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[US] - USATODAY

   12-12-2019 Nestlé selling its US ice cream business for $4 billion to create world's largest ice cream market

Nestlé is selling its U.S. ice cream business for $4 billion, which includes Dreyer's, Häagen-Dazs, Outshine, Skinny Cow, Edy's and Drumstick.      

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   12-12-2019 'Survivor' castaway ejected for the first time in history after 'inappropriate touching'

For the first time in 39 seasons on "Survivor," a contestant has been ejected. Jeff Probst revealed Dan Spilo was pulled after an off-camera incident.       

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   12-12-2019 New Zealand officials confirm 8 deaths from White Island volcano eruption, plan recovery mission for more bodies

The official death toll now stands at eight following a volcanic blast Monday on New Zealand's White Island.      

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   12-12-2019 Emotional late-night impeachment hearing gives way to voting on Thursday

The House Judiciary Committee will return Thursday to vote on the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.       

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   12-12-2019 Mudslinging clouds UK's 'nightmare before Christmas' vote

Britain faces one of the most divisive and important general elections it has seen in a generation or more.       

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   12-12-2019 Articles of impeachment, U.K. elections, Democratic presidential candidates: 5 things to know Thursday

Late-night impeachment hearing gives way to voting on Thursday, Britain gears up for 'nightmare before Christmas' vote and more things to start your Thursday.      

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   12-12-2019 House Judiciary Committee to start voting on articles of impeachment against President Trump - live updates

If the Judiciary Committee approves either of the two articles - Abuse of Power, Obstruction of Congress - the full House will likely vote on impeachment next week.       

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   12-12-2019 'Masked Singer' recap: A double reveal in the semi-finals identifies singer Seal, NBA's Victor Oladipo

Twice as nice. Wednesday's holiday-themed "Masked Singer" had quite the gift for viewers: a reveal of not just one, but two contestants.      

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   12-12-2019 Thousands gather to mourn 2 victims of Jersey City shooting

Leah Minda Ferencz and Moshe Deutsch were be laid to rest Wednesday night in Kiryas Joel – an Orthodox enclave in Orange County, New York.       

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   12-12-2019 NCAA looks the other way as college athletes punished for sex offenses play on

The NCAA metes out punishments to student athletes for bad grades, smoking pot or taking money. Yet it has no specific penalties for sex assault.       

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[US] - THE NEW YORK TIMES

   12-12-2019 They Came to Play Table Tennis. They Were Deported at Gunpoint in the Dark.

Two Nigerian students, in Croatia for a sports tournament, were mistaken for undocumented migrants. They were robbed of their money and clothes and expelled to a country they had never heard of.

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   12-12-2019 Jersey City Shooting: What We Know So Far

One of the attackers had expressed anti-Semitic and anti-police views online, investigators said, sentiments that fueled the assault on a kosher market. 

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   12-12-2019 Live Updates: U.K. Votes in General Election

Britain’s voters head to the polls to choose their next government on Thursday in a deeply divided moment for the country that has left the outcome unpredictable.

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   12-12-2019 The Fate of Boris and Brexit

Britain’s prime minister has hitched his re-election campaign to a promise to “get Brexit done.” But he’s selling bankers and blue-collar workers two very different visions for the country.

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   12-12-2019 Impeachment, Harvey Weinstein, U.K. Election: Your Thursday Briefing

Here's what you need to know.

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   12-12-2019 Inside the Private Moments of Impeachment

Members of the House granted The New York Times rare access to photograph their impeachment preparations.

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   12-12-2019 This Helmet Will Save Football. Actually, Probably Not.

At Stanford, David Camarillo chases the dream of a helmet that can prevent brain disease related to playing football. It’s filled with water. Really. Brain experts say he’s wasting his time.

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   12-12-2019 36 Hours in King’s Cross, London

Among the postindustrial-chic buildings and stylish restaurants and shops: Victorian splendor, verdant hide-outs and the long-ago haunts of writers and musicians.

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   12-12-2019 ‘They Saw Him Hanging and Did Nothing’: A Teen’s Agony in Rikers

Nicholas Feliciano, 18, had a history of suicide attempts, but guards stood by for seven minutes as he tried to kill himself.

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   12-12-2019 China’s Companies Binged on Debt. Now They Can’t Pay the Bill.

Rising bond defaults raise new questions about whether Beijing can effectively address its huge debt problem.

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[US] - THE NEW YORK TIMES (Politique)

   12-12-2019 Joe Biden Calls for Immigration Overhaul, Acknowledging ‘Pain’ From Deportations

Mr. Biden would roll back President Trump’s immigration policies but would not decriminalize unauthorized border crossings, in contrast with his progressive rivals.

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   12-12-2019 Horowitz Hearing Highlights: Watchdog Warns Against Exonerating F.B.I. in Russia Inquiry, Pointing to Flaws

Senators and the inspector general painted a scathing portrait of the F.B.I., with Republicans accusing agents of exploiting rules and joining Democrats in demanding a surveillance overhaul.

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   12-12-2019 Withering Criticism of F.B.I. as Watchdog Presents Russia Inquiry Findings

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the Justice Department’s inspector general recounted egregious problems with wiretap files.

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   12-12-2019 House Panel Debates Impeachment Articles in Bid to Complete Charges Against Trump

The House Judiciary Committee opened a two-day markup session to debate two articles before they are sent to the full House for a vote.

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   12-12-2019 Movie Nights, Camp David and Cable Messaging: A White House Impeachment Playbook

The all-hands-on-deck atmosphere is a change from just weeks ago, when President Trump’s aides dismissed the idea of a war room.

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   12-12-2019 From Nixon to Trump, Zoe Lofgren Is Democrats’ Memory on Impeachment

Ms. Lofgren, Democrat of California, is the lone Judiciary Committee member to have participated in all three modern impeachments.

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   12-12-2019 Wider Definition of Judaism Is Likely to Aid Crackdown on Colleges

Even before President Trump issued his order targeting anti-Semitism on U.S. campuses, the Education Department was actively investigating accusations of anti-Jewish bias.

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   12-12-2019 Late Into the Night on Capitol Hill: A Debate of Impeachment Articles Begins at 7 P.M.

The hour lent a prime-time urgency to the spectacle, but both sides reverted to boilerplate.

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   12-12-2019 What to Watch For as the House Judiciary Committee Marks Up the Articles of Impeachment

The panel will meet to debate the charges against President Trump before voting to send them to the full House.

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   12-12-2019 Inside the Private Moments of Impeachment

Members of the House granted The New York Times rare access to photograph their impeachment preparations.

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[US] - THE WASHINGTON POST (Politique)

   12-12-2019 After bipartisan pushback, Trump ditches effort to kill major federal agency

The breakup of the Office of Personnel Management was conceived as a template to shrink government, but the president worried the failing plan would bring him bad reviews.

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   11-12-2019 Will impeachment help Trump in 2020?

Your impeachment questions, answered

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   11-12-2019 Biden holds a big lead over Trump with a key demographic: Cynics

A look at a critical voting bloc in modern presidential politics.

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   12-12-2019 House Democrats brace for some defections among moderates on impeachment of Trump

Some centrist Democrats are anxious about the political consequences in November if they vote to impeach the president.

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   12-12-2019 Senate Republicans look to hold short impeachment trial despite Trump’s desire for an aggressive defense

Several GOP senators on Wednesday said it would be better to limit the trial and quickly vote to dismiss the House charges against Trump than engage in what could become a political circus.

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   12-12-2019 Former Trump workers share a stage with Joe Biden — and blast their ex-employer

Two women who say they worked for Trump as undocumented immigrants took the stage with Joe Biden to criticize their former employer.

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   12-12-2019 Inspector general says the FBI is not vindicated by his report on Trump campaign probe

Michael Horowitz also offered new details about his disagreement with the attorney general’s handpicked prosecutor overseeing a related investigation.

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   12-12-2019 Donald Trump Jr. got approval to hunt an endangered sheep days after he killed it

ProPublica reports that the president’s son received special treatment from the Mongolian government just weeks after U.S. and Mongolian officials met at the White House.

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   12-12-2019 House Judiciary debates articles of impeachment against Trump

The committee is scheduled to convene at 7 p.m. to hear opening statements from its 40 attending members before an expected vote Thursday after it considers amendments.

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   12-12-2019 Power Up: Impeachment process heads to end on Capitol Hill as it began, with opinions pretty much unchanged

It seems we know how this will all play out.

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[US] - THE MIAMI HERALD

[US] - THE MIAMI HERALD (Politique)

[US] - LOS ANGELES TIMES

   02-10-2015 Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says

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   01-10-2015 If Angels are to make playoffs, they need to stay hot in Texas

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   01-10-2015 Brett Anderson helps Dodgers defeat Giants, 3-2, in series finale

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   01-10-2015 Angry and frustrated, Obama condemns latest mass shooting in U.S.

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   02-10-2015 Farewell, summer

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   01-10-2015 Hillary Clinton poised to win support of nation's largest teachers union

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[US] - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

   12-12-2019 Price Controls Would Stifle Biotech Innovation

A House price-control bill would do the most damage to transformative and life-saving medications.

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   12-12-2019 I'm Partial to Impartiality

The ructions of the Trump presidency have made it impossible to maintain a cool head about politics.

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   12-12-2019 Mom and Pop Aren't Money Launderers

The Corporate Transparency Act is an onerous remedy to an elusive problem.

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   12-12-2019 What Horowitz Actually Debunked

The report refers 19 times to Crossfire Hurricane’s threat to ‘constitutionally protected activity,’ including the First Amendment.

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   12-12-2019 Independents Are Impeachment Skeptics

They see partisan bickering, hypocrisy and a waste of time.

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   12-12-2019 Dubious Stats Fuel Attack on Jewish Schools

Hasidim have higher measured poverty because their families tend to be large.

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   12-12-2019 Anti-Semitism, Real and Imagined

Worry about murders in Jersey City, not Trump’s executive order.

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   12-12-2019 Macron Returns to the Barricades

The French president faces down the streets over pension reform.

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   12-12-2019 The Incredible Shrinking Impeachment

The Democratic grounds for ousting Trump are weak—and damaging to constitutional norms.

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   12-12-2019 The Zombie Medical Device Tax

Another of the undead from ObamaCare may soon reappear.

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[US] - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL(Politique)

   12-12-2019 Price Controls Would Stifle Biotech Innovation

A House price-control bill would do the most damage to transformative and life-saving medications.

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   12-12-2019 I'm Partial to Impartiality

The ructions of the Trump presidency have made it impossible to maintain a cool head about politics.

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   12-12-2019 Mom and Pop Aren't Money Launderers

The Corporate Transparency Act is an onerous remedy to an elusive problem.

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   12-12-2019 What Horowitz Actually Debunked

The report refers 19 times to Crossfire Hurricane’s threat to ‘constitutionally protected activity,’ including the First Amendment.

