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- July 31st
- ICE agents defend policy they knew would increase border deaths: 'That's not the same as actively killing those people.'
- Critics say a new Zoom horror movie shot from quarantine is surprisingly good
- Authorities arrest alleged 'mastermind' of massive Twitter hack, a 17-year-old from Florida
- Fauci shoots down 'flawed' hydroxychloroquine study: 'You can peer review something that's a bad study'
- St. Louis Cardinals are now the 3rd MLB team with positive COVID-19 tests
- Jim Jordan tries and fails to get Fauci to say protesters should be arrested for gathering during pandemic
- Twitter suspends former KKK leader David Duke permanently
- 'Massive undercount' feared as Census Bureau reportedly moves to end in-person count early
- Beyoncé debuts new visual album that aims to shift 'the global perception of the word Black'
- ‘Squid teeth’ could be used by US army for ‘self-repairing’ robots
- British trafficking victim suing Priti Patel over alleged ‘abuse of personal data’
- Ghislaine Maxwell had ‘continuous orgies with girls as young as 15’, court documents claim
- Revealed: half of English public ‘don’t understand lockdown rules’
- Now a Category 1 hurricane, Isaias approaches the Bahamas
- Post Malone says he has had several encounters with UFOs
- Ellen DeGeneres apologizes to talk show staff amid workplace investigation
- California Pizza Kitchen files for bankruptcy
- New prosecutor says no charges for ex-officer who shot Michael Brown
- July 30th
- Facebook beats 2nd quarter revenue expectations even as ad industry struggles
- MTV will give out a VMA for 'best quarantine performance'
- Michael Cohen can use social media, talk to reporters, and publish tell-all book on house arrest
- China is ramping up propaganda to cover up human rights abuses against Uighurs
- Florida reports record coronavirus deaths for the 3rd day in a row
- Oprah Winfrey's magazine honors Breonna Taylor on cover: 'I cry for justice in her name'
- Quiz of The Week: 25 - 31 July
- Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine ready for human trials after proving effective in monkeys
- Four things we learned from US Congress grilling of the Silicon Valley tech titans
- American income rises 7 percent even as economy sees its sharpest slump ever
- NASA rover successfully launches on mission to find ancient life on Mars
- John Lewis says 'the truth is still marching on' in powerful posthumous essay
- Mystery of where Stonehenge stones came from finally solved
- Beautiful science: Chanel’s open-sky labs
- Meghan Markle to pay £67,000 after losing first round of legal battle against Mail
- Boris Johnson accused of repeatedly citing ‘inaccurate’ child poverty figures
- Anderson Cooper: Trump is a 'self-proclaimed wartime president' but ignores 'American lives lost on the battlefield'
- Farmer finds prosthetic leg lost during skydive
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 'resting comfortably' after non-surgical procedure
- Rapper Malik B., a founding member of The Roots, dies at 47
- July 29th
- Biden calls out Trump for promoting COVID-19 conspiracies: 'Stop tweeting and start doing something'
- Pelosi to implement new order requiring all lawmakers wear masks on House floor
- Democrats accuse Trump of 'openly endorsing segregation' with 'Suburban Lifestyle Dream' tweet
- Baghdad sets record with 125-degree day
- U.S. coronavirus death toll reaches 150,000
- Jim Jordan explodes when asked to put on a mask, pivots to 'unmasking' of Michael Flynn
- Mike Pence and Kellyanne Conway give conflicting messages about Trump's RNC speech plans
- Federal Reserve promises to keep interest rates low as economy tries to recover
- Lawmaker grills Facebook CEO on why Donald Trump Jr. had his account locked — on Twitter
- Rep. Louie Gohmert aide suggests his staffers have been 'berated' for wearing masks
- Ashley Judd scores appeals court victory in sexual harassment claim against Harvey Weinstein
- NASA is going back to Mars with 'explicit mission to find life on another world'
- Rep. Louie Gohmert told his staff he tested positive for coronavirus in person
- TikTok CEO goes after Zuckerberg for attacks 'disguised as patriotism'
- Nearly a quarter of Republicans would refuse to take a coronavirus vaccine, poll shows
- GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert tests positive for COVID-19 after not wearing a mask in Congress
- Kavanaugh reportedly tried to find middle ground in Louisiana abortion case, but other justices weren't having it
- Mumbai's slums may be reaching herd immunity, study finds
- Pelosi and Schumer awkwardly describe competing stimulus bills as animals 'unable to mate'
- Bezos, Cook, Zuckerberg, and Pichai set to testify in House antitrust hearing
- New $5 million competition announced for developing rapid COVID-19 testing
- Ending UK furlough scheme may cost ‘1.2m jobs’, think tank predicts
- Police struggle with two decade-long rise in ‘confrontational protests’
- Coronavirus: over-55s main victims of employment crisis, watchdog finds
- American Federation of Teachers supports strikes if schools don't reopen safely
- Australian pub bars emu regulars for defecating
- George Floyd hologram covers statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond
- Pelosi calls Barr 'despicable' after contentious appearance before House panel
- Kodak to use $765 million U.S. government loan to launch new pharmaceuticals arm
- July 28th
- AMC is ending its ban on Universal movies as part of a landmark agreement
- At least 12 protesters arrested in Portland were released after promising they won't attend another demonstration
- Brad Pitt picks up an Emmy nomination for playing Fauci on SNL
- Miami Marlins season on hold after 15 players, 2 coaches test positive for coronavirus
- Minneapolis 'umbrella man' is white supremacist who smashed windows to 'incite violence,' police say
- Eric Swalwell got Barr to admit his intervention in Roger Stone case was one-of-a-kind
- The Mandalorian gets a drama series nod and more big surprises from the 2020 Emmy nominations
- Even mild coronavirus cases can cause lasting cardiovascular damage, study shows
- Why everyone is terrible at questioning William Barr
- Watchmen leads the 2020 Emmy nominations
- Pandemic led to 98 percent fall in international tourist numbers in May
- Donald Trump Jr. gets locked out of Twitter for sharing COVID-19 misinformation video
- There are 'real concerns' about U.S. dollar's role as reserve currency, Goldman says
- People are reportedly receiving mysterious packages of seeds in the mail from China
- Child COVID-19 hospitalizations rise 23 percent in Florida
- Mitch McConnell is in a terrible negotiating position on COVID-19 relief
- WhatsApp attack: who is hacking Catalonian politicians’ phones?
