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‘Business Smarts’
Report: Trump’s Companies $650M In Debt
Only reported half of that in official financial disclosure.
Last-Minute Reprieve
TX Court Stays Execution of ‘Murderer’
Was convicted of murder when he was not even present for the crime.
Taking It Personally
N. Korea Calls Defector ‘Human Scum’
Demands he face charges for sexual assault and embezzlement.
Fatal Accidents
Woman Falls From CA Cliff, Dies
Tripped on her flip flops at the edge.
Resourceful
Police: Fugitive Wore ‘Old Man’ Mask
Eluded capture for four-months.
Appeasement
U.S. Officials to Visit Turkey for Probe
Agreed to hear Erdogan's concerns about Pennsylvania-based cleric.
Painting the Town Red
Notre Dame Players Arrested for Pot, Gun
Caught when pulled over for speeding.
Clumsy
Auditor: U.S. Army Accounts Screwed Up
Financial figures appear to have been made up to cover holes.
Global Terror
Pakistan Says Killed 9 Terrorists
In tribal area on Afghan border.
Senseless
U.S. Army Vet And 3 Kids Beaten to Death
Suspect is accused of slaughtering his own kids.
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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.
I Watched All of Bannon’s Bad Movies
I Watched All of Bannon’s Bad Movies
Donald Trump’s campaign chief executive Stephen Bannon is widely known as the notorious Breitbart News honcho and as a fierce Trump loyalist. He also happens to be one of the lousier right-wing propagandists to ever operate in Hollywood.After he a...
Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO is also a documentarian, so I decided to watch all eight of his films. I will never get those hours back.
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.
They’re #NeverTrump but Not Yet #WithHer
They’re #NeverTrump but Not Yet #WithHer
With less than 100 days until the general election, some #NeverTrump Republicans are stuck in a political limbo: They won’t support Trump, but they also won’t endorse Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.Here’s a list of the top Republi...
They’ll do anything to avoid voting for the Republican Party’s nominee—anything but publicly endorse the other side.
Entertainment
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.
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.
Malcolm Gladwell: Tina Fey Lacks Courage
Malcolm Gladwell: Tina Fey Lacks Courage
In the 10th and final installment of the first season of Malcolm Gladwell’s incredibly popular Revisionist History podcast, the author and host pulls no punches when it comes to a comedic portrayal that has received nothing but praise over the pas...
Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert are two of the most important satirists of the past decade. With the latest episode of Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell says that’s wrong.
Lewis Black: The Election ‘Has to Stop!’
Lewis Black: The Election ‘Has to Stop!’
With a big bowl of booze on the table, courtesy of Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore hosted his second-to-last roundtable segment Wednesday night with a man who is never at a loss for words when it comes to politics. Making his seventh and final appe...
The longtime ‘Daily Show’ contributor made one last epic appearance on ‘The Nightly Show’ to talk 2016.
Noah Mocks Trump’s Lame Black Outreach
Noah Mocks Trump’s Lame Black Outreach
Besides the decision to name Breitbart executive Steve Bannon as his campaign chief, this week hasn’t seen any truly devastating gaffes from within the Trump campaign. But that doesn’t mean The Donald is back on track.On Tuesday, Trump made his pi...
‘The Daily Show’ host dismantles Donald Trump’s ignorant pitch to African-American voters.
Leo’s Real-Life Embezzlement Scandal
Leo’s Real-Life Embezzlement Scandal
When was the last time a celebrity scandal—not a body part—truly broke the internet? In the age of long lens paparazzi, 24/7 reality TV coverage and conscious uncoupling, we’ve been subsisting on cheap, disposable drama and scripted Bachelor break...
The Oscar-winning actor’s charity and the production company behind ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ have come under scrutiny for ties to a $3 billion embezzlement scandal.
Trump’s Bizarre ‘Seinfeld’ Connection
Trump’s Bizarre ‘Seinfeld’ Connection
Back in May, billionaire businessman and now pro-Hillary Clinton celeb Mark Cuban declared that Donald Trump was going to run “the Seinfeld campaign.”“It’s going to be the campaign about nothing,” he predicted.Today, Cuban’s mocking comment takes ...
Stephen Bannon, who’s produced right-wing propaganda docs, also used to front a company that owned a big chunk of several sitcoms—including ‘Seinfeld.’
World News
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.
World’s Oldest Wild Tigress Dies
World’s Oldest Wild Tigress Dies
The queen is dead.Machali, widely believed to be the world’s oldest tigress in the wild, died Thursday in India’s Ranthambore National Park.She was estimated to have reached about 20 years old, 5 to 10 years older than the average age tigers reach...
The tigress queen of Ranthambore, who famously killed a crocodile on camera and is one of the most photographed animals on Earth, has died at 20.
Putin’s Super Cynical ‘War on Terror’
Putin’s Super Cynical ‘War on Terror’
MOSCOW — Tatars knew Remzi Memetov as a jovial cook who made the best traditional plov, a dish of rice and lamb, in the little Crimean town of Bakhchysarai. Memetov’s cooking was especially popular among Muslims coming to the local mosque to part...
First he went after Muslims. Now he targets Ukrainians. Who’s next on the Russian president’s ‘terrorist’ target list?
You’ll Love These Olympic Underdogs
You’ll Love These Olympic Underdogs
Like all the competitors at the Rio Games, Tanzanian swimmer Hilal Hemed Hilal arrived at the Olympics full of hope. And while he didn’t advance beyond the first round of his event, the men’s 50-meter freestyle, he felt proud to be among the world...