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   12-12-2019 Independents Are Impeachment Skeptics

They see partisan bickering, hypocrisy and a waste of time.

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   12-12-2019 Dubious Stats Fuel Attack on Jewish Schools

Hasidim have higher measured poverty because their families tend to be large.

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   12-12-2019 Anti-Semitism, Real and Imagined

Worry about murders in Jersey City, not Trump’s executive order.

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   12-12-2019 Macron Returns to the Barricades

The French president faces down the streets over pension reform.

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   12-12-2019 The Incredible Shrinking Impeachment

The Democratic grounds for ousting Trump are weak—and damaging to constitutional norms.

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   12-12-2019 The Zombie Medical Device Tax

Another of the undead from ObamaCare may soon reappear.

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[US] - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

   12-12-2019 Woman, 24, missing from Garfield Ridge since July located safely

Annette Ladesma | Chicago police Annette Ladesma, 24, was last seen July 25 in the 5600 block of South Archer Avenue, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police. A woman who has been missing since July from Garfield Ridge on the Southwest Side has been safely located, Chicago police said. Annette Ladesma, 24, was last seen July 25 in the 5600 block of South Archer Avenue, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police. Police canceled the alert about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, saying Ladesma had been safely located.

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   12-12-2019 Catalytic converter thefts reported in Southwest Side neighborhoods: police

A string of catalytic converter thefts have been reported in Nov. and Dec. 2019, in Southwest Side neighborhoods. | Brian Powers In each incident someone removed catalytic converters from parked vehicles in residential areas, police said. Chicago police are warning residents of a string of catalytic converter thefts reported in November and December in Southwest Side neighborhoods. In each incident, someone removed catalytic converters from parked vehicles in residential areas, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The thefts happened: About 6 p.m. Nov. 18, in the 500 block of West 27th Street; About 8:30 p.m. Nov. 24, in the 3700 block of South Winchester Avenue and in the 3600 block of South Lowe Avenue, Between 6 p.m. and 8:30 a.m., between Dec. 2 and 3, in the 3500 block of South Hoyne; Between 9 p.m. and 2 p.m. Dec. 3, in the 3300 block of South Leavitt Avenue; About 4:30 p.m. Dec. 4, in the 2000 block of South Wells Street; About 1:40 p.m. Dec. 4, in the 1900 block of West 33rd Street; About 9 p.m. Dec. 5, in the 2900 block of South Canal Street; Between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Dec. 6, in the 3400 block of West 38th Street; and About 10:30 a.m. Dec. 7, in the 3300 block of West 38th Street. Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8382. Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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   12-12-2019 Man sets ex-girlfriend’s vehicle on fire in Grand Crossing

A man allegedly set his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle on fire Dec. 12, 2019 in Grand Crossing on the South Side. | File photo The 29-year-old woman told police she saw her ex-boyfriend pour an accelerant on her vehicle and set it on fire, police said. A man allegedly set his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle on fire Thursday in Grand Crossing on the South Side. The 29-year-old woman told police just after midnight, she was in the 1400 block of East 69th Place, when she allegedly saw her ex-boyfriend pour an accelerant on her vehicle, a black Jeep SUV, and set it on fire, Chicago police said. No one was injured, police said. The ex-boyfriend is not in custody, police said. CPD arson detectives are investigating. Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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   12-12-2019 Man and woman struck by stray gunfire at party in West Pullman

A man and woman were struck by stray gunfire Dec. 12,2019 in West Pullman on the Far South Side. | Adobe Stock Photo The man, 20, and woman, 42, were at a party inside a residence when shots were fired outside the home after a fight broke out, police said. A man and woman were were struck by stray gunfire Wednesday at a party in West Pullman on the Far South Side. About 12:05 a.m., the man, 20, and woman, 42, were at a party inside a residence in the 11700 block of South Princeton Avenue, when shots were fired from outside the home after a fight broke out, Chicago police said. The man was struck in the hand, arm and chest, police said. The woman was struck in the face. Both were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where they were stabilized, police said. No one is in custody as Area South detectives investigate. Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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   12-12-2019 1 wounded Wednesday in Chicago

One person was shot Dec. 11, 2019 in Chicago. | Adobe Stock Photo The 19-year-old man was traveling south in a vehicle about 4:37 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Kedzie Avenue, when an unknown vehicle pulled alongside and opened fire, police said. One person was wounded in a drive-by Wednesday in Chicago. The 19-year-old man was traveling south in a vehicle about 4:37 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Kedzie Avenue, when an unknown vehicle pulled alongside, Chicago police said. Someone inside the unknown vehicle opened fire, striking the man in the wrist, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. Area Central detectives are investigating. Tuesday one person was killed and five others wounded in citywide instances of gun violence. Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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   12-12-2019 Man, 82, missing from East Garfield Park, considered high risk

Charles Almond | Chicago police Charles Almond was last seen Wednesday near West Washington Boulevard and North California Avenue, police said. Chicago police are asking for help locating a “high risk” 82-year-old man who has been reported missing from East Garfield Park on the West Side. Charles Almond was last seen Wednesday in near West Washington Boulevard and North California Avenue, according to a missing persons alert from Chicago police. Almond, who has dementia and may need medical attention, is 5-foot-8, 120 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes and has a dark-brown complexion, police said. He was last seen wearing a red long sleeved shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers, police said. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.

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   12-12-2019 Robberies reported in Near North Side neighborhoods: police

Three robberies were reported in Dec. 2019, in Near North Side neighborhoods. | File photo In each incident, three to four males approached victims on the street and took their personal property from them by force. Chicago police are warning residents of three robberies reported in December in Near North Side neighborhoods. In each incident, three to four males approached victims on the street and took their personal property from them by force, according to a community alert from Chicago police. These robberies happened Dec. 8 in the 200 block of West Grand Avenue, the 100 block of East Ohio Street and in the 500 block of East Grand Avenue, police said, during the evening hours. Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380. Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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   12-12-2019 Timeless gifts: Youths seeking help to become performers get mentoring and much more

Timeless Gifts, a program launched by international jazz vocalist and Chicago native Joan Collaso, last weekend celebrated 10 years of guiding young aspiring performers in the inner city, with its 10th Annual Christmas Duets Mentoring Concert and Gala held Dec. 8 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. | Provided photo Some 400 Chicago-area residents as young as 8 thru age 21 have honed skills in song, dance and instrument through a mentorship program that teaches them to soar. Zaji Nixon started singing at age 5. A preacher’s kid, it wasn’t long before she joined the church choir. And at age 9, a family friend referred her to Timeless Gifts, a nonprofit celebrating 10 years of mentoring young aspiring performers in the inner city. “I was always singing at home or playing on the piano, and my parents realized that it was something I took pretty seriously,” said Nixon, now a 17-year-old senior at South Shore High, heading to Columbia College Chicago next year to study music performance and education. “Timeless Gifts has given me the opportunity to blossom. It’s where I’ve met some of my closest friends,” said the Chatham youth. Some 400 youth as young as 8 thru age 21 have been served by the program since inception, paired every summer with artist mentors like some of those honored on Sunday — actor/playwright Val Gray Ward, founder of Chicago’s Kuumba Theater Co; voiceover artist/vocalist Jeff Morrow, who is vocal producer for FOX-TV’S hit show, “Empire”; and singer/songwriter Darius Brooks, a Grammy Award-winning gospel artist. The youth choose disciplines they’re interested in, from voice and dance to piano and saxophone. “Then we go out and find professional artist instructors for them,” said the group’s brainchild, international jazz vocalist Joan Collaso, a Chicago native. About four dozen youth — many of whom have participated for years in Timeless Gifts’ seven-week summer program operated in borrowed space at Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church in Bronzeville — showed off skills honed in song, dance and instrument at the group’s 10th Annual Christmas Duets Mentoring Concert and Gala. Soulful renditions of Christmas classics from “Little Drummer Boy” to “Christmas Just Ain’t Christmas,” filled the hall of the University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts last weekend. For Nixon and her friends, the gifts they receive from the group aren’t just musical ones. “My best friend in the program lives in Auburn-Gresham and literally like, has to cross gang territories just to get to where he’s going,” said Nixon. “He’s witnessed shootouts and just terrible stuff,” said the Chatham youth. “He plays drums. To see him navigate that environment and not turn into a statistic, I think Timeless Gifts has a lot to do with it. He’s in college now, and still comes.” Provided photo Zaji Nixon, 17, a senior at South Shore High School, has been mentored by the Timeless Gifts program since she was 9. The nonprofit, celebrating 10 years of guiding young aspiring performers in the inner city, held its 10th Annual Christmas Duets Mentoring Concert and Gala Dec. 8 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. Some may remember Collaso, of Bronzeville, from the 1997 black cinema classic, “Soul Food.” Made for $8 million, it grossed over $43 million. The Emmy Award winner has performed across Europe and Asia, has been featured on albums with the likes of Ramsey Lewis, and performed with icons like Stevie Wonder. “There’s a difference between just being an instructor and being a mentor,” said Collaso, who launched Timeless Gifts with the very first Duets concert, Christmas 2010. After the youth and artists she brought together encouraged her to continue it — enriched by the 4-6 week pairing experience — she launched the summer program in 2011. “These are world-class artists that have a heart to give back. Part of our mission is to give them greater opportunities for performance and exposure that they wouldn’t normally get. But once we have them under our wings, we teach them problem-solving, socialization and life skills,” she said. “And we stick with them. The mentoring part is critical because once a child gets to a certain age, there are so many influences out there that can change their life — peers at school, what they’re watching on TV, music they’re listening to. If there’s no one to stand between that, they can get lost in the shuffle. We’ve seen that many times,” she said. Provided photo Timeless Gifts offers inner-city youth mentoring in a seven-week summer program teaching vocal, dance and instrument skills, as well as life skills. Launched by international jazz vocalist and Chicago native Joan Collaso, the nonprofit is celebrating 10 years of guiding young aspiring performers in the inner city. Pictured are its Summer 2019 cohorts. Timeless Gifts follows its students through college, and many have gone on to excel in the arts and other arenas. Next summer, the program adds sound engineering and videography. “Not everybody is going to end up being a professional musician, actor or dancer, but the life skills they learn here will serve them no matter where they go in life,” notes Collaso, who took a couple dozen youth on their first international trip, to Milan, Italy, for a performance tour this past April. “Timeless Gifts has helped me develop not just my voice, but what’s behind it, you know, the emotion and freedom I feel when I sing. It was a slow start for me, but after Ms. Joan saw my growth, she moved me up to the advanced group, and I started working one on one with her,” said Nixon, who majestically sang “Silver Bells” with a fellow student Sunday. “You know, what you grow up around kind of creates you into what and who you are, negative or positive,” said the preacher’s kid. “I’ve seen a lot of the negative get turned into positive with a lot of my fellow students, when they’re around adults who love them. The negative energy from the things they witness in their neighborhood and in their own homes is subsided by the love and friendship and support we get from Timeless Gifts.” Provided photo Timeless Gifts, offering inner-city youth mentoring in a seven-week summer program teaching vocal, dance and instrument skills, as well as life skills, was founded by international jazz vocalist and Chicago native Joan Collaso. The program pairs youth with world-class artist mentors. Collaso has been mentor to South Shore High School senior Zaji Nixon for nine years. Some 400 youth ages 8-21 have been served since the program’s inception.

