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Depressing
Turkish Wedding Bomber 'Was Child'
Identified as 12-14 years old, sent by ISIS.
MORE QUESTIONS
Pills at Prince’s Estate Had Fentanyl
Authorities are still investigating how he obtained them.
Messy
13 Injured in 27 Car Pileup in GA
Apparently caused by bad weather.
SORRY
Lochte: I ‘Over-Exaggerated’ Rio Story
Speaks out for first time in interview with Matt Lauer.
Scary
Zika 'May Spread Across U.S. Gulf'
Louisiana and Texas could be next, after Miami Beach outbreak.
HMM
Trump Manager: Deportation Force TBD
Kellyanne Conway said the Trump hallmark is to be determined.
FREED
El Chapo's Son Released From Kidnapping
After abduction last week.
HOMETOWN HEROES
Brazil Beats Germany in Shootout
First gold for Brazil men’s soccer.
EPIDEMIC
13 Wounded in Conn. Shooting
At a house party in Bridgeport.
Progress
Sirte Mosque, Prison Reclaimed From ISIS
Libyan forces closer to forcing ISIS out of city.
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Politics
Manafort Thrown From Trump Crazy Train
Manafort Thrown From Trump Crazy Train
In the end, a 48-hour period in August may be remembered as the moment that Donald Trump stopped trying to win the presidency.On Wednesday, Trump announced that he had hired as the “CEO” of his campaign Steve Bannon, the chief executive of Breitba...
By the time Donald Trump brought in Steve Bannon, Paul Manafort was already dead.
Breitbart Star’s White Charity Gives $0
Breitbart Star’s White Charity Gives $0
Months after he was supposed to give away more than $100,000 for college scholarships, Milo Yiannopoulos says all of the money is still sitting in his bank account.The Breitbart editor and professional political agitator (recently banned from Twit...
Alt-right icon Milo Yiannopoulos promised in January he'd give scholarships to white men this year, but he still hasn’t filed with the IRS or handed out a penny.
Trump Wants to Bar Doctors From America
Trump Wants to Bar Doctors From America
Everybody is worked up about “extreme vetting,” and that’s fine, there’s a lot to be worked up about in the idea of a loyalty oath for all immigrants. Law professor Jonathan Turley did a good job of running through the history and the debate the o...
The Republican presidential nominee can’t seem to tell the difference between terrorists, refugees, and normal visa seekers.
Why Liberals Love Explaining Trump
Why Liberals Love Explaining Trump
Liberals love to explain Donald Trump to liberals.Thomas Frank in The Guardian. Ezra Klein in a dozen articles and videos at Vox. Matthew MacWilliams in Politico. The big data crunchers at FiveThirtyEight, and just about every columnist for The Ne...
The repugnant Republican scares left-wingers who take comfort in hearing from the intelligentsia about how so many people can be so wrong.
What Happens if Trump Leaks? Who Knows
What Happens if Trump Leaks? Who Knows
The news that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had received his first intelligence briefing Wednesday was met with a shudder inside the national security community.Many braced for what they fear is inevitable, namely that the often s...
The loudmouth got his first intelligence briefing this week, leading to fears in D.C. he might slip secrets.
Entertainment
Tony Robbins Assesses the 2016 Election
Tony Robbins Assesses the 2016 Election
Tony Robbins has the firmest handshake I’ve ever experienced. The towering, impeccably tan life expert is sitting across from me at a hotel bar in Midtown Manhattan to discuss his new Netflix documentary, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru—a chronic...
The self-help king sat down with Marlow Stern to discuss Trump vs. Hillary, both of whom he’s consulted with, as well as how men have become more “feminine.”
Fox Killed Anti-Trump ‘Idiocracy’ Ads
Fox Killed Anti-Trump ‘Idiocracy’ Ads
Back in February, screenwriter Etan Cohen (not to be confused with Ethan Cohen), who’s written the celebrated comedy offerings King of the Hill, Idiocracy, and Tropic Thunder, fired off a tweet in reference to the political rise of former reality ...
The filmmaker behind the futuristic satire and creator of HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ dishes on why the election season ads he’s been cooking up are ‘not going to happen.’
Give This Indie Trans Romance the Emmy
Give This Indie Trans Romance the Emmy
Chances are you have never been harassed in a public restroom, detained at an airport, or denied medical care because of your gender. But you probably have fallen in love. That’s what executive producer Kate Fisher was counting on when she and her...
