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GOING LOW
Trump: Hillary Clinton’s a ‘Nasty Woman’
ONWARD
Cleveland Indians Going to World Series
Defeated the Toronto Blue Jays.
SUSPENSE
Another Trump Accuser to Come Forward
In a Thursday morning presser with attorney Gloria Allred.
NEW LOWS
Trump: Assad Is Smarter Than Obama
And Hillary Clinton.
Are You New Car Smart?
Erica Tucker Turned a Dream Into Reality
from Are You New Car Smart?
DENIAL
Kellyanne Conway Walks Off Mid-Interview
When pressed on Trump's refusal to say whether he'll accept election outcome.
NO JOKE
Beck Stunned by Trump Abortion Rant
“You have got to be kidding!”
SIGH
BuzzFeed CEO: Ivanka Talked ‘Cocks’
She claims it’s a “total lie.”
BROMANCE OVER
Report: Ailes and Trump No Longer Speak
Their political partnership was “waste of time.”
THE SAGA CONTINUES
CA Opens Criminal Probe Into Wells Fargo
As the bank continues to suffer fallout over massive accounts scandal.
Keep ReadingObama wowed in a custom-made Atelier Versace gown for her final State Dinner, sartorially underscoring what a potent political and cultural figure she now is.
Michelle Obama Already Won the Election
Keep ReadingThe greatest rapper with nothing to say unloads on Trump in an 8-minute freestyle but mostly ends up rivaling the candidate in vileness and phallocentrism.
Is Eminem’s Trump Rap Worse Than Trump?
Keep ReadingTrevor Noah was ‘super freaked out’ by Donald Trump refusing to say he will accept election results.
‘Daily Show’ Rips Trump’s Debate Threat
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Trump Invites Obama Bro as Birther Bait
Trump Invites Obama Bro as Birther Bait
For Donald Trump, running for president means never having to say you’re sorry. He may have dropped the birther movement, but he’s not about to apologize for raising questions about where President Obama was born.In fact, he seems intent on keepin...
Malik Obama is the latest in a long line of presidential siblings who has been nothing but trouble for the person in charge.
Your Handy Guide to Translating Trump
Your Handy Guide to Translating Trump
So we’ve watched Donald Trump bumble and stumble his way through two debates now, snorting, sniffing, bellowing, interrupting. I think by now we’ve got his game down. Herewith for tonight, a short and handy Trump Debate Tic Translation Document. L...
After two debates, it’s gotten easier to parse Trump’s rhetoric. That is to say, he often means the opposite of what comes out of his mouth. Here’s how to translate into plain English.
Italian PM Praying Obama Can Save Him
Italian PM Praying Obama Can Save Him
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, mired in a political crisis at home, traveled to Washington on Tuesday hoping he could tap into President Barack Obama’s star power to salvage his own political future and, more broadly, that of Europe.Renzi ha...
Once again, the U.S. hopes Obama’s popularity in Europe will help save a vital political ally and preserve unity. But as Brexit proved, that’s not a sure thing.
Will WikiLeaks Catch Up With Hillary?
Will WikiLeaks Catch Up With Hillary?
Hillary Clinton is heading to Vegas, and she has everything to lose.The last debate of the ugliest presidential contest in modern memory will tee off tonight and Clinton’s latest email scandal—cosponsored by WikiLeaks and, quite possibly, the Russ...
Julian Assange’s drip-drip-drip of revelations hasn’t really hurt Clinton—yet. Will Wednesday’s debate be the night she finally gets nailed?
‘Melania’ Endorses Hillary on Colbert
‘Melania’ Endorses Hillary on Colbert
When Melania Trump was caught plagiarizing passages from Michelle Obama at this summer’s Republican National Convention, no one was more successful at satirizing the moment than Broadway star Laura Benanti, who stopped by The Late Show with Stephe...
With Melania Trump back in the public eye, actress Laura Benanti returned to ‘The Late Show’ on Tuesday night.
Entertainment
How to Watch ALCS 2016 Game 5
How to Watch ALCS 2016 Game 5
The Toronto Blue Jays won Game 4 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) on Tuesday night, preventing the Cleveland Indians from making a clean sweep to the 2016 World Series. Was it just a fluke or are the Jays poised for a comeback?Lea...
After winning Game 4, the Toronto Blue Jays must keep up the pressure if they want any chance of making it to the World Series.
Netflix’s Next ‘Stranger Things’ Is Here
Netflix’s Next ‘Stranger Things’ Is Here
This may be the age of “Peak TV,” but there’s been a negative consequence to the proliferation of binge-watchable shows: It’s convinced many showrunners that individual episodes need not be tightly crafted and consistently exciting, because audien...
