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Rob Gronkowski claims CTE is "fixable"
CBSNews - 14 Sep 2019 00:52
One brain disease expert says there's "no proven intervention that is effective" in treating CTE
NYPD clears up Eddie Money cop mystery
New York Post - 14 Sep 2019 04:42
He wrote “Two Tickets to Paradise,” but he never wrote a traffic ticket. On Friday night, the NYPD cleared up the mystery of whether rocker Eddie Money was ever a cop, as he’d sometimes claimed: He wasn’t. But th...
Teen with vape-related lung illness sues Juul Labs
CBSNews - 14 Sep 2019 04:18
According to the lawsuit, the 18-year-old had been vaping for about a year and a half but was recently hospitalized for severe lung damage
China's gambling on a nuclear future, but is it destined to lose?
CNN - 14 Sep 2019 02:26
Panicked shoppers thronged supermarket aisles, grabbing bags of salt by the armful. They queued six deep outside wholesalers. Most went home with only one or two bags; the lucky ones managed to snag a five-year supply be...
Sacklers transferred $1 billion as scrutiny from opioid crisis grew: New York AG
ABC News - 14 Sep 2019 03:50
The Sackler family transferred $1 billion in wealth as the New York attorney general's office investigated their role in the opioid crisis.
Afghan women fear they'll lose rights if the Taliban regains power
CBSNews - 14 Sep 2019 15:02
A Taliban delegation is in Russia Saturday to talk about the prospects for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The extraordinary development comes days after President Trump announced U.S. talks with the Tali...
Saudi Arabia says fires at Aramco sites 'under control' after drone attacks
Reuters - 14 Sep 2019 08:07
Drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco factories in Abqaiq and Khurais provinces on Saturday sparked fires that the state oil company brought under control, the Saudi interior ministry spokesman said without identifying the s...
Bahamas, Still Reeling From Dorian, Braces for Tropical Storm Humberto
The New York Times - 14 Sep 2019 05:46
The new storm is not expected to pack Hurricane Dorian's destructive power, but it could complicate a difficult recovery.
Liberty Students Protest After Controversial Reports About School President Jerry Falwell Jr.
Time - 14 Sep 2019 01:57
There are allegations Falwell Jr. improperly benefited from the institution and disparaged students in emails
US President confirms Hamza bin Laden was killed in US counterterrorism operation
CNN - 14 Sep 2019 15:57
President Donald Trump in a statement on Saturday said late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden had been "killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region."
Tropical Storm Humberto lurks off the Southeast coast
ABC News - 14 Sep 2019 15:55
Tropical Storm Humberto is forecast to strengthen over the next few days but should stay offshore -- preventing significant impacts to the Southeastern U.S.
Ken Burns explores the true roots of country music in new documentary
CBSNews - 14 Sep 2019 15:34
Over the past 30 years, the films of Ken Burns have covered the Civil War, the Vietnam War, baseball, jazz and more. His latest project, chronicling the story of country music from the hollers of West Virginia to the fie...
Yemen rebels claim responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil sites
New York Post - 14 Sep 2019 14:53
Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen claimed responsibility for 10 drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, sparking a huge fire at the world’s largest oil processing facility early Saturday. Smoke from the flames, which also en...
Drones Strike Big Saudi Refineries, and Houthis Claim Responsibility
The New York Times - 14 Sep 2019 14:35
The attacks set two large refineries ablaze, as the Houthi faction tried once again to take the war that has devastated Yemen to Saudi Arabia.
Why the Kremlin launched Stalinist-style mass raids
Al Jazeera English - 14 Sep 2019 14:34
The resurgence of opposition is worrying the Russian government.
U.S. envoy to Saudi Arabia condemns attacks on Aramco oil facilities
Reuters - 14 Sep 2019 14:28
The U.S. envoy to Saudi Arabia condemned as "unacceptable" drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday which were claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
7 brutally funny cartoons about John Bolton's White House exit
The Week - 14 Sep 2019 14:15
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US Homeland Security investigating who drew a swastika in one of its buildings
CNN - 14 Sep 2019 05:38
A hand-drawn swastika was found on the third floor of a Department of Homeland Security building on Friday in Washington, a government official told CNN.
Hong Kong protesters plan shopping mall sit-ins after hill-top human chains
Reuters - 14 Sep 2019 05:03
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan sit-ins at shopping malls on Saturday after a night in which protesters took to the hills to form lantern-carrying human chains, the latest demonstrations in months of unrest in the...
Protester dumps red liquid on California lawmakers, forcing evacuation of Senate floor
USA Today - 14 Sep 2019 04:56Adam Schiff Accuses Intel Chief Of Withholding Whistleblower Complaint As A Coverup
The Huffington Post - 14 Sep 2019 04:51
The House Intelligence Committee filed a subpoena for the complaint after Schiff said the acting director of national intelligence had refused to hand it over.
Judge dismisses suit against ICE filed by immigrant in Detroit church sanctuary
USA Today - 14 Sep 2019 04:16
ICE declared Ded Rranxburgaj a fugitive from the law, but has not attempted to enter the Detroit church to remove him since he took sanctuary.