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   12-12-2019 Catalytic converter thefts reported in Logan Square: police

Police are warning of two catalytic converter thefts in Dec. 2019, in Logan Square on the Northwest Side. | Sun-Times file photo In each incident, two males in a dark-colored Dodge Challenger, possibly with Minnesota license plates, approach the rear of vehicles and remove the catalytic converters, police said. Chicago police are warning residents of a pair of catalytic converter thefts reported in December in Logan Square on the Northwest Side. In each incident, two males in a dark-colored Dodge Challenger, possibly with Minnesota license plates, approach the rear of vehicles and remove the catalytic converters, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The thefts happened Dec. 4, about 12:50 a.m. in the 2900 block of North Gresham Avenue and about 9:15 a.m. the same day, in the 3000 block of North Haussen Court, police said. Police believe two males wearing overalls are involved. Anyone with information is asked to contact Area North detectives at 312-744-8263. Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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   12-12-2019 Burglar charged after being caught on security camera, then stealing security camera in Unincorporated Grayslake

A 32-year-old man was charged Dec. 11, 2019 after he was caught on security camera burglarizing a neighbor’s home in suburban Unincorporated Grayslake. | Sun-Times file Carlos Zelaya, 32, remains held at Lake County jail pending an initial court hearing, police said. A man was arrested Wednesday after he was caught on security camera burglarizing a neighbor’s home in suburban Unincorporated Grayslake. Carlos Zelaya, 32, of Unincorporated Grayslake, was charged with a felony count of residential burglary, according to Lake County police. Lake County police Carlos Zelaya Tuesday, officers responded to a residence in the 18100 block of West Lindenwood Drive, for a reported burglary, in which the burglar stole money and an interior security camera, police said. Although the burglar stole the security camera, a video capturing him committing the burglary had already been uploaded to “the cloud.” Further investigation found that the alleged burglar, Zelaya, was a neighbor of the victim, police said. Officers arrested Zelaya a day later at his residence, police said. He remains held at Lake County jail pending an initial court hearing.

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[US] - NEW YORK POST

   12-12-2019 Chicago-born teens among those who died in New Zealand volcano eruption

Two teen boys originally from Chicago were confirmed to be among the eight victims who died from Monday’s devastating volcanic eruption in New Zealand, school officials said. Matthew and Berend Hollander, 13 and 16, who had been living in Australia, died in a hospital, their school said in a Wednesday letter sent out to parents...

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   12-12-2019 Rep. Louie Gohmert names alleged Trump whistleblower during impeachment hearing

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert dropped the name of the alleged whistleblower whose complaint sparked the Trump impeachment probe in a nationally televised House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday night. The Texas lawmaker said the name during his opening statement in day one of the committee’s two-day marathon session to debate possible “mark ups,” or amendments to...

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   12-12-2019 Jersey City shooter left behind a handwritten note: ‘My creator makes me do this’

One of the “Black Hebrew Israelite” killers who targeted a Jewish grocery store in Jersey City left behind a handwritten note that said: “I do this because my creator makes me do this and I hate who he hates,” law enforcement sources told The Post. The message was found inside the stolen U-Haul van David...

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   12-12-2019 Trump calls Emmanuel Macron ‘pain in the ass’ in front of UN ambassadors: report

President Trump said in a closed-door White House meeting that French President Emmanuel Macron is “a pain in the ass” and disparaged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the release of a video that appeared to show the world leaders gossiping about him, a report said. The president was speaking to more than a dozen...

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   12-12-2019 Death row inmate mutters ‘Woof, woof!’ before being executed in Texas

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening for killing a supervisor at a state prison shoe factory in Amarillo nearly 17 years ago. Travis Runnels, 46, was convicted of slashing the throat of 38-year-old Stanley Wiley on Jan. 29, 2003. Runnels was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville....

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   12-12-2019 ‘Survivor’ contestant Dan Spilo kicked off show for ‘off-camera’ incident

A contestant from CBS’ long-running reality show “Survivor” was booted off without explanation Wednesday night — less than a month after he was accused of air on inappropriately touching two female contestants.

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   12-12-2019 Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre says FBI told her of a ‘credible death threat’ against her

Prince Andrew’s sex accuser Virginia Giuffre claims the FBI informed her about “a credible death threat” against her. The mother of three said late Wednesday night that the threats came after she publicly claimed to be sex-trafficked by the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell. She also claims to have had sex...

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   12-12-2019 New Zealand military unit will retrieve bodies on volcanic island

The recovery attempt will go ahead even though scientists believe another eruption is possible on White Island.

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   12-12-2019 Maryland man throws metal pitcher at judge who sentenced him to life

BALTIMORE — A Maryland man is accused of hurling a metal pitcher at the head of a judge who had just sentenced him to life in prison on charges including sodomy and false imprisonment. Travis Burroughs, 36, was sentenced Wednesday morning after being convicted of the charges last month, news outlets report. All but 70...

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   12-12-2019 Barnard freshman Tessa Majors found stabbed to death in Manhattan park

A Barnard College student was stabbed to death in an upper Manhattan park by a group men who had tried to rob her on Wednesday, police sources said. Freshman Tessa Majors, 18, was discovered by a school security guard inside Morningside Park near West 116th Street and Morningside Drive at around 5:30 p.m., according to...

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[US] - NEW YORK POST (Politique)

   07-12-2019 Trump hails November job growth, low unemployment

President Trump on Friday touted the November jobs report that showed stronger than expected growth — and predicted the number of people working in the US would soon eclipse the “magic mark” of 160 million. “It was just reported that we added another 266,000 jobs in November. So we’ve had 266,000 jobs, plus we’ve created...

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   10-12-2019 William Barr claims FBI acted in ‘bad faith’ while probing Trump

Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday ripped the FBI, asserting that the bureau may have acted in “bad faith” while investigating whether Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia. Barr, in an interview with NBC News, dismissed the findings by the Justice Department’s inspector general that the bureau wasn’t acting on political bias, and blamed the...

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   09-12-2019 Finnish 34-year-old to become world’s youngest prime minister

HELSINKI – Finland’s new prime minister – the world’s youngest premier – will have a finance minister two years her junior in a new women-led coalition cabinet after a political shake-up, party officials said on Monday. Sanna Marin, 34 from the dominant Social Democrats, was nominated on Sunday. Center Party chief Katri Kulmuni, 32, will...

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   09-12-2019 Trump rips ‘Do Nothing Democrats’ on Twitter as impeachment hearings resume

After firing off more than 100 tweets or retweets Sunday — mostly attacking Democrats and the impeachment proceedings targeting him — President Trump picked up where he left off Monday as the hearings resumed. “Read the Transcripts!” the president tweeted, referring to the rough transcript of his July 25 call with Ukraine President Voldymyr Zelensky,...

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   11-12-2019 Ex-sanitation worker to run against Michael Gianaris over Amazon debacle

This retired sanitation worker wants to take out the trash! Ignazio “Iggy” Terranova has filed papers to challenge Queens Sen. Mike Gianaris in next year’s Democratic primary over the scuttled Amazon campus in the district. Gianaris’ opposition helped prompt Amazon to abort its plan to open a 25,000-worker East Coast headquarters on his turf in...

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   06-12-2019 Bloomberg gets defensive when asked if he’s trying to ‘buy the election’

“I’m not trying to take his job. He doesn’t have the job of president of the United States and neither do I. At the moment, the person that has it is Donald Trump. I’m trying to take away the job from Donald Trump,” Bloomberg said on CBS This Morning.

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   12-12-2019 Inspector general says Comey not vindicated by Russia report

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday that his lengthy investigation into the origins of the probe into Russia and President Trump’s campaign didn’t vindicate the former FBI chief James Comey — or anyone else. “I think the activities we found here don’t vindicate anybody who touched this,” Horowitz said during a Senate Judiciary...

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   11-12-2019 Trump tells Russian diplomat not to mess with US elections

The White House said Tuesday that President Trump warned Russia’s top diplomat against any interference in the 2020 US elections — and that he urged him to negotiate an end to its conflict with Ukraine. “President Trump warned against any Russian attempts to interfere in United States elections and urged Russia to resolve the conflict...

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   10-12-2019 Russia’s top diplomat suggests Ukraine meddled in 2016 US election

Russia’s top diplomat used the White House as a stage Tuesday to deny that his country meddled in the 2016 US election — and suggest that Ukraine’s supposed interference was further proof.

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   10-12-2019 How much money we spend each year on trying to feel less stressed

Eight in 10 Americans say politics are currently the biggest stressor in their life, according to a new report. And dealing with it can be pricey.

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[US] - THE BOSTON GLOBE

[US] - THE BOSTON GLOBE (Politique)

[US] - CHICAGO TRIBUNE

[US] - USATODAY (Politique)

   18-10-2019 OnPolitics: Remembering 'advocate and friend' Rep. Elijah Cummings

We remember Rep. Elijah Cummings, some good news in Turkey, and, yes, the impeachment inquiry is still moving along.        

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   18-10-2019 White House departures: Who has been fired and who has been resigned

Here are the notable firings and resignations of the Trump administration.        

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   22-11-2019 OnPolitics: It's time for a nationwide nap

The coffee was hot and the news was breaking. What a week in politics.       

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   04-10-2019 OnPolitics: China, are you listening?

The testimonies have started and President Trump has a request of China.        

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   08-11-2019 OnPolitics: Out of the SCIF and into the light

Quid pro quo, or no?       

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   01-11-2019 OnPolitics: Sorry, this isn't about the Nats winning

Al-Baghdadi is dead, the House hears more testimony, and another wild week ends with the House voting on impeachment rules.        

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   25-10-2019 OnPolitics weekly wrap-up: Taylor time and the SCIF tiff

A top diplomat to Ukraine has his moment in front of the impeachment inquiry and Republicans want in the room. That and more of the week's headlines.        

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   11-10-2019 OnPolitics: The impeachment beat goes on

A surprise announcement around Syria, a blocked testimony, and subpoenas all around. It was a busy week in Washington.        

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   10-10-2019 OnPolitics special edition: Wednesday impeachment inquiry news

Let's break down the latest impeachment news you need to know.        

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   20-09-2019 OnPolitics: Iran, the Saudis and an oil field on fire

An oil field on fire in Iran and fingers pointing at who is responsible meant a tense week in international politics.        

