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    Right Blames BLM for Dallas Massacre

    Right Blames BLM for Dallas Massacre

    Over the past several years, numerous police killings of unarmed black men have fueled a growing outrage that ultimately gave birth to the Black Lives Matter movement. This week, a lone gunman used that movement as a platform to shoot 12 police of...

    While the shooting of 12 police officers at a Dallas Black Lives Matter protest has ratcheted up the rhetoric on all sides, some of the worst reactions have come from the right.

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    Hillary Clinton email scandal

    Hillary, Get Your Sh*t Together

    Hillary, Get Your Sh*t Together

    It looks as if Hillary Clinton is going to try to skate past the email saga by essentially arguing that Donald Trump is a lot worse.That is manifestly true. He’s infinitely worse, as he insisted on showing us again Wednesday night with that biliou...

    Clinton should spell out what specific steps she’d take as president to ensure that something like the email debacle doesn’t happen.

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    Supporters wait to see U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio July 6, 2016.  REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX2K2B6

    Conspiracy Woodstock at Trump’s RNC

    Conspiracy Woodstock at Trump’s RNC

    A former Nixon adviser, a conspiracy theorist radio host, two African-American singing sisters, a group of bikers and a self-proclaimed “Second Amendment advocate”will join forces in Cleveland on July 18 to hold a rally for a former reality televi...

    A host of his fringiest supporters will join up to kick off The Donald’s classy Cleveland convention.

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    Conservative tweets about Dallas shooting

    Right Blames BLM for Dallas Massacre

    Right Blames BLM for Dallas Massacre

    Over the past several years, numerous police killings of unarmed black men have fueled a growing outrage that ultimately gave birth to the Black Lives Matter movement. This week, a lone gunman used that movement as a platform to shoot 12 police of...

    While the shooting of 12 police officers at a Dallas Black Lives Matter protest has ratcheted up the rhetoric on all sides, some of the worst reactions have come from the right.

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    Supporters hold up signs while listening to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida, U.S. June 11, 2016.  REUTERS/Scott Audette - RTX2FO65

    Trump or Us: Which Side Are You On?

    Trump or Us: Which Side Are You On?

    It’s a threshold question, one that can trigger uncomfortable conversations: Do you support Donald Trump?As his outrages add up, and up, and up, Americans are going to be confronted with the question of where they stood when the would-be strongman...

    In an ever more polarized country, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is forcing the question.

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    New Benghazi: Hillary Clinton's Emails

    GOP’s New Benghazi: Hillary’s Emails

    GOP’s New Benghazi: Hillary’s Emails

    The saga over Hillary Clinton’s emails that began with Benghazi just may be her new Benghazi. A day after FBI Director James Comey announced he would not recommend pressing charges against Clinton or her aides for what he called their “extremely c...

    Republicans are looking to deny security clearances to Hillary Clinton’s aides. It’s part of an emerging strategy to make her pay and pay for that private server.

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    Conservative tweets about Dallas shooting

    Right Blames BLM for Dallas Massacre

    Right Blames BLM for Dallas Massacre

    Over the past several years, numerous police killings of unarmed black men have fueled a growing outrage that ultimately gave birth to the Black Lives Matter movement. This week, a lone gunman used that movement as a platform to shoot 12 police of...

    While the shooting of 12 police officers at a Dallas Black Lives Matter protest has ratcheted up the rhetoric on all sides, some of the worst reactions have come from the right.

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    ‘Daily Show’ Exposes Fox News Sexism

    ‘Daily Show’ Exposes Fox News Sexism

    Before Trevor Noah took over from Jon Stewart, he indicated that The Daily Show would not be putting as much focus on skewering Fox News as it did in the past. But after Gretchen Carlson abruptly left the network and dropped a sexual harassment la...

    How does Trevor Noah know Gretchen Carlson is telling the truth about Roger Ailes? Because he says he’s watched Fox News plenty.

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    Noah: ‘You Can Be Pro-Cop and Pro-Black’

    Noah: ‘You Can Be Pro-Cop and Pro-Black’

    After ceding the spotlight to Larry Wilmore on Wednesday, Trevor Noah made the latest series of unarmed black men killed by police the centerpiece of The Daily Show Thursday night. He began with a plea for the two opposing sides in this conflict t...

    Trevor Noah breaks down the two sides of a conflict that came to a head Thursday night.

