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23 hours, 12 minutes ago

Experts stunned by report of GOP rep allegedly found in dementia facility

Rep. Kay Granger had been "missing" for several months, before The Dallas Express staff writer Carlos Turcios reported Friday that the newspaper allegedly discovered the Republican lawmaker's whereabouts. Turcios reported, "According to Ms. Granger’s roll call vote page, Grangers last vote was on July 24th, 2024," and when the newspaper tried contacting the Lone Star state lawmakers' Texas and DC …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?

NPR

An Indiana teen died in 1866. “We now know the skull found in the wall in Batavia as Esther Granger,” Kane County Coroner Rob Russell announced at a press conference on Thursday, surrounded by county officials and standing beside a replica of the skull in a glass box. “There is no absolute answer to how Esther ended up in that …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Scarred by 2020 smears, voting companies and election officials brace for November

CNN

Washington, DC CNN — Weeks before the 2022 midterms, a stranger showed up at the Denver headquarters of Dominion Voting Systems. Just this week, the Justice Department announced charges against a Colorado man who threatened to kill election officials in two states for committing “treason.” Multiple Dominion employees have quit because of the stress and psychological impact of the post-2020 …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Why is the U.S. spending $2 trillion on more weapons that could end the world?

Salon

The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to build a new generation of nuclear-armed missiles, bombers and submarines. A large chunk of that funding will go to major nuclear weapons contractors like Bechtel, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. This January, a review of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program under the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris

Associated Press

PARIS — Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. But she felt different, and volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor said to her — presciently, it turned out — “You’re probably pregnant.” FILE _ Miss May Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate a win over April Ross and Jennifer Kessy during the …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hugh Jackman joins with ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness to pay tribute to top Australian restaurateur Bill Granger following his death aged 54

Daily Mail

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have united to pay tribute to Australian chef Bill Granger following his shock death at the age of 54. Hugh Jackman, 55, has joined with ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness, 68, to pay tribute to top Australian restaurateur Bill Granger following his death aged 54 World-renowned Australian chef Bill died at the age of 54, his family …

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1 year ago

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Maestro

Slate

Leonard Bernstein, perhaps the best-known midcentury American conductor, is having a bit of a moment. The film starts with a quote from Bernstein: “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them, and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” The primary tension Maestro is interested in exploring is between Bernstein’s loving and committed …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Texas Rep. Kay Granger won’t seek reelection in 2024 after nearly 30 years in Congress

Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the Republican chairwoman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday she will not seek reelection in 2024 after nearly three decades in Congress. Her district, which includes Fort Worth, is heavily Republican and is likely to remain out of reach for Democrats next yea r. “It’s time for the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Daniel Radcliffe breaks silence on possible appearance in new Harry Potter TV series

Daily Mail

Harry Potter fans jumped for joy earlier this year when the exciting news was announced that the iconic wizarding franchise would be back in TV series form. Daniel Radcliffe has now finally broken his silence on whether he will be appearing in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series Expelliarmus: Daniel, now 33, appeared in the first Harry Potter film back …

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1 year, 6 months ago

GOP accused of breaking debt ceiling deal and 'threatening a government shutdown'

Raw Story

The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused her Republican colleagues on Thursday of increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown by approving spending numbers below the levels set under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, which hasn't even been law for two weeks. In an appearance on CNN, Rep. Rosa DeLauro said House Republicans have already "walked away from …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Shraddha Kapoor's 'incredible’ French and British accents, impress fans: 'Sounds like Hermione Granger’

Hindustan Times

Actor Shraddha Kapoor's accents in a new video is leaving the internet impressed. The actor responds in a French accent, “Of course, it is.” She continues in the same accent, “It's so true that I feel like when I used to stand in front of a mirror, I would do accents but only I would be clapping because there would …

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1 year, 9 months ago

San Bernardino County declares state of emergency as snow traps residents, visitors

LA Times

Lake Arrowhead residents try to navigate through deep snow. So much snow has hit Lake Arrowhead in the last several days that resident Lisa Griggs couldn’t recognize the highway outside her door when she walked to get groceries. Five feet of snow in five days blanketed the Lake Arrowhead area in the San Bernardino Mountains, according to the National Weather …

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1 year, 9 months ago

California approaching a record snow year as yet another storm hits

LA Times

A family gets a closer look at the Los Angeles River at Red Car River Park in Atwater Village on Saturday. “Given the outlook of a continuation of very active and cold, snowy conditions for at least the next couple of weeks, it’s very possible we’ll end up vying for one of the top two snow years on record in …

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1 year, 10 months ago

5 women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink?

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. And that’s why it matters.” The women said their camaraderie, friendship and willingness to collaborate will be crucial as they shoulder the massive responsibility of keeping the government running and open — an annual task that will be made even harder this year as conservatives in the new …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Are 4-day workweeks, flexible hours the future of full-time?