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[US] - THE WASHINGTON TIMES

[US] - THE WASHINGTON TIMES (Politique)

   12-12-2019 White House to appeal ruling that blocks Trump funding for border wall

The White House said Wednesday night it will appeal a district judge's ruling that blocks President Trump from using billions of dollars that Congress earmarked for the Pentagon to instead build his border wall. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham called the decision Tuesday by Judge David Briones of Texas, ...

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   12-12-2019 Judge blocks enforcement of LA law that takes aim at NRA

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a Los Angeles law requiring businesses that want city contracts to disclose whether they have ties to the National Rifle Association. The NRA’s request for a preliminary injunction was granted by U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson in ...

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   12-12-2019 Salvadoran woman marks 1 year in sanctuary near White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Yoga. Meditation. English. These are some of the skills Rosa Gutiérrez López has learned since Dec. 10, 2018, when she became the first unauthorized immigrant to get refuge inside a religious institution in the Washington area. The Salvadoran immigrant periodically shares her experience with members of ...

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   12-12-2019 Prosecutors can move forward with leaks case against analyst

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A judge has allowed prosecutors to move forward with their case against a former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns to a reporter, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday. Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, is charged in federal court in Alexandria under ...

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   12-12-2019 Beyond the hearings: What to watch on Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) - Impeachment is moving beyond the hearing room. House committee members are debating and voting on articles of impeachment Thursday against President Donald Trump. But the political battle over his fate is sweeping across the Capitol, the White House and Washington on the cusp of the 2020 ...

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   12-12-2019 Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death

MAZAIKEWALE, Pakistan (AP) - Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once robust woman was nearly unrecognizable: malnourished, too weak to walk, her speech confused and disjointed. “Don’t ask me about what ...

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   12-12-2019 Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census

DETROIT (AP) - When the U.S. Census Bureau starts counting people next year in Detroit, obstacles are bound to arise: The city has tens of thousands of vacant houses, sparse internet access and high poverty - factors that will make it the toughest community to tally. Other Rust Belt towns ...

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   12-12-2019 Police arrest protesters amid curfew in India's northeast

GAUHATI, India (AP) - Police arrested dozens of people and enforced curfew Thursday in several districts in India's northeastern Assam state where thousands protested legislation granting citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated from neighboring countries. Groups of protesters defied the curfew in Gauhati, the state capital, on Thursday morning and ...

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   12-12-2019 Tanzania is pressing Burundi refugees to leave, says report

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Human Rights Watch says tens of thousands of Burundian refugees face mounting pressure to involuntarily leave Tanzania amid efforts by authorities there to reduce the number of Burundians in the country. The rights group in a statement Thursday charged that the fear of violence, arrest ...

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   12-12-2019 10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. STAKES HIGH IN ‘BREXIT ELECTION’ U.K. voters are deciding who they want to resolve the stalemate over the divorce deal with the EU in an election seen as one of the ...

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[US] - CHARLOTTE OBSERVER

[US] - CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Politique)

[US] - THE VIRGINIAN PILOT

[US] - THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

[US] - THE NEW YORKER

   11-12-2019 If You Ask Me: Let It Go, or My Reaction to “Frozen 2” and Existential Despair

Paul Rudnick‘s friend Libby Gelman-Waxner writes a humorous take on watching new releases, including “Knives Out,” “Parasite,” and “Frozen 2,” to escape thinking about the shuttering of Barneys and to find holiday cheer.

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   11-12-2019 The “L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins

Crispin Long reviews the “L Word” reboot “Generation Q,” on Showtime, which aims to absolve the sins of the original series.

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   11-12-2019 The Floating Utopia of Salesforce Park

Anna Wiener writes on Salesforce Park, San Francisco’s newest public space, which reflects the influence of Big Tech and Silicon Valley, and the city’s anxieties.

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   11-12-2019 Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, December 11th

Ander Andreades’s Daily Cartoon depicts President Trump’s White House lawyers as a series of Russian nesting dolls.

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   11-12-2019 New Slogans for Joe Biden’s Bus

Colin Stokes and Jason Adam Katzenstein illustrate a humorous set of new slogans for Joe Biden’s Presidential-campaign bus.

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   11-12-2019 Untangling the Hate at the Heart of the Mass Shooting in Jersey City

Zach Helfand writes about Tuesday’s deadly confrontation in Jersey City, New Jersey, in which two assailants killed a police officer and three bystanders before they themselved were killed by police.

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   12-12-2019 Review: The Unintentional Politics of Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell”

Richard Brody on Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell,” about the security guard who reported a bomb-filled backpack at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta.

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   12-12-2019 The Rise of Instagram Face

Jia Tolentino writes about how social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look among celebrities during the past decade.

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   12-12-2019 How Perumal Murugan Was Resurrected Through Writing

Amitava Kumar writes about censorship and the work of the Indian writer Perumal Murugan, whose book “Poonachi” will be published in the U.S. this month as “The Story of a Goat.”

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   12-12-2019 Life with Cancer in “Dani”

Andrea DenHoed writes about the new documentary “Dani,” by Lizzy Hogenson, about a friend’s cancer diagnosis.

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[US] - THE NEW YORKER (Politique)

   10-12-2019 As Protests Rock Chile, the People Consider Rewriting Pinochet’s Constitution

Camila Osorio writes about the Chilean government’s plan to hold a plebiscite, in April of 2020, asking its citizens whether they want a new constitution and, if so, who should have a say in writing it.

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   11-12-2019 The Floating Utopia of Salesforce Park

Anna Wiener writes on Salesforce Park, San Francisco’s newest public space, which reflects the influence of Big Tech and Silicon Valley, and the city’s anxieties.

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   10-12-2019 The Choice Between Labour and Leave in the U.K. General Election

Ed Caesar writes about political campaigning in Batley and Spen, a constituency in Yorkshire, England, in the lead-up to the United Kingdom’s general election on December 12th, 2019.

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   09-12-2019 Watch Live: The House Judiciary Committee’s Impeachment-Inquiry Hearing into Donald Trump

Watch live testimony from the counsels for the House Judiciary Committee—Barry Berke, for the Democrats, and Steve Castor, for the Republicans—and the House Intelligence Committee—Daniel Goldman, for the Democrats, and Castor again, during the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

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   09-12-2019 The Safdie Brothers’ Full-Immersion Filmmaking

After a decade of acclaimed do-it-yourself productions, two directors make their big move, Kelefa Sanneh writes.

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   09-12-2019 The Kremlin’s Creative Director

Joshua Yaffa on how the television producer Konstantin Ernst went from discerning auteur to Putin’s unofficial minister of propaganda. 

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   11-12-2019 Untangling the Hate at the Heart of the Mass Shooting in Jersey City

Zach Helfand writes about Tuesday’s deadly confrontation in Jersey City, New Jersey, in which two assailants killed a police officer and three bystanders before they themselved were killed by police.

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   10-12-2019 How Nancy Pelosi Is Dictating the Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy

John Cassidy writes on Nancy Pelosi’s announcement on Tuesday of two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, and on her subsequent press conference discussing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

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   10-12-2019 Hugh Grant Is Living His Best British Election

Sam Knight on the actor Hugh Grant’s presence on the campaign trail leading up to the United Kingdom’s general election on Thursday, December 12th.

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   10-12-2019 In Congress and at the Justice Department, a Bad Day for Facts, Fairness, and the Future

David Rohde on the chaos in Congress at the House Judiciary Committee hearings into impeaching Donald Trump and the release of a report, by the Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, on the F.B.I.’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

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[US] - LIFE

   01-12-2018 See Inside the Private Family Life of a Young George H.W. Bush

Photographer Leonard McCombe captured the balance of Bush’s life

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   27-08-2018 These Never-Before-Published Photos Show Tennis Icon Arthur Ashe Making U.S. Open History

He was the first African-American man to win a Grand Slam title

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   15-06-2018 The ‘Pressure to Make Good for Your Whole People’ and the Story Behind SuperFly

The movie has an important place in American history—and the history of LIFE magazine

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   31-05-2018 Kerry Kennedy: What My Father, RFK, Means Today

Think of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson or Richard Nixon. Each, in his own way, is firmly set in a certain era of American history. Yet as vibrant as they were at the peak of their power and influence, none of these men could easily slip into the contemporary political world. Their leadership was…

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   18-04-2018 See Barbara and George H.W. Bush’s Historically Long Love Story in Photos

He was the first man she ever kissed

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   27-03-2018 I See Your Picture Wherever I Go: Prince in the LIFE Archive

Though Prince passed away in 2016, his cultural contributions continue. Here, see his best candid portraits from the LIFE Picture Collection

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   21-02-2018 Billy Graham at Home: Rare Photos From the LIFE Archives

Rare photos of Billy Graham and his family offer a glimpse into the private life of one of the world's most public figures

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   19-01-2018 Behind the Anti-War Protests That Swept America in 1968

As America’s military presence grew, so did the parallel battle for peace

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   16-01-2018 Here’s How One Family Prepared for Nuclear War in 1954

"The thin veneer of civilization was blown off and they were dazed, crazed animals"

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   22-12-2017 In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2017

These photographers helped shape our world with their indelible images

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[US] - TIME

   12-12-2019 California Declares Pot Smoke and THC a Risk to Pregnant Women and Fetuses

The decision will require warning labels for products legally sold in the nation's largest pot market

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   12-12-2019 Judiciary Panel Takes First Steps Toward Impeachment Vote

The marathon two-day session considers the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the Capitol

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   12-12-2019 Harvey Weinstein’s Bail Hiked Over Claims He Disabled His Ankle Monitor

Weinstein allegedly mishandled or disabled his electronic ankle monitor dozens of times in recent months

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   12-12-2019 Trump Signs Order Aimed at Anti-Semitism on College Campuses

Under the executive order, the Department of Education could withhold funding from colleges found to support criticism of Israel

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   12-12-2019 Polio Case in Malaysia Sparks Fears the Disease Is Spreading in Southeast Asia

A test by the World Health Organization found that the virus is linked to the one found in the Philippines

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   12-12-2019 White House to Host Summit on Childcare and Family Leave

Officials say the summit could spark a bipartisan effort and help push legislation to improve access to assistance for working parents

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   12-12-2019 At Least 250 Journalists Have Been Imprisoned in 2019 and China Is the Top Jailer, CPJ Says

China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt imprisoned the most journalists in 2019

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   12-12-2019 Krispy Kreme Owners Give Millions to Holocaust Survivors While Seeking to Atone for Family’s Nazi Ties

One of Germany’s richest families seeks to atone for its use of forced laborers during the Nazi era and its enthusiastic support of Adolf Hitler

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   12-12-2019 Russia Retaliates by Expelling Two German Diplomats Over Berlin Murder Probe

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that it was making the move “due to the reciprocity principle”

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   12-12-2019 Why Protesters Are Boycotting Algeria’s Elections Today

