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Focus on Early Release of Convict in London Stabbings
Usman Khan was convicted on terrorism charges but let out of prison early. He attended a “Learning Together” conference for ex-offenders, and used the event to launch a bloody attack, stabbing two people to death and wounding three others. Police shot him dead after he flashed what seemed to be a suicide vest. Khan is gone, but the questions remain:...
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Kylie Jenner Sells Majority Stake in Beauty Empire to CoverGirl Owner
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is selling a stake of her beauty business to CoverGirl owner Coty, in a deal that values the four-year old brand at about $1.2 billion. Coty Inc. said Monday that it will pay $600 million for a 51% stake in Kylie Cosmetics. Coty said it plans to launch more products under the Kylie brand and...
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A Year After Deadly Fire, Paradise Pauses to Remember
Paradise paused on Friday. One year after the most devastating wildfire in California history mostly destroyed the town, local officials asked people to pause for 85 seconds beginning at 11:08 a.m. — one second for every person who was killed.
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Astros Executive Apologizes, MLB to Conduct Interviews
The assistant general manager of the Houston Astros apologized Tuesday for using “inappropriate language” after a Sports Illustrated report said he repeatedly yelled toward a group of female reporters about closer Roberto Osuna during a clubhouse celebration. Brandon Taubman released a statement through the Astros hours before they played Game 1 of the World Series against Washington. Major League Baseball...
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'Wheel of Fortune' Contestant Deadpans on ‘Loveless Marriage,' Kids in Viral Intro Video
Usually, when TV game show contestants are asked to talk about their family, the answer is sugary sweet. But, when a San Diego man competed on NBC’s “Wheel of Fortune” Monday night, his deadpan response was far from ordinary.
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Florida Businessmen Who Helped Giuliani in Ukraine Arrested on Campaign Finance Violations
Two Soviet-born business partners from Florida, who made hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations to Republican campaign committees and helped Rudy Giuliani meet a key Ukrainian prosecutor, were arrested Wednesday on charges tied to campaign finance violations. Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas were arrested on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, making false statements to the...
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Florida Teen Labeled ‘Hero' After Dying While Saving Sister During Robbey
Officials with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office say 15-year-old Khyler Edman was killed when he was protecting his five-year-old sister during a break-in at their Port Charlotte home last Thursday.
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Legendary Mexican Crooner José José Dies From Cancer
Mexican crooner José José, the elegant dresser who moved audiences to tears with melancholic love ballads and was known as the “Prince of Song,” has died at the age of 71. Mexican artists’ association ANDI confirmed the death in a Twitter post on Saturday. Multiple media outlets said the singer had died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in South...
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Trump Says Those Who Gave Info to Whistleblower Are Like Spies, Reports Say
President Donald Trump ratcheted up his defenses on Thursday, likening those who provided information to the whistleblower to spies, according to reports, and tweeting that “our country is at stake” on the day the complaint against the president was made public. Trump, according to multiple media outlets, told a private group at a midtown hotel Thursday morning that the people...
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Fact Check: Questions and Answers on Intelligence Community Whistleblower
A whistleblower on Aug. 12 filed a complaint with the inspector general of the intelligence community, who found the information credible and determined that under the law it should be forwarded to the congressional intelligence committees. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, the complaint alleges that President Donald Trump during a July phone call...
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Greek Police Make Arrest in 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847
Greek police said Saturday they have arrested a suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a flight from Athens that became a multi-day ordeal and included the slaying of an American. Police said a 65-year-old suspect in the hijacking was arrested Thursday on the island of Mykonos in response to a warrant from Germany. Lt. Col. Theodoros Chronopoulos, a police spokesman,...
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Baltimore Mayor: No Bomb Found After Search, Evacuations
Police found no bomb after searching a suspicious vehicle that prompted evacuations in a large swath of downtown Baltimore, Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young said in a statement on Monday.
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False Claims Blur Line Between Mass Shootings, 2020 Politics
Minutes after media outlets identified the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas, a Twitter account that may be automated began spreading baseless information linking the shooter to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. “The Odessa Shooter’s name is Seth Ator, a Democrat Socialist who had a Beto sticker on his truck,” said the post, which also appeared on Facebook....
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Criminal Justice Reform Turns to List of Problem Officers
During the 22 years he spent in prison after being convicted of killing a Boston police detective, Sean Ellis believed there was something suspicious about the officers who led the murder investigation. He just couldn’t prove it. It would take years of digging and scores of public information requests from his attorneys to uncover evidence that several officers investigating the...
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Patriots' Patrick Chung Declines Comment on Cocaine Charge, Focused on Giants
New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has nothing to say regarding his legal situation in New Hampshire. “My mindset is on the (New York) Giants,” Chung said as he met with reporters at Gillette Stadium on Monday for the first time since news broke last Thursday that he had been indicted on a charge of cocaine possession.
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More Than 300,000 Sign Petition to Rename Fifth Avenue in Front of Trump Tower for Barack Obama
It started out as a joke but a petition to rename the Fifth Avenue block by Trump Tower to “President Barack H. Obama Avenue” had more than 302,000 signatures by Thursday afternoon — and a new mission calling for 325,000 signatures after the previous goal was surpassed.
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Dominican Republic Resort Where Delaware Woman Says She Was Brutally Beaten Temporarily Closes
The Dominican Republic resort where a Delaware woman says she was brutally beaten has closed temporarily.
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Florida Woman Says Toilet Explodes After Lightning Strike
A Florida woman says lightning destroyed her septic tank and caused a toilet in her house to explode.
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The ‘Bizarre Trip' That Was Almost Woodstock 50
Shortly after Woodstock organizers announced the shambolic 50th anniversary concerts were off after months of setbacks and holdups, Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang summed up the drama in six words: “It’s been a really bizarre trip.” Over the last six months, Lang, 74, moved like a cat using all nine lives to make Woodstock 50 work. The first plan, to have...
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Data Shows Flood of Opioids Across US, Many of Them Generics
The maker of OxyContin has been cast as the chief villain in the nation’s opioid crisis. But newly released government figures suggest Purdue Pharma had plenty of help in flooding the U.S. with billions of pills even as overdose deaths were accelerating. Records kept by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration show that 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pills — the...