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    Singer Beyonce performs onstage during the 2016 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

    Beyonce Speaks Out: ‘Stop Killing Us’

    Beyonce Speaks Out: ‘Stop Killing Us’

    After a week of police killings, Beyoncé has updated her website with a full-page letter on the topic of black lives—the respect they deserve and the violence they continuously endure. The pop superstar’s response to the murders of Alton Sterling ...

    The pop superstar unleashed a powerful statement on her website and a moment of silence at a concert. It’s the latest in her laudable history of Black Lives Matter activism.

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    ‘Daily Show’ Exposes Fox News Sexism

    ‘Daily Show’ Exposes Fox News Sexism

    Before Trevor Noah took over from Jon Stewart, he indicated that The Daily Show would not be putting as much focus on skewering Fox News as it did in the past. But after Gretchen Carlson abruptly left the network and dropped a sexual harassment la...

    How does Trevor Noah know Gretchen Carlson is telling the truth about Roger Ailes? Because he says he’s watched Fox News plenty.

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    Barney Frank Pushes Warren as VP

    Barney Frank Pushes Warren as VP

    Barney Frank has been out of Congress since 2013, which makes him a more fun late-night talk show guest than most politicians. And the former Massachusetts representative’s appearance on Chelsea Handler’s Netflix show this week was no exception.Re...

    Former Democratic Rep. Barney Frank used his appearance on Chelsea Handler’s show to make the case for Elizabeth Warren as vice president.

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    DJ Rips Cop Over Alton Sterling Shooting

    DJ Rips Cop Over Alton Sterling Shooting

    As the world reacts to the shooting of Alton Sterling, and now the brutal police killing of Philando Castile, famous figures from Drake to Hillary Clinton have publicly voiced sorrow and frustration.One of the most powerful voices among these has ...

    “Can you say the words ‘It looks bad’? You can’t ever say that?”

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    Wilmore Goes Hard on Sterling’s Killer

    Wilmore Goes Hard on Sterling’s Killer

    It’s been a while since Larry Wilmore has been forced to discuss the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man on The Nightly Show. And that’s a good thing. But on Wednesday night, he felt he had no choice but to cover the tragic death of Louisiana m...

    ‘The Nightly Show’ host Larry Wilmore was “speechless” after seeing the Alton Sterling shooting video. But not for long.

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    Barney Frank Pushes Warren as VP

    Barney Frank Pushes Warren as VP

    Barney Frank has been out of Congress since 2013, which makes him a more fun late-night talk show guest than most politicians. And the former Massachusetts representative’s appearance on Chelsea Handler’s Netflix show this week was no exception.Re...

    Former Democratic Rep. Barney Frank used his appearance on Chelsea Handler’s show to make the case for Elizabeth Warren as vice president.

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    World News

    Brexit star walking off EU flag.

    Brexit Mourners Still Ignoring Leavers

    Brexit Mourners Still Ignoring Leavers

    One thing has become very clear since the unexpected popular vote in Britain to exit the European Union – the political, economic, social and journalistic elites on both sides of the Atlantic don’t get it.For two weeks I have been taking in all th...

    Everyone’s talking about where the bankers will go now, with nary a word about the people whose votes stunned the rich and powerful.

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    Where Stopping Euthanasia Is Illegal

    Where Stopping Euthanasia Is Illegal

    Where Stopping Euthanasia Is Illegal

    AMSTERDAM — A Belgian civil court has fined a Catholic home for the elderly €6,000 ( $6,660) for interfering with a doctor trying to euthanize a patient.The case, decided last week, stands out in a country where assisted dying has become almost co...

    Since 2002, thousands of patients have been helped to die in Belgium, many of them in Catholic hospitals. But a battle is brewing.

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    Iran's Kurds Rise Up Against the Mullahs

    Iran’s Kurds Rise Up Against the Mullahs

    Iran’s Kurds Rise Up Against the Mullahs

    In an unprecedented escalation in the last two decades, Iranian Kurdish rebels have broke a unilateral ceasefire with a series of attacks against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the mountainous Kurdish cities in northwestern Iran.A series...

