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FINALLY
Trump To Begin Airing TV Ads
In Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
TO BE RELEASED
State to Release Deleted Clinton Emails
Release date has not been announced.
SCARY
Double Murder Suspect Ate Victim's Face
College student may have been on drugs.
PEAS IN A POD
Roger Ailes to Advise Trump
For the presidential debates.
DISAPPEARED
El Chapo’s Son ‘Abducted’ at Resort
Mexican authorities say.
THE FUTURE
Ford to Sell Self-Driving Car by 2021
Doubles presence in Silicon Valley.
SAYONARA
Depp Settles Divorce for $7 Million
Amber Heard withdraws restraining-order request.
NEW FRONT
Russia Bombs Syrian Militants From Iran
For the first time.
GROSS
Shaun White Sued for Sexual Harassment
By his band’s female drummer.
Keep ReadingThe host of ‘The Nightly Show’ addressed its cancellation on Monday night, and reiterated how proud he was of how they’ve conducted themselves throughout this crazy election.
Wilmore: ‘Unblackening’ Happened to Me
Keep ReadingAmber Heard has dropped her domestic abuse allegations against Johnny Depp, settling for a $7 million out-of-court divorce settlement instead.
Amber and Johnny’s $7 Million Divorce
Keep ReadingUnivision acquired Gawker Media at a private bankruptcy auction Tuesday, but the future of the flagship gossip site, Gawker.com, remains unknown.
Gawker Is Sold, but Will It Survive?
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Trump Took Liberal Icon Soros’s Money
Trump Took Liberal Icon Soros’s Money
Tim Kaine is taking some right-wing heat for getting dinner with the son of lefty billionaire and top GOP villain George Soros.“NEW SOROS SEED RISES: Tim Kaine Dines with Billionaire Son,” blared a Drudge Report headline. It linked to a Breitbart ...
He’s is a villain of the right wing, but that certainly didn’t stop Trump from cozying up to him before the candidate was an official part of the Republican Party.
How Hillary Can Fix Foundation ‘Scandal’
How Hillary Can Fix Foundation ‘Scandal’
I kept reading those Clinton Foundation email stories last week trying to figure out why I was even reading them. Take the name “Clinton” out of the equation and consider the known facts:An official of a nonprofit foundation emailed a staffer he k...
She—and Bill—need to say pre-emptively, ‘Here are the rules under which the foundation will operate’ if she’s elected.
Trump’s Plan Would Ban Republicans
Trump’s Plan Would Ban Republicans
Donald Trump is on to something—he wants “extreme vetting” of immigrants to ensure that they agree with American values on issues like religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights. As Trump bluntly put it in his big foreign policy speech Mond...
Now The Donald wants ‘extreme vetting’ of foreigners to ensure that they agree with our values. Got me wondering how many Republicans—and how many Trump voters—would pass.
Trump Cribs War Plan From ISIS ‘Founder’
Trump Cribs War Plan From ISIS ‘Founder’
Donald Trump says he has a master plan to defeat ISIS. But on Monday it was clear he has yet to update it to reflect the changing dynamics on the battlefield, which went either unnoticed or ignored by the Republican nominee in what was billed as a...
Most of what he wants to do to the Islamic State is already being done by President Obama and would be continued by Hillary Clinton.
Why Blacks Really, Really Loathe Trump
Why Blacks Really, Really Loathe Trump
There is almost no group left that Donald Trump hasn’t offended: Muslims, babies, women, Gold Star families, and of course Hispanics. Yet there is one group that despises Donald Trump more than any other: black Americans.At an average of just 2 pe...
The Republican nominee is no David Duke—since at least David Duke says what he means, while Trump just dog whistles.
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Noah ‘Feels Bad’ for Trump Spokeswoman
Noah ‘Feels Bad’ for Trump Spokeswoman
It’s hard out there for a Donald Trump campaign surrogate.The challenge of speaking for Trump, as The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah examined Monday night, is perhaps best exemplified by his “spokesperson” Katrina Pierson, who just this past weekend wen...
‘The Daily Show’ host examines the role of Donald Trump surrogate Katrina Pierson, who has the most thankless job in politics.
Legend: Trump ‘Unqualified’ for POTUS
Legend: Trump ‘Unqualified’ for POTUS
At his final White House Correspondents’ Dinner back in April, President Obama strolled up to the lectern and raised a finger skyward, beckoning his audience to drink in the lyrics to Anna Kendrick’s “Cups”: When I’m gone, when I’m gone / You’re g...