- Trevor Noah trolls Sen. Tom Cotton with a 'less racially divisive' slavery curriculum for students
- Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon assess Trump's odds 99 days before the election
- Americans warned not to plant mystery seeds being sent to homes nationwide from China
- MI6 agents tried to stop judge seeing secret documents in ‘licence to kill’ case
- The feds say they won't leave Portland until the violence stops. Privately, they concede they're fueling that violence.
- Portland protest groups file wide-ranging lawsuit against DHS, other federal agencies
- Firearms maker Remington files for bankruptcy
- Philippines president tells public to wash Covid-19 masks in petrol
- The Bidens, Pences, lawmakers pay their final respects as John Lewis lies in state at U.S. Capitol
- Susan Collins becomes 2nd GOP senator to oppose Trump's Fed nominee Judy Shelton
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show is reportedly under internal investigation following complaints from ex-staffers
- Alabama Democrats call on GOP lawmaker who attended event honoring KKK leader to resign
- July 27th
- William Barr to testify before House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday
- Trump administration backs down in lawsuit over migrant children held in Texas hotel
- HBO is already developing a series about the search for a COVID-19 vaccine
- Rep. Joe Kennedy calls out Sen. Ed Markey for ignoring Massachusetts towns that don't even exist
- Kathie Lee Gifford describes the last time she saw Regis Philbin: 'That will forever be a precious gift'
- John Lewis becomes 1st Black legislator to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol
- Tenet gets yet another U.S. release date — in 'select' cities
- Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow wears mask at press conference, says it's necessary to reopen economy
- Supreme Court conservatives reportedly don't trust John Roberts for a 5th vote on gun rights cases
- Disney composer Alan Menken achieves EGOT status
- Scientists are 3-D printing miniature human organs to test coronavirus drugs
- Google will reportedly keep its employees home for another year
- Miami Marlins outbreak leads to MLB's first coronavirus-related game cancellation
- Which countries are the ‘most admired in the world’ – and why?
- Moderna touts 'important milestone' as phase 3 study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins
- New poll shows Americans increasingly think the country is headed in the wrong direction
- Smelling loss from COVID-19 isn't permanent, scientists conclude
- Explained: is it safe to book a holiday in Europe when quarantine rules could change?
- John Oliver blames China for your lack of knowledge about Uighur concentration camps
- GOP Sen. Tom Cotton argues America's founders believed slavery to be a 'necessary evil'
- Following days of violence, Sudan to send more troops to Darfur
- Safari park visitors ‘arm baboons with chainsaw’
- U.S. closes consulate in Chengdu
- Florida surpasses New York to have 2nd highest number of COVID-19 cases in U.S.
- Maui hit by heavy rain, strong winds as Hurricane Douglas approaches
- July 26th
- Actress Olivia de Havilland dies at 104
- Ted Cruz says more Chinese consulates in U.S. 'may well be closed'
- Watch John Lewis' casket travel over famed Selma bridge
- CDC's Atlanta-area antibody study 'freaked out' residents after community outreach failure
- Economists explain why they expect Europe to 'bounce back more sharply' than the U.S.
- North Korea may be 'reaching out to the world for help' after finally announcing a suspected coronavirus case
- Hanna downgraded to tropical storm, but 'catastrophic flooding' remains possible in Texas
- July 25th
- Longtime TV host Regis Philbin dies at 88
- Daily coronavirus cases in Arizona are declining, but the state's fatality rate is rising fast
- Peter Green, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, dies at 73
- Family members honor John Lewis at hometown memorial service
- Climate expert suggests Biden will have to 'admit there will be tradeoffs' to reach zero carbon goal
- The season's 1st Atlantic hurricane has formed
- Current coronavirus wave 'could continue through the winter,' expert says
- July 24th
- LeBron James group to donate $100,000 toward paying Florida ex-felons' fines so they can vote
- Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine could be widely available 'several months' into 2021
- Dogs might be able to sniff out coronavirus cases before they're diagnosed
- Five of the best alternative camping sites
- Mel Gibson was hospitalized with COVID-19 for a week in April
- FAA warns engines could fail on Boeing 737s sitting in storage during pandemic
- Dr. Birx says 'we have to change our behavior now' as U.S. faces 'essentially three New Yorks'
- £20m robotic dolphin could replace captive animals
- Harry and Meghan sue over paparazzi photos of Archie: 'They are harassment'
- Why flu jabs could help fight a second wave of coronavirus
- Swedish government splits from doctors and scientists over herd immunity
- Virginia high school named for Robert E. Lee to be renamed in honor of Rep. John Lewis
- China tells U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu
- Personal trainer refuses to work with ‘fat people’
- Rep. John Lewis to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol next week
- July 23rd
- Disney delays everything
- Veto-proof Senate majority passes defense bill requiring Confederate-named bases to be renamed
- Former Nazi concentration camp guard convicted on more than 5,000 counts
- An Empire spinoff starring Taraji P. Henson is in development at Fox
- Seattle's NHL expansion team is officially the Kraken, and their branding is incredible
- Redskins officially rebrand as 'Washington Football Team,' at least for now
- The Space Force has a horse, for some reason
- KILL The Space Force has a horse, for some reason
- As AMC again postpones its reopening, Bill & Ted sequel scraps exclusive August debut
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Republican who called her 'f---ing bitch:' 'I am someone's daughter too'
- Quiz of The Week: 18 July - 24 July
- Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents at protest
- Fox & Friends marvels at Trump repeating 'person, woman, man, camera, TV'
- New jobless claims rise for the 1st time since March
- Taylor Swift is about to release a surprise new album
- Yorkshire museum calls on curators to enter battle of the sculpted bums
- What Delhi’s coronavirus outbreak can teach us about herd immunity
- Chinese consulate closed by Trump ‘was hotbed of spying’
- Hurricane Douglas strengthening, could reach Hawaii on Sunday
- Venice limits numbers on gondolas due to ‘overweight’ tourists
- White House closes executive office cafeteria after worker tests positive for COVID-19
- Civil rights leader Charles Evers dies at 97
- Derek Chauvin charged with felony tax fraud
- July 22nd
- California surpasses New York for most COVID-19 cases in U.S.
