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The Climate Change Report Should Make You Worry
The New York Times - 9 Oct 2018 03:09
It's probably a matter of time before someone tries to gaslight you about the climate report, but it's very real.
Sexual Harassment Claims Spiked After the Clarence Thomas Hearings. They're Spiking Again Now.
Slate - 9 Oct 2018 21:00
Since the #MeToo movement kicked off last fall, the number of sexual harassment charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has spiked. In fiscal year 2018, which closed just days before the first anni...
GOP operative reportedly secretly raised $100,000 to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton
The Week - 9 Oct 2018 04:59
An Illinois businessman long involved in Republican politics and opposition research secretly raised $100,000 from donors in his quest to purchase what he believed were emails stolen from Hillary Clinton, The Wall Street...
Kavanaugh hires all women as his law clerks
New York Post - 9 Oct 2018 03:44
With the controversy still simmering over his Supreme Court confirmation, Brett Kavanaugh has hit the ground running -- and became the first high court justice to hire all women as his law clerks. Kavanaugh on Sunday sta...
Indonesian President Evokes Communism's Ghost
Human Rights Watch - 9 Oct 2018 16:45
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again evoked the dangerous and utterly fictitious threat of communism for apparent political purposes. On Friday, he publicly warned the nation of an existential threat ...
President Trump Says He's 'Concerned' About Missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Time - 9 Oct 2018 03:54
"I am concerned about it. I don't like hearing about it," President Donald Trump told reporters
MIT professor addresses rumors she's dating Brad Pitt
Boston - 9 Oct 2018 18:32
She is a fan of the veteran actor, however.
Newly installed Kavanaugh gets to work at Supreme Court
Reuters - 9 Oct 2018 17:05
Three days after being confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court despite being accused of sexual assault, Justice Brett Kavanaugh took his seat on the bench on Tuesday alongside his eight new colleagues, cementing a conservati...
U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley quits: source
Reuters - 9 Oct 2018 17:05
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, and the White House said she would appear with President Donald Trump at an event later in the morning.
Mexican couple accused of killing, dismembering at least 20 women, selling body parts
Fox News - 9 Oct 2018 16:58
A Mexican couple caught carrying dismembered human remains in a baby carriage is believed to have murdered nearly two dozen women during a vicious killing spree, prosecutors said Monday.
South African finance minister resigns after graft testimony
Miami Herald - 9 Oct 2018 16:57
South Africa's finance minister has resigned after acknowledging missteps during the scandal-tainted tenure of former president Jacob Zuma. The resignation of Nhlanhla Nene was announced Tuesday by President Cyril Ramaph...
Nikki Haley Resigns as President Trump's Ambassador to the United Nations
Time - 9 Oct 2018 16:57
Trump said Haley told him months ago that she was looking to 'take a break'
Japan urges Myanmar to conduct credible Rohingya probe
Miami Herald - 9 Oct 2018 16:52
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told Myanmar's leader that a credible investigation into alleged human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims is key to resolving tensions in the country's Rakhine …
Man with hammer hacks Algeria statue of bare-breasted woman
Miami Herald - 9 Oct 2018 16:49
A man with a hammer on Tuesday attacked and damaged a statue of a bare-breasted woman, an emblem of the eastern city of Setif, in the latest in a series …
Hurricane Michael Poised to Be the Most Powerful Storm to Hit Florida Panhandle in Decades
Slate - 9 Oct 2018 19:44
Hurricane Michael, currently bearing down on the Florida Panhandle, is projected to make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3, according to the National Hurricane Center--possibly the strongest storm to hit the region in d...
Taylor Swift sparks voter registration spike nationwide
New York Post - 9 Oct 2018 16:41
Will Republicans be able to shake this off? Pop star Taylor Swift’s coming out against the Republican candidate and in support of the Democrat in a Senate race in her home state of Tennessee has caused voter registrati...
Google drops $10B bid for Pentagon contract amid employee pushback
CNN - 9 Oct 2018 13:57
Google will no longer compete for a multibillion dollar cloud computing contract with the Pentagon because the project may conflict with its corporate mission.
Gecko was behind non-stop prank calls to animal hospital
New York Post - 9 Oct 2018 21:39
Prank-calling has never been this cold-blooded. A veterinarian at a Hawaii marine animal hospital was perplexed by an onslaught of mystery phone calls, until she found the scaly fiend behind the nuisance calls -- a gecko...
Got $592 Million? You Could Buy Sears And JC Penney
Forbes - 9 Oct 2018 21:04
The market caps on Sears and Penney are at all-time lows and they both got there for the same reason: greed.
Wife of Ex-Interpol President Says She's 'in Great Danger' for Speaking Out About His Disappearance
Time - 9 Oct 2018 16:41
Meng Hongwei disappeared while on a trip home to China late last month
John Kerry hints at 2020 run
The Week - 9 Oct 2018 16:40
It didn't work out so well the first time, but John Kerry might be preparing to challenge yet another incumbent Republican president in 2020. The former secretary of state and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate recen...
What is behind the political changes in the Horn of Africa?
Al Jazeera English - 9 Oct 2018 16:33
The competition between great powers has triggered a string of major political developments in East Africa.