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After eight years, NYC Mayor de Blasio's record is a mix of municipal 'sleaze' and 'impactful' policies
NY Daily News - 26 Dec 2021 05:00
How will history remember Bill de Blasio?
No excuses! This police killing was inexcuseable! LAPD Murder of 14-Year-Old Girl Illustrates America's War Coming Home
OpEdNews - 26 Dec 2021 03:33
The cop killing of a 14-year-old girl trying on a dress in a changing room of a mall store cannot be explained away and should never happen. Police cannot fire guns in a crowded store except perhaps in a hostagee situati...
Suicide bombing attack kills 6 in eastern Congo
NY Daily News - 26 Dec 2021 04:43
The bomber approached the building but was stopped by security guards outside, local officials said. Instead of trying to enter, he simply set it off outside.
Oregon dad claims 'Let's go Brandon' during NORAD call was a joke
New York Post - 26 Dec 2021 02:34
An Oregon dad who told President Biden "Let's go Brandon" during the annual White House NORAD Santa-tracking phone call claims he used the coded vulgarity as "a joke," according to a report.
Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dead at 90
NY Daily News - 26 Dec 2021 15:15
Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was ...
More than 30 reported killed, Save the Children staff missing, in Myanmar attack
CNN - 26 Dec 2021 04:23
At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in the eastern Myanmar state of Kayah on Friday, according to the Karenni Human Rights Group, with two members of international humanitarian group Save the Ch...
Suicide bomber kills at least five at east Congo restaurant
CNN - 26 Dec 2021 04:22
A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Beni on Saturday, killing at least five people as well as himself, officials said.
Not a happy holiday - or 60th birthday - behind bars for Ghislaine Maxwell
New York Post - 26 Dec 2021 04:07
Ghislaine Maxwell spent the milestone Saturday in her Manhattan jail cell, anxiously awaiting a jury's verdict in her sex-trafficking trial.
Birthplace of Jesus shut to foreign Christian pilgrims on Christmas because of omicron
Fox News - 26 Dec 2021 03:44
The traditional site where Jesus was born in Bethlehem remains shut to would-be foreign Christian pilgrims because of Israel's latest response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
El Salvador Releases 3 Women Serving Long Prison Sentences for Abortions
The New York Times - 26 Dec 2021 01:28
The three women, who had suffered obstetric emergencies, had been sentenced to 30 years in prison under the nation's strict anti-abortion laws.
I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird.
The New York Times - 26 Dec 2021 18:00
I became an elephant, an octopus, a balloon. I grew giant hands. But I couldn't shake my sadness.
Alec Baldwin thanks supporters after 'Rust' shooting in Christmas message
NY Daily News - 26 Dec 2021 15:55
Amid the Christmas cheer, Alec Baldwin says "not a day goes by" that he doesn't think about fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on his movie set.
Germany's Vast Foreign Surpluses Are Finally Falling, Fulfilling an Old U.S. Demand
Wall Street Journal - 26 Dec 2021 15:00
Washington and others had accused Germany of feeding global economic imbalances by hoarding savings and refusing to spend.
'A True South African Giant': Tributes for Desmond Tutu, a Force for Harmony
The New York Times - 26 Dec 2021 14:17
From prominent South African lawmakers to religious figures, many on social media honored Archbishop Tutu as a patriot of peaceful principles who dedicated his life to combating injustice everywhere.
Evelyn Waugh's Hippo, Die Antwoord's Lion and White Malice Disguised As Charity
OpEdNews - 26 Dec 2021 13:57
Long subjected to white malice disguised as charity, black Africans wisely reject these genocidal toxins, so they've suffered the fewest Covid-related deaths, by far. Free from idiotic restrictions and fear mongering bom...
COVID-19 variant disrupts holiday travel but not shopping
Boston - 26 Dec 2021 23:40
"A full reopening of the U.S. economy will be delayed yet again." The post Omicron disrupts holiday travel but not shopping appeared first on Boston.com.
The Grinch Has a New Name: Omicron
Mother Jones - 26 Dec 2021 23:25
Last week, the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus swept across the United States just as millions of people were preparing to visit family for the holidays. The spike in Covid infections hit the airline industry ha...
For the Warriors and the Suns, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Playoffs
The New York Times - 26 Dec 2021 23:07
In a close game, with Stephen Curry scoring 33 points, Golden State and Phoenix offered what seemed like a preview of the Western Conference finals.
The Time Archbishop Tutu Was Searched at the Airport
The New York Times - 26 Dec 2021 23:07
A former South Africa bureau chief for The Times recalls telling moments with the anti-apartheid religious leader.
Las Vegas man arrested after police find severed head in his truck
NY Daily News - 26 Dec 2021 23:00
A Las Vegas man fleeing police in a stolen truck was eventually stopped, only for the officers to find coolers full of body parts, including a severed head, inside, according to cops.
On GPS: How will 2021 go down in history?
CNN - 26 Dec 2021 22:59
Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham join Fareed to reflect on 2021 and how it compares to decades past.
The future of democracy in America
CNN - 26 Dec 2021 22:58
Fareed asks historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham whether the US would face a constitutional crisis if Donald Trump ran for president again.