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Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team'
CNN - By Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Washington (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Monday met with Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as part of her visit to Washington, DC, to promote environmental issues. "Just 16, @GretaThunberg
9 hours ago
Lifestyle (UK)
New mother, 30, reveals how she lost 26 kilos in just SIX months by following her husband's program
dailymail.co.uk - By Matilda Rudd For Daily Mail Australia
Wilda Fox was the ultimate 'gym bunny' before she got pregnant with her son Harley, rolling into her local studio four times a week to do weighted …
9 hours ago
Sports
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez arrested and charged with solicitation of a child
NBC News - David K. Li
The 28-year-old "had a reported sexual relationship with a 13-year old female victim," according to police in Florida. All-Star Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was arrested for allegedly exchanging
21 hours ago
Clayton Kershaw
Fried's curve is baseball's coolest pitch
MLB.com - By David Adler
Hang Max Fried's curveball in an art gallery, in the Clayton Kershaw wing. The young Braves starter's left-handed, waterfall hook is a show-stopper, …
September 10
News
US mass shooters exploited gaps, errors in background checks
Associated Press - By LISA MARIE PANE
Most mass shooters in the U.S. acquired the weapons they used legally because there was nothing in their backgrounds to disqualify them, according to James Alan Fox, a criminologist with Northeastern who
September 7
California Highway Patrol
Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Crash That Killed 13 in California
theepochtimes.com - Jack Phillips
A driver who fell asleep behind the wheel of his big rig truck pleaded guilty to his involvement in a 2016 crash that left 13 people dead in Southern …
September 2
trump news update
The 'chosen one'? Trump says never mind
Associated Press
President Donald Trump raised some eyebrows earlier this week when he glanced heavenward and referred to himself as "the chosen one" to take on China. When a reporter asked Trump what he had meant by to
August 25
Kim Davis
Court delivers brutal ruling against Kim Davis — the Kentucky clerk who blocked same-sex marriages
rawstory.com - Alex Henderson, AlterNet
In 2015, Christian fundamentalist Kim Davis (who was serving as clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky at the time) was praised by the right wing after …
August 25
Fraud
'She's still at it': Woman accused of fraud, 'racking up' thousands of dollars weekly
kutv.com - McKenzie Stauffer
A woman, who is wanted by police in connection to several fraud cases, has yet to be identified. "She's still at it," the West Valley City Police …
August 22
Lyft
Everything We Know About the Mackenzie Lueck Murder Case
thecut.com - Marie Lodi
On June 28, more than a week after University of Utah senior Mackenzie Lueck went missing after taking a Lyft home from the airport, police arrested …
August 22
Conservative View
Dozens of people have been arrested over threats to commit mass attacks since the El Paso and Dayton shootings
CNN - By Steve Almasy, Dave Alsup and Madeline Holcombe, CNN
(CNN) — Some are teenagers accused of threatening to gun down classmates. Others allegedly issued social media warnings of attacks on store customers or coworkers. Still others are said to have vowed unleash
August 22
Olympics
American Athlete Punished for Kneeling During National Anthem, Other US Athletes Warned
theepochtimes.com - Zachary Stieber
Two American gold medalists who took action while the national anthem played during the medal ceremony at the Pan American Games earlier this month …
August 22
Culture
Trump just looked up to the sky and told reporters 'I am the chosen one'
Mashable - Nicole Gallucci
Donald Trump apparently thinks even more highly of himself than we thought. On Wednesday, he told a group of reporters outside the White House that he is "the chosen one." Not a normal thing that people
August 22
Pregnancy
This Tennessee Lawmaker Claims a Fetus Can Survive Outside the Womb at Conception
VICE - Kimberly Lawson
In August, a Tennessee lawmaker filed a proposal to ban all abortions once “a viable pregnancy” has been detected. All that takes, according to the measure, is the detection of the hormone that’s usually
August 21
White teen from powerful political family gets banned from school over insanely racist gun video
rawstory.com - Matthew Chapman
On Monday, WOLO reported that a 16-year-old South Carolina student has been expelled from the Cardinal Newman School, banned from the property, and …