At only six episodes long, this stellar Australian supernatural mystery leaves you dazzled and wanting more, much like Netflix’s summer hit.
‘The Daily Show’ Mocks Melania Sit-Down
‘The Daily Show’ Mocks Melania Sit-Down
“It’s clear that despite their best efforts, Russia has failed to shift the polls in Donald Trump’s favor,” The Daily Show host Trevor Noah said Tuesday night. “So yesterday, Trump turned to his other Eastern European ally for help.”Of course, Noa...
Trevor Noah took some shots at Donald Trump’s wife on Tuesday night after she did a pair of overly rehearsed interviews.
‘Melania’ Endorses Hillary on Colbert
‘Melania’ Endorses Hillary on Colbert
When Melania Trump was caught plagiarizing passages from Michelle Obama at this summer’s Republican National Convention, no one was more successful at satirizing the moment than Broadway star Laura Benanti, who stopped by The Late Show with Stephe...
With Melania Trump back in the public eye, actress Laura Benanti returned to ‘The Late Show’ on Tuesday night.
Khloe Kardashian Ethers Trump
Khloe Kardashian Ethers Trump
Khloé Kardashian has conquered a variety of frontiers, from revenge body diets to bestselling books to Twitter burns. Given her pioneering spirit, it was only a matter of time before the third Kardashian sister turned her efforts towards politics....
The reality star/entrepreneur—and former ‘Apprentice’ contestant—went in on Donald for his misogynistic comments toward her while on the show.
Schumer and Streep vs. Trump’s Misogyny
Schumer and Streep vs. Trump’s Misogyny
Like a particularly unpleasant onion, Donald Trump continues to reveal new, deeper layers of bias and repugnancy. As a man who jump-started his political “career” through the birther movement, Trump has unsurprisingly run on a platform of barely c...
Sexual assault survivors and A-list stars joined forces for a pro-Hillary video denouncing self-described sexual predator Donald Trump.
Rock ‘n Roll’s Greatest Artist Returns
Rock ‘n Roll’s Greatest Artist Returns
Chuck Berry is the greatest rock ’n’ roll artist of his generation. Elvis Presley may have become the hyper-branded icon and Little Richard may have the larger-than-life persona, but it’s Chuck with the richest body of work. His distinctive guitar...
Chuck Berry, the most influential rock ’n’ roll artist of a generation, will release his first new album in decades next year. On his 90th birthday, we look back at what makes him an...
World News
Jihadis Swapped for Missing Girls?
Jihadis Swapped for Missing Girls?
LAGOS, Nigeria — For two and a half years, their parents, their fellow citizens and people around the world have been demanding, pleading, begging the terrorists of Boko Haram to “bring back our girls.”Indeed, soon after more than 200 young women ...
It’s believed 197 young women abducted in April 2014 are still being held—but by whom? And what’s the price of their freedom?
The Female Sharia Judges of India
The Female Sharia Judges of India
From her home in the Indian city of Bhopal, Safia Akhtar listens in on her neighbors’ most intimate dramas.As often as three times a week, women pass through her door to complain of deceitful husbands, evil in-laws, abandonment, and abuse. Akhtar,...
Can women-run Islamic courts bring gender justice to India’s Muslims? One group that is training India’s first class of female ‘qazis,’ or Islamic judges, thinks it can.
There Are Really Two Battles for Mosul
There Are Really Two Battles for Mosul
By the end of the first day of the highly anticipated offensive for the Iraqi city of Mosul, there were two wars—the one on the battlefield and the one fought in words by officials seeking to shape the most important battle ever against the self-p...
The fight to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from ISIS isn’t just being waged on the battlefield—but by officials in Baghdad, Kurdistan, and D.C. seeking to shape the narrative.
Battle Underway to Destroy ISIS in Iraq
Battle Underway to Destroy ISIS in Iraq
KHAZIR, Iraq—After months of preparation, the long-awaited battle for Mosul began in the early hours of Monday when Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga troops surged across the plains of northern Iraq toward the stronghold of the so-called Islamic St...
The Mosul attack would destroy the so-called Islamic State’s last stronghold in Iraq, but it’s fraught with risks that could disrupt the U.S. presidential campaign.
New Navy Ships Are Breaking Down at Sea
New Navy Ships Are Breaking Down at Sea
September was supposed to be a triumphant month for the Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy’s high-tech new destroyer. The 600-foot-long, missile-armed stealth warship—its hull and superstructure sharply sloped to help it avoid radar-detection—was in Norfolk, ...
