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5 days, 17 hours ago

Going no-contact with MAGA parents: Crucial self-care or the “unraveling of America”?

Salon

"People are saying if you have a conservative family member, don't invite them to Thanksgiving or Christmas. Adult children in estrangement forums argue that Coleman is overly aggressive in his efforts at family reconciliation and too quick to blame "the younger generation's dysfunction," as one redditor put it. Coleman said that he wished political opinions were less important, but would …

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5 days, 21 hours ago

More Roy Cooper lieutenants staying on the job in North Carolina Gov.-elect Stein’s Cabinet

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — Several more top lieutenants of outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have agreed to work for fellow Democrat and successor Josh Stein’s administration, including two Cabinet secretaries and the state budget director, each of whom will stay in their current posts. The continued service of Public Safety Secretary Eddie Buffaloe, Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins and State Budget …

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6 days, 4 hours ago

From Caitlin Clark and Simone Biles to a new hockey league, women’s sports had a pivotal year

Associated Press

Record numbers of basketball fans filled arenas to watch the rookie seasons of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese unfold. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print FILE- Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, left, signs autographs for Iowa fans after Indiana lost to the Dallas Wings during …

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Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant

NPR

Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant NPR visits first person to get a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney two weeks after undergoing the historic procedure. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: It's been two weeks since I spent the day inside an OR at NYU Langone Health in New York City, watching surgeons …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Why we can’t let TikTok food trends kill off the cookbook

The Independent

The first cookery book I ever bought, in my teens, was the Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, featuring pies, pasta and puddings rendered in 80s Technicolor, alongside simple recipes. In adulthood, I moved on to Nigel Slater, Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay for my early-Noughties dinner parties – though I couldn’t be doing with Jamie Oliver and his “bish-bash-bosh”, “pukka” this …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power-shifting law could be first of many

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Stein, the outgoing attorney general, and Cooper, another Democrat leaving office shortly after eight years on the job, focused their lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court on a provision that would prevent Stein from picking his own commander of the State Highway Patrol. It also would prevent the governor from ensuring state laws are …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Judge declines to toss Menendez verdicts

Politico

Stein’s 78-page order also did not address a separate request Menendez made for a new trial last month, after prosecutors revealed they’d inadvertently given jurors access to evidence they should not have seen. Instead, Stein’s order Friday was responding to an August request by Menendez’s legal team that asked the judge to reverse the results of a corruption trial over …

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1 week, 4 days ago

North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor’s powers

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor’s veto that would diminish the powers afforded to his successor and other other Democratic statewide winners in the Nov. 5 elections. Many provisions within the 132-page law seek to diminish powers afforded to Gov.-elect Josh Stein, incoming attorney general Jeff Jackson, the next Democratic lieutenant governor …

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1 week, 5 days ago

North Carolina General Assembly overrides veto of bill eroding incoming Democrats powers

CNN

CNN — Republicans in the North Carolina House pushed through a measure restricting the powers of the incoming governor and other Democrats, overriding outgoing Democratic Gov. In his veto message last month, Cooper called the bill a “sham” that “shuffles money from one fund to another.” Billed as disaster relief funding following massive flooding in western North Carolina caused by …

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2 weeks ago

Democratic Governors Aren’t Coming Out Swinging Against Trump – Yet

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. ― Democratic governors and governors-elect assembled at the Beverly Hilton over the weekend for the Democratic Governors Association’s annual confab, just a month after Republican Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the presidential election. “‘Project 2025’ is a long document,” said Meyer, referring to a conservative think tank’s blueprint for a second Trump term. “One …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

The last Inca bridge master

BBC

The last Inca bridge master Alamy Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas, a single bridge remains from the Inca's extraordinary road system – and it's rewoven every year from grass. Eliot Stein In a more-than-500-year-old tradition stretching back to the Inca Empire, men in Arizapana's family have woven suspension bridges from grass Balancing …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

‘She ran out of time’: Josh Stein on Harris’ North Carolina loss

Politico

“And it wasn’t just our win,” Stein added, referencing the Democratic wins in positions including the secretary of State, attorney general, lieutenant governor and superintendent of public instruction. “So it was an unfortunate night for Democrats across this country, but North Carolina was a bright spot, and we’re proud of what we accomplished here,” he continued. Her strategy focused on …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Elon Musk vs. Stephen Miller: Washington preps for battle on high-tech immigration

Politico

Other newly minted Trump backers in Silicon Valley, including venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, have placed high-skilled immigration at the center of their Washington agenda. “In the same way that it took Nixon to go to China — because he was tough on China — President Trump may have an interesting opportunity” to get the GOP onboard with high-skilled immigration, said …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

The only 10 Christmas dinner recipes you’ll ever need

The Independent

There’s something uniquely British about overthinking Christmas dinner. Ingredients: For the brine: 6.5kg free-range turkey 5 litres water 2 tsp table salt 2 tsp black peppercorns 1 cinnamon stick 1 tsp whole cloves ½ tsp caraway seeds Star anise 1 tbsp dark brown sugar 250ml white wine ½ tsp mustard seeds 2 onions, chopped 4 garlic cloves, crushed For roasting …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Ex-US Sen. Bob Menendez seeks new trial, citing prosecutors’ recently admitted error