All five candidates are men over 50 with ties to the former government

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[US] - TIME (Politique)

   11-12-2019 What Are High Crimes and Misdemeanors? Here’s the History

The phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" appears in Article II section 4 of the U.S. Constitution

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   11-12-2019 Rare Bipartisanship on Display in Impeachment-Obsessed Washington

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had quite the morning. Her public schedule on Tuesday began by making history: the U.S. House she leads had prepared two articles of impeachment to remove President Donald Trump from office for abuse of power and obstructing Congress. Trump would be only the third President to have such a distinction. And…

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   11-12-2019 Facebook Rebuffs Attorney General Barr Over Access to Encrypted Messages

It's moving forward to enable end-to-end encryption on all of its messaging services

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   11-12-2019 DOJ Watchdog Tells Congress FBI’s Russia Probe Marred by ‘Basic and Fundamental Errors’

His report also found that the FBI's actions were not motivated by partisan bias

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   11-12-2019 Why the Inspector General’s FBI Report Became the Latest Front in Washington’s Partisan Fight

Considering the stakes, the long-awaited report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General did not offer the kind of closure that many might of hoped. Instead, it was more of a mixed bag: It did not find evidence of political bias influencing the origins of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign, but it did find…

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   11-12-2019 How Love Actually (and Hugh Grant) Are Playing a Surprisingly Big Role in U.K.’s Upcoming Election

The 2003 rom-com has inspired political ads from rival parties to grab voter's attentions

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   10-12-2019 The Inspector General’s FBI Report Should Disturb Republicans and Democrats Alike

Fair-minded readers of Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz’s report detailing his investigation of the FBI’s decision to open its “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into potential links between Russia and multiple Trump campaign aides should be experiencing a dash of déjà vu. For the second time this year, a comprehensive report has cleared an important American…

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   12-12-2019 Judiciary Panel Takes First Steps Toward Impeachment Vote

The marathon two-day session considers the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the Capitol

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   12-12-2019 Trump Signs Order Aimed at Anti-Semitism on College Campuses

Under the executive order, the Department of Education could withhold funding from colleges found to support criticism of Israel

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   12-12-2019 White House to Host Summit on Childcare and Family Leave

Officials say the summit could spark a bipartisan effort and help push legislation to improve access to assistance for working parents

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[US] - THE NATION

   11-12-2019 Street Smarts

A Presidential Parody Public interventions, phone booths, various locations, NYC 2019. The post Street Smarts appeared first on The Nation.

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   11-12-2019 What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump?

StudentNation He’s a scourge, sure, but students have much more to say than just that. The post What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump? appeared first on The Nation.

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   11-12-2019 William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal

Jeet Heer Attorney General fosters a conspiracy theory while the real abuse of the surveillance state goes unchallenged. The post William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal appeared first on The Nation.

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   10-12-2019 Baseball’s Hall of Fame Finally Admits Labor Pioneer Marvin Miller

Peter Dreier At least two owners and executives cast their secret ballot for the Major League Baseball Players Association’s former head. The post Baseball’s Hall of Fame Finally Admits Labor Pioneer Marvin Miller appeared first on The Nation.

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   11-12-2019 RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well

Rohan Grey To avoid repeating the macroeconomic mistakes of the past forty years, progressives must reckon with Volcker’s tremendous—and harmful—influence.  The post RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well appeared first on The Nation.

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   10-12-2019 The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment

John Nichols In House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, the president has met his exact opposite—a voice of reason, calmly and steadily presenting the facts. The post The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment appeared first on The Nation.

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   12-12-2019 Donald Trump’s Big Abuses of Power Demand a Big Impeachment

Ralph Nader, Bruce Fein The framers of the Constitution conceived of impeachment for far smaller violations than Trump has committed. The post Donald Trump’s Big Abuses of Power Demand a Big Impeachment appeared first on The Nation.

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   11-12-2019 When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars

Michael T. Klare What will the military look like in climate-crisis mode? The post When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars appeared first on The Nation.

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   11-12-2019 Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins

Larissa Pham An immersive retrospective of the Los Angeles painter’s work luxuriates in attention to detail. The post Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins appeared first on The Nation.

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   11-12-2019 The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Joyce Ajlouny Faith leaders are calling on presidential candidates to reallocate money away from the military and toward housing and food-aid programs. The post The Bloated Pentagon Budget Should Be Spent on Human Needs appeared first on The Nation.

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[US] - THE WEEKLY STANDARD

[US] - NATIONAL REVIEW

   24-02-2018 Athens, Jerusalem, Gettysburg: Leon Kass on Politics as Moral Endeavor

A review of his searching new collection of essays, Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times.

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   23-02-2018 Excusing Cowardice Is Not the Path to Gun Control

An AR-15 does not render a man bulletproof.

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   22-02-2018 An Epidemic of Dishonesty on the Right

Is there any act of depravity to which the less respectable right-wing media can't imagine a connection for George Soros?

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   22-02-2018 Is Trump Guilty, or Does He Just Look Guilty?

Remember Saddam Hussein and the confidence of intelligence agencies that he had weapons of mass destruction.

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   21-02-2018 Obstruction Confusions

A response to Gabriel Schoenfeld.

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   19-02-2018 In Defense of Full-Spectrum Liberalism

Liberalism has long been a contested term in our politics, but now a deep discourse is developing that blames liberalism as a fundamental culprit in our rabid politics.

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   14-04-2015 There Is a Huge Wage Gap and It’s Because Conservative Men Hate Women

Women make less money than men do because society is sexist — and although the liberals love us and want to help, the conservatives hate...

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   13-04-2015 Rubio to Jeb: I Won’t ‘Wait My Turn’

Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) made an oblique reference to his budding rivalry with former Governor Jeb Bush (R., Fla.) during the speech announcing his...

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   11-04-2015 Jeff Atwater Won’t Be Running in Florida’s Tough 2016 Senate Race

Jeff Atwater, the current Chief Financial Officer of Florida, will not be running for U.S. Senate in the coming cycle. He had been polling highest...

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   10-04-2015 Speaker at NRA Convention Actually Gives Speech about Firearms Law

The one speaker at today’s NRA Convention who managed to deliver a speech that was almost entirely about the Second Amendment? Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. Rubio...

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[US] - THE ADVOCATE

   11-12-2019 Sebastian Gorka Freaks Out at Possibility of LGBTQ 'Star Wars'

He's also no fan of a Black female 007.

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   11-12-2019 Pete Buttigieg Discloses Clients During Time at McKinsey

Critics have demanded transparancy. Now that the out presidential candidate has revealed his work details, they are finding more not to like.

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   11-12-2019 This Gay Man Could Be the Next Mayor of San Diego

Todd Gloria is widely acknowledged as the front-runner in the race to be mayor of California's second-largest city.

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   11-12-2019 Kentucky Bill Would Let Students Sue Over Trans Presence in Restrooms

The bill, to be considered in the upcoming session, would not allow trans students to use facilities aligned with their gender identity.

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   11-12-2019 Over 700,000 Petition to Ban Netflix's 'Gay Jesus' Xmas Film in Brazil

The satire has sparked a massive backlash from the religious right in South America.

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   11-12-2019 'Bombshell,' 'Schitt's Creek,' 'Rocketman' Among LGBTQ SAG Nominees

Awards season is shaping up to be queerer than ever. 

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   10-12-2019 Supreme Court Rejects Inmate's Case for Gender Confirmation Surgery

Vanessa Lynn Gibson says her life depends on this surgery, but a Trump appointee and the conservative-controlled SCOTUS don't appear to care.

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   12-12-2019 Celebrate 12 Months of Freckle This Holiday Season

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   11-12-2019 Gay Conservative Confirmed to Appeals Court With Republican Support

Patrick Bumatay will now be the highest-ranking out federal judge.

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   11-12-2019 'And Then We Danced' Incited Protests in Georgia and an LGBTQ Movement

Director Levan Akin discussed how Sweden's controversial Oscars entry on gay dancers changed the conversation on visibility in the Eastern European country.

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[US] - THE ADVOCATE (Politique)

   05-09-2015 WATCH: Caitlyn Jenner Explains Why She Once Didn't Support Marriage Equality

The star of I Am Cait is asked about how she reconciles being a Republican. read more

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   05-09-2015 WATCH: More Officials Like Kim Davis Would Be a Disaster

A county's clerk's job requirements are pretty simple — and don't involve judging every person who walks through the door. read more

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   04-09-2015 Donald Trump Takes a Day to Get Up to Speed on Kim Davis

Donald Trump leads polls in the race for president, but he was among the last to respond to news about Kim Davis. read more

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   04-09-2015 Republicans Use Kim Davis to Score Points for President

The Kentucky clerk is becoming the symbol of religious freedom that Republicans had been looking for. read more

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   03-09-2015 LGBT Supporters to Hillary Clinton: The Battle Isn't Over

Donors to her campaign who represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans voters tell MSNBC, 'The idea that after marriage, everything’s solved is a very dangerous idea.' read more

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   02-09-2015 LISTEN: Kentucky Clerk's Marriage Equality Resistance 'American Way,' Says Rand Paul

Paul stops short of agreeing with Kim Davis, but he supports her right in 'making a stand.' read more

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   09-09-2015 Fayetteville Voted on LGBT Rights Again

Voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas once again voted on a fully inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance after repealing a similar ordinance last year. read more

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   09-09-2015 While Some GOP Candidates Back Kim Davis, John Kasich Says 'Bigger Fish to Fry'

The whole situation may turn young people off of faith, says the Ohio governor. read more

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   08-09-2015 Op-ed: The Black Gay Trans Man at Minneapolis City Hall

Phillipe Cunningham was told he could never get into politics. Now, he's the right-hand man for one of the most powerful women in Minnesota. read more

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   08-09-2015 Are GOP Donors the Key to Passing a Nondiscrimination Bill?