They don’t get the big sponsorship deals or the primetime TV slots, but thousands of athletes have sacrificed everything to make it to Rio—and they’re just as inspiring as the supers...
The Biggest Medal Upsets at the 2016 ...
The Biggest Medal Upsets at the 2016 ...
Perhaps the Olympics only come once every four years because they are an emotional rollercoaster. For every awe-inspiring success story there are dozens of tales of dashed hopes; there is no doubt that the road to gold is littered with heartbreak....
There have been numerous upsets at the 2016 Rio Olympics—but these athletes are showing us what good sportsmanship is all about.
Ryan Lochte’s Mom Isn’t Helping
Ryan Lochte’s Mom Isn’t Helping
First Ryan Lochte said he and his Olympic teammates had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Then Rio police said the robbery never happened and that the U.S. swimmers had actually vandalized a gas station. Then Lochte allegedly said surveillance video...
Did the U.S. Olympic swimmer set off an international incident by lying to his mom about a robbery in Rio?
This Child’s Face Won’t End Syria’s War
This Child’s Face Won’t End Syria’s War
This child did not die but he’s become a tocsin for the tens of thousands who have and will continue to do so.Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits in the seat of a volunteer ambulance, covered in a paste of gray ash, soot, and his own blood, his left...
He is 5 years old and has a name: Omran Daqneesh. People are reacting to his image as they did a year ago to the boy washed up on a beach. And then?
U.S.
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.
The State Where Gun Laws Work
The State Where Gun Laws Work
SEATTLE — In an upbeat downtown office, Renee Hopkins, the executive director of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, and her team of about 20 are doing for the people of Washington state what seems impossible in Washington, D.C., and many state c...
Washington state voters are poised to pass for themselves the sort of simple, common-sense measure that could avert mass shootings around the country.
Ryan Lochte’s Mom Isn’t Helping
Ryan Lochte’s Mom Isn’t Helping
First Ryan Lochte said he and his Olympic teammates had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Then Rio police said the robbery never happened and that the U.S. swimmers had actually vandalized a gas station. Then Lochte allegedly said surveillance video...
Did the U.S. Olympic swimmer set off an international incident by lying to his mom about a robbery in Rio?
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.
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.
Tech + Health
McDonalds Is Using Your Kids To Survive
McDonalds Is Using Your Kids To Survive
Yesterday, in the most Internet-appropriate news item since the last time Donald Trump opened his mouth, fast-food behemoth McDonald’s announced it was going to stop giving out activity trackers with children’s Happy Meals after reports of the wea...
The burger giant isn’t winning kids over just through toys.
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.
Inside NYC’s Radical Egg-Freezing Clinic
Inside NYC’s Radical Egg-Freezing Clinic
In a November episode of The Mindy Project, a pajama-clad Dr. Lahiri told an auditorium of bright-eyed college students that their baby days were numbered.“Your body does not care if you are dating the wrong guy, or [if] the guy you’re with is als...
Extend Fertility, a new private clinic in Manhattan, offers egg freezing at half market price. It’s also the first standalone practice of its kind in the U.S. How beneficial will it ...
Arts + Culture
Failed Your Exams? Sue Your School!
Failed Your Exams? Sue Your School!
Many is the parent who has decried expensive school fees as a waste of cash upon hearing of their children’s lackluster exam results.However, one father is taking things a little further than merely chastising his child for lack of effort, and sui...
A parent is attempting to sue his son’s school after the boy got poor exam results. Did he slack off or should the institution have tried harder?
Amber and Johnny’s $7 Million Divorce
Amber and Johnny’s $7 Million Divorce
It began as a feminist issue, with allegations of domestic abuse, and ended—in spectacular Hollywood fashion—with a $7 million out-of-court divorce settlement.It’s been nearly three months since Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, arri...
Heard has dropped her domestic abuse allegations against Depp, settling for a $7 million out-of-court divorce settlement instead.
Gawker Is Sold, but Will It Survive?
Gawker Is Sold, but Will It Survive?
Univision, the Latino-oriented multimedia powerhouse, agreed to pay $135 million for Nick Denton’s Gawker Media Group in a grueling daylong private bankruptcy auction designed to protect Denton’s company from a Florida jury’s $140.1 million verdic...
Univision acquired Gawker Media at a private bankruptcy auction Tuesday, but the future of the flagship gossip site, Gawker.com, remains unknown.
How Ailes Became the Trump Whisperer
How Ailes Became the Trump Whisperer
In a presidential campaign that has defied every reasonable prediction and flouted every tradition of American politics, finally here’s a story that surprises hardly anyone.If it’s true that ousted Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes has been advising D...
Having supplied similar counsel to Nixon, Reagan, and Bush Sr., the disgraced ex-Fox News chairman is aiding Donald Trump in his Hillary Clinton debate prep.
School Sex Assault Victim to Be Named?
School Sex Assault Victim to Be Named?
An elite New Hampshire boarding school has denied reports that it wishes to publicly identify the victim of a high-profile campus sexual assault in a civil suit against the school.On Monday, several reports that St. Paul’s School had asked a feder...
Exclusive New Hampshire boarding school St Paul’s has denied it wants to name the victim publicly, but would like her name to be used in court in an upcoming civil suit.
‘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.
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.
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