking for new ways of executing prisoners on death row. Their latest idea? Opioids.
Chicago Tribune - 10 Dec 2017 05:33Roy Moore campaign releases 'Trump robocall'
ABC News - 10 Dec 2017 05:51
President Trump is offering his voice in support of Roy Moore in Alabama.
UK foreign minister ends Iran trip with no announcement on jailed mother
CNN - 10 Dec 2017 16:23
The UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, ended a trip to Iran on Sunday with no announcement on the fate of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman who has been in a Tehran jail since April 2016 on spying charges.
Anti-Trump protesters in Beirut clash with security outside US embassy
New York Post - 10 Dec 2017 14:59
Scores of Lebanese and Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with security forces outside the US Embassy in Beirut over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The protesters ga...
US may sanction Russian firms that built banned missile
New York Post - 10 Dec 2017 05:51
The Trump administration is considering new sanctions to make sure Russia abides by the terms of a 1987 nuclear-arms treaty that limits intermediate-range missiles. Russian companies that helped develop a new version of ...
Pablo Escobar’s hit man Popeye accused of violating parole
USA Today - 10 Dec 2017 03:40United Nations, North Korea Officials Agree Situation is Most Dangerous Security Issue in World
Time - 10 Dec 2017 16:44
Officials say the Korean peninsula situation is the world's most dangerous security issue
WATCH: Sheriff's deputy fatally shoots suspect in Florida
ABC News - 10 Dec 2017 16:24
Cellphone video and body-cam footage has emerged showing the moment that a man was shot and killed by a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy in Lauderdale Lakes.
GOP tax plan diverges wildly from Trump's promises to the middle class
Chicago Tribune - 10 Dec 2017 05:21Peace laureate urges world to 'see the light' and ban nukes
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2017 16:32
A leading activist in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, has likened her group's aim with her struggle to survive the atomic bombing …
Kuwait names ruler's son as defense minister in shakeup
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2017 16:07
Kuwait has announced new picks for Cabinet, with five out of 16 members hailing from the royal family, including the ruler's son who has been chosen to head the Defense …
Priest who used to be KKK member apologizes 40 years later
USA Today - 10 Dec 2017 04:12Anti-migrant leader pushes to win national power in Italy
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2017 16:42
An Italian right-wing party leader has used a rally opposing easier citizenship for foreigners to seek more support in Italy's upcoming election. Matteo Salvini, head of the anti-migrant Northern League, …
UN calls for urgent evacuation of 137 sick Syrian children
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2017 16:27
The United Nations children's agency says 137 children stranded in a rebel-held suburb near the Syrian capital require immediate medical evacuation amid a crippling siege in which five have died …
Roy Moore aide 'highly' doubts there will be Senate ethics probe if he wins
ABC News - 10 Dec 2017 16:26
Moore's strategist said he expect his candidate to win Tuesday.
California governor says wildfires are the 'new normal' thanks to climate change
The Week - 10 Dec 2017 15:44
"This is kind of the new normal," California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said Saturday of the massive wildfires in Southern California that have claimed at least one life and burned tens of thousands of acres. "With climate cha...
Israeli defense chief calls for Arab boycott after protests
New York Post - 10 Dec 2017 15:15
JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister called Sunday for a boycott of Arab businesses in an area where residents took part in violent protests against President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital...
Republicans Can't Kill Obamacare, So They're Turning It Into Trumpcare
The Huffington Post - 10 Dec 2017 15:00
Three years of progress are ending as a reversal begins.
Most Alabama Republicans say they are voting for Roy Moore
New York Post - 10 Dec 2017 14:43
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Most Republicans leaders in Alabama say they plan to vote for Roy Moore on Tuesday, despite sexual misconduct allegations against the former judge that have prompted others around the country to say h...
Pope urges nuclear disarmament, climate-change solutions
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2017 13:57
Pope Francis is calling for a world without nuclear arms and for effective measures to combat climate change. Addressing the faithful Sunday in St. Peter's Square, he stressed what he …
Israel says it destroys Hamas tunnel using new techniques
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2017 13:53
The Israeli military on Sunday said it has destroyed a tunnel built by the Hamas militant group that stretched from the Gaza Strip several hundred meters (yards) into Israeli territory, …