    A center-left separatist insurgency, based in northern Iraq, has taken to fighting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

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    Supporters hold up a "Disarm Hate" sign to block protesters during a vigil for the Pulse night club victims following last weeks shooting in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 19, 2016.  REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTX2H2YD

    ISIS’s New Master Plan

    ISIS’s New Master Plan

    PARIS — Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz sounded at once angry and plaintive as he marked the end of this blood-drenched month of Ramadan.The so-called Islamic State, ISIS, had just staged attacks in three Saudi cities, hitting near the U.S. consul...

    Like communists of yore, the soldiers of the caliphate are seeking to ‘exacerbate the contradictions’ of those ranged against them.

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    Where Stopping Euthanasia Is Illegal

    Where Stopping Euthanasia Is Illegal

    Where Stopping Euthanasia Is Illegal

    AMSTERDAM — A Belgian civil court has fined a Catholic home for the elderly €6,000 ( $6,660) for interfering with a doctor trying to euthanize a patient.The case, decided last week, stands out in a country where assisted dying has become almost co...

    Since 2002, thousands of patients have been helped to die in Belgium, many of them in Catholic hospitals. But a battle is brewing.

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    British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) looks at U.S. President George W. Bush at a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington June 7, 2005.  REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo - RTX2JXQ4

    Damning the Blair-Bush War in Iraq

    Damning the Blair-Bush War in Iraq

    LONDON — On the 28th of July, 2002, Tony Blair sent a “Note on Iraq” to President George W. Bush. It began: “I will be with you, whatever.” And with those six words, the British Prime Minister sealed his fate, committed his country to a disastrous...

    The case for war was made with ‘certainty which was not justified,” based on ‘flawed intelligence,’ and assessments that were ‘not challenged and should have been.’

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    Rebel fighters celebrate with their weapons as they pose in Jisr al-Shughour town, after they took control of the area April 25, 2015.  Islamist insurgents including al-Qaeda's wing in Syria Nusra Front seized the strategic northwestern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour on Saturday, for the first time in the four year conflict. Syrian state media said the army had redeployed to the town's surroundings "to avoid civilian casualties". Opposition fighters and the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said that the town was now totally controlled by the insurgents.   REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTX1A87H

    U.S. Failures in Syria Boosting al Qaeda

    U.S. Failures in Syria Boosting al Qaeda

    Warfare and diplomacy are intrinsically linked, except when it comes to the Obama administration’s policy on Syria. While a negotiated settlement remains the only viable pathway out of the Syrian crisis, currently existing facts on the ground do n...

    Unless America addresses the chaos Assad has wrought, it can’t stop the rise of jihadism in Syria.

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    Italy’s Gruesome Migrant Organ Transplant Murders

    Refugees Sold to Crime Ring for Organs

    Refugees Sold to Crime Ring for Organs

    ROME — Last year when aid agencies in Italy shared the grim news that as many as 10,000 migrants and refugees, many under the age of 18, had disappeared without a trace, most people assumed they had just escaped to other parts of Europe.Now, it wo...

    A human trafficker turned informant exposes a sinister ring where migrants and refugees who can’t pay their bills are sold to an Egyptian gang for their body parts.

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    British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) looks at U.S. President George W. Bush at a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington June 7, 2005.  REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo - RTX2JXQ4

    Damning the Blair-Bush War in Iraq

    Damning the Blair-Bush War in Iraq

    LONDON — On the 28th of July, 2002, Tony Blair sent a “Note on Iraq” to President George W. Bush. It began: “I will be with you, whatever.” And with those six words, the British Prime Minister sealed his fate, committed his country to a disastrous...

    The case for war was made with ‘certainty which was not justified,” based on ‘flawed intelligence,’ and assessments that were ‘not challenged and should have been.’

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    U.S. News

    Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

    Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

    Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

    When Dallas police finally cornered one of the suspected shooters in Thursday's deadly ambush at a Black Lives Matter rally, they were reluctant to put more cops in harm's way in order to finally end the bloody episode.So they sent in a ...

    Dallas police took out suspected cop-killer Micah Xavier Johnson with a robot. It’s the first time American cops have done so. But it won’t be the last.

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    Dallas police stand watch near the scene where four Dallas police officers were shot and killed on July 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. According to reports, shots were fired during a protest being held in downtown Dallas in response to recent fatal shootings of two black men by police - Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile on July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

    Falsely Blamed for Dallas Cop Massacre

    Falsely Blamed for Dallas Cop Massacre

    DALLAS — A sniper killed five police officers during a Black Lives Matter march on Thursday night and in the aftermath, the peaceful protesters downtown say they were wrongly blamed for the massacre.Dallas chief of police David Brown said Friday m...

