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Accused horse molester tried to break into home with stun gun, sex toy: cops
New York Post - 8 Feb 2019 03:53
MOBILE, Ala. -- A man accused of molesting a horse is now accused of trying to break into an Alabama home with a stun gun and a sex toy. News outlets report 19-year-old Daniel James Bennett was arrested Monday on charges...
Filmmakers Pay Tribute to "Charming and Generous" Albert Finney, Dead at 82
Slate - 8 Feb 2019 18:12
A spokesperson for the family of Albert Finney has announced his death at age 82 following a chest infection on Thursday. The English actor began in theater, but his film career took off in the 1960s with The Entertainer...
700 evacuated from New Zealand town as wildfire threatens
Fox News - 8 Feb 2019 04:57
About 700 residents are being evacuated from a New Zealand town as a forest fire threatens the area.
Trump picks golf club, Mar-a-Lago members as ambassadors
USA Today - 8 Feb 2019 16:30
Presidents have long named friends and political allies to government posts; Trump is the first modern president to also appoint his paying customers.
Jeff Bezos says National Enquirer threatened to publish revealing pics
Boston - 8 Feb 2019 04:48
Bezos detailed his interactions with American Media Inc. in an extraordinary blog post Thursday on the Medium.com website.
6 people arrested after largest US-Australian meth seizure
Miami Herald - 8 Feb 2019 04:26
Australian police have arrested six people after what authorities say was the largest-ever single seizure of methamphetamine in the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said 1,728 kilograms (3,800 …
Acting attorney general won't discuss communications with Trump at hearing
Reuters - 8 Feb 2019 17:10
Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said on Friday he would decline to answer questions about his communications with President Donald Trump at a congressional hearing expected to focus on his oversight of a pr...
Matthew Whitaker Testifies Before House Panel: Live Updates
The New York Times - 8 Feb 2019 17:05
Democrats want to ask the acting attorney general about the Russia investigation and whether President Trump fired Jeff Sessions to undermine it.
National Enquirer owner responds to Bezos post, says it 'acted lawfully' in its reporting
USA Today - 8 Feb 2019 17:05
American Media Inc., owner of the National Enquirer, says in a statement that it "acted lawfully" after Jeff Bezos blasted the company Thursday.
Trump throws off the white man's burden
The Week - 8 Feb 2019 17:02
"Great nations do not fight endless wars." If there's one sentence that might endure from President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address, that's the one. It is a straightforward rebuke to the purveyors of the conventi...
Report: Saudi crown prince said he'd use a 'bullet' on journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The Week - 8 Feb 2019 04:20
During a September 2017 conversation with an aide, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said if he could not get journalist Jamal Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia, either on his own accord or by force, he would go after ...
Women's Alpine skiing closes gender gap
Al Jazeera English - 8 Feb 2019 18:08
For the women of Sweden's ski team, the increased popularity of women's downhill skiing means that a rise to the top can yield big prizes.
School police chief defends use of force during lunchroom melee
New York Post - 8 Feb 2019 16:54
A Pennsylvania school district police chief defended an officer caught on camera punching a 15-year-old female student in the leg and grabbing her hair while trying to subdue her. The footage — posted to Facebook on Mo...
Ivanka Trump says she knew little about Moscow project
Boston - 8 Feb 2019 16:45
President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, says she knew "literally almost nothing" about the Trump Organization's work to possibly build a hotel, office and residential building in Russia while her father was running fo...
Sudan's doctors union says 57 killed in recent protests
Miami Herald - 8 Feb 2019 16:44
Sudan's Doctors Syndicate says the government crackdown on protests has left at least 57 dead, including three who died of torture, since they began in mid-December. In a statement issued …
Suspects' lawyer offers condolences at Tunisia terror trial
Miami Herald - 8 Feb 2019 16:44
A lawyer for suspects in the 2015 attack that killed 38 people in a popular Tunisian resort offered condolences to the victims' families Friday. Twenty-one suspects, who have all denied …
Jeff Bezos, The National Enquirer And The Meaning Of 'Extortion'
Forbes - 8 Feb 2019 23:12
The Amazon founder has accused the National Enquirer and its parent company, AMI, of blackmailing him over revealing photos.
Colbert: Trump accidentally revealed his future agenda at Prayer Breakfast
USA Today - 8 Feb 2019 20:25Trump's History Of Employing Undocumented Workers Goes Way Back, Report Says
The Huffington Post - 8 Feb 2019 19:41
Despite his anti-immigration diatribes, Trump has employed dozens of undocumented workers at his New Jersey country club, The Washington Post reports.
US revokes visas held by Maduro allies
Fox News - 8 Feb 2019 19:31
The United States will revoke visas held by government officials serving under Venezuela's disputed president Nicolas Maduro, officials said Thursday
The Kashmiri politician who quit civil servant job over killings
Al Jazeera English - 8 Feb 2019 12:42
Shah Faesal resigned as India's civil servant in January and has rallied in Kashmir, promising he will bid for peace.
American Airlines pilot arrested, suspected of being drunk
New York Post - 8 Feb 2019 12:15
LONDON -- Police say an American Airlines Pilot has been arrested at Britain’s Manchester Airport on suspicion of being drunk. The Greater Manchester Police force said Friday that police “received a report that an ai...