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A Missouri woman who told cops she was in the shower when her boyfriend was shot and killed in the driveway of their home 17 years ago is now charged with murder in his 2004 death.

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There's only about a month left of summer (UGH) which means that back-to-school prep is imminent. Whether you're buying something for yourself or your kids, it can get expensive. That's where we come in. We've got a handful of great deals and coupons for you to use for whatever school supplies you're adding to your cart.

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James C. Hormel, the United States’ first out-gay ambassador—appointed by then-President Bill Clinton to Luxembourg in 1999—died Friday in San Francisco aged 88.

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Less than two months after Bill Cosby walked out of a Pennsylvania prison after his sexual-assault conviction was shockingly overturned, the disgraced comedian’s lawyers were back in court.

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Slip ‘n’ Slides were a part of a lot of people’s childhoods, mine included (though the last time I did one was in college and it was...questionable at best). The thrill of shooting down that wet tarp and landing in a pool was the perfect thing to beat the heat. Well, if you’re been looking for an excuse to put one in your backyard, this one-day sale on Amazon is a good one. Maybe just double-check your health insurance first.

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Years ago I went to Avery Island to tour the Tabasco factory. The experience filled me with a lifelong admiration for the craft and the process by which the iconic hot sauce is produced.

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s headlong drive to pull American forces out of Afghanistan—and the Taliban’s stunning military advance it opened up—is being criticized as a “heartbreaking” betrayal by key figures in U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party.

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The man suspected of killing five people before turning the gun on himself in a mass shooting in England on Thursday night was a Trump supporter who posted about “devil worshipers” and pedophiles in government.

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It’s the kind of report that could be weaponized by those looking to cast doubt on U.S. election results: a cybersecurity analysis that found flaws in Georgia’s voting machines and warns about the potential for future attacks. But a federal judge has sealed the report, and her attempt to shield the public from bad faith efforts to undermine the 2020 election could instead fuel the conspiracy theory dumpster fires—and keep the voting machine maker from figuring out how to fix it. Читать дальше...

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Months after Shia LaBeouf is said to have taken a break from acting following the disturbing physical and sexual abuse claims made against him by former girlfriends, including musician FKA Twigs, the actor is reportedly in talks to star in a film about, of all things, a saint.

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Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd was recorded apologizing to one of two former students who accused him of molesting them when he was a girls’ high school basketball coach in the 1980s.

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For 30 years he was an obscure failure; then almost overnight a local celebrity and eventually the man around whom the whole of world policy revolved. How does that go together?—Sebastian Haffner

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The American public is being misled about the coronavirus vaccines, and it needs to stop now.

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Outside a school board meeting in Franklin, Tennessee on Tuesday night, a crowd gathered around masked meeting-goers as they exited the building. “You are child abusers!” one member of the crowd shouted. “There’s a bad place in hell and everybody’s taking notes, buddy!”

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Just as the GOP abandoned years of conservative dogma to become the party of porn, Putin, and protectionism, so too has its respect for local authority—once understood to be a foundational principle—become situational.

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There are habits we formed because of the pandemic, sometimes in indulgent or even desperate fashion. We drank and binged on comfort foods. We puzzled. We developed a fierce delineation between the concepts of “soft” and “hard” pants. And we cried. Oh, did we cry.

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Gallows humor is sometimes a decent defense mechanism, so here’s a joke: How is COVID like feminism?

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Much of Don’t Breathe’s superb suspense came from director Fede Álvarez’s ability to play with his audience’s identification with—and sympathy for—his characters: a trio of thieves desperate to steal money that would allow them to escape their hardscrabble Detroit lives, and the blind war vet Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang) whose cash (earned from a settlement over his daughter’s untimely death) they sought. Everyone in Álvarez’s 2016 thriller was both a victim and a victimizer... Читать дальше...

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Scouting Report: I did everything I could to avoid weight training. Now, I can’t get enough thanks to this easy-to-use vest that actually helps me burn calories.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized vaccine-eligible Americans with immune problems to receive a third dose of the safe and effective two-dose COVID-19 vaccines.

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Comedian Sarah Silverman became the latest high-profile guest host for Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week and she opened her second of two monologues Thursday night by highlighting the odd experience of filling in for her ex-boyfriend.

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson took his sexist attacks against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to a new level on Thursday night, telling the progressive lawmaker to “get a therapist, honey” over her detailing her fear of getting raped during the violent Jan. 6 insurrection.