    Fear turned to outrage by black Americans who felt, again, they were being blamed for a massacre of police Thursday night.

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    Law enforcement officials escort a couple in through the emergency room entrance at Baylor University Medical Center, Friday, July 8, 2016, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas on Thursday night, killing some of the officers.

    Scenes of Terror: Dallas Police Attacked

    Scenes of Terror: Dallas Police Attacked

    Five officers were left dead, nine others wounded, and a nation severely shaken after a gunman opened fire. See pictures from the aftermath.

    Five officers were left dead, nine others wounded, and a nation severely shaken after a gunman opened fire. See pictures from the aftermath.

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    Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

    Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

    Cops Kill With a Robot for the 1st Time

    When Dallas police finally cornered one of the suspected shooters in Thursday's deadly ambush at a Black Lives Matter rally, they were reluctant to put more cops in harm's way in order to finally end the bloody episode.So they sent in a ...

    Dallas police took out suspected cop-killer Micah Xavier Johnson with a robot. It’s the first time American cops have done so. But it won’t be the last.

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    The four-year-old daughter of Diamond Reynolds, who was in the car when Philando Castile was fatally shot during a traffic stop by police, is held by a friend during a  "Black Lives Matter" protest in front of the Governor's Mansion in St. Paul,  Minnesota, U.S., July 7, 2016.

    The Little Girl in the Back of the Car

    The Little Girl in the Back of the Car

    “It’s okay, Mommy…”Four-year-old Dae’Anna was speaking to her mother in the back of a police radio car, her voice tender and reassuring in the face of what no child should witness. She was proving herself in these harrowing moments on Wednesday ni...

    ‘Where’s my daughter?’ Lavish Reynolds asked after the cop shot her boyfriend, Philando Castile. ‘Get on your knees, get on your knees,’ the cop ordered.

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    Protesters demonstrate outside the Triple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was shot dead by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman - RTX2K8J5

    Cops Stole Surveillance Video of Killing

    Cops Stole Surveillance Video of Killing

    BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Minutes after two cops killed Alton Sterling outside of a convenience store, police confiscated all surveillance video of the incident without a warrant and allegedly without permission.An attorney for the owner of the Tri...

    The only complete footage known to exist of the gruesome Alton Sterling slaying is gone, taken by officers minutes after two of their own shot him.

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    Tech + Health

    Student Drug Informant Found with a Bullet in His Head and Rocks in His Backpack

    Bullet in His Head—Rocks in His Backpack

    Bullet in His Head—Rocks in His Backpack

    On Andrew Sadek’s 20th birthday, North Dakota police made him an offer: moonlight as a confidential informant and avoid rotting in prison.It was November 2013, and Sadek had never been in trouble before. Months earlier, he’d sold a small amount of...

    When Andrew Sadek was caught selling $80 of pot, cops pressured him into being an informant and told him to go after ‘harder drugs.’ Then he turned up dead.

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     10 Ways You're Using Sunscreen All Wrong

    10 Ways You're Using Sunscreen All Wrong

    10 Ways You're Using Sunscreen All Wrong

    By Laura Newcomer, Life by Daily Burn Still not wearing your sunscreen? Here are a few good reasons to start: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. It’s also the most preventable, says Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at N...

    Want to keep your skin healthy but not quite sure how to cut through all the myths? Here you go.

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    birth control by drone delivery

    Fighting Abortion Laws—by Land and Sea

    Fighting Abortion Laws—by Land and Sea

    Police stood by as a small white drone touched down in Northern Ireland last Tuesday on the banks of the Clanrye River. Two women, awaiting its arrival, turned to face news cameras before consuming the drone’s controversial cargo: pills used to in...

    Once a renegade ship sailing international waters to provide abortions, Women on Waves is embracing drone technology to expand their service.

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    abortion doctor with remains in trunk of his car arrested

    Doc ‘Stole Drugs’ for Illegal Abortions

    Doc ‘Stole Drugs’ for Illegal Abortions

    It was a car crash of all things that gave him away.In September 2015, Michigan abortion doctor Michael Arthur Roth asked the West Bloomfield police to retrieve some items from his car, which had been impounded after an accident. But when police l...

    A Michigan doctor found with human tissue in his car—and who allegedly stole fentanyl for illegal abortions—has been charged with a slew of crimes.

