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How to Tell Mads Mikkelsen's Polar From Mads Mikkelsen's Arctic
Slate - 8 Jan 2019 00:51
Mads Mikkelsen is a Danish actor known for his roles as the baddie in Casino Royale, as a young Hannibal Lecter on Hannibal, and as the bitch who better have Rihanna's money in Rihanna's "Bitch Better Have My Money," to ...
Survivalist charged with killing man camping with his daughters
New York Post - 8 Jan 2019 08:37
LOS ANGELES -- An ex-convict has been charged with killing a father who was camping with his daughters in a Southern California park and trying to kill the girls and eight others in a series of shootings over two years, ...
#MeToo-Plagued CBS News Has a New Boss: The Woman Who Inspired Broadcast News
Slate - 8 Jan 2019 01:16
For the first time, a woman will be at the helm of CBS News--the network announced on Sunday that longtime producer Susan Zirinsky is set to take over as president, after a long string of sexual misconduct scandals that ...
Joe Biden's brother rips Hillary Clinton on bungled 2016 election
New York Post - 8 Jan 2019 02:04
Vice President Joe Biden’s younger brother unloaded Monday on Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 campaign — saying his sibling would have won Pennsylvania, would have campaigned aggressively in Michigan and would not have...
Remember that mysterious 'attack' on US diplomats in Cuba? Scientists think it was crickets
USA Today - 8 Jan 2019 05:16
Dozens of embassy workers fell ill after reportedly hearing strange sounds in Havana. Researchers believe those sounds were crickets.
Report: Majority of Americans are against the shutdown
USA Today - 8 Jan 2019 17:00
President Trump plans to make a prime time address about the “Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border.” Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story.
Government shutdown won't delay tax refunds: White House
New York Post - 8 Jan 2019 05:51
WASHINGTON -- Taxpayers who are owed refunds will be paid on time, despite the government shutdown that has closed many federal agencies, a Trump administration official said Monday as concern mounted over the risk that ...
Schumer and Pelosi predict Trump's prime-time address will be 'full of malice and misinformation'
The Week - 8 Jan 2019 05:11
Democrats are asking for equal time on Tuesday night to respond to President Trump's prime-time address regarding the border. Trump announced on Monday he's going to speak about "the humanitarian and national security cr...
Florida man arrested for allegedly making online death threats to Tyler Trent's family
USA Today - 8 Jan 2019 05:01
John Matthew Pinkham of Florida was arrested for allegedly posting death threats online directed toward late Purdue superfan Tyler Trent's family.
US envoy Anthony Zinni tasked with resolving Gulf crisis resigns
Al Jazeera English - 8 Jan 2019 21:09
Anthony Zinni says he is stepping down because of 'unwillingness' of regional Arab leaders to end dispute with Qatar.
This giant bird just made a golf course his home
USA Today - 8 Jan 2019 16:55
A giant bird that can run 40 mile per hour and even disembowel a human with its six inch claws is now living on a golf course.
Seven dead after attack at Mexico bar
New York Post - 8 Jan 2019 16:41
MEXICO CITY -- Seven men have been killed in a shooting attack at a bar in Mexico’s Caribbean coastal city of Playa del Carmen, authorities said Monday. State and local police said the attack occurred late Sunday at th...
Nissan's ex-chair Ghosn appears in court, asserts innocence
Boston - 8 Jan 2019 05:17
Nissan's Ghosn asserts innocence in court in 1st public appearance since arrest
Trump's Border Wall and National Emergency Powers, Explained
The New York Times - 8 Jan 2019 03:54
President Trump's threat to invoke emergency powers to build a border wall would be extraordinarily aggressive and most likely touch off a legal battle.
Cyntoia Brown granted clemency after serving 15 years in prison
CBSNews - 8 Jan 2019 03:52
A woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex has been granted clemency. Cyntoia Brown's case garnered national attention from criminal justice reform advocates. Mark Strassmann reports.
Pence calls border crossings a "genuine humanitarian and security crisis"
CBSNews - 8 Jan 2019 17:14
Vice President Mike Pence says a "humanitarian and security crisis" at the southern border requires the building of a wall. The vice president sat down with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett ahead of ...
Monsanto patent victory seen as a boost for biotech investment in India
Reuters - 8 Jan 2019 17:04
India's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Monsanto can claim patents on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds, a victory for the U.S. company that is expected to encourage biotechnology firms to step up investment...
Funeral services set for 7-year-old Houston murder victim Jazmine Barnes
USA Today - 8 Jan 2019 17:03Ted Cruz wants El Chapo to pay for border wall
USA Today - 8 Jan 2019 17:02
Senator Ted Cruz wants drug lord Joaquin Guzman, more commonly known as, El Chapo, to pay for the border wall. Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story.
Clemency granted to woman convicted of murder as teen
CBSNews - 8 Jan 2019 16:55
Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities rallied for Cyntoia Brown, who said she was a victim of sex trafficking
Russian church head warns that smartphones could bring the Antichrist
New York Post - 8 Jan 2019 16:46
MOSCOW -- The head of the Russian Orthodox Church says the data-gathering capacity of devices such as smartphones risks bringing humanity closer to the arrival of the Antichrist. In an interview shown Monday on state TV,...
Asian shares propped up by hopes for Sino-US trade deal, cautious Fed
Reuters - 8 Jan 2019 05:16
Most Asian shares were propped up on Tuesday by hopes that Washington and Beijing may be inching towards a trade deal and that U.S. Federal Reserve would halt its tightening if economic growth slows further.