An unlikely constituency is funding the fight for LGBT rights, using the marriage equality road map. read more

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[US] - FOREIGN POLICY

[US] - THE NATIONAL INTEREST

   12-12-2019 During World War II America Gave Russia 150 Ships to Invade Japan With

Sebastien Roblin Security, Did you know about this? Key Point: The plan was only terminated until days after Japan's official surrender. On April 10, 1945 a Soviet freighter slipped up to a quay at a frozen military base on a remote tip of Alaska aptly named Cold Bay. Inside her were over 500 sailors of the Soviet Navy. The Soviets had arrived to train on the first of 149 vessels the U.S. Navy was transferring to the Soviet Union. That fleet’s secret mission: to transport the Red Army for an invasion of Japan, even while Moscow and Tokyo remained officially at peace. By early 1945, the U.S. military had ample evidence that an amphibious invasion of the Japanese home islands would prove exceptionally bloody and destructive. If Japanese troops were ready to fight to the death for distant, barren islands like Pelelieu or Iwo Jima, how much worse would the struggle be on densely populated Honshu or Hokkaido? As a result, U.S. President Franklin R. Roosevelt was keen to draw Stalin’s massive Red Army to support an invasion—but the Soviet leader initially wasn’t interested. Earlier in October 1939, Soviet tanks and Mongolian cavalry had crushed Japanese forces in Mongolia in the decisive Battle of Khalkin Gol. Afterwards, the two nations signed a neutrality pact; the Japanese Kwangtung Army had little appetite for a rematch, while the Soviet Union soon had its hands full repelling the horrific Nazi invasion, which would ultimately cost the lives of 20 million Soviet civilians and seven million military personnel. Finally, in October 1944, Stalin told Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that he would only commit the Red Army to fight the Japanese three months after the defeat of Nazi Germany—and only then if he was given the ships to do so. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 Here's Why The Army Rejected Sig Sauer's Copperhead Machine Gun

Charlie Gao Technology, One of the smallest guns on the market. Key point: The Copperhead is the MPX’s design taken to its logical extreme as a PSD gun. SIG’s “Copperhead” pistol is one of the smallest guns of its type on the market. With a 3.5 inch barrel and an MSRP of over 1800 dollars, the gun is a very niche product. The odd design is a result of being built for the U.S. Army’s subcompact weapon (SCW) project. Unfortunately for SIG, the competing B&T APC9K won the contract. But does the Copperhead have wider appeal? The SCW project was meant to provide U.S. Army personal security details (PSDs) with a compact nine-millimeter submachine gun (SMG) capable of being concealed in a very small space. Submachine guns have a long tradition of being used in such roles. The U.S. Secret Service used the Uzi, which featured a folding stock, as a PSD weapon. But as firearms technology advanced, the open bolt nature of the Uzi came to be considered a liability, as it could cause the gun to discharge when dropped and was less accurate than closed bolt designs. The next wave in concealable nine-millimeter submachine guns was the H&K MP5, which featured a roller-delayed blowback system for smooth recoil and a highly modular design. The MP5 is still widely used for PSD-type work worldwide, especially in the ultra-short MP5K configuration. In the 1990s and early 2000s, nine-millimeter gun was looking obsolete. New cartridges, which resembled miniature rifle rounds like FN’s 5.7mm and H&K’s 4.6 millimeter were packed into compact guns like the MP7 and P90 for personal defense. These were quickly snatched up by organizations that did PSD work, as they were compact and could defeat threats in body armor. But around the early 2010s, something changed again. The nine-millimeter SMG saw a resurgence, with designs like the Scorpion EVO 3 (2009), SIG Sauer MPX (2013), and B&T APC9 (2011) coming out. Part of the reason was the continued popularity of the MP5 in Europe and Asia. Many companies saw the opportunity to grab some of those sales for themselves. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 Why The Navy's New Flight III DDG 51 Destroyers Will Rule The Seas

Kris Osborn Security, Think laser weapons, new engines, improved electronics, fast-upgradeable software and a much more powerful radar. Key point: A more sensitive, discriminating radar is needed to counter emerging threats. (Washington D.C.) The Navy has laid the keel for its first new, Flight III DDG 51 surface warfare destroyer armed with improved weapons, advanced sensors and new radar 35-times more sensitive than most current systems, changing attack and defensive options for the surface fleet. Navy Flight III Destroyers have a host of defining new technologies not included in current ships such as more on-board power to accommodate laser weapons, new engines, improved electronics, fast-upgradeable software and a much more powerful radar. The Flight III Destroyers will be able to see and destroy a much wider range of enemy targets at farther distances. The ship, called DDG 125, will be named the USS Jack H. Lucas; it is the first of many Flight III Destroyers the Navy plans to build. A new software and hardware enabled ship-based radar and fire control system, called Aegis Baseline 10, will drive a new technical ability for the ship to combine air-warfare and ballistic missile defense into a single system. The AN/SPY-6 radar, previously called Air and Missile Defense Radar, is engineered to simultaneously locate and discriminate multiple tracks, Scott Spence, Director for Naval Radar Systems for Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon, told Warrior. This means that the ship can succeed in more quickly detecting both approaching enemy drones, helicopters and low flying aircraft as well as incoming ballistic missiles.  “Having a flexible architecture allows us to adapt to new mission requirements. Identifying enemy aircraft is different than air traffic control,” Spence said. Earlier this year, as part of a final step before formal integration of the radar onto Flight III Destroyers, the Navy conducted a successful intercept test against a ballistic missile target using the SPY 6 v1, a Navy statement said. Service officials say the new ship uses newly integrated hardware and software with common interfaces, something which will enable continued modernization in future years. Called TI 16 (Technical Integration), the added components are engineered to give Aegis Baseline 10 additional flexibility should it integrate new systems such as emerging electronic warfare or laser weapons, according to Navy statements. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 The Air Force Wants To Reinvent The Storied SR-71 As A Hypersonic Bomber

Sebastien Roblin Security, And it might be unmanned. Key point: The SR-72 depicted in Lockheed’s concept art was described as capable of cruising at six times the speed of sound. Hypersonic weapons—those capable of flying over five times the speed of sound—are the hot new buzz word of defense industrial complexes across the globe. China, Russia and the United States have all vigorously and relatively openly pursued a diverse array of hypersonic weapons programs, adding fuel to the fire of a growing arms race. While long-range ballistic missiles could already attain hypersonic speeds, they travel in predictable arcs and can be detected well in advance, giving military and political leaders time to react. Furthermore, an increasing number of air defense systems may be at least partially capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. However, back in 2013 Lockheed executive Robert Weiss caused a stir when he told Aviation Week the aerospace titan was well into developing a hypersonic aircraft—and invoked the legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane by dubbing it the SR-72. No manned aircraft in operational service has matched the remarkable long-distance Mach 3 cruises of the Blackbird. Until recently, SR-71s simply outran missiles fired at them on photo-reconnaissance missions over North Korea and the Middle East. Now the latest surface-to-air missiles render Mach 3 speeds inadequate to assure survival, but a hypersonic aircraft might again outpace the threats arrayed against it. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 India's Tejas Fighters Are Pretty Good (But They Are No F-35)

Sebastien Roblin Technology, Asia Not even close.  Key point: The Tejas was developed out of the Light Combat Aircraft program, which sought a replacement for the hundreds of MiG-21 fighters nearing the end of their service lives in the Indian Air Force. In 2016 the Indian Navy rejected the domestically built Tejas jet fighter—or Light Combat Aircraft—after a troubled thirty-three years of development in which the maritime fighting branch had invested significantly. However, the Indian Navy argued that the Tejas weighed too much, and produced insufficient thrust for takeoff from the ski-jump ramp of its forthcoming aircraft carrier. But the Indian Navy hasn’t given up entirely on the Tejas; it is considering a Mark 2 variant under development, which will be powered by the same F414 turbofan engines as the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornet fighter. The Tejas was developed out of the Light Combat Aircraft program, which sought a replacement for the hundreds of MiG-21 fighters nearing the end of their service lives in the Indian Air Force. The single-engine Tejas has a tailless delta-wing configuration and supposedly costs only $25 million per airplane. However, it took decades for the LCA to come together, and it continued to rely heavily on foreign components, including an Israeli Doppler radar and General Electric F404 turbofan engines. With a top speed of Mach 1.6 to 1.8, a maximum external load of 7,700 pounds and a service ceiling of fifty-two thousand feet, the Tejas remains unexceptional compared to top-performing fourth-generation light fighters such as the F-16. The Indian Air Force has only ordered 123 Tejas jets so far to equip six squadrons by 2024. HAL, however, is having difficulty ramping up production from eight aircraft a year to the desired sixteen. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 Overkill In Gun Form: The Double-Barreled Gilboa DBR Snake Rifle

Robert Beckhusen Security, From Israeli company Silver Shadow. Key Point: It’s the civilian market, primarily in America, where this gun should find buyers. The Israeli company Silver Shadow recently attracted attention for its double-barreled AR-type rifle, the Gilboa DBR Snake. For the most part, it’s an AR, uses AR parts and fires the 5.56-millimeter AR round. Except that it has two separate barrels, two magazines and two ejection ports — with two triggers as if two AR rifles had smashed into each other. The two triggers are to make the Snake legal for civilian use in the United States, as We Are the Mighty‘s Blake Stilwell noted, citing ATF regulations for machine guns. But it’s easy enough to pull both, firing two rounds at once. It’s the civilian market, primarily in America, where this gun should find buyers. Military customers are highly unlikely to view this rifle as very practical. But let’s back up for a moment. The U.S. military has studied double-barreled semi-automatic rifles for potential combat use before. The Pentagon’s Project Salvo, which began in 1951, aimed to produce a next-generation infantry rifle suitable for modern warfare while embodying the lessons of World War II. One of these lessons is the importance of what the military calls “fire superiority” — shooting more bullets at the enemy, accurately, than he is shooting back at you. If you have fire superiority, the sheer volume of fire limits an enemy’s room to maneuver, pinning them down and making them easier to attack on their exposed flanks. Heavy fire can also inflict casualties through shrapnel and ricochet. Ultimately, Project Salvo led to the AR series of rifles and its first military adaptation, the selective-fire M-16, with semi-automatic, three-round burst and fully-automatic modes. There were several far-flung concepts put into development testing as part of Project Salvo. There was a flechette-firing shotgun — never adopted — designed to shred enemy soldiers with dozens of darts. Project Salvo also involved experiments with double-barreled rifles including the 5.56-millimeter Winchester Salvo, produced in 1957. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 The Fact Is, the F-22 Raptor Has No Real Competition

Robert Farley Security, Does that make the plane overkill? Key Point: The F-22 is so advanced its existence is almost unnecessary. The F-22 has been the world’s most formidable air superiority fighter since it first entered service in 2005. Although the Raptor has yet to kill a target in anger, aviation specialists almost unanimously agree that it can outclass any opponent, foreign or domestic. The only hard limitation on its ability to kill appears to be the number of missiles that it can carry. But what if the F-22 had never been? Like all advanced technological systems, the Raptor has suffered from hiccups; in 2009 these hiccups were severe enough to excuse the ending of the production line. What if those hiccups had been more severe, or if the United States had decided earlier that the Raptor simply wasn’t in its strategic interest? The Plane The Air Force appreciated that the Soviet Union could catch up with the F-15 and F-16, the formidable air superiority pairing developed in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, it began to pursue the Advanced Tactical Fighter program, geared towards producing a revolutionary air superiority platform that would include stealth, as well as a wealth of blooming technological advances. Two teams made it to the prototype stage, producing the YF-22 and the YF-23. The YF-22 won the competition, and went into production and testing in 1997. The Raptor first entering service in late 2005, and immediately began dominating warfighting exercises. The Problems But the problems faced by the F-22 were immense. Any innovative new aircraft faces delays and cost overruns associated with managing new technologies. The F-22, however, ran into one of the most comprehensive military technological shifts since the dawn of the jet age; the digitization of warfare that ensued in the 1980s and the 1990s. This was over and above the “normal” problems associated with creating the world’s first supersonic stealth airframe. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 Britain's New Tempest Fighter Is Going To Give The F-35 A Run For Its Money