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     10 Ways You're Using Sunscreen All Wrong

    10 Ways You're Using Sunscreen All Wrong

    10 Ways You're Using Sunscreen All Wrong

    By Laura Newcomer, Life by Daily Burn Still not wearing your sunscreen? Here are a few good reasons to start: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. It’s also the most preventable, says Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at N...

    Want to keep your skin healthy but not quite sure how to cut through all the myths? Here you go.

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    FY5249 African woman's hand holding plenty of pills

    The Keurig of Vitamins Is Here

    The Keurig of Vitamins Is Here

    “Goodbye pills. Hello real vitamins.”That’s the tagline for Tespo, a new high-tech vitamin dispenser that turns powdered nutrients into clear “liquid vitamins”—all with the touch of a button.The $150 dispenser—available only online—aims to provide...

    Tespo says it will turn your vitamins into a daily drink—but the science behind liquid supplements remains murky.

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    Men, Stop Excusing Online Rape Threats

    Men, Stop Excusing Online Rape Threats

    In Australia last year, a young woman named Olivia Meville faced an onslaught of Tinder shaming by strange men for simply posting a Drake lyric in her bio—“The type of girl that will suck you dry and then eat some lunch with you.”The first wave of...

    ‘I was drunk,’ ‘I was joking,’ ‘It’s free speech’: men are making awful excuses for why they harass women online.

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    THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, (from left): Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, 1935

    ‘Electrosex’ Is Our Freaky Future

    ‘Electrosex’ Is Our Freaky Future

    “When I first heard about applying electricity to your naked body during sex, my first thought was ‘oh my god why would you do that?! Zappy, ouchy, dangerous!” says Jess Wilde.“But now I have completely changed my mind: the idea of turning you and...

    Couples who use electricity between the sheets say it taps into the body’s nervous system.

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    FY5249 African woman's hand holding plenty of pills

    The Keurig of Vitamins Is Here

    The Keurig of Vitamins Is Here

    “Goodbye pills. Hello real vitamins.”That’s the tagline for Tespo, a new high-tech vitamin dispenser that turns powdered nutrients into clear “liquid vitamins”—all with the touch of a button.The $150 dispenser—available only online—aims to provide...

    Tespo says it will turn your vitamins into a daily drink—but the science behind liquid supplements remains murky.

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    Greta Van Susteren

    Fox News’ Van Susteren Backs Her Boss

    Fox News’ Van Susteren Backs Her Boss

    If embattled Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes’s on-air stars, especially women, have until now been publicly silent in his hour of need, Greta Van Susteren is a notable exception—eager to go on the record with a ringing defense of her beleaguered bos...

    In an exclusive interview, the host says she doesn’t believe Roger Ailes sexually harassed Gretchen Carlson—who, she thinks, is ‘quite unhappy that her contract wasn’t renewed.’

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    Taylor Swift and her girl gang

    T-Swift’s Parties Look Like Sheer Hell

    T-Swift’s Parties Look Like Sheer Hell

    Of course, the Instagrammed pictures of frolicking in the sea en masse, or shooting down water slides, or sitting on the porch enfolded in Tom Hiddleston’s arms should make us all really envy being on July 4 holiday with Taylor Swift and her buddi...

    That Independence Day getaway looked like ‘Mean Girls Gone Wild.’ Did anyone save Ryan Reynolds? What about the poor official photographer?

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    Whiskey Collectors, Drink Your Bottles

    The High-Priced World of Rare Whiskey

    The High-Priced World of Rare Whiskey

    Bill Thomas has 4,500 bottles of whiskey at his house and nearly 2,700 bottles at Jack Rose Dining Saloon, his Washington, D.C. bar and restaurant. Many of them are worth thousands of dollars and are one or two of a kind. Despite their rarity, Tho...

    From liquor cabinets to ghost distilleries, whiskey collectors are hunting for the rarest bottlings to add to their collections.

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    Dana Schwartz

    NY Observer Owner Trumped by Underling

    NY Observer Owner Trumped by Underling

    “To the best of my knowledge I’m still employed,” New York Observer entertainment writer Dana Schwartz told The Daily Beast on Tuesday evening.It was a few hours after she posted on the Observer’s web site an open letter to the weekly’s owner, rea...

