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State Dept. review finds Biden bears some blame for Afghanistan failures
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The State Department released a declassified version of its long-anticipated report Friday examining the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, unveiling the harshest critique of any of the administration’s efforts to [Read More…]
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110 million on alert for severe, dangerous weather over holiday weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Between the damaging storm threat from the Midwest to the East and dangerous heat in the West and South, more than 110 million Americans are on alert for dangerous weather [Read More…]
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As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kelsey Hoskin charges students $675 for an hour-long, private college admissions strategy Zoom session. And students are paying. Unlike many traditional private college admissions consultants, Hoskin hasn’t served as [Read More…]
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Hollywood actors’ unions extends contract negotiations
Maria Korneeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) agreed Friday to an extension of the 2020 TV/Theatrical [Read More…]
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North Carolina 12-week abortion ban goes into effect, down from 20-week limit
Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly [Read More…]
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A very early look at the Republican veepstakes
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While about a dozen major Republican candidates are fighting for the 2024 nomination, a more under-the-radar quadrennial competition is starting: the race to be the still-unnamed nominee’s running [Read More…]
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‘Heartbreaking’: Justice Sotomayor cites rise in LGTBQ+ discrimination in dissent to SCOTUS ruling
Philip Yabut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the U.S. Supreme Court of granting businesses the right “to refuse to serve members of a protected class” for the first time in its history. [Read More…]
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In letter to House committee chair, Hunter Biden’s lawyer slams IRS whistleblower as ‘disgruntled’
Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An attorney for Hunter Biden on Friday transmitted a sharp and sweeping letter to a powerful Republican lawmaker condemning his handling of an IRS whistleblower who has accused Justice Department [Read More…]
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Biden outlines ‘new path’ to provide student loan relief after Supreme Court rejection
Thomas Roche/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — President Joe Biden said Friday his administration is moving forward with a new student loan relief plan after the Supreme Court struck down his original program to wipe out [Read More…]
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Millions may soon lose Medicaid when they don’t have to — as one Florida family has already learned
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Five-year-old Penelope Sapia was diagnosed with a rare disease at birth. Ever since then, her mother, Gillian Sapia, has had to become well-versed in the complex world of Medicaid enrollment [Read More…]
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Elon Musk announces ‘temporary limits’ for reading Twitter posts
Milamai/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter owner Elon Musk introduced, then quickly amended, new rules to the social media platform on Saturday that set “temporary limits” on how many posts can be read per day. [Read More…]
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New lesbian bars spark hope amid disappearing LGBTQ+ spaces
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As LGBTQ+ spaces continue to face threats across the country, a growing crop of lesbian bars look to chart a new path. In 2020, the Lesbian Bar Project sounded [Read More…]
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Freeform cancels ‘Single Drunk Female’ and ‘The Watchful Eye’
Sofia Black-D’Elia — Freeform/Koury Angelo Freeform has canceled its dramedy Single Drunk Female after two seasons and will not be renewing its thriller show The Watchful Eye, ABC Audio has confirmed. The former show, which [Read More…]
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“With Tom there are no limits”: Paramount releases another ‘Mission: Impossible’ stunt highlight
Getty Images for Paramount Pictures While most people have seen the trailer to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One — and leading man Tom Cruise jumping a motorcycle off a cliff — there was [Read More…]
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Michael Douglas, John Cusack and more mourn the loss of Alan Arkin
(L-R) Arkin, Douglas in ‘The Kominsky Method’ — Netflix/Michael Yarish Shortly after the news broke on Friday, June 30, that Oscar-winning Little Miss Sunshine co-star Alan Arkin died at age 89, his friends and fans [Read More…]
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Reality roundup: ’Love Island’ couple splits, ’Vanderpump Rules’ spinoff in works, and more
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week. Vanderpump Rules (Bravo) – Raquel Leviss is reportedly is still unconfirmed for filming [Read More…]
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Sylvester Stallone talks “regrets” and redemption in trailer to Netflix documentary ‘Sly’
Mark Thompson/Getty Images Their careers saw them as fierce box office competitors, so it’s almost fitting that weeks after the documentary Arnold, which tracked the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, debuted on Netflix that the streaming [Read More…]
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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ snags solid preview treasure
Lucasfilm Indy swung back into theaters in previews Thursday evening, June 29, and his final cinematic adventure, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, snagged some box office gold. The movie from director James Mangold [Read More…]
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Over 800 arrested across France in third night of riots after fatal police shooting of teen
Firas Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (PARIS) — Widespread rioting continued in the streets of France for a third night amid anger over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nael M. Protesters erected barricades, set [Read More…]
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What Wagner Group’s armed rebellion could mean for Russia’s endgame in Ukraine
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Weeks into Ukraine’s counteroffensive, political turmoil in Russia has raised new questions in the war and what it means for Vladimir Putin’s invasion. In a fleeting but shocking show of [Read More…]