The web series ‘Her Story’ has earned praise not only for casting trans actors in trans roles but for acknowledging the beauty they bring into their friends’ and partners’ lives.
Jon Stewart Sends Off Larry Wilmore
Jon Stewart Sends Off Larry Wilmore
Back when The Nightly Show was still called Minority Report, Jon Stewart had an idealistic idea of what Larry Wilmore’s late-night show could become. The show would be “a comedic look at news, current events and pop culture from unique perspective...
‘Nightly Show’ producer Jon Stewart helped say goodbye to Larry Wilmore on his final night as a late-night host.
Schumer: Kurt Metzger Is ‘The Problem’
Schumer: Kurt Metzger Is ‘The Problem’
Comedian Amy Schumer probably wanted to be talking about her new book, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, with Charlie Rose in an episode of his talk show set to air on Friday. But instead, she had to spend time both defending and condemning fel...
Amy Schumer speaks out about her relationship with comedian and ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ writer Kurt Metzger, who got in hot water for defending an accused serial rapist.
Amy Schumer Condemns Rape Bro-pologist
Amy Schumer Condemns Rape Bro-pologist
Last week, multiple women came forward with allegations of sexual assault and harassment against New York comedian Aaron Glaser. Their testimonies launched an internal Upright Citizen’s Brigade investigation that resulted in a permanent ban for Gl...
Former ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ writer Kurt Metzger is under fire for his trollish, misogynistic rants. Schumer distanced herself from his ‘recent’ behavior—but this goes a long way back.
Trump Is ‘Futurama’s’ Zapp Brannigan
Trump Is ‘Futurama’s’ Zapp Brannigan
The internet asked for the voice actor behind Futurama’s Zapp Brannigan to recite a bunch of Donald Trump quotes in the voice of Captain Brannigan, and that’s exactly what the internet got during this chaotic election.In recent months, politically...
The voice of ‘Futurama’s’ vain, misogynistic, and clueless warmonger has transformed his iconic character into Trump.
World News
Brazil Beats Expectations at Rio Games
Brazil Beats Expectations at Rio Games
The headlines in the lead up to the Rio Olympics could not have been more terrifying. Body Parts Wash Ashore in Sailor’s Bay! Dread Virus Spread by Mosquitos (and Sex) Sure to Afflict Athletes and Spectators! Wolf Packs of Street Criminals Prepar...
Before it started, coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games left the world expecting the worst. While it is unclear if hosting the games will help Rio long-term—Brazil came through.
The Epic Downfall of Medellin’s Top Pimp
The Epic Downfall of Medellin’s Top Pimp
American tourists visiting Medellín knew him as “Colombia Jake,” the friendly local American guide who made sure they had a good time. He could fix them up with an apartment, rent them a motorbike, or arrange for them a “Pablo Escobar tour,” visit...
Prostitution is legal in Pablo Escobar’s old hometown, but pimping is not—and according to police Colombia Jake was pimping little girls.
Why We Love Gabby Douglas
Why We Love Gabby Douglas
Gold-medal gymnast Gabby Douglas had had a rough few days. She finished seventh out of eight competitors on the uneven bars last week, and online bullies attacked over almost everything she did. She was criticized for not putting her hand over her...
Gold-medal gymnast Gabby Douglas endured trial after trial during the Rio Games—and now she’s got a powerful message for young girls: ‘Be strong and have a strong mind.’
The Spy Who Broke Into Polish Ghettos
The Spy Who Broke Into Polish Ghettos
In the summer of 1942, Jan Karski, a 28-year-old courier for the Polish underground, was instructed to undertake an extremely dangerous mission: a trip across Nazi-occupied Europe to London, where, with the help of the Polish government-in-exile t...
Jan Karski was a courier for the Polish underground determined to bring evidence of Nazi inhumanity—but the West wasn’t ready to listen.
How Local Fans Cheer on Brazilian Soccer
How Local Fans Cheer on Brazilian Soccer
For three hours on Wednesday afternoon, Rio’s Copacabana beach was empty. It was lunchtime, and everybody (even the cops) was watching Brazil trounce Honduras 6-0 in the Olympic semifinals in soccer.Soccer is, of course, one of Brazil’s national o...
