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Kamala Harris Wants to Give Middle Class Families $500 Every Month. Her Plan Is Bold, Generous, and Maybe Ill-Conceived.
Slate - 23 Oct 2018 00:47
Sen. Kamala Harris is probably running for president. So, like other Democrats probably running for president, the Senator from California has decided to start rolling out some moonshot policy ideas that might endear her...
Murdered track star had 'previous relationship' with sex offender killer: cops
New York Post - 23 Oct 2018 16:49
A senior track star at the University of Utah was killed by a register sex offender with whom she had a previous relationship, police and university officials said. The university identified the student as Lauren McClusk...
WWE wrestler Roman Reigns stuns fans with leukemia diagnosis announcement
The Week - 23 Oct 2018 14:38
WWE's Raw became all too real Monday night. At the beginning of the weekly live wrestling show, star Roman Reigns came out to the ring and dropped his fictional persona to make a stunning announcement: He is battling leu...
Why the Arab World Needs Democracy Now
The New York Times - 23 Oct 2018 01:32
In April Jamal Khashoggi gave this speech, saying the dangerous idea of the benevolent autocrat, the just dictator, is being revived in the Arab world.
Saudi Crown Prince Freaks Out After Giuliani Offers to Go on TV and Explain What Happened
The New Yorker - 23 Oct 2018 21:24
Andy Borowitz jokes that Rudy Giuliani offered to serve as a spokesman for the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, but, based on Giuliani's past work, the prince called Donald Trump in a panic.
CinemAbility Director Jenni Gold on What It Will Take for Hollywood to Start Caring About Disability Representation
Slate - 23 Oct 2018 18:45
Jenni Gold knows that her new film, CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion, sounds like homework. "The word documentary hurts us, and then the word disability in a documentary--forget about it," she said. "I probably wouldn'...
The rules
USA Today - 23 Oct 2018 14:36
Running from warrants and parents, Cody takes to the road. But not every girl is willing to play his game indefinitely.
President Trump stumps for former foe Sen. Cruz
USA Today - 23 Oct 2018 05:18
President Trump stumps for former foe Sen. Cruz in Texas, calls himself a nationalist as he ramps up immigration rhetoric (Oct. 22)
Supreme Court Blocks Wilbur Ross Deposition on Census Citizenship Question
The New York Times - 23 Oct 2018 05:13
States and advocacy groups challenging a change to the census form said Wilbur Ross's shifting rationales required his testimony.
Trump campaign pledges 10 more rallies before midterm election
USA Today - 23 Oct 2018 16:47Suspicious package targeting billionaire investor George Soros rendered safe
CNN - 23 Oct 2018 05:32
A suspicious package targeting billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros was rendered safe in Bedford, New York Monday, a law enforcement source tells CNN.
World's longest sea-crossing bridge officially opened by China's Xi Jinping
CNN - 23 Oct 2018 04:51
Chinese President Xi Jinping officially opened the world's longest sea-crossing bridge Tuesday at a ceremony in the southern city of Zhuhai.
Has Trump Met the Burden of Proof for Ripping Up an Arms Deal With Russia?
Time - 23 Oct 2018 04:16
Citing classified intelligence information, President Donald Trump revealed the U.S. government’s intention to withdraw from a landmark arms control treaty with Russia that has kept mid-range nuclear-tipped missiles of...
Japan: Man believed to be missing journalist in Syria freed
Miami Herald - 23 Oct 2018 17:13
Japan's government said Tuesday that a man believed to be a Japanese freelance journalist who went missing three years ago while in Syria has been released and is now in …
Saudi investment forum opens, clouded by writer's death
Miami Herald - 23 Oct 2018 17:12
A high-profile economic forum in Saudi Arabia began on Tuesday in Riyadh, with the crown prince making a brief public appearance at the kingdom's first major event since the killing …
Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor has dementia
New York Post - 23 Oct 2018 17:07
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the High Court, said she is in the beginning stages of dementia and “probably Alzheimer’s disease,” according to a report on Tuesday. O’Connor, 8...
Peru's natives say Amazon Waterway Project threatens food sources
Al Jazeera English - 23 Oct 2018 17:03
Multi-million dollar project is set to span territory home to 424 native communities belonging to 14 native groups.
Oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered in the Black Sea
USA Today - 23 Oct 2018 17:00
The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology project says it found the wreckage of a Greek trading vessel carbon dated to more than 2,400 years ago. The group says the ship was at a depth of 1.2 miles in oxygen-free conditions tha...
Saudi crown prince makes brief appearance at investment forum
Al Jazeera English - 23 Oct 2018 16:52
MBS says he is satisfied with Riyadh conference despite boycott by politicians and businesses over Khashoggi killing.
Erdogan holds all the cards in this mystery
CNN - 23 Oct 2018 16:46
It was trailed as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's great reveal. Finally, after weeks of murky leaks to journalists, Turkey clearly wanted to give the impression that it was going to provide evidence that tied Sa...
Security guard shoots angry man during attack on TV station
CNN - 23 Oct 2018 16:46
A security guard shot and injured an "irate" man who kicked through the glass doors at a Fox station in Washington, police and a law enforcement source said.
Excessive speed named as cause of Taiwan train derailment
Miami Herald - 23 Oct 2018 05:22
Investigators say excessive speed was the main cause of the derailment of a train in Taiwan that killed 18 people and injured scores. The official Central News Agency says a …