- Dave Grohl rips Trump, DeVos on reopening schools: 'Teachers want to teach, not die'
- Republicans still divided over unemployment boost extension
- Mookie Betts signs 12-year, $365 million extension with Dodgers
- D.C. makes masks mandatory even when going outside alone
- Hulu is developing a Hillary Clinton alternate history show
- Tropical storm Gonzalo is the earliest 'G' storm on record — and it's about to become a hurricane
- Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz may have just provided a glimpse into potential 2024 GOP primaries
- Kim Kardashian asks for 'compassion and empathy' for Kanye West
- The best case scenario for climate change just got worse
- Ted Yoho denies insulting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but apologizes if his words were 'construed' as offensive
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19 a 3rd time
- Pompeo tried to shake hands with a bunch of foreign leaders. They all turned him down.
- U.S. orders 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Pfizer and BioNTech
- GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz spent taxpayer money on a personal TV studio
- Ukraine hostage situation ends after president's promotion of a Joaquin Phoenix documentary
- The Lincoln Project put a laugh track under Trump's Fox News interview with Chris Wallace
- Actual COVID-19 infections are up to 13 times higher than reported cases in some states, CDC says
- Beijing-linked hackers ‘tried to steal’ coronavirus vaccine data
- Donald Trump wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well amid reports of joke about ‘randy Prince Andy’
- Conservatives to investigate MP who ‘invited 21-year-old intern to fool around’
- Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah goggle at Portland's growing protests as Trump's 'storm troopers' go national
- 39 Miami police officers to form mask enforcement unit
- NFL reportedly cancels entire 2020 preseason, cuts team roster size
- Trump threatens to veto military spending bill over Confederate base names, putting Senate GOP in a fix
- Trump reportedly asked U.S. ambassador if he could get the British Open moved to his Scottish golf resort
- Twitter cracks down on QAnon accounts, banning 7,000
- For the 1st time in July, U.S. reports more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day
- July 21st
- United Airlines loses $1.6 billion in 'most difficult financial quarter' in its history
- Ohio governor calls for state GOP house speaker to resign following bribery charges
- Majority of economists say $600 unemployment boost should be extended or increased for rest of the year
- Former Bush DHS secretary rips Trump for treating department like 'the president's personal militia'
- EU's coronavirus relief deal may have benefited from Brexit, economist suggests
- Walmart to close stores on Thanksgiving, says holiday shopping 'will be different this year'
- Dozens of Swedish doctors, scientists criticize country's coronavirus approach in grim op-ed
- What Republicans want in the next coronavirus stimulus bill
- Facebook attaches label to Trump post about mail-in voting
- Why parents should think twice about tickling their kids
- The House GOP's first meeting in months reportedly got heated
- Why only some kids should go back to school
- Republicans prepare to end unemployment boost as people camp out just to receive initial benefits
- Serena Williams' 2-year-old daughter is now the youngest owner in pro sports
- DHS official promotes Tucker Carlson's unverified claim that The New York Times is trying to publish his address
- GOP lawmaker reportedly overheard calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'f---ing bitch'
- Master of None's Alan Yang made a powerful new PSA on anti-Asian racism amid the pandemic
- Biden to propose $775 billion child care, elder care plan, funded largely by wealthy real estate investors
- China's top COVID-19 vaccine candidate showed weak results among older Phase II test subjects
- Russian elite using experimental coronavirus vaccine since April
- Prince William and Harry charities reported for ‘inappropriate use of funds’
- Prince Andrew’s aides ‘pleased’ with car crash interview, BBC presenter claims
- Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers aren't big fans of Trump's 'secret police' invading Portland
- Jimmy Fallon, Trevor Noah, and a cartoon elephant recap Trump's mortifying interview with Chris Wallace
- Michael Cohen is suing Attorney General William Barr for retaliation
- Man collects lottery winnings disguised as Darth Vader
- Suspect in killing of New Jersey federal judge's son was an 'anti-feminist' lawyer
- Kansas governor mandates masks in K-12 schools
- July 20th
- Ex-Fox News anchor Ed Henry accused of rape and sexual harassment
- Florida's largest teachers' union sues governor over school reopening order
- Dr. Fauci will throw out the first pitch at baseball's opening game
- Former Obama adviser lays out why Biden's VP would likely be the 'most powerful in history'
- Georgia Democrats select party chair Nikema Williams to replace John Lewis on ballot
- Bob Costas lands at CNN after leaving NBC over football head injury criticism
- Warner Bros. has finally given up on a 'traditional' summer release for Tenet
- Coronavirus treatment reduces number of intensive care patients in clinical trial, biotech firm says
- How homeschooling 'pods' might just make education inequality worse
- Amber Heard testifies Johnny Depp threatened to kill her 'many times'
- Oxford's coronavirus vaccine candidate is safe and induces immune response, study shows
- Alex Trebek chokes up in emotional new interview on cancer battle
- Surgeon General is 'pleading' with Fox News viewers to wear a mask
- 1 Texas county has found 85 infants with COVID-19
- Trump's chief of staff reportedly wants him to 'avoid drawing attention' to COVID-19
- John Oliver explains how to spot, fight COVID-19 conspiracy theories, provides a celebrity toolbox
- Who are the ‘pseudo-cops’ arresting BLM protesters in Portland?
