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Who Has The Most Oppressive Weather?
Forbes - 9 Aug 2018 17:28
The dog days of summer are here. Which portions of the country experience "oppressive" heat/humidity during the afternoons of the core summer months?
Brock Turner, ex-Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault, denied new trial
USA Today - 9 Aug 2018 06:25
Brock Turner, whose sexual assault of an incapacitated woman drew national headlines, lost his bid for a new trial, paving the way for him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Another strong quake hits Indonesia's Lombok, buildings collapse: witness
Reuters - 9 Aug 2018 07:43
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit Indonesia's Lombok island on Thursday, causing some buildings to collapse, according to witnesses and the Southeast Asian nation's meteorology and geophysics agency.
White House staff are now hiding Jeff Sessions from Trump
The Week - 9 Aug 2018 17:17
President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have learned the hard way that breakups are rough. Ever since Sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation into whether Trump's campaign was involved with ...
Tennessee execution: What will happen on the day of Billy Ray Irick's execution?
USA Today - 9 Aug 2018 17:06Flights canceled but no major damage as typhoon soaks Japan
Miami Herald - 9 Aug 2018 07:43
An offshore typhoon brought rain and strong winds to Japan's northeast coast Thursday, but no major damage was reported as the storm did not make landfall. Typhoon Shanshan weakened somewhat …
Russian submarine threat largest since Cold War: top US Navy admiral
New York Post - 9 Aug 2018 07:41
Pentagon and NATO brass have issued fresh warnings about increased Russian naval activity in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, with the top U.S. Navy admiral saying this week Russian submarine operations are curr...
Israel and Hamas exchange fire in sudden Gaza escalation
CNN - 9 Aug 2018 07:15
Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza after Hamas militants fired rockets into its territory amid efforts to achieve a long-term ceasefire agreement.
State of Emergency Declared in Charlottesville Ahead of Rally Anniversary
Time - 9 Aug 2018 06:59
The city of Charlottesville declared a state of emergency ahead of the one-year anniversary of a violent white nationalist rally
Missing Korean War medic's sons receive dad's dog tag
New York Post - 9 Aug 2018 17:05
For two brothers, a single dog tag belonging to a man they never knew brought a flood of unexpected emotions when it was returned last week by North Korea. Charles McDaniel Jr. was home in Indianapolis when he got a phon...
Giuliani: Mueller colluding with Democrats in 'illegitimate' probe
New York Post - 9 Aug 2018 16:56
President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said there is collusion going on – by special counsel Robert Mueller – and it’s “going to blow up on them.” “The reality is, the real story is not that this c...
Teen seriously hurt after getting shoved off bridge
New York Post - 9 Aug 2018 16:56
A 16-year-old girl was lucky to be alive after getting pushed off a three-story bridge at a park in Washington state, relatives said. In a jarring 9-second clip, Jordan Holgerson is seen hesitating atop a bridge in Moult...
Climate change is turning the Middle East's breadbasket into a cannabis farm
CNN - 9 Aug 2018 07:09
The farmer plucks a cannabis flower from a long stalk. He presses it against his nose, inhales deeply and begins to extol the therapeutic -- if not necessarily scientific -- properties of his crop.
3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip
Miami Herald - 9 Aug 2018 06:53
The Gaza Health Ministry says a pregnant woman, her 1-year-old daughter and a Hamas fighter have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The ministry said Thursday that …
Mom found wandering naked accused of abandoning her 3 kids on highway
New York Post - 9 Aug 2018 06:44
PAYSON, Ariz. -- Authorities say a woman is undergoing a medical evaluation after allegedly abandoning her three young children along a north-central Arizona highway and later being found wandering naked. Arizona Departm...
US imposing new Russia sanctions over chemical attack
Boston - 9 Aug 2018 06:31
US imposing new sanctions against Russia over poisoning in Britain
Puerto Rico Finally Revises Hurricane Maria Death Toll to More Than 20 Times the Official Number
Slate - 9 Aug 2018 17:16
Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in last September, journalists and researchers have insisted that the island's official death toll of 67 was far, far too low. The government now admits that there were "1,427...
People Are Understandably Distressed About This Diabolical Airport Power Outlet Prank
Time - 9 Aug 2018 17:10
"So triggered"
Dozens killed when Saudi-led airstrike hits school bus full of children in Yemen
The Week - 9 Aug 2018 17:10
Dozens are dead after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a school bus in Yemen on Thursday, and most of those killed are believed to be children. The bus was struck while driving through Houthi rebel-held northern Syria on its wa...
Iran's former hard-line president asks Rouhani to resign
Miami Herald - 9 Aug 2018 17:09
Former hard-line Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked President Hassan Rouhani to resign. In a video published on his Telegram account Thursday, Ahmadinejad said that Iranians do not trust Rouhani. …
Afghan official: Bomb kills 2 children western province
Miami Herald - 9 Aug 2018 17:03
An Afghan official says an attack targeting a local police commander in western Hirat province has killed two people and wounded the police official and 10 civilians. Gelani Farhad, spokesman …