The U.S. Navy is set to roll out a new, sleek, fast high-tech destroyer—but the ship keeps suffering from engineering glitches.
Russia Is Preparing for Nuclear War
Russia Is Preparing for Nuclear War
MOSCOW — Managers of the Zenit Arena, a giant half-built stadium in St. Petersburg, received an official letter from the Ministry of Emergency Situations last week demanding that they immediately create shelter facilities for wartime. The stadium,...
Is this self-defense, an implied threat to the West, an excuse for political repression, or all of the above?
The Biggest Battle Yet Against ISIS
The Biggest Battle Yet Against ISIS
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday night that the Iraqi operation to liberate his nation’s second largest city, Mosul, from the self-proclaimed Islamic State had begun.“We started fighting ISIS in the outskirts of Baghdad, and t...
The fight to retake Iraq’s second-largest city is finally underway—but how Mosul falls will be key to keeping it out of terrorists’ hands in the future.
U.S.
The Rich Need to Back Public Schools
The Rich Need to Back Public Schools
How many millionaires do you think there are in New York City? I’ve asked this question more than a thousand times. The answer might surprise you. Late last year, the consulting firm Capgemini released its annual United States Wealth Report, whi...
New York is lousy with millionaires, who should step up with their checkbooks to back the city’s public schools. Equally important, they need to volunteer and help in person.
How to Watch the 3rd Presidential Debate
How to Watch the 3rd Presidential Debate
The interrupting and insult-slinging we saw at the second presidential debate doesn’t bode well for the presidential nominees’ final debate performance on Wednesday night.On Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 9 p.m. ET at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ...
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will take the stage on Wednesday night—one last time before Election Day.
Cops Snoozed While Murderer Escaped
Cops Snoozed While Murderer Escaped
Until October 6, corrections officers knew exactly where to find Christopher “Bubba” Padgett. If the convicted murderer so much stepped outside the range of his house-arrest ankle monitor, the machine would notify the Hamilton County, Tennessee Co...
Because of budget cuts, a Tennessee Corrections Department stopped monitoring arrestees with ankle bracelets after 6 p.m.—and so they didn’t see when a brutal murderer went on the lam.
The Trans Woman Who Stopped a ‘Predator’
The Trans Woman Who Stopped a ‘Predator’
After he robbed her at gunpoint, Larissa’s attacker texted her to say that no one would care about what happened to a black transgender woman in Alabama.“Yea yea they ain’t gone come for a tranny,” the man texted her, according to messages shown t...
Denzell Thomas allegedly texted Larissa to say no one would care that he robbed her. She wouldn’t be his last victim, according to authorities.
Bad Writing Costs Businesses Billions
Bad Writing Costs Businesses Billions
There is a fundamental inefficiency at the heart of American business. It is right in front of all of our faces, and yet we fail to recognize it.It’s the fuzzy, terrible writing we slog through every day at work. And it’s costing American business...
It’s not just a chore to wade through the badly written memos, emails, and other lousy business communication—this inefficiency costs us insane amounts of money.
Tech + Health
How Hollywood Depicts Drunken Blackouts
How Hollywood Depicts Drunken Blackouts
The film adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ bestseller, “The Girl on the Train,” was last weekend’s top earner, but it opened to mixed reviews.[Warning: slight spoilers ahead.]It’s told mostly through the bloodshot eyes of Rachel (played by Emily Blunt)...
The film version of Paula Hawkins’ bestselling book examines a phenomenon that’s more prevalent than ever: women who drink until they can’t remember.
Is ‘Toxic Mold’ Real?
Is ‘Toxic Mold’ Real?
Recently a patient of mine was hospitalized for liver failure due to alcohol. His history of liver disease was well documented, but he adamantly denied that anyone had warned him to avoid alcohol.An initial confession of “a few drinks” turned into...
A search for ‘toxic mold’ will result in hundreds of scary warnings and ‘studies,’ but few are based in science—and many are motivated by profit.
Dating While Trans
Dating While Trans
In the third season of Transparent, Maura Pfefferman goes where the character has never gone before: the bedroom. After Pfefferman, played by Emmy-winner Jeffrey Tambor, meets Vickie (Angelica Huston), a breast cancer survivor, at a women’s mus...
The Daily Beast spoke to transgender people across the country to find out what challenges they face in relationships.