    In an open letter in the New York Observer, writer Dana Schwartz scolded owner Jared Kushner for countenancing his father-in-law Donald Trump’s alleged anti-Semitism. Here she explai...

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    Taylor Swift and her girl gang

    T-Swift’s Parties Look Like Sheer Hell

    T-Swift’s Parties Look Like Sheer Hell

    Of course, the Instagrammed pictures of frolicking in the sea en masse, or shooting down water slides, or sitting on the porch enfolded in Tom Hiddleston’s arms should make us all really envy being on July 4 holiday with Taylor Swift and her buddi...

    That Independence Day getaway looked like ‘Mean Girls Gone Wild.’ Did anyone save Ryan Reynolds? What about the poor official photographer?

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    The Sweet Magic of The Azores

    The Sweet Magic of The Azores

    The Sweet Magic of The Azores

    “This is the most famous lookout in all of the Azores,” utters my guide Miguel as he proudly puffs his chest. The so-called Vista do Rei, or King’s Viewpoint, on the largest island, São Miguel, is an unassuming spot where travelers can swerve thei...

    Most of the Azores still feel very much as they did hundreds of years ago—crumbing medieval villages strapped to the ledges of cliffs, unfazed by the ever-busying of the world around...

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    Springsteen on 'Born on the 4th of July'

    Springsteen on ‘Born on the 4th of July’

    Springsteen on ‘Born on the 4th of July’

    Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new foreword to the 40th anniversary edition of Born on the Fourth of July, published here courtesy of Audible (audio version of the book available from Audible here). Introduction to Born on the Fourth of July Repri...

    ‘Born on the Fourth of July,’ Ron Kovic’s account of his time in Vietnam, is out in a new edition. Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new foreword and read Kovic’s introduction.

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    Thomas; Robert Mapplethorpe, American, 1946 - 1989; New York, New York, United States, North America; negative 1987; print 1994; Gelatin silver print; Image: 48.8 x 48.8 cm (19 3/16 x 19 3/16 in.), Sheet: 60.4 x 50.5 cm (23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.), Mount: 60.4 x 50.5 cm (23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.), Framed: 74.9 x 72.4 cm (29 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.); 2011.7.31

    Robert Mapplethorpe’s Raw Gay Desire

    Robert Mapplethorpe’s Raw Gay Desire

    Of course, all the throbbing penises, phallic flowers, and hot bodies Robert Mapplethorpe fans could wish for are present at the two retrospectives of his work at Los Angeles’ Getty (to July 31) and LACMA (also to July 31) museums. Of the two, the...

    Two great exhibitions in Los Angeles reveal the lifetime’s work of photographer Mapplethorpe—with his confrontational treatment of sexuality and male body taking center-stage.

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    The Sweet Magic of The Azores

    The Sweet Magic of The Azores

    The Sweet Magic of The Azores

    “This is the most famous lookout in all of the Azores,” utters my guide Miguel as he proudly puffs his chest. The so-called Vista do Rei, or King’s Viewpoint, on the largest island, São Miguel, is an unassuming spot where travelers can swerve thei...

    Most of the Azores still feel very much as they did hundreds of years ago—crumbing medieval villages strapped to the ledges of cliffs, unfazed by the ever-busying of the world around...

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    US Currency is seen in this January 30, 2001 image. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

    Cab Driver Returns $187K Left in Back...

    Cab Driver Returns $187K Left in Back...

    A Boston cab driver returned a passenger’s backpack to him last week—which is lucky, since it contained $187,000.The driver, Raymond “Buzzy” MacCausland, said the customer was a homeless man who abruptly left the cab to meet a friend, leaving his ...

    A homeless man who’d just cashed his inheritance left it all in a cab. Fortunately for him, the driver returned it.

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    VENICE, ITALY:  Picture dated of the 50's showing British violonist Yehudi Menuhin (L) and his wife Diana eating spaghetti before a concert the Maestro gave at the Fenice theatre. British American-born violonist died 12 March 1999 in Berlin following a heart failure, aged 82. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

    Study Says Pasta Won’t Make You Fat

    Study Says Pasta Won’t Make You Fat

    Diets high in pasta can actually keep people slim, according to a new study from—of course—Italy.“As a traditional component of [a Mediterranean diet], pasta consumption was negatively associated with BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip rati...

    Eating pasta helps keep a healthy weight, says a study funded by a pasta company.

