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3-time MLB All-Star caught up in biggest drug bust in Dominican Republic history
ABC News - 21 Aug 2019 11:55
Luis Castillo played 15 years in the majors.
Secretary of State Pompeo acknowledges ISIS regaining strength
CBSNews - 21 Aug 2019 04:38
In an interview with "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the terror group ISIS is now more powerful in some places than it has been in years. As the U.S. works on negotiating the withdrawal...
Trump Acknowledges That His China Policies May Mean Economic Pain for the U.S.
Time - 21 Aug 2019 04:26
But he stressed it was imperative to "take China on."
Smoke from Amazon fires leaves Brazil's largest city in total darkness
New York Post - 21 Aug 2019 04:12
Massive fires burning in the Amazon rainforest caused a daytime blackout in Brazil’s largest city this week. Day turned to night at around 3 p.m. Monday in São Paulo and the darkness lasted for about an hour, local pa...
'I'm ready to go': Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco bullish on comeback from leukemia
CNN - 21 Aug 2019 02:12
It's not an everyday occurrence that a baseball pitcher receives a standing ovation from the crowd when they make their way to the mound.
U.S. oil firms challenge pipeline surcharge for steel tariff
Reuters - 21 Aug 2019 01:11
Two U.S. shale producers have challenged an energy pipeline operator's proposed surcharge for the Trump administration's 25% tariff on imported steel, raising the stakes for pipeline builders facing higher construction c...
Trump: A vote for a Democrat is a vote against Israel
Reuters - 21 Aug 2019 19:08
President Donald Trump beat back criticism of his comments accusing American Jews who vote for Democrats of "great disloyalty" and went a step further on Wednesday, saying any vote for a Democrat is a vote against Israel...
Gerard Butler accidentally flashed 400 people at a wedding
CNN - 21 Aug 2019 15:26
In case you were wondering if Gerard Butler wears underwear under his kilt, he does not.
Cops find weapons, white supremacist propaganda after alleged neo-Nazi crashes car
New York Post - 21 Aug 2019 05:19
If this alleged New Jersey neo-Nazi hadn’t wrecked his car last month, he could still be living under the radar — with a massive arsenal of weapons and white supremacist propaganda, authorities said Tuesday. Joseph R...
Fugitives who caused Canadian manhunt left goodbye video
New York Post - 21 Aug 2019 04:02
The teenage serial murder suspects sought in a weeks-long manhunt across Canada recorded their last will and testament on a cellphone before fatally shooting themselves, relatives said in a new report. A video message fi...
Chinese woman accused of Mar-a-Lago trespass angers judge
New York Post - 21 Aug 2019 03:39
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Chinese woman accused of trespassing at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents is frustrating the federal judge hearing her case as she ignores his question...
An Australian Court Has Upheld Child Sex Convictions Against Cardinal George Pell
Time - 21 Aug 2019 03:39
Pell is the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children
About 2.5 Million Acres in Alaska Have Burned. The State's Wildfire Seasons Are Getting Worse, Experts Say
Time - 21 Aug 2019 03:27
"This is not normal"
Democrats condemn Trump move to extend migrant detentions
CBSNews - 21 Aug 2019 21:28
Top Democrats accused the White House of a "cruel agenda" for a new rule that would allow for indefinite detention of children and families
Trump Slapped With First Lawsuit After Endangered Species Act Rollback
The Huffington Post - 21 Aug 2019 20:37
The new rules are a "breathtaking" and "illegal" attack on the bedrock conservation law, an Earthjustice attorney said.
Even People Who Like Some of Trump's Policies on Israel Should Condemn His Dangerous 'Disloyalty' Comment
Time - 21 Aug 2019 20:06
It is the mark of a well-managed mind that one can hold principles that are not dependent on the people who espouse them. So it is possible to believe, simultaneously, in the following: The move of the American embassy f...
Scaramucci says he will start and fund a super PAC to 'dismantle' Trump
USA Today - 21 Aug 2019 18:14Camping at the Phish Concert Is Cancelled Due to Plague-Ridden Prairie Dogs
Time - 21 Aug 2019 17:07
A possible outbreak of the plague means there is no camping at this year's Phish concert in Colorado.
4Chan Trolls Impersonated Jewish Twitter Users. Again.
Slate - 21 Aug 2019 17:04
Twitter still doesn't know how to solve the bigger problem.
Budge on Brexit, British PM Johnson to tell Merkel in Berlin
Reuters - 21 Aug 2019 17:01
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 without one.
Hong Kong protesters angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob attack
Reuters - 21 Aug 2019 16:58
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters held an anti-government sit-in on Wednesday at a subway station that was attacked by a mob last month, angry that nobody had yet been prosecuted for the violence.
Trump considers payroll tax cut but says economy is "strong"
CBSNews - 21 Aug 2019 16:54
President Trump announced he's considering various tax cuts to boost the economy. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joined CBSN to talk about what that could mean, as well as other issues raised in the preside...