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'Where the Crawdads Sing' hits just enough of the right notes
CNN - 13 Jul 2022 16:03
Placing Daisy Edgar-Jones under the spotlight, "Where the Crawdads Sing" serves up a virtual symphony of chords -- adapting a bestselling book that's part wild-child tale, part romance, part mystery and part courtroom dr...
The 'worst variant' is here
CNN - 13 Jul 2022 14:07
Nearly two-and-a-half years since the coronavirus pandemic began, the most infectious and transmissible variant yet has arrived.
Putin to visit Iran after US says Tehran could give drones to Russia
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 02:06
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Iran amid reports that Tehran could supply weapons-capable drones to Russia to use against Ukraine.
Watch: Introverted dogs' meetup has the internet in stitches
CNN - 13 Jul 2022 02:36
Introverted dogs have a hilarious meetup at a dog park and introverted humans relate. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
7-year-old among 2 dead after boat overturns
ABC News - 13 Jul 2022 02:57
A 7-year-old boy and a 50-year-old woman are dead after a boat carrying 12 people overturned on the Hudson River Tuesday, police said.
Tears, Screaming and Insults: Inside an 'Unhinged' Meeting to Keep Trump in Power
The New York Times - 13 Jul 2022 02:49
Even by the standards of the Trump White House, a meeting on Dec. 18, 2020, that was highlighted Tuesday by the Jan. 6 committee was extreme.
Your tax dollars paid a Peace Corps worker $258,000 -- after he killed a woman
USA Today - 13 Jul 2022 11:30
The Peace Corps paid relatives of the woman John Peterson killed just $13,000. It paid more to the law firm it hired to handle the negotiations.
Residents confront officials after probe finds county 'failed' 13 Turpin siblings
ABC News - 13 Jul 2022 04:59
Residents confronted Riverside County officials after investigators outlined how the county failed to adequately care for the Turpin siblings following their 2018 rescue.
Gerrymandered Redistricting Maps Have Become the Norm
The New York Times - 13 Jul 2022 02:18
The way we designed our system of political representation incentivizes the worst and most extreme elements of our politics.
Alex Murdaugh disbarred over 'admitted' crimes as he faces murder charges in deaths of wife, son
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 20:48
Once-powerful legal scion Alex Murdaugh was formally disbarred in South Carolina on Tuesday -- the same day he learned he was going to be charged with murdering his wife and son.
NYC bar to pay $500K over sexual harassment, discrimination claims
ABC News - 13 Jul 2022 20:34
A Manhattan bar agreed to pay $500,000 to current and former employees who experienced sexual harassment, discrimination and wage theft, according to the NY AG.
See 'the farmer's deadly crop' on a Ukrainian farm struck by Russian rockets
CNN - 13 Jul 2022 14:51
A farmer in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, collected Russian rockets and nose cones found on his farm fields in recent weeks, as farmers continue to harvest and store wheat and grain despite Russia's naval blockades of Ukraine's por...
How Sri Lanka's runaway President went from war hero to fugitive
CNN - 13 Jul 2022 14:49
They were once seen as heroes of the nation, the almost mythical warrior-king leaders who defeated the separatists in a bloody civil war.
Highland Park survivors to rally at US Capitol, push for gun control legislation
USA Today - 13 Jul 2022 13:36
About 1,000 people are expected at a gun control rally outside the U.S. Capitol after the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park
Trump hits back at Elon Musk, says he could have made him 'drop to his knees and beg'
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 13:15
Donald Trump hit back at Elon Musk for calling him too old to run again -- claiming he could have made the world's richest man "drop to [his] knees and beg" when he was in the White House.
Young girl dies week after being pulled from pool at Kansas City amusement park
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 13:03
The unidentified child was reportedly in distress around 6:45 when a staff member had to pull her out of Coconut Cove pool, according to park spokesman Dwayne McMulkin.
UK economy shows unexpectedly strong growth in May
ABC News - 13 Jul 2022 12:55
Britain’s economy showed unexpectedly strong growth in May, with the three major components of production— manufacturing, construction and services — all posting gains
$7 ride from hell: Uber passenger recounts 'devastating' attempted rape ahead of class-action suit
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 05:47
A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver earlier this year detailed her "nightmare" ordeal.
Senate Democrats unveil abortion access bill 'Freedom to Travel For Health Act of 2022′
NY Daily News - 13 Jul 2022 05:11
The move led by Senate Democrats, including Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), comes as several conservative states have floated legislation targeting women who want ...
Sealed transcripts in Roman Polanski child sex abuse case should be released: LA County DA George Gascón
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 04:34
LA DA George Gascón said transcripts connected to the Roman Polanski case should be released -- more than 40 years after the director fled after he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor.
4,000 beagles rescued from shabby research facility in Virginia
NY Daily News - 13 Jul 2022 04:33
The beagles were seized from an Envigo facility in Cumberland under a federal judge's order, the Humane Society of the United States said.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country amid economic crisis
New York Post - 13 Jul 2022 04:20
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards fled the country Tuesday, days after protesters stormed his home and office amid a months-long economic crisis.