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“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall…” – Oscar Wilde Congress certainly collapsed into fall this year. It lacked the usual mayhem of an imminent government shutdown for the first time in years. The government is usually only funded through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. Lawmakers solved that fiscal riddle…
Christa Pike’s attorney said she is still alive a day after she survived two doses of lethal injection drugs on Wednesday. The inmate is in critical condition and is receiving life-saving medical care, her legal team told reporters Thursday afternoon. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has since paused executions in the state. Pike, 50, remained alive…
You know the feeling. Your phone rings, you look down and see a number you do not recognize. Now you have to decide whether to answer or let it go to voicemail. That choice gets harder when you are expecting a call from a doctor, repair person or someone else who may not be in…
Welcome to the latest edition of True Romance. For whatever reason, this week we’re being hit from all sorts of angles with tales of cheating. I don’t know if that’s the type of mood fall sets or what, but it’s everywhere. I try my best to steer us back towards hope. I don’t know that…
Netflix’s Best New Show Has An 89% Rotten Tomatoes Score And Florence Pugh Forbes ‘East of Eden’ Review: Netflix’s Absorbing Steinbeck Series WSJ Florence Pugh and Hoon Lee Form the Beating Heart of Netflix’s Rich ‘East of Eden’ Adaptation: TV Review Variety Zoe Kazan’s Heady and Bighearted “East of Eden” The New Yorker ‘East of Eden’ New York City…
The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, Troy Jackson, apologized for remarks in which he said he believed Jewish residents of Maine were rejecting the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s war in Gaza because of the Jewish persecution during the Holocaust. In comments to Jewish Insider, Jackson said he had misspoken, stating that he…
A Kansas dog is being hailed by police as a “loyal companion” after it sought help for its owner who had fallen and was unable to get up. The Leawood Police Department released bodycam footage showing an officer first encountering the dog in the middle of the road while patrolling a residential neighborhood. “The officer…
Rapper Rick Ross arrested in Miami Beach on felony battery by strangulation charge CBS News Rick Ross arrested on battery, domestic violence charges in Miami Beach, jail records show NBC 6 South Florida Rick Ross’ Ex-Girlfriend Jazzma Kendrick Accuses Rapper of Physical Abuse: ‘He Saw a Punching Bag’ People.com Rick Ross arrested on battery and domestic violence charges…
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a blockbuster challenge to ICE’s mandatory detention policy after the Trump administration asked the justices to review the case this week. The outcome of this case will determine whether criminal noncitizens held in detention while awaiting deportation are entitled to bond hearings after lengthy periods behind bars, a…
Brian Skerry, a National Geographic explorer and photographer, captured footage of a young great white shark aggressively snatching a fish right off a fishing line near Cape Cod. ABC News: Top Stories