How Trees Will Save Humanity
How Trees Will Save Humanity
By Hamish Gordon and Cat Scott, Research Fellows in Amospheric Science at the University of Leeds. The pre-industrial atmosphere contained more particles, and so brighter clouds, than we previously thought. This is the latest finding of the CLOUD ...
Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought.
The Pop-Up Stem-Cell Clinic Problem
The Pop-Up Stem-Cell Clinic Problem
By KHN senior correspondent Emily Bazar A website for five affiliated stem-cell clinics hails a “breakthrough” for Parkinson’s disease: “Stem Cells Replace Damaged Nerves, Reverse Symptoms.”For those of you whose lives—or whose loved ones’ lives—h...
Stem-cell transplants are only approved for a handful of rare conditions—but that hasn’t stopped for-profit clinics from using them for a host of issues.
The Truth About Yo-Yo Dieting
The Truth About Yo-Yo Dieting
Jessica Migala, Life by Daily Burn It’s so tempting: You’ve got something big coming up on the calendar that you want to look your best for. Why not diet hard and exercise a ton to get some weight off? Inevitably, though, even if you succeed, stud...
Why We Need an LGBT Census
Why We Need an LGBT Census
If you were asked to list the most pressing issues that LGBT people face in the United States, data collection probably wouldn’t be anywhere near the top.But as boring as numbers might be, they matter.“We’re fighting over LGBT rights on a daily ba...
For policy to change in the U.S., we need a better way to track and measure LGBT people.
Arts + Culture
Why Did the NY Daily News Editor Leave?
Why Did the NY Daily News Editor Leave?
The money-losing, morale-sapped New York Daily News—whose tightening belt has increasingly come to resemble a noose—sustained yet another shock Tuesday with the abrupt departure of Editor in Chief Jim Rich.The 45-year-old Rich, who made a splash w...
Jim Rich, who made a splash with attention-getting front pages, was immediately replaced by Arthur Browne.
Who Stole the Irish Crown Jewels?
Who Stole the Irish Crown Jewels?
On the morning of July 6, 1907, the cleaning woman assigned to Bedford Tower in Dublin Castle arrived at work to find the door to the safe-room standing wide open. The inner security door was closed and bolted, but the keys, which also opened the ...
Was it an inside job? Was the truth buried because of a royal sex scandal? The disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels in 1907 remains unsolved.
How the Tin Whistle Saved my Life
How the Tin Whistle Saved my Life
I took up the Irish tin whistle late in life but why not—better than taking it up early, as I probably would have driven away most of my friends by now. However, they are accustomed to anything by now, and would not stop dropping in merely because...
Novelist Paulette Jiles knows all about the solitary rigors of the writing life, but when she took up the tin whistle, she rekindled the joy of making music with others.
The Loneliest Job at The New York Times
The Loneliest Job at The New York Times
Liz Spayd had an upset stomach.“Maybe it just goes with the job,” she said, barely picking at an abstemious lunch of undressed salad and plain pasta at one of Manhattan’s gastronomic meccas.Spayd, 58, is beginning her fourth month as Public Editor...
It’s Liz Spayd’s job to criticize and field criticism of ‘The New York Times,’ which—given the number of brickbats from outside and spikiness of journalists within—is not easy.
Meet Gina Miller, The Anti-Brexit Star
Meet Gina Miller, The Anti-Brexit Star
The United Kingdom voted by a percentage of 52 to 48 to leave the EU in a referendum this summer.While many millions of people are far from happy about the prospect of Brexit—and not just because of the rising price of making Marmite—few are be as...
Gina Miller, an influential London fund manager, is taking Theresa May, Britain's PM, to court in what critics say is an attempt to overturn Brexit via a legal backdoor.
Do We Really Need a New Pooh Story?
Do We Really Need a New Pooh Story?
Oh bother.Now there’s another character to keep track of in the 100 Acre Wood.The Best Bear in All the World, a new book just published and timed to celebrate Pooh’s 90th anniversary (that would be today), contains four new stories, including one ...
For Winnie the Pooh’s 90th, we have a new book with a new story about everyone’s favorite bear. But maybe it’s time to stop adding to Pooh Corner.
Will ‘Heisenberg’ Capture Your Heart?
Will ‘Heisenberg’ Capture Your Heart?
Set on the sparest, most un-Broadway-like stage, Simon Stephens’s play Heisenberg is an intriguing tale of unlikely love.With a few tables and chairs, arranged and rearranged by the actors themselves, we are convincingly transported—in an unbroken...
Mary-Louise Parker and Denis Arndt star in a play about secrets, lies, and the joy of listening to every kind of music.
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