- Prince Andrew walks Princess Beatrice down aisle - but is missing from wedding photos
- UK’s Covid track-and-trace programme ‘breaks data protection law’
- Disney, Facebook's top advertiser, reportedly slashes ad buys
- Portland protests grow after federal intervention, drawing wall of moms, 'Naked Athena'
- Petition urges Trader Joe's to get rid of 'racist' ethnic food labels
- Woman unaware she was pregnant gives birth after 7k run
- Federal judge's son shot and killed at New Jersey home
- Kanye West wants marijuana to be free, and everyone who has a baby to get 'a million dollars'
- Radio host says Roger Stone used 'the diet version of the n-word' on his show
- For the 5th day in a row, Florida reports more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases
- July 19th
- July 18th
- FDA approves pooled coronavirus testing in hopes of boosting testing capacity
- Read the unedited version of a 23-year-old John Lewis' March on Washington speech
- Has Trump incidentally squashed his own argument about the Supreme Court?
- Former GOP senator's tribute exemplifies bipartisan reverence for Rep. John Lewis
- Possible arson investigated at famed French cathedral, but blaze contained
- Civil rights activists pay tribute to Rep. John Lewis
- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis dies at 80
- July 17th
- New York City enters final reopening phase as California, Florida, and Texas cases surge
- Records show Breonna Taylor didn't receive medical attention for more than 20 minutes after police shooting
- Redskins owner promises 'full, unbiased investigation' into ex-employees' sexual harassment claims
- Defense secretary carefully avoids mentioning Confederate flag in order banning it from military bases
- The Chicks' new album is a 'personal' glimpse into Natalie Maines' divorce
- DHS secretary justifies unmarked federal agents snatching people in Portland with photos of graffiti
- Employees describe 'fear and intimidation' behind the scenes at The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Twitter says Bitcoin hackers only posted on a 'small subset' of accounts they targeted
- 3 female late night comedians mock 'cancel culture' and those who fetishize it
- Civil rights leader C.T. Vivian, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95
- Nearly 30 percent of Republicans don't trust what Trump says about COVID-19, poll finds
- The ICU death rate for COVID-19 has fallen dramatically since March, study finds
- Punters staying away from England’s reopened pubs and restaurants, new data shows
- Prince Andrew’s ‘good works’ website deleted amid mounting pressure over Epstein inquiry
- Late night hosts have sympathy for Brad Parscale, ponder why Trump escaped the big Twitter hack
- In brief: Isis bride Shamima Begum’s journey to Syria - and possibly back
- Up to a third of Rishi Sunak’s £30bn Covid package was ‘old money passed off as new’
- U.S. tops 77,000 new COVID-19 cases in 1 day, blowing past previous record
- Kayleigh McEnany's White House briefing book covers 'ABSURD' to 'WINS' and lots of oddities in between
- White House report recommends 18 hard-hit states impose stricter coronavirus measures
- Unidentified federal agents in camo and rented minivans are grabbing people off Portland's streets
- Was a shark swimming in the River Thames?
- Democratic lawmakers told to skip convention in Milwaukee
- Chuck Woolery's spokesman confirms his son has COVID-19
- Brazil tops 2 million coronavirus cases, with more than 76,000 deaths
- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta mayor over mask requirements
- July 16th
- Twitter says it has 'no evidence' Bitcoin hackers accessed passwords as FBI investigates incident
- Alex Trebek experiments with facial hair in latest health update
- Florida breaks single-day coronavirus death toll record, still has no mask mandate
- The Chinese property bubble is now bigger than the U.S. housing bubble that led to the Great Recession
- Dr. Fauci got an InStyle cover
- Quiz of The Week: 11 - 17 July
- Unemployment filings remain twice as high as the worst of the Great Recession
- D.C.-area police roll out 'electronic lasso'
- Republican National Convention to be scaled back amid Florida's COVID-19 surge
- Declassified tapes give new insight into inner workings of East German Stasi
- Kanye West to appear on Oklahoma ballot despite possibly quitting the race already
- Late night hosts gape at Trump's rambling Rose Garden rally, Goya gig, coronavirus cannibalism
- How to buy a private island for the price of a London flat
- Coronavirus reaches remote Amazon tribe left devastated by flu deaths following first contact
- Ghislaine Maxwell revealed to be married - but who is her secret spouse?
- Divided 5-4 Supreme Court clears way for 2nd federal execution his week
- CNN's Chris Cuomo is done with Trump's Goya beans-hawking 'bulls--t'
- Yes, you may be reading the wrong horoscope. No, it isn't NASA's fault your zodiac sign changed.