The streets of Rio will be empty on Saturday as Brazil watches its soccer team face off against Germany in the gold medal match—and viewers won’t be able to relax until the referee b...
Rio’s Dance Museum Is A Hidden Treasure
Rio’s Dance Museum Is A Hidden Treasure
The Olympic games were in full swing in sprawling Rio, but on a humid day high above the noise and traffic, nobody at the Casa do Jongo in the Madureira suburb was paying attention to them. A few dozen teenagers were playing and dancing jongo, the...
The Olympics brought a host of shiny new venues to Rio but high in the hilltops of the Madureira suburb, a jewel of a museum brings the country’s rich history of samba and jongo to l...
How to Watch Usain Bolt’s Last Olympi...
How to Watch Usain Bolt’s Last Olympi...
Tonight we might be saying goodbye to both the fastest man on earth and to one of the most impressive female track-and-field athletes of all time.Usain Bolt, the 29-year-old Jamaican sprinting all-star, announced his intention to retire after the ...
How to watch Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix in the 4x100m relays on Friday night.
U.S.
Everyday Heroes of the Louisiana Flood
Everyday Heroes of the Louisiana Flood
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Sanders Davis of Baton Rouge saw the Great Flood of 2016 up close and personal last week.Davis, 25, lives in the Sherwood Forest subdivision, a leafy, standard-issue middle class enclave that lies east of the 27-story Capi...
Teachers, stagehands, and countless others are helping the state recover when it almost seems like no one else will.
How to Watch Usain Bolt’s Last Olympi...
How to Watch Usain Bolt’s Last Olympi...
Tonight we might be saying goodbye to both the fastest man on earth and to one of the most impressive female track-and-field athletes of all time.Usain Bolt, the 29-year-old Jamaican sprinting all-star, announced his intention to retire after the ...
How to watch Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix in the 4x100m relays on Friday night.
Bin Laden SEAL Wins War With Pentagon
Bin Laden SEAL Wins War With Pentagon
Four years after a former Navy SEAL was threatened with prison for writing about the Osama bin Laden raid, the Pentagon has dropped its claim that Matt Bissonnette revealed secrets harmful to national security.Bissonnette, who wrote No Easy Day un...
Matt Bissonnette's book on the famous raid was called a national security threat and he was threatened with prison. Now he's being forced to pay almost $7 million to the feds.
RIP, 747: The Jet That Changed the World
RIP, 747: The Jet That Changed the World
As epoch-ending statements go, this one was stealthy and carefully modulated: “It is reasonably possible that we could decide to end production of the 747.”And so it slipped out, in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, first reporte...
The first wide-body jet opened air travel to the masses, created the era of first class vs. coach, and shrank the globe. Why the future belongs to smaller planes.
Hip-Hop Cop’s Shots Heard Round World
Hip-Hop Cop’s Shots Heard Round World
Police Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown seemed the embodiment of social progress as he rode with his partner through the simmering North Side of Milwaukee early Saturday afternoon.Heaggan-Brown is a 24-year-old African American who grew up in that ...
There’s no sound in the body-camera footage of the cop whose shots killed a man in Milwaukee and sparked a riot.
Tech + Health
The Man Who Networked the World
The Man Who Networked the World
Contact: A hundred years before iconic figures like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs permeated our lives, 60 years before Marshall McLuhan proclaimed media to be “the extensions of man,” an Irish-Italian inventor laid the foundation of the communication ...
In giving us the wireless world, the Irish-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi was arguably the first truly global figure in modern communication
Dr. Drew Leads Clinton Health Truthers
Dr. Drew Leads Clinton Health Truthers
On a radio show this week, Dr. Drew Pinsky of Celebrity Rehab fame added his name to the long list of conspiracy theorists who believe that Hillary Clinton’s health could be failing—a list that so far includes the National Enquirer, Fox News host ...
Dr. Drew Pinsky, he of celebrity rehabs and adult radio, is joining the chorus of those who say Hillary Clinton is unwell and unfit to be president.
Can Bacteria Make Your Skin Healthier?
Can Bacteria Make Your Skin Healthier?
Antibacterial cosmetics are so last year; the latest craze is for face creams, serums, and washes that actually add bacteria to the skin in order to make it look younger and healthier. But experts think that these products aren’t backed up by enou...
