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Matt Groening's New Show Is Basically Futurama in the Past
Slate - 13 Aug 2018 11:55
There's a sweet spot to the perfect time lag between projects: long enough to make people miss you, not so long that they forget who you were. Disenchantment, Matt Groening's new animated series, manages to get it wrong ...
Pentagon Chief Jim Mattis Defends His Reversal on Space Force
Time - 13 Aug 2018 04:38
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he is satisfied that creating a Space Force as a separate military service is the right approach
Killer Whale Finally Lets Go of Her Dead Calf After Carrying it For 17 Days
Time - 13 Aug 2018 04:18
The orca drew international attention for carrying her dead calf for 17 days
In Jordan, Shootout Kills 4 From Security Forces and 3 Militants
The New York Times - 13 Aug 2018 02:07
In a huge security operation, Jordanian forces laid siege to a building in a residential part of the city of Salt in search of those responsible for an earlier bomb attack on a police van.
Trump says it would be 'great' if Harley-Davidson owners boycott the company
The Week - 13 Aug 2018 04:24
President Trump went on the attack against Harley-Davidson on Sunday, tweeting that it would be "great" if people who already owned their motorcycles boycotted the company. Trump said that "many @harleydavidson owners pl...
China's Xi beset by economic, political challenges
ABC News - 13 Aug 2018 03:36
Just months ago, president cleared the way for himself to rule in perpetuity.
White House looking to stop Omarosa Manigault Newman from releasing more tapes
ABC News - 13 Aug 2018 01:34
The former "Apprentice" star secretly taped Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Welcome to the Resistance, Omarosa
The New York Times - 13 Aug 2018 22:33
She's a venal scammer, but she's right to tell all about Trump.
Illegal fishing, harm to Amazon forest linked to tax havens: study
Reuters - 13 Aug 2018 17:09
Scientists called on Monday for greater transparency over the use of tax havens by companies involved in activities that have harmed the world's oceans and the Amazon rainforest.
That sinking feeling? Sterling traders prepare for Brexit meltdown
Reuters - 13 Aug 2018 17:04
Having sunk to 13-month lows, sterling could fall by up to another 10 percent in the coming months should Britain crash out of the European Union without a deal on future trade ties, luring more speculators to bet agains...
Elon Musk Wrote a Lengthy Explanation of That Whole 'Funding Secured' Thing
Time - 13 Aug 2018 16:55
He said Saudi Arabia is ready to finance a deal taking Tesla private
11-year-old hacks replica of Florida state website, changes election results
USA Today - 13 Aug 2018 16:49
The boy successfully hacked a replica of Florida's state website and changed its election results during the annual hacking convention DEFCON.
Court orders former Armenian president released from jail
Miami Herald - 13 Aug 2018 16:45
The lawyer for former Armenian President Robert Kocharian says he has been released from custody on a court order. Kocharian was jailed July 27 on charges of violating constitutional order …
UAE responds to AP report on deals with al-Qaida in Yemen
Miami Herald - 13 Aug 2018 16:37
The United Arab Emirates says it is actively fighting al-Qaida's branch in Yemen after an Associated Press report outlined how Emirati forces cut secret deals with the militants to get …
The Era of the Swing Justice Is Over. Here's How Democrats May Adapt
Time - 13 Aug 2018 16:36
When Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement in June, Avery Gardiner began saying “No, no, no” at her desk so loudly that she interrupted a meeting in a conference room next door. The co-presid...
Remains found on island where 'suicidal' plane thief crash-landed
New York Post - 13 Aug 2018 16:34
Human remains have been discovered on the tiny island off Washington’s Puget Sound where an airline worker crashed an empty passenger plane he hijacked. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Sunday th...
Italy refuses safe harbor to charity ship carrying migrants
Reuters - 13 Aug 2018 16:32
Italy on Monday denied safe harbor to the 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship Aquarius off the coast of Libya last week, setting up another stand-off with European Union allies over who would take them in.
Stephen Miller's uncle slams his nephew's immigration policies as a 'gateway to tyranny'
The Week - 13 Aug 2018 16:31
If Stephen Miller had his way, his own family may never have made it to the U.S. The senior policy adviser's uncle, David Glosser, told the tale of Miller's immigrant heritage in a Politico article published Monday, reve...
Germany's Merkel slaps down talk of working with leftists
Miami Herald - 13 Aug 2018 16:18
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday slapped down an ally's suggestion that her conservatives could work with the post-communist Left Party in the country's east, an idea that appalls many …
Trump says he heard 'bad things' about Omarosa, but wouldn't fire her because 'she only said GREAT things about me'
The Week - 13 Aug 2018 16:15
President Trump is officially declaring war on Omarosa Manigault Newman. Over the past week, the Apprentice star turned White House aide has popped around the media, spreading harsh accounts of her time in the West Wing....
Flooding in Sudan kills 23 people, injures 61
Miami Herald - 13 Aug 2018 16:14
Sudanese medics say at least 23 people have been killed in heavy flooding in the past three weeks. The Red Crescent Society said Monday that the floods have injured at …
Trump's attacks on media likely to cause violence against journalists: UN
New York Post - 13 Aug 2018 16:12
President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the media as the “enemy of the people” is close to sparking violence that could lead to journalists being attacked around the world, the outgoing United Nations human ...