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R. Kelly pleads not guilty to federal sex crime charges in New York court
CBSNews - 2 Aug 2019 17:15
Singer accused of running a racketeering enterprise and recruiting, transporting women and girls for sex
Ilhan Omar trolls Trump with tweet about Africa visit, weeks after 'send her back' chant
USA Today - 2 Aug 2019 04:48Manhattan DA Subpoenas Trump Org Over Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels
Time - 2 Aug 2019 04:07
Trump Organization lawyer Marc L. Mukasey called it "a political hit job"
Trump claims he'll 'end the AIDS epidemic,' 'cure childhood cancer' at Cincinnati rally
USA Today - 2 Aug 2019 05:09
Two promises resonated with people after President Donald Trump's rally in Cincinnati: curing pediatric cancer and ending AIDS.
Trump hits China with more tariffs, says Xi moving too slowly on trade
Reuters - 2 Aug 2019 04:36
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1, sharply raising the stakes in a bruising trade war with China and jolting global financial markets.
Trump slaps new sanctions on Russia over chemical weapons use
CNN - 2 Aug 2019 14:42
President Donald Trump slapped new sanctions on Russia for its poisoning of an ex-spy in the United Kingdom in 2018, a move that combines months of delay from the Trump administration and mounting pressure from Congress ...
Trump compares Baltimore murder rate to war-torn Afghanistan
New York Post - 2 Aug 2019 04:23
President Trump suggested that Baltimore’s murder rate is higher than that of war-torn Afghanistan during a campaign rally in Ohio on Thursday night. "The homicide rate in Baltimore is significantly higher than El Salv...
Einstein Feared a Nazi Atom Bomb--But Immigrants Made Sure the U.S. Got There First
Time - 2 Aug 2019 17:00
On Aug. 2, 1939, Einstein signed a letter addressed to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, warning that the Nazis might be developing nuclear weapons
1 In 5 Democratic Donors Are Giving To More Than One Presidential Candidate
FiveThirtyEight - 2 Aug 2019 16:59
Small-dollar campaign fundraising is a notorious black box. The Federal Election Commission releases candidates' fundraising data regularly, but campaigns are only required to reveal the names of donors who give more tha...
Missing Texas mom was wanted on 66 charges when she vanished: reports
New York Post - 2 Aug 2019 04:24
A Texas mother missing for more than two weeks was once on El Paso’s “Most Wanted” list and was wanted on dozens of criminal charges when she disappeared, reports said Thursday. Erika Gaytan, 29, vanished after a J...
Will Hurd, the only black GOP representative in the House, announces retirement
New York Post - 2 Aug 2019 04:04
Texas Rep. Will Hurd -- the only black Republican in the House -- announced on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year. He revealed the decision on Twitter, saying he's leaving "Congress to solve problems at the...
Two percent of the world's right whales have died this summer
CBSNews - 2 Aug 2019 22:17
"We don't have another 20 years to fix this - the population doesn't have that much time," one scientist cautioned
Officer in Eric Garner Death Suspended After NYPD Investigation. Here's What to Know About the Case
Time - 2 Aug 2019 20:43
The New York City police officer who wrestled Eric Garner to the ground as the 43-year-old father of six repeatedly gasped “I can’t breathe” was suspended Friday, after a judge recommended he permanently lose his j...
Ohio man Michael Harrell slipped bank teller name and address during robbery
New York Post - 2 Aug 2019 17:13
He’s a few dollars short of a paycheck. A knucklehead Ohio bank robber slipped a teller a hold-up note — with his name and address scrawled on it, officials said. Michael Harrell, 54, entered a U.S. Bank branch in Cl...
Trump on Cummings' home burglary in Baltimore: 'Too bad!'
ABC News - 2 Aug 2019 17:11
President Trump tweeted "Too bad!" in reaction to reports his recent target - African-American Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings--- had his Baltimore home burglarized.
The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet
The New York Times - 2 Aug 2019 17:00
Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100.
Why U.S. withdrawal from a 1987 nuclear treaty with Russia has some experts worried
The Week - 2 Aug 2019 16:57
The United States has officially withdrawn from a 1987 nuclear treaty with Russia, sparking increased fears of a new arms race on the horizon. The Trump administration announced earlier this year that the U.S. would with...
Texas Police Officer Reportedly Shoots and Kills Woman While Firing at Unleashed Dog
Slate - 2 Aug 2019 16:53
The officer had been sent to the scene to check on the woman's welfare.
Powerful quake hits Indonesia, triggering tsunami fears
CBSNews - 2 Aug 2019 16:47
U.S. Geological Survey reported the magnitude 6.8 quake was centered 94 miles from Banten province off the island's southwest coast
Eric Garner's widow calls for 'civil unrest' if Daniel Pantaleo is not fired
New York Post - 2 Aug 2019 16:41
The widow of Eric Garner on Friday warned that "it's not gonna pretty" and called for "civil unrest" if the cop accused of putting her husband in a fatal chokehold won't be recommended to be fired. “Like my daughter sa...
Trump tariff salvo pushes stocks into sea of red, safe havens shine
Reuters - 2 Aug 2019 15:14
European stocks posted their biggest drop of 2019 on Friday and bond yields tumbled to record lows after U.S. President Donald Trump fired another trade war salvo at China, sparking a frenzied dash for safe-haven assets.
Japan says its export control review compatible with free trade, after Korea dropped from list
Reuters - 2 Aug 2019 05:15
Japan's foreign minister said on Friday that a review of the country's export control regime, which saw South Korea dropped from a trade "white list", is "fully compatible" with the global free trade regime.