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Google Celebrates Late, Great Blues Legend B.B. King on 94th Birthday
Never ever forget the great ones who came before you. MORE
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Asia
Pakistan’s PM invokes possibility of nuclear war
Article 370 from India’s constitution was nixed by India’s Hindu nationalist president, Ram Nath Kovind, on August 5, 2019. It enshrined autonomy of the formerly princely state of Jammu and Kashmir with limited India control of the region. MORE
Politics
Trump says his DOJ should ‘rescue’ Brett Kavanaugh
President Donald Trump called on his Justice Department Sunday to “rescue” Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after The New York Times published an excerpt of a new book detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh that he has previously denied. MORE
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Iran dismisses U.S. claim it was behind Saudi oil strikes, says ready for war
Iran rejected accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting world energy supplies and warned on Sunday that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were in range of its missiles. MORE
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Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for college bribery scandal
The actor Felicity Huffman was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions MORE
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John Bolton Waves Goodbye, Returns To Sea To Be Walrus Again
PACIFIC OCEAN—With his position as National Security Advisor of the United States having come to an end, John Robert Bolton has decided it is time to return to being one of the walruses who inhabit MORE
Celebrity Death Watch
Eddie Money, Archetype Of Rock Radio, Dies At Age 70
The singer and songwriter Eddie Money, whose singles like “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise” were an archetype for 1970s and 1980s rock radio, died Friday morning in Los MORE
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Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58
Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died at home last night following a presumed heart attack at age 58. The MORE
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The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. MORE
Science
Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet
Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star. MORE
Economy
Trump reverses course, seeks negative interest rates for U.S. debt
U.S. President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve to push down interest rates into negative territory, a move reluctantly used by other world central banks to battle weak economic growth as it punishes savers and banks’ earnings in the process. MORE
Economy
Explainer: How does negative rate policy work?
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that the U.S. Federal Reserve drive interest rates into negative territory. He says his motivation was to refinance the U.S. government’s $22 trillion in outstanding debt and lengthen the amount of time over which it is repaid. MORE
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UPDATE: Liberty’s Jerry Falwell Jr. says he’s the target of an ‘attempted coup’
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he is asking the FBI to investigate what he called a “criminal” smear campaign orchestrated against him by several disgruntled former board members and employees. MORE
Europe
Scottish judges rule PM’s suspension of parliament is unlawful
Scottish appeal court judges have declared Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to the October Brexit deadline is unlawful. MORE
Music
Rapper Removes Pro-Putin, Homophobic Music Video After It Sets Record As Most Disliked On Russian YouTube
Russian rapper and Vladimir Putin supporter Timati has removed an overtly pro-government music video after it smashed Russian YouTube’s record to become the most disliked clip on the social media platform. MORE
Europe
Europe: Poll finds Dutch Nationalist Party in Sharp Decline
Infighting and divisions at nationalist party Forum voor Democratie (Forum for Democracy) have cost the new grouping major support, according to a string of opinion polls. MORE
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Antonio Brown accused of sexual assault and rape in lawsuit
A lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday by a trainer levies heavy accusations against new Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown MORE
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Jury to weigh trespassing case against Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago
A federal court jury was due to begin deliberations on Wednesday in the trespassing trial of a Chinese woman accused of hoodwinking her way past U.S. Secret Service agents to gain illegal entry to President Donald Trump’s Florida resort. MORE
Business
Hong Kong stock exchange makes $36.6 billion bid for London stock exchange
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) said Wednesday it has made a proposal to the board of London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) to “combine the two companies,” in a deal which values the LSE at about £29.6 billion ($36.6 billion). MORE
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South Dakota hospital is evacuated after a tornado hits Sioux Falls
A South Dakota hospital was evacuated after a tornado hit Sioux Falls on Tuesday night, leaving some buildings in shreds. MORE
Economy
California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy
California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees, a move that could reshape the gig economy and that adds fuel to a yearslong debate over whether the nature of work has become too insecure. MORE
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See
In the far future, a virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Jason Momoa stars as Baba Voss, the father of twins born centuries later with the mythic ability to see—who must protect his tribe against a powerful yet desperate queen who believes it’s witchcraft and wants them destroyed. MORE
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