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Women Claimed Johnson & Johnson's Talc Powder Gave Them Cancer. They Just Won $4.7 Billion in Damages
Time - 13 Jul 2018 04:19
Johnson and Johnson must pay $4.14 billion in damages to women who claimed asbestos in its products caused them to develop ovarian cancer
3 Moments That Actually Mattered at the Peter Strzok Hearing
Time - 13 Jul 2018 04:53
Beneath the partisan posturing and fiery monologues, a House hearing Thursday on FBI agent Peter Strzok’s conduct delved into some key factual questions. In a hearing jointly conducted by the Oversight and Judiciary co...
Man arrested for attacking wife with a chain saw in front of kids
New York Post - 13 Jul 2018 04:13
Authorities have arrested a man they say attacked his wife with a chain saw in front of their three children at their Los Angeles-area home. Authorities on Thursday arrested 32-year-old Alejandro Alvarez in Chula Vista, ...
Pastor charged with trying to rape 12-year-old girl
New York Post - 13 Jul 2018 04:48
PALMER, Tenn. -- A Tennessee pastor accused of trying to rape a 12-year-old girl has been indicted. District Attorney Mike Taylor tells WRCB-TV that a Grundy County jury indicted 48-year-old William E. “Tim” Smith Jr...
Man Who Harassed a Woman Wearing a Puerto Rican Flag Shirt Is Charged with a Hate Crime
Time - 13 Jul 2018 04:07
A man who chastised a woman in Illinois for wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag on it has been charged with committing a hate crime
'Still Can't Believe It Worked': The Story of the Thailand Cave Rescue
The New York Times - 13 Jul 2018 03:24
It took plastic cocoons and anti-anxiety pills, bravery and providence, to save the soccer team. "So many things could have gone wrong," said one official.
Passenger train derails near Egypt's Giza, scores injured
Miami Herald - 13 Jul 2018 16:50
A passenger train derailed Friday on a railway track south of Cairo, wounding at least 55 people, Egyptian officials said. The accident took place when three of the train's carriages …
Ousted health secretary Tom Price wasted $341,000 on air travel, internal watchdog finds
The Week - 13 Jul 2018 16:49
Remember Tom Price? America hasn't heard from President Trump's short-lived health and human services secretary in a while, but the government's internal watchdog was still keeping tabs on him. And on Friday, it conclude...
UK PM May doing 'fantastic' job on Brexit, says Trump, promising trade deal
Reuters - 13 Jul 2018 16:44
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he looked forward to finalizing a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, marking an abrupt change from a newspaper interview when he said Prime Minister Theresa May's strategy wou...
Navy SEAL who died rescuing soccer kids to get hero's remembrance
New York Post - 13 Jul 2018 16:13
A renowned Thai artist will use his own dough to create a large statue of the former navy SEAL who died trying to help rescue a boys’ soccer team trapped in a flooded cave, according to a new report. Chalermchai Kositp...
Research student climbs tree to escape wolf pack near Washington campground
USA Today - 13 Jul 2018 05:11Flash Flooding in the Grand Canyon Sends Tourists Scrambling for Higher Ground
Time - 13 Jul 2018 03:36
Rescue workers evacuated most of the 200 tourists
8 endangered black rhinos die in Kenya after relocation
Miami Herald - 13 Jul 2018 17:00
Eight critically endangered black rhinos are dead in Kenya after wildlife workers moved them from the capital to a new national park, the government said Friday, calling the toll "unprecedented" …
Fox News trumpets video of Trump trashing CNN as 'fake news'
The Week - 13 Jul 2018 16:16
Fox News dutifully shared a video of President Trump bashing the press and praising the conservative network during a Friday press conference in England. While speaking with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump batt...
Naked homeless man busted in string of indecent exposures
New York Post - 13 Jul 2018 16:13
A naked homeless man who works as a car mechanic has been arrested in a series of indecent exposure incidents in California's Bay Area and admittedto committing about 25 similar acts, police said. Joseph Ironteeth Angell...
Riding Solo: The Oatsy Story
The New Yorker - 13 Jul 2018 13:00
In a humor piece, Simon Rich imagines the interior monologue of Oatsy, Paul Revere's unsung horse.
China's June trade with North Korea down by half
Miami Herald - 13 Jul 2018 05:12
China's customs agency says its imports from North Korea plunged 92.6 percent in June compared with a year ago under U.N. sanctions imposed to stop its nuclear and missile programs. …
100 salmonella cases linked to recalled cereal
CNN - 13 Jul 2018 04:53
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that 27 more people have gotten sick in a multistate outbreak of salmonella illness linked to recalled Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal. This brings the total ...
Thai cave where soccer team was trapped will become a 'living museum,' official says
Fox News - 13 Jul 2018 04:45
The Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex in Thailand -- where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped for 18 days -- will become a "living museum" to showcase the harrowing ordeal that unfolded in recent weeks as the wor...
Released by ICE, migrant mother a step closer to reuniting with girl heard in viral audio
USA Today - 13 Jul 2018 04:39
After a month apart, Cindy Alinette Madrid-Henriquez and her 6-year-old daughter, who is in a shelter in Phoenix, may soon be together.
Jared Kushner Still Hasn't Been Granted Top Level Security Clearance
Slate - 13 Jul 2018 04:29
First son-in-law Jared Kushner has famously struggled to get permanent security clearance to do whatever it is he does in the Trump White House these days. Kushner's tangle of questionable business relationships and host...
More than 100 people ill from parasite possibly linked to McDonald's salads
CNN - 13 Jul 2018 04:10
The Illinois and Iowa health departments are investigating outbreaks of a parasite that causes intestinal illness and might be linked to McDonald's salads, both states said Thursday.