Nico Lauricella

Former editor-in-chief at TheWeek.com

Nico Lauricella was editor-in-chief at TheWeek.com. He was formerly the site's deputy editor and an editor at The Huffington Post.

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Feature

Introducing the new TheWeek.com

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U.S. airstrike kills Iranian commander in Iraq

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to step down by the end of the year

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Bull run

Dow hits 25,000 for the first time

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Good night sweet Reince

Trump ousts Priebus, names Kelly his new chief of staff

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House Oversight chair vows to pursue the Comey memo: 'I have my subpoena pen ready'

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Astonishing

Trump speaks with Taiwanese president, risking diplomatic crisis with China

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chelsea explosion

NYC mayor: 'No evidence at this point' linking Chelsea explosion to terrorism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan communicates through FaceTime.

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Turkish president addresses nation in crisis via FaceTime

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Republican National Convention

Donald Trump makes his convention debut in the exact way you'd imagine

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Black Lives Matter organizer calls for peace after Baton Rouge shooting

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Burning questions

Who is leading Turkey's coup attempt?

Bullet holes pockmark the truck used in the Nice attack.

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attack in nice

Truck in Nice attack reportedly filled with 'guns and grenades'

Police officers and rescued workers stand near a van that ploughed into a crowd leaving a fireworks display in the French Riviera town of Nice.

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attack in nice

Over 80 people dead after van plows into Bastille Day celebration in Nice

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June 7 Super Tuesday

Bernie Sanders wins Democratic primary in Montana

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June 7 Super Tuesday

Hillary Clinton wins South Dakota Democratic primary

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June 7 Super Tuesday

Bernie Sanders crushes Hillary Clinton in North Dakota

Donald Trump weighs in on security after the Brussels terror attack.

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Terror in Brussels

Donald Trump on the Brussels terrorist attacks: 'I would close up our borders'

Belgian prime minister speaking about the attacks.

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Terror in Brussels

Belgian prime minister calls the Brussels terrorist attacks 'blind, violent, and cowardly'

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Hulk Hogan awarded $115 million in Gawker suit

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March 10 GOP debate

Has Donald Trump promised education secretary to Ben Carson?

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Super Tuesday 2016

Hillary Clinton wins delegate-rich Texas

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SOTU

Obama reminds climate-change deniers: 'When the Russians beat us into space, we didn't deny Sputnik was up there'

Police around Boulevard Baumarchais following an attack in Paris on November 13.

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Shooters at Paris concert hall reportedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they fired

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100 hostages reportedly taken, 35 killed at Paris concert hall

Earthquake in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015

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Huge earthquake rocks Afghanistan

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What??

Osama bin Laden was a 9/11 conspiracy buff

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back to school

Watch this West Point professor sternly explain why the Civil War was about slavery

Archaeological site in Lebanon with relics from the Bronze Age

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Discoveries!

Archaeologists discover fearsome Bronze Age fortress in Turkey

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Discoveries!

Archaeologists discover humongous gate in Goliath's hometown

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Anthem to buy Cigna in $54.2 billion deal

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Telepathic transmission

Chinese researchers debut mind-controlled car

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4 Marines reportedly killed by gunman in Chattanooga

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Party in Tehran

Khameini backs nuclear deal as Iranians celebrate

Netanyahu calls the deal 'a historic mistake.'

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Netanyahu blasts the Iran nuclear deal: 'This is a bad mistake of historic proportions'

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Slime Time

This green slime isn't Nickelodeon Gak. It's a lake in China.