- 71,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year
- Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole dies at 75
- Baker uses urine from public toilets to make ‘Goldilocks bread’
- Georgia governor voids local mask orders
- Trump administration reportedly considering travel ban on Chinese Communist Party members
- Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tests positive for coronavirus
- July 15th
- Trump weakens environmental law to speed up permits for pipelines, freeways
- Massive Twitter hack targets Biden, billionaires, brands and more in attempt to steal Bitcoin
- Maryland is investigating 'widespread identity theft' and $500 million in fraudulent unemployment claims
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg is now home and 'doing well' after her hospitalization
- Black residents have died from COVID-19 at nearly 6 times the rate of white residents in D.C.
- GOP Sen. Susan Collins wants to debate Democrat Sara Gideon 16 times
- Rose Parade canceled for first time since WW2
- George Floyd's family files civil lawsuit against officers, city of Minneapolis
- Trump's lawyers will challenge financial records subpoena after Supreme Court ruling
- The EU sent 56 metric tons of PPE to China in February despite warnings about their own outbreaks
- Pennsylvania is 2020's top battleground state, based on Democratic and Republican ad spending
- Migrant children didn't receive intended health screenings from CBP, accountability report finds
- Walmart to require masks at all U.S. stores
- White House claims it didn't approve Peter Navarro op-ed trashing Fauci
- Most of the world is headed toward extraordinary natural population decline, researchers say
- Ivanka Trump breaks the internet, probably the law, with bizarre Goya beans tweet
- Nick Cannon fired by ViacomCBS for 'perpetuating anti-Semitism'
- Kansas GOP congressman charged with 3 counts felony vote fraud
- Estonia launches ‘digital nomad visa’ scheme to attract remote workers
- Rare horse ‘saved from extinction’ as scientists welcome birth of foal with pre-selected sex
- Late night hosts see some downsides to Trump holding his GOP convention outside in Florida in August
- What is capital gains tax and why is it being reviewed?
- White House orders hospitals to bypass CDC on COVID-19 data
- UFO investigator says ‘woke’ aliens have already dealt with racism
- July 14th
- CDC Director: Coronavirus could be 'under control' in 2 months if Americans wore masks
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with possible infection
- Researchers got the immune-boosting results they wanted from Moderna's vaccine candidate
- Glee creators to set up a college fund for Naya Rivera's son, the person she 'loved most of all'
- Miami is now the 'epicenter of the pandemic,' infectious disease expert warns
- ICE rescinds international student visa ban after dozens of universities sue
- Jay Inslee loves Joe Biden's climate plan
- Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in Epstein case as judge schedules trial for July 2021
- Bari Weiss resigns from The New York Times, Andrew Sullivan to leave New York
- Lindsey Graham defends Dr. Fauci, says 'any effort to undermine' him is counterproductive
- 15-year-old with ADHD sent to juvenile detention for not keeping up with remote schoolwork
- Judge rejects Weinstein settlement after criticism from accusers
- Kanye West is polling better than the Libertarian and Green Party candidates
- Daniel Lewis Lee was 'strapped to a gurney' for 4 hours as he awaited Supreme Court's execution ruling, lawyer says
- Testing czar says 'none of us lie' after Trump retweets game show host's baseless COVID-19 conspiracy
- JPMorgan just reported its highest quarterly revenue ever
- U.S. borders will reportedly remain closed for another month. Mexico is very fine with that.
- U.K. bans Huawei from 5G network in a 'big win' for the Trump administration
- Jimmy Fallon returns to The Tonight Show studio for the 1st time in months
- Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson gets sabotaged by Colbert's cartoon news anchors
- Biden to unveil plan to end power-plant carbon pollution by 2035
- RAF jets aid Ryanair flight in emergency landing at Stansted amid bomb fears
- Businesses facing £13bn bill for post-Brexit border checks
- Supreme Court clears way for 1st federal execution since 2003 in 5-4 decision
- More than half of Americans want Prince Andrew extradited over Epstein links
- Coronavirus: how llama blood could save seriously ill Covid patients
- Late night hosts catch up on Trump donning a mask, trashing Fauci, threatening school kids
- Judge blocks 1st federal execution in 17 years, in latest legal challenge to restarting death penalty
- MythBusters host Grant Imahara dies at 49
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis heckled during briefing: 'You are an embarrassment'
- Did leprechauns come from Italy?
- Mississippi's GOP governor explains why herd immunity is just not 'a realistic solution' for COVID-19
- Atlanta Braves won't change name, but will review 'Tomahawk Chop'
- Tucker Carlson says staffer who resigned after making racist, sexist remarks is paying 'a heavy price'
- Judge permanently blocks Georgia abortion ban
- July 13th
- Study: 5.4 million Americans lost their health insurance amid coronavirus pandemic
- German researchers argue children may act as a 'brake' on coronavirus infections
- A U.K. study suggests an annual coronavirus booster shot may be necessary
- Trump complains Biden and Obama stopped coronavirus testing even though it didn't exist during their administration
- California governor orders businesses to shut down again amid COVID-19 surge
- Hamilton finally breaks top 2 on the Billboard Top 200, 250 weeks after entering the chart
- The U.S. just ramped up its opposition to Beijing's South China Sea claims
- Los Angeles and San Diego schools won't reopen this fall
- New York will mandate people from coronavirus surge states hand over contact info or risk a $2,000 fine
- WeWork reportedly cut more than 8,000 jobs since last year
- Russell Westbrook says he tested positive for coronavirus before Rockets left for NBA's Orlando bubble
- Another new Star Wars show is in the works at Disney+
- America's coronavirus response is still relying on fax machines
- Hong Kong Disneyland to close again amid rise in coronavirus cases
- China bans entry to Rubio and Cruz after U.S. sanctions Chinese officials
- One name suggestion for Washington's football team is gaining a lot of momentum
- Trump retweets baseless claim that CDC, doctors are 'lying' about COVID-19 to hurt his campaign
- Vote Leave’s AI firm handed government contracts worth £3m - but for what?