Cosmetics companies claim that tweaking the bacteria on the skin can make it healthier. But does the science stack up?
Climate Change Behind the CA Wildfires
Climate Change Behind the CA Wildfires
The number of wildfires in California has decreased over the past 25 year, but try telling that to the hundreds of firefighters on the ground attempting to put out multiple fires raging across Northern California.Map provided by Google Maps. Appro...
Over 100,000 acres of California’s land has been scorched due to destructive wildfires.
Zika Hits Miami’s Outdoor Restaurants
Zika Hits Miami’s Outdoor Restaurants
MIAMI — August is already a slow month in Miami. Between the oppressive heat, suffocating humidity, and frequent rain, the locals who haven’t already fled to a less tropical clime prefer to stay inside. Add news of a Zika outbreak to the mix and b...
Wynwood Yard is an outdoor eatery and event space in a bustling Miami neighborhood. And three of its employees have been diagnosed with Zika.
Should Louisiana Be Scared of Zika?
Should Louisiana Be Scared of Zika?
Days after a severe flood in Louisiana that left six people dead and 10,000 in shelters, some experts are expressing concern that the event may usher in a large Zika outbreak.The fears are not entirely unfounded. When the water currently rushing t...
Faced with severe flooding, Louisiana could be in for another disaster: Zika. But experts say it isn’t time to panic yet.
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.
Arts + Culture
How Rejection Made Me A Serious Writer
How Rejection Made Me A Serious Writer
Don’t date someone you work with, because, if you date someone you work with you’ve substantially increased the chances that you will get dumped while you are at work. I can give this advice because I once dated someone I worked with and then that...
Getting told no—by lovers, bosses, schools—is never fun, but sometimes you have to hit bottom before you realize that becoming who you want to be is all on you after all.
How Harvey Milk Became a Navy Ambassador
How Harvey Milk Became a Navy Ambassador
Earlier this week, the U.S. Navy officially commemorated the new USNS Harvey Milk, a 677-foot fleet oiler and first navy ship to be named after a member of the LGBTQ community.It was the latest of many milestones for Milk, who was assassinated a y...
The USNS Harvey Milk is the first Navy ship to be named after a member of the LGBT community—and, like the brave advocate it is named after, it will take its message of equality ever...
The Curse of a Controversial Aristocrat
The Curse of a Controversial Aristocrat
A controversial Kenyan aristocrat of British descent who killed two local Kenyan men on separate occasions has died aged 48 of a heart attack, following complications after a routine hospital operation in Nairobi.Tom Cholmondeley (pronounced Chuml...
Tom Cholmondeley killed two black Kenyans on his father’s game reserve. Now he himself is dead, and one of the victim’s families says the curse that killed him will be visited on his...
Is Glenn Beck Suing Himself?
Is Glenn Beck Suing Himself?
Glenn Beck seems to be an endless source of nutty stories.Maybe the multimedia oddball spent too much time being spun around while strapped in a giant gyroscope that, as he told his fans, helped cure him of a mysterious brain illness that “quite h...
In a multimillion-dollar fraud, breach of contract, and dereliction of duty lawsuit, Glenn Beck appears to be suing himself, and may even end up having to pay damages to himself.
Trump TV Is Real
Trump TV Is Real
The odds are, if you believe the polls, that Donald Trump will never be president. But there is more than a possibility that the reality show billionaire will start his own television network shortly after the election.“A TV network is a logical w...
Whatever happens in the presidential election, the plan for a Donald Trump TV station is far from fanciful. Indeed, it might make extremely lucrative sense.
This Is How Gawker Died
This Is How Gawker Died
Was it a murder or a suicide?In other words, did Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel savagely kill Gawker.com—or was its demise the inevitable result of a self-inflicted wound, namely the October 2012 decision to publish a grainy sex video feat...
The site is no more—and founder Nick Denton paid tribute to its staff’s hustle and originality in a memo sent after the official death announcement was made.
Meet the Man Who Stripped Trump Naked
Meet the Man Who Stripped Trump Naked
Residents in five neighborhoods of New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Cleveland awoke to discover a life-sized, naked Donald Trump statue in their midst.The five identical statues were erected simultaneously at around 8 a.m. E...
Joshua Monroe, the artist behind five headline-attracting, ball-less statues that appeared in American cities Thursday, reveals he was planning to vote Trump.
Politics