The executive producer of ‘Southside With You,’ chronicling Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, opens up about the 2016 election. Plus, watch an exclusive clip from the film.
‘Cats’ Is Back and It’s Irresistible
‘Cats’ Is Back and It’s Irresistible
It could be the early 1980s all over again, the time when, as a young, country-living boy, I was taken by my parents to see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats in London.The revolving stage—an innovation I remember being dazzled and gobsmacked over—was ama...
It feels resolutely ’80s, and it has no strong plot, but the magic of Mr. Mistoffelees and ‘Memory’ still makes Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical a winner with audiences.
The Get Down’s Black Lives Matter Moment
The Get Down’s Black Lives Matter Moment
The first few episodes of Baz Luhrmann’s new Netflix series The Get Down are nothing if not polarizing. A scan of reactions surface passionate swoons as often as distaste that borders on disgust. But, regardless of reception, one thing that can’t ...
Baz Luhrmann’s new Netflix series is certainly messy. But if there’s one thing it does powerfully, it’s connect struggles of the past to battles still being fought today.
John Oliver: Trump’s Campaign Cratering
John Oliver: Trump’s Campaign Cratering
Donald Trump should’ve been able to turn his campaign around this week. Released State Department emails revealed that Hillary Clinton provided meetings—and possibly even pay-to-play State Department positions—to prominent Clinton Foundation donor...
‘This was the 53rd consecutive week he was going to put his campaign back on track,’ joked the ‘Last Week Tonight’ host. It didn’t happen.
Selena Gomez Accuses Bieber of Cheating
Selena Gomez Accuses Bieber of Cheating
Selena Gomez just clapped back at her ex big-time—even more so than when she admitted to making the CK-lovin’ Canadian cry on Letterman. The pop star posted a comment under a Justin Bieber Instagram photo that reads, “Funny how the ones that ch...
The pop princess has entered the arena in the war of words between Beliebers and their Pop God, accusing her ex-boyfriend of being unfaithful.
Beliebers Revolt Against Bieber
Beliebers Revolt Against Bieber
Beliebers, like any online fan army, are a very passionate bunch. But late Saturday night, many of these acolytes of Justin Bieber, the chiseled and oft-naked Canadian pop icon, appeared to renounce their deity.It began innocently enough. You see,...
The #RIPBeliebers became a top trending topic on Twitter after the pop star criticized his fans for harassing his rumored girlfriend, model Sofia Richie (daughter of Lionel).
World News
ISIS Left Behind Booby-Trapped Hospitals
ISIS Left Behind Booby-Trapped Hospitals
MANBIJ, Syria — Even after its liberation from the so-called Islamic State, this city in northern Syria remains draped in jihadist black banners. Anything and everything might be rigged with explosives, and often it is, so people don’t rip down fl...
Black flags still drape the city and the terror continues from IEDs. But the biggest questions are about what comes next.
How the Spanish ‘Pope’ Lost His Faith
How the Spanish ‘Pope’ Lost His Faith
ORENSE, Spain — She was called Nieves, and he, Gregorio. They fell in love in torrid, romantic Andalusia. She had had her eye on him, it was said, since they were teenagers and she was an aspiring nun. Now he was 56 and they could confess their mu...
The ex-pontiff says his crypto-Fascist church (which made Franco a saint) was only ever intended, really, to bring its leaders sex and money.
Why Vets Come Home And Miss the War
Why Vets Come Home And Miss the War
Sebastian Junger says Tribe is his last book about war. As last words go, it’s a good way to end, as this particular monograph may end up shaping—and changing—how the current generation of troops feels about combat and coming home. “Why is it tha...
Veterans returning home from recent tours have found themselves feeling out of sync with society, and journalist Sebastian Junger thinks he knows why.
The ISIS-Inspired War on Christians
The ISIS-Inspired War on Christians
WARRI, Nigeria — The so-called Islamic State has different strategies in different parts of the world, but in Africa and in Europe, certainly, its core objective is becoming clear: to kill Christians. Its long-term goal: to provoke a new Crusade, ...
The coup that replaced Boko Haram's leader puts the ISIS subsidiary's focus on killing Christians in hopes it can unite, expand, and endure.
Drug King Ran Cartel to Save Daughter
Drug King Ran Cartel to Save Daughter
The roughest area of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, the largest favela in Brazil, is almost at the very top. Rua Um, Road One, is where Lulu has his office. Lulu is Dono do Morro, King of the Hill, head of the local drugs trade and political boss of t...
Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, or as he was better known, Nem, ran Rio de Janeiro’s most powerful cartel until it all came screeching to a halt.
She Kept Uranium Out of the Nazis’ Hands
She Kept Uranium Out of the Nazis’ Hands
In August 1939 Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt, warning of the potential of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime to use uranium to develop an atomic bomb. “The most important source of uranium,” he added, was in Africa—in the...
Shirley Chidsey’s love of travel and adventure helped land her in the Congo during World War II, when as an OSS operative she helped the U.S. hoard precious uranium.
Brazil Finally Embraces The Games
Brazil Finally Embraces The Games
Earlier this month, Sylvia Berutti, an insurance saleswoman in Rio, had her doubts about the globe’s eyes on her country as her city prepared for the Olympics. She worried about terrorism. She felt ashamed about the endless news reports about Braz...
Despite the corruption, the polluted water and the terrorism fears, Brazilians are finally loving the fact that the Games came to Rio.
U.S.
Pizzeria Sells “Black Olives Matter” T’s
Pizzeria Sells “Black Olives Matter” T’s
“Black Olives Matter.”That’s the slogan used by a restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico to promote their new tuna and black olive tapenade dish. After generating controversy in July for using that play on words on the restaurant’s sign, Paisano’s ...
Who thought this was a good idea?
Feds: Russian Hacked U.S. Zoo, Pizzerias
Feds: Russian Hacked U.S. Zoo, Pizzerias
A small army of pizza restaurants in Washington state is prepared to face off against one of the world’s most notorious accused hackers.On Monday, Russian native Roman Seleznev appeared in a federal courtroom in Seattle for the first day of trial ...
The son of a Moscow politician, Roman Seleznev allegedly stole credit card info from hundreds of businesses—and his lawyer represented Ted Bundy.
The Hothead Who Wanted WWIII
The Hothead Who Wanted WWIII
The unnerving vision of Donald Trump one day getting within reach of the nuclear codes is bad enough, but the job specification of commander in chief demands more than just a cool head and stable personality. The president also needs the ability t...
It's not only the commander in chief who has to keep calm when Armageddon threatens. The case of JFK vs. Gen. LeMay is a scary warning.
How Senior Citizens Almost Stole Nukes
How Senior Citizens Almost Stole Nukes
In 2013, a Vietnam veteran named Michael Walli and two other nonviolent activists went on trial for breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex, a nuclear weapons site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that has been nicknamed “the Fort Knox of Uranium...
Author Dan Zak talks about the strange case of three elderly activists who easily broke into ‘the Fort Knox of Uranium’ in 2012.
The Man Who Created Modern War
The Man Who Created Modern War
“I am going into the very bowels of the Confederacy,” wrote William Tecumseh Sherman early in 1864 to his superiors in the Union command, “and will leave a trail that will be recognized fifty years hence.” It seemed at the time a rather over-the-t...
Gen. William Sherman waged war on the Confederate army and civilians alike, hastening the end of the Civil War but ensuring that he would be reviled by Southerners to this day.
Tech + Health
3-D Printed Guns Could Crush Gun Control
3-D Printed Guns Could Crush Gun Control
Legislators can pass bills for things like universal background checks and the “no fly, no buy” rule, but those policies target if someone can purchase a gun. Things become a lot more complicated when citizens can make their own guns at home—and t...
As the technology becomes cheaper and more widely available, tackling 3-D printed guns is going to be a massive challenge.
Jesus Wants Me to Smoke This Joint
Jesus Wants Me to Smoke This Joint
When Rhode Island State Police arrived to arrest 46-year-old Alan Gordon for growing pot, he was on the toilet. The armed officers, startled, subbed out the typical “put your hands above your head” for a more relevant directive: “wash them.” Accor...
One Rhode Island group claims that when they’re lighting up a joint, it’s for religious reasons. Are they genuinely devout, or do they just want to get high?
Your Kids Are Better Behaved Than You
Your Kids Are Better Behaved Than You
There’s something terribly wrong with kids these days: a series of major surveys, conducted by the government every two years, suggest that they might just be the most well-behaved generation in recent memory.Teens are increasingly swearing off al...
Hard-partying Baby Boomer parents are more tolerant of drugs and alcohol, and their liberal attitudes may be paying off in an unexpected way.
