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Hurricane Matthew is one of the most powerful storms to barrel through the Caribbean in over a decade. The violent windstorm has already claimed the lives of more than 108 people in Haiti and at least 4 people in the Dominican Republic. The hurricane has displaced tens of thousands more across the Caribbean including the…
Photo: AP The modern internal combustion engine first came from Germany and now Germany wants to put a nail in its coffin. The Bundesrat has passed a resolution to ban the ICE beginning in 2030. Germany’s Spiegel Magazin reported this morning that the country’s top legislative body was able to reach a bi-partisan agreement that…
A third replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire in Kentucky earlier this week. Not only did the incident send the device’s owner to the hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation. Someone at Samsung sent him a text that was apparently meant for a colleague: “I can try and slow him down if we…
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch listens to an aide during a hearing before lying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 21, 2016 (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Mylan, the drug company that makes EpiPen, has been overcharging Medicare and Medicaid for years. But today the pharmaceutical company had to finally pay the…
Netflix’s runaway hit Stranger Things did a lot of things right, and chief among them: antagonizing the US Department of Energy. Of course, the DoE wasn’t going to be reduced to a stale sci-fi trope laying down and penned a blog post refuting how it was depicted by a fictional internet TV show. The DoE…
Melania Trump wore a style of shirt literally marketed as a “pussy bow” top to the debate Sunday night. A campaign spokesperson tells CBS’ Sopan Deb it “was not intentional,” which is also what the campaign said about her speech plagiarizing Michelle Obama. core-decorated Source: Melania Trump Wore a $1,100 Gucci ‘Pussy Bow’ Shirt to…
Bald eagle trapped in the grille of a car in Florida (Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Facebook) The bald eagle is a proud and noble creature that the United States chose long ago to be its national symbol. But this particular bald eagle, trapped in the grille of a car in Florida, has become a much…
close story-meta Photo Donald Trump making a point at the debate on Tuesday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times This article is part of the Opinion Today newsletter. You can sign up here to receive more briefings and a guide to the section daily in your inbox. He lied about a sex tape. He lied…
The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host took on footage of Trump bragging about committing sexual assault and his half-assed apology. ‘This is on you, too,’ he said of the GOP leadership. “The second presidential debate wrapped up half an hour ago but we taped this before it began,” said John Oliver, “so I don’t know anything…
Let’s not lower the bar for Donald Trump: President of the United States is a difficult job that requires wide-ranging knowledge of the American government and the myriad issues that land on the president’s desk. Nothing in Trump’s career suggests he is in any way prepared to do the job, and nothing he did in…