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Shrill Is a Show About Being Fat That's Not Just About Being Fat
Slate - 14 Mar 2019 23:06
Wherever Annie is at in accepting herself, she and the show are over misery.
Trump is not happy about that Fake Melania conspiracy theory
New York Post - 14 Mar 2019 04:14
President Trump was not amused by the goofy #FakeMelania conspiracy theories floating around the Internet -- so he tweeted about it to his 59 million followers, calling it "fake news" fabricated by his media enemies. "Th...
Malaysia won't drop case against Vietnamese in Kim killing
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2019 05:40
Malaysia's attorney general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the North Korean leader's estranged half brother, prosecutors said in court Thursday. …
10 things you need to know today: March 14, 2019
The Week - 14 Mar 2019 14:02
1. President Trump on Wednesday announced that the U.S. was grounding Boeing 737 Max jets like the ones that crashed Sunday in Ethiopia and in the Java Sea five months earlier. Both crashes killed everybody on board. The...
Italian Court Ruling That a Woman Was Too Ugly to Be Raped Sparks Outrage
Time - 14 Mar 2019 05:02
The ruling has sparked protests in Italy
College scam mastermind pitched services as better bet than donations
New York Post - 14 Mar 2019 05:00
The mastermind of the $25 million college-admissions racket pitched his crooked services as a surefire way for wealthy parents to get their underqualified kids into some of the nation's top universities -- and far more e...
2 Stanford students file first class-action suit in largest-ever college admissions scandal
USA Today - 14 Mar 2019 17:00These are the charges facing every parent in college admissions scandal
CBSNews - 14 Mar 2019 16:59
Here is the list of every parent charged in the admissions scandal and how they allegedly broke the law
Beto O'Rourke calls for legalizing marijuana
New York Post - 14 Mar 2019 16:58
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Thursday called for ending the “federal prohibition on marijuana” because of the way US drug laws disproportionately put minorities in prison. “We can free ourse...
Treasury secretary on turning over Trump tax returns: 'We will follow the law'
ABC News - 14 Mar 2019 16:56
House Democrats questioned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday about how he would handle a request from Congress for the president's tax returns.
Saudis held 3 court sessions on 'heinous' Khashoggi killing
Miami Herald - 14 Mar 2019 16:56
The head of Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission said Thursday that judicial authorities in the oil-rich kingdom have held three court sessions over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal …
Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards on Chemicals Contaminating Drinking Water
The New York Times - 14 Mar 2019 16:44
The Defense Department is pitted against the E.P.A. in a dispute over how aggressively to clean up contaminated sites, including military bases.
Thieves steal fake Bruegel masterpiece in police sting
CNN - 14 Mar 2019 16:44
Art thieves stole a 17th-century masterpiece worth $3.4 million from a church earlier this week in northern Italy -- or at least they thought they had.
A year after Marielle Franco's murder, violence still haunts Rio
Al Jazeera English - 14 Mar 2019 05:11
Rights groups say there were record number of police killings and racial violence in the Brazilian city in 2018.
Investor praised for ethical investing allegedly bribed his son into USC
New York Post - 14 Mar 2019 04:29
He believes in ethical investing -- just not allegedly when it comes to his son's college. One of the uber-rich parents swept up in the bombshell college-admission cheating scandal, is a hedge-funder previously hailed as...
Alleged Gambino crime boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali shot and killed in front of New York City home
USA Today - 14 Mar 2019 16:49Case to continue for woman accused of murdering Kim Jong Un's half-brother
CNN - 14 Mar 2019 05:11
Malaysian prosecutors declined to withdraw a murder charge against one of the two women accused of using the deadly nerve agent VX to murder the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, just days after allowing h...
Malaysia won't drop case against Vietnamese in Kim killing
Fox News - 14 Mar 2019 04:59
Prosecutors say Malaysia's attorney general has ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the North Korean leader's half brother.
Trump reportedly worried grounding Boeing 737 MAX jets would hurt the stock market
The Week - 14 Mar 2019 04:56
Before ordering the grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX airplanes on Wednesday, President Trump was concerned that the act would cause alarm and hurt the stock market, two people familiar with the matter told The Washington ...
Asia shares flat after mixed China data, pound near 9-month peak
Reuters - 14 Mar 2019 04:49
Asian shares barely budged on Thursday as investors reacted cautiously to mixed data from China, while the pound hovered near nine-month highs as the risk of a no-deal Brexit receded following a late-night vote.
Mickelson 'shocked' college company he used caught in scheme
USA Today - 14 Mar 2019 23:20
Phil Mickelson 'shocked' to learn college company he used at the center of massive bribery scandal
Sandy Hook Victims' Lawsuit Against Gunmaker Can Move Forward, Court Rules
Time - 14 Mar 2019 18:07
The plaintiffs include a survivor and relatives of nine people killed in the massacre