Sebastien Roblin Technology, Europe It could be the best stealth fighter ever?  Key point The UK, France and Germany have all now proclaimed their intent to develop sixth-generation stealth jets and backed that up with initial investments. The Tempest was unveiled alongside a new “Combat Air Strategy” document marking the UK’s reorientation to preparing for high-intensity conflicts and the danger posed by modern anti-aircraft weapons. However, the document largely focuses on industrial and financial matters, particularly on keeping British military aerospace sector sustainable despite constrained defense budgets and the steadily increasing cost of high-performance platforms like the Type 26 frigate. With a flourish of a silk curtain at the Farnborough Air Show on July 16, British defense secretary Gavin Williamson unveiled a full-scale model of the Tempest, the UK’s concept for a domestically built twin-engine stealth fighter to enter service in the 2030s. The Tempest will supposedly boast a laundry list of sixth-generation technologies such as being optionally-manned, mounting hypersonic or directed energy weapons, and capability to deploy and control drone swarms. However, it may also represent a Brexit-era gambit to revive defense cooperation with Germany and France. London has seeded “Team Tempest” with £2 billion ($2.6 billion) for initial development through 2020. Major defense contractor BAE System is leading development with the Royal Air Force, with Rolls Royce contributing engines, European firm MBDA integrating weapons, and Italian company Leonardo developing sensors and avionics. Design will supposedly be finalized in the early 2020s, with a flyable prototype planned in 2025 and production aircraft entering service in 2035, gradually replacing the RAF’s fourth-generation Typhoon fighters and complementing F-35 stealth jets. This seventeen-year development cycle is considered ambitious for something as complicated and expensive as a stealth fighter. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 Stealth Drones: Iran Has More Than The U.S. Navy To Worry About

David Axe Security, Middle East Tehran is in a tough spot. Key point: The need for stealth grew only more urgent in 2019. U.S. forces on deployment to the Middle East include F-15E fighter-bombers, F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters and B-52 bombers, among others. But as tensions escalate between the United States and its allies including Saudi Arabia on one hand, and Iran and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on the other hand, it’s worth considering what other American aircraft might be in the region. The Pentagon maintains an extensive surveillance system in the Persian Gulf region that includes satellites, drones and ground- and sea-based sensors. Iran’s shoot-down of a U.S. Navy Global Hawk drone in June 2019 put a dent in this system. But it’s possible that other, stealthier drones complement the high-flying but non-stealthy Global Hawks. In 2010, the U.S. Air Force surveyed an airbase in the United Arab Emirates for the deployment of RQ-170 Sentinel stealth spy drones. According to heavily-redacted official documents that journalist Joe Trevithick obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, on Sept. 14, 2010, the Air Force’s Air Combat Command circulated an internal memo discussing the “pre-deployment site survey” for placing some of the satellite-controlled RQ-170s at Al Dhafra airbase in the Emirates. In 2019 Al Dhafra hosts American F-22s, F-35s, F-15Es and other warplanes. The MQ-4C drone that Iran shot down in June 2019 also flew from Al Dhafra. The small force of flying-wing RQ-170s was busy even before the possible UAE deployment. The 30th Reconnaissance Squadron — a combined Air Force and CIA unit normally based in remote Tonopah, Nevada -- apparently operates all of the roughly 30 RQ-170s that Lockheed Martin built for the Air Force in the early 2000s. Read full article

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   12-12-2019 Rifle War: Could the AK-12 and AK-15 Beat out the Legendary AK-47?

Kyle Mizokami Security, Europe Let's see how they compare. Key point: The Russians are always trying to improve their best weapons. The Russian armed forces serve eleven consecutive time zones, from Kaliningrad in the west to Khabarovsk in the far east. Moscow’s legions need a proven, capable assault rifle capable of performing under harsh environmental conditions, including snow, mud, and sand. The military’s latest assault rifles are a familiar sight: the AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifles are direct descendants of the legendary AK-47. The AK-47 was the brainchild of Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, a Soviet Army tanker turned small arms designer. Kalashnikov designed a new rifle to replace both bolt action rifles and submachine guns in Soviet service. Kalashnikov’s rifle was meant to occupy the middle ground between the two. It utilized a new 7.62x39 round that had less power (and recoil) than the Mosin but greater range than a submachine gun. It was shorter than the Mosin Nagant rifle, allowing it to fit inside vehicles of the increasingly mechanized Soviet Army, but still had a barrel long enough to give it an effective range of four hundred meters. The AK-47 had the firepower of the wartime PPsh41 submachine gun gun, capable of fully automatic fire and taking ammunition from a detachable thirty-round steel magazine. The AK-47 was adopted by the Soviet Army in 1947, and for years was considered a state secret. The AK-47 was replaced by the AKM in the 1960s, and the AK-74 in the 1970s. The AK-74 broke from previous guns in using a lighter 5.45-millimeter cartridge similar to the 5.56 cartridge used by the American M-16. Today Russian troops carry a modernized version, the AK-74M, introduced in 1991. The Russian Army, having inherited an incredible amount of rifles from the Soviet Union, sits on a stockpile of two million AK-74s and a large amount of 5.45-millimeter ammunition. Read full article

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   01-11-2018 Retirement contribution limits will rise in 2019

Good news retirement savers: The Internal Revenue Service announced cost of living increases to the contribution limits for retirement-related plans in 2019.

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   11-12-2019 Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s Relationship: A Complete Timeline

Here is a complete timeline of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's relationship, including how the couple is coping with the Alisha Wainwright incident.

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   11-12-2019 39 Last-Minute Gifts for the People You (Almost) Forgot

Procrastinators, get ready to win the holidays with 39 last-minute gift ideas that don't scream "I forgot about you."

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   11-12-2019 25 Christmas Love Songs With Mistletoe Potential

This list ranks some of the most popular Christmas love songs by how romantic they are and how much they'll make you want t find some mistletoe.

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   11-12-2019 Kelly Bachman Called Out Harvey Weinstein and the Internet Went Wild. Now What?

Staring down the disgraced producer at a stand-up performance, the comedian Kelly Bachman told the world she was a rape survivor. Then her set went viral. Life has still not gone back to normal.

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   11-12-2019 Lizzo Is ‘Time’ Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year

The "Truth Hurts" singer earns one of "Time" magazine's top Person of the Year slots in a year when she's enjoyed a top album and eight Grammy nominations.

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   11-12-2019 Selena Gomez’s New Shaggy Bangs Are Everything

Hairstylist Marissa Marino shared the new shag haircut and bangs she gave to Selena Gomez. See photos of Selena Gomez's new haircut.

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   11-12-2019 Harry Styles Refuses to Tell Kendall Jenner Which of His Songs Are About Her

Harry Styles filled in as host of the "Late Late Show With James Corden" this week and had Kendall Jenner on as a guest.

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   11-12-2019 The Best Carry-On Luggage, According to Women Who Travel 24/7

The best carry-on luggage include options from Away, Paravel, and Rimowa, according to 15 well-traveled women.

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   11-12-2019 Urban Outfitters Has a Huge Beauty Sale Going on Right Now

Urban Outfitters is offering up to 50% off on all things beauty, and since the hardest part is choosing what to grab, we made it easier.

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   11-12-2019 Harvey Weinstein Won’t Have to Pay Accusers Directly or Admit Wrongdoing in Tentative Settlement

The "New York Times" reports that the victims who have accused Harvey Weinstein of misconduct have reached a potential settlement.

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   11-12-2019 Fox News Is Now a Threat to National Security

The network’s furthering of lies from foreign adversaries and flagrant disregard for the truth have gotten downright dangerous.

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   11-12-2019 6 Best TV Streaming Devices You Can Buy (4K and HD)

We've tested and these are our favorite media-streaming devices for 4K or HD TVs—Roku, Amazon, Chromecast, and more.

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   11-12-2019 Best Buy Bucks the Trend That’s Crushing Other Retailers

The electronics retailer, once declared dead, thrives by offering richer in-store experiences and helping set up customers’ gadgets at home.

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   11-12-2019 13 Awesome Gift Ideas for Board Game Lovers (2019)

The modern game night is a sacred ritual, so pay it homage with these board games, dice, pencils, and accessories.

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   11-12-2019 Jack Dorsey Wants to Help You Create Your Own Twitter

The CEO tweeted that he's hiring a team to develop open source standards for decentralized social networks. His hope: It will spawn better ways to combat hate and harassment.

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   12-12-2019 The Science of New Zealand's Eruption, Toy Store Surveillance, and More News

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

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   12-12-2019 China's AI Unicorns Can Spot Faces. Now They Need New Tricks

Companies such as Megvii thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, but they face challenges from US sanctions to cheaper tech.

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   12-12-2019 Room to Breathe: My Quest to Clean Up My Home's Filthy Air

Poor indoor air quality causes serious health issues. Things can be improved with determination to sniff out the cause of the problem—and some pricey hardware.

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   12-12-2019 Forget Earth: In Space, Libertarian Ideas Are Thriving

Space entrepreneurs tend to share a fondness for libertarian principles. So before checking into your space hotel, be sure to read your Heinlein.

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   12-12-2019 Today’s Cartoon: Monster FOMO

Godzinfluencers are the next big thing.

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   12-12-2019 EXCLUSIVE: Moncler Launches Bio-Based Down Jacket

The style’s fabric, buttons and zips are all derived from castor beans.

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   12-12-2019 Fotografiska’s Mission: Art for All

The new Manhattan outpost of the Stockholm institution wants visitors to have fun.

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   12-12-2019 The Future of Fit Technology Is Proactive

A new AI-powered shopping platform Fit:Match combines data science and 3-D measurement technology that has customers asking for more to shop.

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   12-12-2019 Prada, L’Oréal Sign Beauty License

The agreement will come into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.

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   12-12-2019 Condé Nast Italy Unveils First Retail Space

Called Frame, the new Milanese "experience store" combines a cafeteria, a shop and an event area.

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   12-12-2019 Emanuel Ungaro Inks New Men’s Wear License

The first collection produced by Italian company G.S.T. SrL will bow at the Pitti Uomo trade fair in January.

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   12-12-2019 BFC Takes Men’s Brands to Milan in Deal with Italy’s Camera della Moda

A-Cold-Wall will stage its fall/winter 2020 runway show at the Palazzo del Ghiaccio in Milan as part of plans to highlight British men's wear talent in Italy.

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   12-12-2019 The Collected Group’s Reemergence

Ceo James Miller on how the company wound up in the KKR portfolio and — finally — ready for business.