- Wild bison to roam free in UK for first time in 6,000 years
- Immunity to Covid-19 lost within three months of infection, study suggests
- Six-decade-old mystery of skiers found dead in underwear is solved
- Exclusive: Gucci teams up with Mytheresa
- Trump, captured driving a golf cart, defends his frequent golf outings as 'exercise'
- Actress Kelly Preston dies of breast cancer at 57
- Report: Washington Redskins to announce they are changing team name
- The White House is sending journalists 'opposition research' on Dr. Anthony Fauci, limiting his TV appearances
- Runner who ‘broke’ Usain Bolt’s record ran shorter race
- Texas hospital says 30-year-old patient died after going to a 'COVID party'
- Benjamin Keough, grandson of Elvis Presley, dies at 27
- For the 1st time in months, New York City reports zero coronavirus deaths
- July 12th
- Explosion, fire on naval ship in San Diego leaves 21 injured
- Florida breaks New York's record for biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases
- The recent increase in U.S. coronavirus deaths is outpacing the previous decline
- Treasury, Fed reportedly disagree over how much risk government should take as part of lending program
- Iranian troops fired twice at Ukrainian passenger jet without approval, investigation finds
- July 11th
- July 10th
- Amazon now says email telling employees to delete TikTok was 'sent in error'
- Valentina Sampaio is Sports Illustrated's 1st transgender swimsuit model
- Facebook reportedly considers banning political ads prior to the election
- Trump campaign staffer says you'd 'get made fun of if you wear a mask' inside packed headquarters
- FedEx reportedly informs Redskins it plans to remove signage from stadium if team's name isn't changed
- Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers offer a $5 million bond so she can wait for trial out of jail
- Amazon forces employees to take TikTok off their phones
- Disney World reopening is a 'terrible idea,' epidemiologist warns
- Advisers tried to help a reportedly 'inconsolable' Trump by bringing big trucks to the South Lawn
- Chicken Run actress cries fowl — er, foul — after being recast for younger actress
- Remdesivir significantly reduces risk of COVID-19 death, Gilead claims
- Fauci says he hasn't briefed Trump on COVID-19 in 2 months
- Junk food discount deals to be axed as Boris Johnson begins war on obesity
- Pfizer CEO says it's 'feasible' FDA could approve COVID-19 vaccine candidate by October
- Approval of Trump's coronavirus response drops 14 points among independents in 1 month
- Starbucks requires customers to wear masks
- New coronavirus cases hit 6th record in 10 days
- West Virginia mail carrier pleads guilty to altering absentee ballot forms, claims it was 'a joke'
- Review: four Airbnb bookings you might have seen on TV
- Review: Lamborghini takes to the seas
- Why violent protests have broken out in Belgrade
- Tuberculosis vaccine in late-stage trial as COVID-19 protection
- Cabinet Office gives officials ‘guide to the thinking’ of Dominic Cummings
- Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley were both briefed on Russia's Taliban bounties
- COVID-19 can possibly spread through airborne aerosols, definitely via people without symptoms, WHO says
- A Black Lives Matter banner made Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, very angry
- Trucker fights off snake at 70mph
- White House reporter tests positive for COVID-19
- Top U.S. general promises to 'get to the bottom' of Russian bounty reports
- July 9th
- Biden campaign says his manufacturing and innovation plan would create 5 million jobs
- Former CDC director, education secretaries simply spell out 8 not-so-easy steps to reopen schools
- Kylie Jenner wears 'healing crystals' while pretending there isn't a pandemic
- Mariah Carey's memoir is finally finished
- Rudy Giuliani thwarted a Sacha Baron Cohen prank
- Roger Stone wanted to delay his prison term. The Justice Department wants him in jail next week.
- Michael Cohen is reportedly going back to prison
- U.S. sanctions Chinese officials for human rights abuses against Uighur minority
- Fauci says states with coronavirus resurgences should consider shutting down again
- DeVos suggests giving parents federal education money if their schools 'refuse to open'
- Trump lashes out on Twitter after Supreme Court says prosecutors can get his financial records
- Gorsuch and Kavanaugh join Supreme Court liberals ruling against Trump in New York tax returns case
- Gorsuch joins Supreme Court liberals with a powerful decision upholding tribal land rights
- ICU ward in hard-hit northern Italy now free of coronavirus cases
- New unemployment claims decline but remain above 1 million again
- 'Massive' search underway for Seoul mayor reported missing
- Record spike lifts U.S. coronavirus cases over 3 million
- Trump gets 2nd extension on his financial disclosure filing because he was 'addressing the coronavirus crisis'
- Six-a-year anti-HIV injection ‘more effective’ than daily pill
- Government to spend £10bn on botched test-and-trace system
- Johns Hopkins has launched a helpful new site to track school reopening plans
- Dominic Cummings touring top military sites ahead of security overhaul
- Glee actress Naya Rivera feared dead after son found alone in rented boat
- Lisa Kudrow says the Friends reunion is still 'on the books,' and Conan immediately plots to sabotage it
- Houston is starting to look like New York City before the peak of its COVID-19 crisis
- Russian ambassador says U.S.-Russia relations are in 'a deplorable state'
- 'Stop making public education a political issue,' urges National PTA president
- Zoo workers warned after penguin poo discovery
- Bed Bath & Beyond to close 200 stores over next 2 years
- New Lincoln Project ad targets GOP senators who voted to 'exonerate Trump from his crimes'
- July 8th
- The Wonder Years is coming back, this time featuring a Black family in Alabama
- Ivy League puts fall sports on hold due to coronavirus pandemic
- Trump's Tulsa rally 'likely contributed' to coronavirus surge, health official says
- Body camera transcripts reveal Derek Chauvin told dying George Floyd 'it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk'
- Roger Stone gets removed from Instagram as Facebook takes down network of accounts
- How Phoenix is planning for the 'Hurricane Katrina' of heat
- Former Fox News anchor Shep Smith lands a new TV gig
- United Airlines warns it may furlough nearly 40 percent of its employees
- Vindman will retire from the military after 'bullying, intimidation, and retaliation' from Trump administration
- Supreme Court upholds Trump rule letting employers opt out of birth control coverage
- Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy
- Harvard and MIT sue to stop ICE policy blocking international students from visas
- An Oregon church held a wedding. Then local coronavirus cases skyrocketed.