The Original Internet Abuse Story
The Original Internet Abuse Story
In 1993, a sexual assault rocked the online community known as Lambda MOO, a chat room and virtual world populated by early adopters to the internet. Using a virtual voodoo doll, a user known as “Mr. Bungle” forced simulated sex acts on another co...
A conversation with former journalist Julian Dibbell about his game-changing article and the internet 20 years later.
Drink This Beer After Working Out
Drink This Beer After Working Out
By Samantha Lefave, Life by Daily Burn Whether you’re into stouts, IPAs, or sours, the concept of downing beer after your workout isn’t new. Social sports leagues have been doing it for years—just for the pure enjoyment of it. Plus, a 2013 study f...
A mango-flavored, protein-fortified IPA sounds way better than a clumpy protein shake.
How Russia Dominates Your Twitter
How Russia Dominates Your Twitter
“Ladies and Gentlemen, We have a situation in #Turkey #Incirlik” the cry went out on Twitter last Saturday night, as news spread of the Turkish forces surrounding the U.S. airbase in Incirlik.Thousands of armed police had reportedly surrounded the...
Fake news stories from Kremlin propagandists regularly become social media trends. Here’s how Moscow does it… and what it means for America’s election 2016.
Smart Drugs Made Me Dumber
Smart Drugs Made Me Dumber
Why can’t an overworked, overstimulated, pharmaceutically-obsessed society just come up with the perfect chemical supplement to make us smarter, faster, and more engaged in today’s accelerated world? One without the self-destructive trade-offs lik...
After a hero dose of nootropic drugs, I was anything but bulletproof.
Arts + Culture
Trump Dresses Like a Spoiled Rich Kid
Trump Dresses Like a Spoiled Rich Kid
Throughout our current election cycle, the ideas and opinions of Donald Trump have been examined, analyzed, and argued about constantly. However, what hasn’t been talked about so often is his style. I believe that the way a man dresses says a lot ...
The clothes the GOP candidate wears tells us all we need to know about a man whose idea of dressing well extends no further than how expensive his clothes are.
The Feminist Trial of Judge Aaron Persky
The Feminist Trial of Judge Aaron Persky
Ever since Judge Aaron Persky handed down an appallingly lenient six-month jail sentence to Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman on campus, a grassroots campaign to unseat the Santa Clara County jud...
After his lenient sentencing of Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, activists have been campaigning to unseat Judge Aaron Persky.
A Tale of Two Sex Assaults
A Tale of Two Sex Assaults
This week, news that a former University of Colorado student will not spend time in prison despite being convicted of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman seemed to echo the Brock Turner case at Stanford.On the surface, it seemed like another ...
The lenient sentence given to a University of Colorado student for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman mirrors the case of ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner.
He Was Princess Di’s Bodyguard
He Was Princess Di’s Bodyguard
In the 15 years since he first published his account of being Princess Diana’s bodyguard, Diana; Closely Guarded Secret, former royal protection squad police officer Ken Wharfe, Princess Diana’s bodyguard, has been called many things.A traitor, a ...
Her break-up with Charles, the affairs… For a second time, Ken Wharfe is spilling his secrets about working for Princess Diana.
How the Beach Boys Invented Surf Style
How the Beach Boys Invented Surf Style
From Spicoli’s burner cool to every buff, bronzed, board bro character trope, California’s surf culture is as burned into pop culture as blond highlights are in sun and salt bleached hair. While wave riding itself has been happening for thousands ...
The Beach Boys introduced sunny Southern California’s aesthetic to pop culture, helping to make baggies and Woodies and surfing look and sound hip even in Kansas.
HuffPost’s Namesake Quits Her Brand
HuffPost’s Namesake Quits Her Brand
In an announcement that took employees and business associates alike by surprise, digital media entrepreneur and sleep guru Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington abruptly resigned Thursday morning as editor in chief of The Huffington Post, her eponymo...
Arianna Huffington resigned Thursday morning as editor in chief of The Huffington Post. Next stop: monetizing the land of nod.
How 1,000 Singers United New York
How 1,000 Singers United New York
One of the largest choral events in Lincoln Center history will take place on Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 5 p.m.A thousand volunteer singers from around New York City, crowd-sourced from an online campaign, will ...
This weekend’s ‘Public Domain’ will bring together 1,000 volunteer singers from around New York City, crowd-sourced from an online campaign, to participate in a choral event whose ly...
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