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ComIC STRIP TO THE EDITOR: Can It Happen Here? A Stan Mack Take on Fascism
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2018 02:02
A New York Times opinion video about fascism in America inspired Stan Mack to send in our first comic strip to the editor.
The Orthodox Schism and the Spiritual Limits of Politics
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2018 07:00
A serious rift in the church could have big consequences in Ukraine, Russia and Greece.
2 workers acquitted in death of boy decapitated on waterslide
New York Post - 19 Oct 2018 07:50
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while on a ride that had been billed as the world’s t...
What happened when a Republican body-slammed a reporter
ABC News - 19 Oct 2018 17:05
The incident happened when Gianforte was running for Congress.
There Goes the Sun
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2018 11:00
For some New York City apartment hunters, the amount of light a place gets is the deciding factor. Now there's a way to tell without even visiting.
Kelly, Bolton got into 'intense' immigration argument at the White House, officials say
USA Today - 19 Oct 2018 04:16Trump administration supports Mexico, UN plan to deal with caravan of Honduran migrants
USA Today - 19 Oct 2018 05:19'My Kind of Guy.' President Trump Praises Montana Congressman Who Assaulted a Reporter
Time - 19 Oct 2018 05:08
"Any guy that can do a body slam -- he's my kind of guy," the President said at a rally
In Some Australian Schools, Teachers Can Be Fired for Being Gay
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2018 04:50
Australian politicians are doubling down on a law that allows religious schools, which receive government funding, to discriminate against gay teachers and students.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to throw out climate change lawsuit
The Week - 19 Oct 2018 04:08
The Trump administration tried once again on Thursday to get the Supreme Court to toss a lawsuit on climate change, filed by 21 activists between the ages of 11 and 22. The plaintiffs allege that federal officials are no...
Steve Penny Asked F.B.I. to Help Protect U.S.A. Gymnastics' Image During Sex Abuse Case
The New York Times - 19 Oct 2018 03:58
Penny, the former federation president who is charged with evidence tampering in the Larry Nassar abuse case, also discussed an Olympic job possibility with an agent who was investigating Nassar.
Trump stops rally to say hurricanes helped prove his hair is real
USA Today - 19 Oct 2018 03:35
President Donald Trump veered heavily off script Thursday night during a rally in Montana after a woman in the audience shouted: "I love your hair!"
Prominent basketball coach admits to sexually exploiting 400 boys
CBSNews - 19 Oct 2018 19:35
Greg Stephen, 42, admitted to a yearslong pattern of sexually exploiting and abusing at least 400 minors
Sagrada Familia church gets building permit, 136 years late
CNN - 19 Oct 2018 19:03
After more than a century of illegal construction work, Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia church has finally agreed to make things right with the city council.
Ballad of the Bent-Neck Lady
Slate - 19 Oct 2018 18:04
This article contains spoilers for the first six episodes of The Haunting of Hill House.
Poland moves closer to creating museum on Warsaw ghetto
Miami Herald - 19 Oct 2018 16:57
Officials in Poland have taken a step toward creating a museum to tell the stories of Jews who were imprisoned under horrific conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto by Nazi Germany …
US and South Korea again call off a major military exercise
Miami Herald - 19 Oct 2018 16:51
The Pentagon and South Korea are canceling another major military exercise this year, citing a push for diplomatic progress with North Korea. The top Pentagon spokeswoman, Dana W. White, says …
Colonel who responded to 80s Berlin bombing named Guantánamo's chief war court judge
Miami Herald - 19 Oct 2018 16:49
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has chosen an Army colonel with experience handling terrorism cases dating back to the 1986 Berlin disco bombing to serve as chief judge of the …
Dunkin' Donuts worker calls cops on Somali model for speaking in native language
New York Post - 19 Oct 2018 16:46
A Dunkin’ Donuts employee in Maine called the cops on a Somali beauty queen — refusing to serve her and demanding that she vamoose — all because she spoke to her family in her native tongue on a drive-through line ...
About 500 women have now accused a former USC gynecologist of sexual misconduct
The Week - 19 Oct 2018 16:46
Another 93 women have come forward to accuse a former University of Southern California gynecologist of sexual misconduct, HuffPost reported Friday. The women, who are suing the school for its handling of the alleged abu...
Here's what NOAA is saying about this year's winter weather
Boston - 19 Oct 2018 16:42
The Winter Outlook from the agency's Climate Prediction Center was released on Thursday.
20 men jailed for sex abuse of teenagers in northern England
Miami Herald - 19 Oct 2018 16:34
Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing more than a dozen teenage girls in the city of Huddersfield in northern England. The men were found guilty in a …