- Fox News' Brian Kilmeade argues schools should reopen because 'life is full of risks'
- Kanye West claims he's running for president under the 'Birthday Party' and Trump and Biden should 'gracefully bow out'
- Independent audit concludes Facebook's decisions represent 'significant setbacks for civil rights'
- Dozens of Florida intensive care units are full. Texas and Arizona hospitals are quickly filling up, too.
- British Gymnastics to investigate alleged abuse of elite Olympic athletes
- Donald Trump abused as a child by ‘sociopathic’ father, claims family memoir
- Mary Trump helped uncover the biggest Trump scandal you've already forgotten about, Rachel Maddow notes
- Sweden 'literally gained nothing' from staying open during COVID-19, including 'no economic gains'
- Samoan man serves five more years in jail than he had to
- U.S. coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx was surprised by young people sparking new surge in cases
- Chief Justice John Roberts hospitalized in June after falling and injuring his head
- Israel's top public health official resigns, saying leaders ignored warnings about reopening country
- July 7th
- For the 1st time, Texas reports more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day
- At least 4 GOP senators say they'll skip the Republican National Convention this year
- Critics question Pompeo's 'true intentions' ahead of human rights report
- Facebook ad boycott organizers 'deeply disappointed' following meeting with Zuckerberg
- DeSean Jackson apologizes for anti-Semitic social media post: 'Hitler was a bad person, and I know that'
- Usain Bolt gave his daughter a truly epic name
- A majority-Black ownership group is trying to bring a potentially game-changing MLB franchise to Nashville
- Health secretary Azar wrongly claims 'health-care workers don't get infected' in argument for reopening schools
- Fauci says comfort in lower coronavirus death rate is 'false narrative'
- Movie theaters sue New Jersey for not yet letting them reopen
- Increased demand leads to 'a new testing crisis' in some cities
- Trump claims 'fake news' is ignoring coronavirus mortality while repeating false number debunked by the media
- Data errors raise possibility PPP funding wasn't actually exhausted when many small businesses were shut out
- Tom Hanks urges Americans to 'do your part' in coronavirus pandemic: It 'should be so simple'
- Drugmaker says it could have potential coronavirus treatment ready by end of summer
- Lindsey Graham challenger raises eye-popping $14 million in 2nd quarter, topping huge hauls for Democratic Senate candidates
- Novavax receives $1.6 billion for potential COVID-19 vaccine under Operation Warp Speed
- Senior GOP senator warns Trump the Senate would 'probably override' his veto on Confederate base names
- Herd immunity doubts as Spanish study finds just 5% of population have Covid antibodies
- Halle Berry apologizes for comments about playing a transgender man, drops out of project
- TikTok is pulling out of Hong Kong
- Who are the ‘human rights violators’ targeted by new UK sanctions?
- Newly approved COVID-19 test promises results in 15 minutes for about $20
- Trump says he's 'all for masks,' thinks they make him look 'like the Lone Ranger.' Sarah Cooper demonstrates.
- Does Ghislaine Maxwell have ‘secret stash’ of Epstein sex tapes - and who could be implicated?
- Kimmel guest host Anthony Anderson is not impressed with Trump's July 4th Bruno Mars cover band
- New book says ex-DHS spokeswoman Katie Miller admitted she was unmoved by family border separations
- Potatoes take over woman’s flat during lockdown absence
- Trump's controversial tweet on Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's Confederate flag ban was clearly wrong on TV ratings
- Fauci warns U.S. is still 'knee-deep' in 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic
- New York woman who called police on Black birdwatcher charged with filing a false report
- July 6th
- Jon Huntsman loses Utah GOP gubernatorial primary
- Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tests positive for COVID-19
- UN predicts more viruses will jump from animals to humans barring greater environmental protections
- 6 of the most conspicuous businesses that got PPP loans
- How Patrick Mahomes' deal stacks up against other quarterbacks' decade-plus extensions
- ICE tells international students at colleges going fully online to leave the U.S.