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    Screenshot of video tweeted by Dan Katz, aka @BarstoolBigCat, showing protesters storm the stage of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in Coney Island, 7/4/16.

    Protesters Attack Hot Dog Eating Contest

    Protesters Attack Hot Dog Eating Contest

    Animal rights protesters rushed the stage at the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Monday, spraying fake blood on the contestants and knocking over trays of hot dogs. Soon afterward NYPD officers grabbed and removed the pro...

    Chaos ensued as protesters rushed the stage at the Coney Island hot dog eating contest.

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    Locals and tourists enjoy the beach in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, on January 12, 2010. The heat wave hitting the city caused temperatures to rise up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) resulting in a wind-chill factor of 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).   AFP PHOTO/Vanderlei Almeida (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

    Body Parts Wash Up on Rio’s Shore

    Body Parts Wash Up on Rio’s Shore

    A severed foot and other body parts were found on Copacabana beach Wednesday, adding one more problem to the long list plaguing Rio de Janeiro’s upcoming Summer Olympics.The mutilated remains were found just a few yards away from where Rio is plan...

    Human remains turned up at the venue for the Games’ volleyball matches.

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    VENICE, ITALY:  Picture dated of the 50's showing British violonist Yehudi Menuhin (L) and his wife Diana eating spaghetti before a concert the Maestro gave at the Fenice theatre. British American-born violonist died 12 March 1999 in Berlin following a heart failure, aged 82. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

    Study Says Pasta Won’t Make You Fat

    Study Says Pasta Won’t Make You Fat

    Diets high in pasta can actually keep people slim, according to a new study from—of course—Italy.“As a traditional component of [a Mediterranean diet], pasta consumption was negatively associated with BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip rati...

    Eating pasta helps keep a healthy weight, says a study funded by a pasta company.

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    The US flag flies at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2009. Millions of people are expected to be in the US capital to witness the swearing of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States.      AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

    The 2 Trans Women Running for Congress

    The 2 Trans Women Running for Congress

    Among the many Democrats running for Congress this year, two are trans women. Both, oddly enough, are named Misty.On Tuesday, Misty Snow and Misty Plowright became the first openly trans candidates to win major party primaries for Congress, the Wa...

    Two trans women ran in two separate Democratic primaries for Congress. Both won.

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    A boy works on a turntable in the neighborhood of "Pinto Salinas" during a hip-hop performance in Caracas April 21, 2006. [In the sprawling, urban ghettos of Caracas, President Hugo Chavez's self-styled socialist revolution is getting a hip hop flavor. Tiuna El Fuerte, a collective named after an local indigenous hero, is bringing rap shows and street performances to impoverished neighborhoods as part of Chavez's oil-financed social reforms for the poor. Organizers say their cultural project mirrors Chavez's programs, which supporters say have given more participation to the poor majority long abandoned by previous governments.] - RTXOJ50

    DJ Caught Watching Soccer on Phone

    DJ Caught Watching Soccer on Phone

    DJ Sven Vath had a lot to keep track of this past weekend at a Netherlands music festival—including the soccer game on his phone. Pictures posted to Facebook by photographer Mr. After Party show the Awakenings festival from Vath's point of vi...

    Photos clearly show DJ Sven Vath’s phone streaming a UEFA game between his turntables.

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    BEIJING, CHINA:  Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned physicist, delivers his lecture in Beijing, 18 August 2002.  Hawking is in China to attend the upcoming 2002 International Congress of Mathematicians that will be held in Beijing from August 20 to 28.              AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images)

    Hawking: Stupidity’s Still Destroying Us

    Hawking: Stupidity’s Still Destroying Us

    Humanity is still destroying itself with its own greed and stupidity, Stephen Hawking told Larry King on Saturday.Reiterating the concerns he had expressed in 2010, the legendary scientist said on Larry King Now that human shortsightedness is stil...

    “We certainly have not become less greedy or less stupid,” Hawking told Larry King.

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    The US flag flies at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2009. Millions of people are expected to be in the US capital to witness the swearing of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States.      AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

    The 2 Trans Women Running for Congress

    The 2 Trans Women Running for Congress

    Among the many Democrats running for Congress this year, two are trans women. Both, oddly enough, are named Misty.On Tuesday, Misty Snow and Misty Plowright became the first openly trans candidates to win major party primaries for Congress, the Wa...

    Two trans women ran in two separate Democratic primaries for Congress. Both won.

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