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The Two Popes: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce divine in papal faceoff
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2019 22:50
Hopkins's Benedict XVI and Pryce's Francis I make for a winning Vatican odd couple in this succession drama whose careful script ends not with a bang but a wimple Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce find some tremendous a...
British hiker Robert Fromer found dead in north-west Greece
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2019 14:13
Helicopter pilot finds trekker's body in Pindus mountains after three-day search operation A British hiker has been found dead in a gorge in north-western Greece after a three-day search operation. A pilot flying one of ...
Child abuser banned from Devon and Cornwall after 10 years in jail
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2019 22:04
'Unusually large exclusion zone' will be imposed on Vanessa George, who abused toddlers in her care A nursery school worker jailed 10 years ago for sexually abusing children in her care and swapping images of the abuse w...
White couple gave birth to Asian daughter after fertility clinic mishap
New York Post - 12 Sep 2019 00:47
A white New Jersey couple who had a daughter through IVF were stunned when the baby developed “Asian features” — and a DNA test proved the husband was not the father, according to their lawsuit against the clinic. ...
Tom Brady explained why he thinks late-round draft picks can have an advantage
Boston - 12 Sep 2019 15:19
"You learn different skill-sets when you're not the top pick."
Hannah Dreier wins Morley Safer Award for Outstanding Reporting
CBSNews - 12 Sep 2019 16:30
Dreier, who reports for the Washington Post, won the award for her three-part series published by ProPublica, "Trapped in Gangland"
'Vandal grannies' destroy noisy children's seesaw
BBC - 12 Sep 2019 13:07
Video of two women destroying the playground equipment has been shared widely on Russian social media.
Texas sees surge of women Democratic candidates running after 2018 defeats
CBSNews - 12 Sep 2019 04:47
Texas is seeing a surge of Democratic women running in 2020. Megan Kimble, senior editor of the Texas Observer, joins "Red & Blue" to discuss how the uptick is impacting the state's Democratic party.
Jos Buttler admits fatigue confusion after waking from lull to revive England
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2019 21:49
• Buttler says it was nice to relax and have fun during unbeaten 64• Australia's Mitchell Marsh reveals tragedy that led to slump Jos Buttler put confusing thoughts of fatigue to one side and decided to have some fun...
Trump is prepared to keep, raise tariffs on Chinese goods, Mnuchin says
Reuters - 12 Sep 2019 14:54
U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to keep or even raise tariffs on Chinese imports amid ongoing trade talks, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday after both sides granted concessions ahead of the next...
Trump immigration plans: Supreme Court approves asylum curbs
BBC - 12 Sep 2019 06:19
The rules allow the US to reject asylum claimants who have not applied en route to the US border.
Train engineer who caused fatal 2016 Hoboken crash wins job back with NJ Transit
New York Post - 12 Sep 2019 06:05
The NJ Transit engineer who caused the deadly Hoboken train crash of 2016 will soon be back at the helm — on a “one-time, last chance basis” — after winning an appeal in court, a report says. Thomas Gallagher, wh...
Michael Cohen cooperating with DA in Trump Organization probe
New York Post - 12 Sep 2019 05:08
President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen has agreed to cooperate with Manhattan prosecutors — and has already started meeting with them behind bars — as part of an investigation into the Trump Organ...
Ashes: England's Joe Denly caught by juggling Steve Smith
BBC - 12 Sep 2019 12:56
Steve Smith takes a juggled catch in the slips to dismiss Joe Denly for 14 as England lose their first wicket in the opening day of the fifth Ashes Test against Australia at The Oval.
Racehorse Justify failed a drug test before winning 2018 Triple Crown. Regulators reportedly buried it.
The Week - 12 Sep 2019 06:33
Justify, the colt who won horse racing's Triple Crown in 2018, tested positive for a banned drug weeks before winning the first race of the trifecta, the Kentucky Derby, The New York Times reported Wednesday night, citin...
Brexit: Labour urges Parliament recall after no-deal Brexit papers released
BBC - 12 Sep 2019 06:10
Labour wants MPs to return to Parliament to scrutinise the government's plans for no-deal.
So long and thanks for the fish: EU trawlers set new course post-Brexit
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2019 06:00
Amid prolonged political wrangling, families fishing in UK waters for decades are forced to reassess The Beernaert family has been catching sole, turbot and monkfish in north-western Europe for at least three generations...
Iran slams Netanyahu land annexation pledge as election ploy
Reuters - 12 Sep 2019 05:56
Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to annex the Jordan Valley and his frequent accusations against Tehran were ploys to win re-election, the semi-official new...
Indonesia forest fires spark blame game as smoke closes hundreds of Malaysia schools
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2019 04:54
Indonesia environment minister says smog is also from fires in Malaysia and Vietnam Indonesia has shot back at claims the country is solely responsible for the fires that have created a thick haze across parts of Malaysi...
North Carolina woman used rose pruner to cut husband's penis off: 911 call
New York Post - 12 Sep 2019 04:47
The North Carolina woman accused of cutting her husband’s penis off used a rose pruner to carry out the heinous attack — as a “message against sinning … and fornication,” she said in a 911 call released Wednesd...
Aaron Persky, judge in Brock Turner rape case, fired from tennis coaching gig
New York Post - 12 Sep 2019 04:42
The California judge who presided over the rape case for Stanford swimmer Brock Turner has been fired from his recent gig as a girls high school tennis coach, reports said Wednesday. Former judge Aaron Persky -- who was ...
California Church Leaders Lured Homeless Into Forced Labor, U.S. Says
The New York Times - 12 Sep 2019 03:39
A dozen leaders of a California-based ministry have been accused of forcing vulnerable people to panhandle "for the financial benefit of the church leaders," federal prosecutors said.