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia singer Charlie Daniels dies at 83
- China is quietly granting Hong Kong police alarming new powers, experts say
- Colin Kaepernick to be the subject of an ESPN docuseries under new Disney partnership
- Harvard undergraduates will pay full tuition of nearly $50,000 for completely online classes this fall
- Quibi CEO admits she's not really an 'entertainment enthusiast'
- Hundreds of flawed coronavirus clinical trials amount to 'wasted' effort and energy, experts say
- Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down and drained, court rules
- The White House is reportedly hoping Americans 'will grow numb' to the COVID-19 death toll
- Supreme Court unanimously rules Electoral College must vote as laws of their state direct
- Why Michaela Coel turned down a $1 million offer from Netflix to make I May Destroy You
- French spy facing treason charges for allegedly passing secrets to Chinese lover
- 8 lobbyists assisting Trump’s campaign have raked in nearly $120 million since 2017
- China detains professor who criticized Xi Jinping and called out coronavirus 'cover-up'
- Met police urged to investigate Dominic Cummings’s Durham trip
- Coronavirus vaccine testers see fertile grounds in Texas, Florida, and Arizona
- Uber is reportedly buying Postmates
- Prince Andrew’s team ‘talked to US lobbyists’ linked to Donald Trump about Epstein scandal
- FEMA is 'getting out of the testing business,' won't help in Arizona, Phoenix mayor says
- Renowned Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died at 91
- Fox News crops Trump out of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein photo, leaves in Melania
- Authorities: 8 people believed to be dead after planes collide over Idaho lake
- The U.S. hit its 27th day of record COVID-19 cases, and it is hammer time again in some hard-hit states
- Airport offers fake flights for people missing air travel
- Rare case of brain-eating amoeba confirmed in Florida
- Broadway star Nick Cordero dies of COVID-19 complications
- Scientists call on WHO to address airborne spread of coronavirus
- July 5th
- July 4th
- July 3rd
- Washington Redskins will 'review' team name after pressure from sponsors
- Which states will be the next coronavirus hotspots?
- Quarantine-free travel: which countries are safe to visit?
- The risk of catching coronavirus has started to 'frazzle' some Secret Service agents
- Trump to start July 4th weekend at Mount Rushmore celebration amid coronavirus surge
- Botswana investigating mysterious sudden deaths of 350 elephants
- Meghan Markle ‘furious’ over Palace’s failure to defend her ‘against true stories’
- America's daily coronavirus case count surpasses 55,000
- Dominic Cummings handed £100m to save planet by ‘sucking’ CO2 from air
- Quiz of The Week: 27 June - 3 July
- Covid-19 patient gives birth while in a coma
- July 2nd
- Hugh Downs, longtime 20/20 and Today host, dies at 99
- Vanilla Ice cancels controversial mid-pandemic concert
- Herman Cain, who attended Trump's rally in Tulsa, hospitalized with COVID-19
- 40 principals met to discuss reopening schools. They were all exposed to coronavirus.
- Mnuchin says it's 'too early to tell' if American families need another stimulus check
- June jobs report surpasses expectations — but with a 'big asterisk'
- Meghan Markle claims her wedding ‘made £1bn for Britain’
- Johnny Depp libel lawsuit against The Sun heads to trial
- Why bars should be the 1st thing closed as COVID-19 cases rise, according to science
- At least 10,000 UK workers axed in two days as clock ticks down on Covid jobs scheme
- Are children less likely to spread COVID-19? The research points to yes.
- Israel delays controversial West Bank annexation
- Coronavirus: ‘significant’ number of Brits may have natural immunity
- Samantha Bee says Trump is winning his war on the free press, and that's bad for you
- Biden tops Trump in fundraising for a 2nd month and in the 2nd quarter
- What are the Covid-19 rules in Amsterdam’s red light district?
- With 52,788 coronavirus cases reported, U.S. sets new daily record
- Hundreds watch as Stonewall Jackson statue removed from Richmond's Monument Avenue
- July 1st
- California governor orders restaurants in 19 counties to stop indoor dining
- House passes extension of small business relief program
- U.S. planning to 'surge test' people under 35 for coronavirus regardless of symptoms in some places
- The Fed's fears about another economic downturn later this year may already be coming true
- John Bolton's book is officially a runaway bestseller
- Beavis and Butt-Head to enter a 'whole new Gen Z world' in Comedy Central revival
- A quarter of a million people are trying to stop Paris Jackson from playing Jesus
- Russell Crowe chatted up Jared Kushner at a party because 'nobody else was talking to him'
- Joss Whedon accused of 'abusive' and 'unprofessional' behavior by Justice League star Ray Fisher
- Seattle police and FBI clear out CHOP zone after police chief declares 'enough is enough'
- Facebook ad boycott begins as Zuckerberg plans meeting with organizers
- More Americans want immigration increased than decreased for the 1st time in Gallup poll's history
- Products suspected of using human hair from people in Chinese internment camps seized by U.S. Customs
- New York City postpones plan to resume indoor dining
- Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate is 'viable' — but there are some side effects
- New York City budget shifts $1 billion from police to community programs, but no one is thrilled with it
- Fox News fires anchor Ed Henry over sexual misconduct complaint
- Homemade cloth masks can successfully block coronavirus particles, study shows
- Ordering, asking, or shaming: What's the best way to get Americans to wear face masks?
- Harvey Weinstein and accusers reach $19 million settlement
- Hong Kong police make first arrests under new security law
- Prince Charles claims £1m from Cornish people who died without wills
- The Trump administration has bought up the world's supply of COVID-19 drug remdesivir
- What are the books Dominic Cummings told aides to read?
- Explained: Bank of England predicts V-shaped economic recovery
- 5-term GOP congressman endorsed by Trump unseated by far-right challenger with QAnon sympathies
- Police chase a peacock through Brooklyn
- Mother of Army specialist killed in Afghanistan says Russian bounty reports must be investigated
- Watch young Don Cheadle and Golden Girls' Blanche grapple with racism, Confederate flags in 1992
- Senate passes extension of small business relief program
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