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Bob Menendez asked a judge Wednesday to set aside guilty verdicts that forced his resignation from the U.S. Senate and grant a new bribery trial. Lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat said in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that a recent revelation by prosecutors that improper evidence was put on a computer used by jurors during …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

North Carolina’s governor has vetoed a GOP bill that would weaken his successor and other Democrats

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would strip powers from several Democrats elected to statewide office this month, including removing the authority of Cooper’s successor to appoint the state elections board. These and other provisions, contained in a wide-ranging measure stuffed through the Republican-dominated General Assembly in less than 24 hours during …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

'Really chilling': Expert outlines scheme Trump could use to put enemies in 'crosshairs'

Raw Story

Donald Trump appears to be assembling a team to help him carry out his promised vengeance against perceived enemies — and an NBC News correspondent sketched out how that might look in practice. The president-elect is expected to appoint hardcore loyalist Kash Patel to a key role in the Department of Justice or FBI, and reporter Vaughn Hillyard told MSNBC's …

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1 month ago

Which Big Ten football coordinators will shape CFP contenders, bowl teams?

New York Times

The Big Ten entered the season with nine new offensive coordinators and eight new defensive coordinators sprinkled throughout the league. GO DEEPER Oregon is the class of the Big Ten and a beacon for all realignment newcomers Ohio State: Jim Knowles, defensive coordinator The Buckeyes’ defensive stats are great. The Buckeyes defense has been good in Knowles’ three seasons at …

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1 month ago

'Protracted standoff': Reporter spills about 'absolutely crucial moment' with Trump's team

Raw Story

Donald Trump is struggling with a "crucial" decision involving his transition, a Washington Post reporter said on Saturday. Economics reporter Jeff Stein took to social media over the weekend to spill about the details of what he called a "protracted standoff" involving a potential Trump team nominee. In a follow-up news report, Stein and other reporters said, "Elon Musk, the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Objectively hilarious': Reporter identifies major problem with Elon Musk's big project

Raw Story

X CEO Elon Musk has been tasked by President-elect Donald Trump to identify and eliminate government waste, but Washington Post reporter Jeff Stein has already identified a major problem with that plan. Writing on Bluesky, Stein noted that a recent Musk post outlining government waste consisted mostly of interest on America's national debt, which is something that the United States …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Some evidence that a federal judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday, though they insisted it should have no effect on the Democrat’s conviction. The prosecutors told Judge Sidney H. Stein in a letter that they recently …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Women’s baseball players could soon have a league of their own again

Associated Press

For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau’s trailblazing baseball career — all except her time as a double in “A League of Their Own,” really — she shared the field with men. The Women’s Professional Baseball League announced plans last month to launch in 2026 as a six-team circuit for female players. If and when it debuts, it will be …

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Green Party candidate Jill Stein fires back at 'spoiler' accusations

Raw Story

U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she's riding a wave of support unlike anything she's experienced in past campaigns -- and is unfazed by warnings that her run could tip the scales in Donald Trump's favor in a tight race. "This is self-serving propaganda," said Stein at a watch party in Dearborn, home to the United States' largest …

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Why AP called the North Carolina governor's race for Josh Stein

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Going no-contact with MAGA parents: Crucial self-care or the “unraveling of America”?

More Roy Cooper lieutenants staying on the job in North Carolina Gov.-elect Stein’s Cabinet

From Caitlin Clark and Simone Biles to a new hockey league, women’s sports had a pivotal year

Talking with the first person to receive a new kind of pig kidney transplant

Why we can’t let TikTok food trends kill off the cookbook

Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power-shifting law could be first of many

Judge declines to toss Menendez verdicts

North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor’s powers

North Carolina General Assembly overrides veto of bill eroding incoming Democrats powers

Democratic Governors Aren’t Coming Out Swinging Against Trump – Yet

The last Inca bridge master

‘She ran out of time’: Josh Stein on Harris’ North Carolina loss

Elon Musk vs. Stephen Miller: Washington preps for battle on high-tech immigration

The only 10 Christmas dinner recipes you’ll ever need

Ex-US Sen. Bob Menendez seeks new trial, citing prosecutors’ recently admitted error

North Carolina’s governor has vetoed a GOP bill that would weaken his successor and other Democrats

'Really chilling': Expert outlines scheme Trump could use to put enemies in 'crosshairs'

Which Big Ten football coordinators will shape CFP contenders, bowl teams?

'Protracted standoff': Reporter spills about 'absolutely crucial moment' with Trump's team

'Objectively hilarious': Reporter identifies major problem with Elon Musk's big project

Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial

Women’s baseball players could soon have a league of their own again

Green Party candidate Jill Stein fires back at 'spoiler' accusations

Why AP called the North Carolina governor's race for Josh Stein