Alex Jones
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Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones yesterday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives, who said he turned their l […]

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced yesterday the MacArthur Fellows Awards for 2022.

The MacArthur Fellows Award  is among the most […]

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The crown of the Statue of Liberty opened yesterday (see video below)  to visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Eager sightseers are now allowed to climb t […]

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President Joe Biden yesterday publicly addressed for the first time the possible charges against his son Hunter Biden for alleged tax crimes and making a false statement on a gun […]

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The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article this morning reporting that the number of U.S. visas issued to Chinese students for the new academic year plunged from pre-pandemic […]

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After more than two years of historic job losses, America’s colleges and universities find themselves in a welcome position. Following the addition of an estimated 23,500 employees i […]

Art Laboe
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Art Laboe, the pioneering disc jockey credited with coining the phrase “oldies but goodies”  died last Friday at the age of 97.

Laboe died after catching pneumonia, said […]

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Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the American economy after the 2007-2008 financial crisis, won […]

Umpire Alfonso Marquez checks the ear of Joe Musgrove of the San Diego Padres during the sixth inning against the New York Mets in game three of the National League Wild Card Series. (Photo by Sarah […]

Michael Cohen
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Donald Trump took classified documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate as a “get out of jail free card” in the event the government should try to pur […]

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A truck bomb (see graphic video below) yesterday caused a fire and the collapse of a section of the Kerch Strait Bridge linking Russia to Crimea damaging a key supply artery for […]

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Maureen Dowd has a column this morning comparing Donald Trump and Hershel Walker, referring to them as an “unholy alliance” because they both support each other even when  caug […]

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Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos are now the longest-serving pair of hosts ever on any ABC, CBS and NBC morning show, together for more than thirteen years on “Good Morning A […]