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Hillary Clinton has chosen Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (Va.) as her vice-presidential running mate, completing a Democratic ticket that prizes experience and traditional notions of public service in a political year dominated by Republican rival Donald Trump’s unorthodox, highly personal brand of leadership. Kaine, 58, a former Virginia governor, Richmond mayor and Democratic National Committee…
Video Deadly Shooting at Munich Mall A gunman opened fire at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum mall in Munich on Friday, killing several people and wounding others. “It is not clear whether is one or many shooters,” a police spokesman said. By MEGAN SPECIA and SHANE O’NEILL on Publish Date July 22, 2016. Photo by Joerg Koch/Getty Images….
This is a story about how trolls took the wheel of the clown car of modern politics. It’s a story about the insider traders of the attention economy. It’s a story about fear and loathing and Donald Trump and you and me. It’s not a story about Milo Yiannopoulos, the professional alt-right provocateur who was…
Photo A weather phenomenon called a “heat dome” is due to arrive in New York City just in time for the weekend. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images We are domed. Or will be, at any rate, very soon. In case you have not heard, a scary-sounding weather phenomenon called a “heat dome” is creeping across the…
Photo Saudi men playing Pokémon Go in the capital, Riyadh. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Pokémon Go, the wildly popular augmented-reality smartphone game, expanded officially into 26 more countries this week, even as some security and religious authorities around the globe expressed alarm. In Saudi Arabia, clerics renewed an existing fatwa against Pokémon, calling…
Charles Kinsey was trying to calm down an autistic patient who had run away from his North Miami assisted living facility when police arrived. A bystander filmed their interactions on July 18, before Kinsey was shot. (Courtesy Hilton Napoleon) Police in South Florida shot an unarmed black caretaker Monday as he tried to help his autistic patient. Charles…
Height – 1536 | Width – 2048 Photo: Associated Press Hillary Clinton is behind in the polls. Four years ago, Barack Obama swept New York with 63% of the vote, the same margin he achieved in 2008 and the best showing of a Democratic presidential candidate here in the last three decades. Hillary Clinton…
New York, NY – July 21, 2016 – 21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman of Fox Television Stations, has resigned from his role effective immediately. Rupert Murdoch will assume the role of Chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel…
Megyn Kelly during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.Fox News Lots of inappropriate things happened on the third night of the Republican National Convention. Crowds booed Ted Cruz and berated his wife Heidi, who had to be escorted from her seat by security. Conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham…
Tuesday was advertised as “Make America Work Again” night in Cleveland. But you heard virtually nothing from any speaker on the economy, except that Barack Obama ruined it, and that Hillary Clinton will make it worse. Not from 492nd-best women’s professional golfer in the world, Natalie Gulbus, who is actually more of a bikini model—though…