Live Mint

A four-day workweek sounds appealing to workers. Meanwhile, 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit foundation associated with Oxford University, is piloting a six-month trial of a four-day workweek “with no loss of pay for employees.” More than three dozen companies in the U.S. and Canada are participating in the experiment, with a total of 150 organizations and 7,000 employees involved …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Are 4-day workweeks, flexible hours the future of full-time?

Associated Press

A four-day workweek sounds appealing to workers. Meanwhile, 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit foundation associated with Oxford University, is piloting a six-month trial of a four-day workweek “with no loss of pay for employees.” More than three dozen companies in the U.S. and Canada are participating in the experiment, with a total of 150 organizations and 7,000 employees involved …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Meet the lifelong Harry Potter fan mistaken for Hermione Granger since she was a toddler

The Independent

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3 years ago

Meet five-star QB Walker Howard: LSU’s ‘aw-shucks savior’ who doesn’t get caught up in the excitement he creates

New York Times

— Jogging back to the sideline moments before another high school game, Walker Howard had to ask his offensive coordinator a question. “He’s a kid who doesn’t get caught up in all of it,” Jamie Howard said. As they stood on each side of him, Howard said, “Only photo I care about.” There’s a joke around this strict Catholic school …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Climate change: Most people in the advanced world think the US is doing a bad job, Pew poll finds

CNN

CNN — Despite efforts from President Joe Biden to turn the United States into a global climate leader, most people in the advanced world don’t think the US is doing a good job on the issue, and China is doing even worse, a new poll by the Pew Research Center published Tuesday shows. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images People wait for a …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Ida left more than 1 million without power, possibly for weeks. And now comes the scorching heat

CNN

CNN — The levees held. Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP A rain shower soaks evacuees in LaPlace, Louisiana, on August 30. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images People walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on August 29. Brandon Bell/Getty Images A man walks along the Mississippi River near the French Quarter in New Orleans early on August 29. Max Becherer/The …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Hurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling climate disasters on several fronts

CNN

CNN — Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, heat waves, and drought wreaking havoc on much of the United States paint a picture of a nation in peril. Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP In pictures: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Prev Next Montano, who was on the ground doing volunteer recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Katrina that pummeled …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, actor and daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, dies at 93

LA Times

Pat Hitchcock, shown in 1997, died Monday at her home in Thousand Oaks. Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of famed filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and an actor herself who made a memorable appearance in her father’s “Strangers on a Train” and championed his work in the decades following his death, has died at age 93. “It’s sort of an end …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Trump changed date of Tulsa rally after black Secret Serviceman told him of Juneteenth holiday

Daily Mail

Juneteenth has been considered America's 'second independence day' since June 19, 1865, when Union Army General George Granger walked into Galveston and declared the last slaves in Texas free Juneteenth, the day marking the emancipation of slaves in the US, was made a federal holiday last year. President Joe Biden put pen to paper at the White House last June …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Explainer: With US Prez Joe Biden declaring 19 June a federal holiday, understanding the significance of Juneteenth

Firstpost

The vast majority of states recognise Juneteenth as a holiday or a day of recognition, like Flag Day, and most states hold celebrations. This year on 17 June, United States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill into law declaring 19 June as a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of the Black Americans and the end …

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Experts stunned by report of GOP rep allegedly found in dementia facility

An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?

Scarred by 2020 smears, voting companies and election officials brace for November

Why is the U.S. spending $2 trillion on more weapons that could end the world?

Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris

Hugh Jackman joins with ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness to pay tribute to top Australian restaurateur Bill Granger following his death aged 54

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Maestro

Texas Rep. Kay Granger won’t seek reelection in 2024 after nearly 30 years in Congress

Daniel Radcliffe breaks silence on possible appearance in new Harry Potter TV series

GOP accused of breaking debt ceiling deal and 'threatening a government shutdown'

Shraddha Kapoor's 'incredible’ French and British accents, impress fans: 'Sounds like Hermione Granger’

San Bernardino County declares state of emergency as snow traps residents, visitors

California approaching a record snow year as yet another storm hits

5 women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink?

Are 4-day workweeks, flexible hours the future of full-time?

Are 4-day workweeks, flexible hours the future of full-time?

Meet the lifelong Harry Potter fan mistaken for Hermione Granger since she was a toddler

Meet five-star QB Walker Howard: LSU’s ‘aw-shucks savior’ who doesn’t get caught up in the excitement he creates

Climate change: Most people in the advanced world think the US is doing a bad job, Pew poll finds

Ida left more than 1 million without power, possibly for weeks. And now comes the scorching heat

Hurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling climate disasters on several fronts

Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, actor and daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, dies at 93

Trump changed date of Tulsa rally after black Secret Serviceman told him of Juneteenth holiday

Explainer: With US Prez Joe Biden declaring 19 June a federal holiday, understanding the significance of Juneteenth