August 6
Guns are the problem
Vox - German Lopez
On Saturday, a shooting in El, Paso, Texas, killed 20 people and injured 26 more. On Sunday, a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, killed at least 10 and injured 26 more. The weekend before, a shooting in Gilroy,
August 5
World News
How The U.S. Compares With Other Countries In Deaths From Gun Violence
NPR - Nurith Aizenman, Marc Silver
Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story that was published on Nov. 9, 2018. The United States has the 28th-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 4.43 deaths per 100,000 people
August 5
Jewish man wearing kippah assaulted by taxi driver in Montreal
jta.org - Marcy Oster
(JTA) — A Jewish man wearing a yarmulke was assaulted by a taxi driver in Montreal.The taxi driver was blocking the door to an underground garage at …
August 1
Border Patrol Detained a 9-Year-Old American Girl on Her Way to School for 32 Hours
GQ - Luke Darby
It didn't matter that she had her U.S. passport with her. Last Monday, the Dallas Morning News broke the story of Francisco Erwin Galicia, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who was detained by Customs and Border
July 30
Trump Tower
You'll never believe what Donald Trump just said about 9/11
CNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
(CNN) — Donald Trump has always had a bit of Walter Mitty in him. But on Monday morning, in a speech to first responders and others impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, he took his fantastical
July 30
Trump’s latest morning of tweets was off the rails, even by his standards
Vox - Aaron Rupar
Two and a half years into the Donald Trump presidency, Americans are used to Trump posting off-the-rails tweets. But Thursday morning still stood out. Trump body-shamed Sen. Elizabeth Warren while using
July 11
Policing
A crying boy begged his father not to call the police on a black man. The father did it anyway
CNN - By Nicole Chavez, Stephanie Elam, Amir Vera
(CNN) — A man who called police on a black man on the Fourth of July said he did not intend to unfairly target the man based on his race. Christopher Cukor, speaking of his encounter with Wesly Michel,
July 9
Body of missing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck is found
NBC News - David K. Li
Ayoola Ajayi, 31, is charged with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice and desecration of body in connection with Lueck's disappearance and slaying. The body of slain University
July 6
The grim determination of Trump’s July 4th crowd was more terrifying than any Nuremberg-style spectacle could have ever
rawstory.com - Amanda Marcotte, Salon
It turns out Donald Trump is as good at being Joseph Goebbels as he was at being a casino magnate. His much-hyped Fourth of July program, during …
July 6
Weapons cache seized after man threatens to shoot minorities in his neighborhood, police say
Los Angeles Times - Colleen Shalby
A man was taken into custody after police say he threatened to shoot minorities moving into his San Luis Obispo neighborhood and authorities found an arsenal of weapons in his home. Officials say Richard
July 2
After weeks of decrying the ‘humanitarian crisis’ at the border, House Republicans reject border aid
ThinkProgress - Josh Israel
The GOP lawmakers who demanded immediate action now are accusing House Democrats of playing politics. Despite labeling the current situation at the …
June 26
Two women left bloodied in homophobic attack on London bus
The Guardian - Poppy Noor and Mattha Busby
Lesbian couple assaulted by group of young males blame rise of rightwing populism for growth in hate crime The two women left needing hospital treatment after they were attacked on a bus in a homophobic
June 7
Women's News
Rose Marie Bentley lived for 99 years with organs in all the wrong places and never knew it - CNN
CNN
April 9
Pennsylvania officer who fatally shot Antwon Rose in East Pittsburg is acquitted
NBC News - Doha Madani
Prosecutors pushed for a conviction against Michael Rosfeld, 30, in the the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager last year in East Pittsburgh. A white former police officer has been acquitted Friday
March 23
Conservative View
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Brutal Subway Attack on Elderly Woman Reveals Something Very Wrong with America
redstate.com - Alex Parker
Growing up, I would sometimes hear talk of, “When I was a kid, we didn’t lock our doors.” That was amazing to me. But America went from unlocked doors …
March 23

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