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The Snake Lady and the Masters: Augusta Imagines Life Post-Strip Clubs
The New York Times - 8 Apr 2019 14:53
It is hard to imagine Augusta without Whitey Lester, a downtown fixture for decades and the city's last strip-club impresario.
Record 17-foot python (with 73 eggs) found in Florida
CBSNews - 8 Apr 2019 13:36
Officials at a South Florida wildlife preserve say they've captured the largest python ever found in the park
WWE WrestleMania 35 Results: Kofi Kingston Makes History, Wins WWE Title
Forbes - 8 Apr 2019 03:44
Kofi Kingston made history be winning the WWE Championship in one of the most emotionally charged matches in recent memory.
Kirstjen Nielsen Enforced Cruelty at the Border. Her Replacement Could Be Worse.
The New York Times - 8 Apr 2019 04:40
The homeland security secretary leaves under pressure after a tenure that will be remembered for the forced separation of thousands of migrant families.
Mick Mulvaney says Democrats will 'never' get to see Trump's tax returns
The Week - 8 Apr 2019 04:33
President Trump's tax returns will "never" be turned over to Democrats, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on Fox News Sunday, calling their request "a political stunt." "That is not going to happen and...
Asia shares at seven-month peak as China talks stimulus
Reuters - 8 Apr 2019 04:07
Asian shares inched up to seven-month highs on Monday as investors cheered a rebound in U.S. payrolls and hints of more stimulus in China, though there was some caution ahead of what is likely to be a tough U.S. earnings...
Stocks edge higher as crude oil gains
Reuters - 8 Apr 2019 22:37
NEW YORK - A gauge of global equities edged higher on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns U.S. companies will report a decline in earnings for the first time in three years were offset by rising crude pr...
Russian police detain several protesters against waste dump
Miami Herald - 8 Apr 2019 17:25
Activists say that police have detained several participants in a protest against the construction of a waste dump in northwestern Russia. Several thousand demonstrators rallied in Arkhangelsk on Sunday demanding …
Trump designates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a 'terrorist organization'
ABC News - 8 Apr 2019 17:02
President Donald Trump has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a "foreign terrorist organization."
Republicans want census data on citizenship for redistricting
Reuters - 8 Apr 2019 16:54
John Murante, a conservative Nebraska senator, last year introduced a bill to prevent non-citizens from being counted when the state redraws its voting maps.
Star gymnast suffers gruesome injury during routine, then retires
CBSNews - 8 Apr 2019 16:46
Video of the Sam Cerio's injury may be hard to watch
Dear Care and Feeding: My Friend Keeps Shoving a Pacifier in Her 4-Year-Old's Mouth
Slate - 8 Apr 2019 12:00
Parenting advice on criticizing a friend's parenting, wedding-partying while pregnant, and sports fatigue.
'Europe is Not Being Flooded by Africans.' Billionaire Hits Back at Migration Fears
Time - 8 Apr 2019 04:43
The great majority of African migrants relocate in Africa, says Sudan-born tycoon Mo Ibrahim
'This man took my daughter': South Carolina men jailed for alleged murder of two women
USA Today - 8 Apr 2019 16:57
Two South Carolina men were charged with the murders of two women last week after their bodies were found buried behind a house in Spartanburg County.
Chinese woman in Mar-a-Lago security controversy expected in court
ABC News - 8 Apr 2019 16:48
Yujing Zhang is set to appear in a federal court in Florida Monday afternoon for a detention hearing.
Woman reportedly arrested in Dubai for calling ex-husband's wife a "horse"
CBSNews - 8 Apr 2019 16:47
Londoner apparently fell victim to United Arab Emirates' strict and little known laws on cyber defamation, and she could face jail time
Corruption worsened the world's worst cholera outbreak
New York Post - 8 Apr 2019 16:39
YEMEN -- In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million doses of cholera vaccine t...
Kirstjen Nielsen had resignation letter ready before Trump meeting
New York Post - 8 Apr 2019 14:51
Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen had her resignation letter in hand when she arrived at the White House on Sunday to meet with President Trump, according to a report on Monday. Although Nielsen, who has been on the ou...
Ex-chairman Ghosn expected to be removed from Nissan's board
Al Jazeera English - 8 Apr 2019 04:27
Decision expected in Monday's shareholders' meeting after Ghosn was re-arrested on fresh financial corruption charges.
Philippines Dispatch: A Family Craft With a Deadly Toll: Illegal Gun Making
The New York Times - 8 Apr 2019 04:21
The gun trade has provided a livelihood for generations in a remote, poor area of the Philippines. It also fuels terrorism, political murders and extrajudicial killings.
Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out as DHS secretary: reports
New York Post - 8 Apr 2019 04:19
WASHINGTON – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out of the position, according to multiple news. Bloomberg reported that the president met with Nielsen early Sunday evening and asked ...
US calls for 'immediate halt' to Libya fighting
Al Jazeera English - 8 Apr 2019 04:07
US says all sides had 'responsibility to urgently de-escalate situation' after 11 more people killed in Tripoli.