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   12-12-2019 Rue21 Launches ‘Do the Right Thing’ Anniversary Line

Rue21 hopes to heighten its casual and cool factor by collaborating with Spike Lee.

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   12-12-2019 Chanel Sponsors Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective in Paris

The festival at the Cinémathèque Française will shine a light on French New Wave cinema, which inspired Virginie Viard's spring collection.

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   12-12-2019 India passes controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims

India could be set to pass a bill that would give Indian citizenship to immigrants from three neighboring countries -- but not if they are Muslim.

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   11-12-2019 Trump publicly minimizes impeachment but privately stews

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   11-12-2019 Water found an inch beneath Mars surface

When the first astronauts land on Mars, they won't be able to take everything they need with them. The logistics and weight of transporting so much material on one spacecraft, along with a crew, defies current technology. While scientists at NASA have discussed missions to deliver materials to the Red Planet ahead of a manned mission, there may be resources on Mars that can be used.

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   12-12-2019 Man rescued after shouting, 'Siri, call 911'

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   12-12-2019 McConnell will move to acquit Trump, senators say

• Trump privately stews over impeachment • Analysis: Trump goes full-on scorched earth

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   12-12-2019 Runner hits TV reporter's backside during live report

WSAV TV reporter Alex Bozarjian was reporting live from a race in Savannah, Georgia, when a runner hit her on her backside.

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   12-12-2019 Indian military deployed and internet shut down as protests rage against citizenship bill

Troops have been deployed to India's ethnically diverse northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, amid violent protests against the passing of a controversial and far-reaching law that offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Mulism minorities.

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   01-01-1970 UK PM Johnson arrives for election vote with his dog

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   11-12-2019 Lemon mocks Trump team's troll: Are you people insane?

CNN's Don Lemon slams a Twitter meme put out by the Trump War Room trolling Democratic leaders as "stupid and juvenile."

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   12-12-2019 Military to attempt retrieval of remaining bodies from New Zealand volcano

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   11-12-2019 The Point: Why Time picking Greta Thunberg will drive Donald Trump crazy

On Wednesday morning, Time magazine announced that teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was its person of the year.

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   11-12-2019 Whistleblower's team preparing for possibility of Senate testimony

The legal team for the whistleblower whose account kicked off the impeachment inquiry is preparing for the possibility that lawmakers will call their client to testify in the Senate, two people familiar told CNN.

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   11-12-2019 Trump publicly minimizes impeachment while he stews privately

In some ways he's been expecting it for years. But the imminent prospect of impeachment is still weighing heavily on Donald Trump, who is likely to join the small club of presidents to face a formal impeachment vote as early as next week.

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   11-12-2019 Senate Republicans come around to idea of not having witnesses in impeachment trial

Senate Republicans are starting to coalesce around the idea of a shorter Senate impeachment trial -- one that, contrary to President Donald Trump's stated desire, wouldn't include witnesses.

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   12-12-2019 Nearly 3 in 4 Americans say impeachment won't change minds

Both Democrats and Republicans have done their darndest in recent weeks to prove why President Donald Trump should -- or shouldn't -- be impeached.

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   12-12-2019 Trump aims to crack down on anti-Semitism on college campuses using civil rights protections

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to interpret Judaism as a nationality and not just a religion, a move that the Trump administration believes will fight what they perceive as anti-Semitism on college campuses, a White House official said.

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   12-12-2019 2 GOP senators say McConnell will move to acquit Trump, not merely dismiss charges

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to hold a final vote to acquit President Donald Trump should he be impeached, when a majority of senators believe his trial has run its course instead of holding a vote on dismissing the articles of impeachment, two Republican senators told CNN on Wednesday.

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   12-12-2019 America in microcosm: the parallel realities of a fateful impeachment debate

The House Judiciary Committee, on a sprint to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as early as Thursday, is a perfect metaphor for America's estranged political moment.

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   12-12-2019 Analysis: Speech or silence — Which serves democracy best on Election Day?

If today were Election Day in the US, rival candidates would be blasting out hours-long TV and radio blitzes to drive every last vote to the polls in key battlegrounds. But this Thursday, after the most bitter election campaign in decades, a spectral silence will cloak the British isles -- at least until 10 p.m., when voting ends.

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   12-12-2019 Analysis: Despite historic nature of impeachment, some major news organizations put story on back burner

A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.

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   12-12-2019 Harden scores 55, Rockets withstand scare from Cavaliers

James Harden dropped another one of those demoralizing step-back 3-pointers that have made him famous, causing Cavaliers rookie Kevin Porter Jr. to look at Cleveland's bench for help.

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   12-12-2019 Yankees harpoon Cole, Cashman's `white whale,' on 3rd try

Meeting with Gerrit Cole and the pitcher's wife for the first time last week at the Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Brian Cashman tossed out a literary reference that prompted laughter.

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   12-12-2019 San Jose Sharks fire coach Peter DeBoer

The slumping San Jose Sharks fired coach Peter DeBoer on Wednesday less than seven months after playing in the Western Conference final.

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   12-12-2019 Kawhi Leonard cheered in Toronto as he receives title ring

If any people came to boo Kawhi Leonard on his return to Toronto, it was sure hard to hear them over all the cheering.

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   12-12-2019 FAU hires Willie Taggart to be next coach, replacing Kiffin

Willie Taggart has another chance, and Florida Atlantic's search for Lane Kiffin's replacement is over.

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   12-12-2019 Anthony Rendon, Los Angeles Angels agree to seven-year deal: reports

The Los Angeles Angels and Anthony Rendon reportedly agreed to a seven-year deal Wednesday.

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   12-12-2019 Jeff Sessions on IG report revealing email altering: 'A stunning development'

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions weighed in on the Russia investigation report released by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Monday, in particular the information that an FBI lawyer altered an email regarding Trump campaign staffer Carter Page.

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   12-12-2019 Saeed Ghasseminejad: Trump’s Iran strategy is working. Here’s why

President Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran is working, despite warnings of a backlash against the U.S. for the economic sanctions he has imposed on the Islamic Republic.

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   12-12-2019 UK's Johnson, Corbyn cast votes as nation decides which party will resolve Brexit impasse

U.K. voters were deciding Thursday who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II.

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   12-12-2019 Judge blocks Los Angeles law requiring potential city contractors to disclose NRA ties

A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked a new Los Angeles law that requires potential city contractors to disclose any ties with the National Rifle Association.

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   12-12-2019 Watch: Virginia Dem faces shouts over Trump impeachment at fiery town hall with constituents

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., was confronted with shouts about the Democrat-led Trump impeachment effort during a fiery town hall meeting over the weekend with constituents.

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   12-12-2019 House passes farm bill that critics say grants 'large-scale amnesty' to illegal immigrants

The House on Wednesday passed a contentious agricultural bill that would likely put more than a million illegal immigrants on a pathway to legal status as part of what supporters say is a vital modernization of the industry’s workforce -- but that immigration hawks blasted as a “large-scale amnesty.”

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   12-12-2019 House approves defense bill authorizing Space Force, 12 weeks of paid family leave for feds

The Democrat-controlled House passed a $738 billion Pentagon defense package on Wednesday that allocated 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees and authorized the creation of President Trump's sought-after "Space Force." 

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   12-12-2019 Michael Cohen seeks reduced sentence, says AG Barr acted in bad faith

President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen is seeking to reduce his 36-month prison sentence on the basis that Attorney General Bill Barr's Justice Department acted in bad faith during his legal battle, according to court documents obtained by Fox News.

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   12-12-2019 Biden paid female staff less than males for decades, report says

A new report claims that former Vice President Joe Biden spent 35 years paying his female staffmembers less -- with an average of just 67 cents for every dollar earned by males.

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   12-12-2019 Giuliani associate Lev Parnas tried hiding $1M Russia payment, prosecutors allege

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas of receiving $1 million from Russia just one month before he was charged with campaign finance violations.

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   12-12-2019 Reporter's Notebook: Congress rings in holidays with one of its most stressful Decembers ever

The sheer volume of work and stress often in Congress each December saps away holiday cheer as lawmakers, staff and journalists toil around the clock.

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   12-12-2019 Impeachment markup heats up as Dems invoke MLK, Nadler says 'we cannot rely on an election' to oust Trump

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday night began the "markup" process for the two articles of impeachment against President Trump that they have settled on, barreling toward a final floor vote even as moderate Democrats have floated the idea of backing down in favor of a censure resolution.

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   12-12-2019 Lisa Page slams Trump after he suggests she got restraining order against Peter Strzok

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page slammed President Trump Wednesday after he suggested she had to get a restraining order against ex-FBI investigator Peter Strzok. 

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   12-12-2019 Eric Holder, once Obama’s ‘wingman,’ now calling out Barr for loyalty to Trump

Eric Holder, who headed the U.S. Justice Department under former President Barack Obama, penned a column late Wednesday in which he calls Attorney General William Barr an unfit successor due to "nakedly partisan" actions and loyalty to President Trump.

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   12-12-2019 After bipartisan pushback, Trump ditches effort to kill major federal agency

The breakup of the Office of Personnel Management was conceived as a template to shrink government, but the president worried the failing plan would bring him bad reviews.

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   11-12-2019 Will impeachment help Trump in 2020?

Your impeachment questions, answered

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   11-12-2019 Michael Horowitz just shot down a bunch of Trump conspiracy theories

Part of the problem for Trump with the Horowitz report is that he didn't exactly lower expectations.

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   11-12-2019 Biden holds a big lead over Trump with a key demographic: Cynics

A look at a critical voting bloc in modern presidential politics.

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   12-12-2019 House Democrats brace for some defections among moderates on impeachment of Trump

Some centrist Democrats are anxious about the political consequences in November if they vote to impeach the president.

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   12-12-2019 Senate Republicans look to hold short impeachment trial despite Trump’s desire for an aggressive defense

Several GOP senators on Wednesday said it would be better to limit the trial and quickly vote to dismiss the House charges against Trump than engage in what could become a political circus.

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   12-12-2019 Former Trump workers share a stage with Joe Biden — and blast their ex-employer

Two women who say they worked for Trump as undocumented immigrants took the stage with Joe Biden to criticize their former employer.

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   12-12-2019 Inspector general says the FBI is not vindicated by his report on Trump campaign probe

Michael Horowitz also offered new details about his disagreement with the attorney general’s handpicked prosecutor overseeing a related investigation.

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   12-12-2019 Donald Trump Jr. got approval to hunt an endangered sheep days after he killed it

ProPublica reports that the president’s son received special treatment from the Mongolian government just weeks after U.S. and Mongolian officials met at the White House.

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   12-12-2019 House Judiciary debates articles of impeachment against Trump

The committee is scheduled to convene at 7 p.m. to hear opening statements from its 40 attending members before an expected vote Thursday after it considers amendments.

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