[The Guardian] Retweet storm after justice department drops Flynn case Obama: US ‘rule of law’ is at risk under Trump Opinion: Under Trump, American exceptionalism means misery For God and Country: Christian case for Trump is a thin read Donald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, […]
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[Consequence of Sound, Warner Bros.] A guide to MJ’s off-the-court wins in pop culture It’s been over 20 years since Michael Jordan won his final championship. A Basketball Hall-of-Famer, six-time MVP, and the leader of two three-peats, Jordan remains a larger than life figure from the way he soared to his superstar […]
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[ROLLING STONE] The White House’s inability to track the disease as it spread across the nation crippled the government’s response and led to the worst disaster this country has faced in nearly a century Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, flanked Donald Trump at the podium in the White […]
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[Business Insider, Bettmann Archive/Getty Images] These surprisingly relevant vintage ads show how officials tried to convince people to wear masks after many refused during the 1918 flu pandemic Mask-wearing was enforced during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but many refused, citing the government mandates as threats to their civil liberties. […]
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[ESPN] ESPN’s 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, continued Sunday with Episodes 7 and 8. Jordan and the Bulls allowed NBA Entertainment to follow them throughout the season and document their final championship. The series features never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews with more than 100 people […]
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[AFP] The marble statues at Caesars Palace are fenced off, the Venetian hotel’s gondolas sit empty, and the New York-New York casino rollercoaster has ground to a halt. Even the Bellagio’s famous dancing fountains are “completely shut” due to the coronavirus pandemic, says a surly security guard, before shooing an […]
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[CNN] It’s been more than two months since Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in a south Georgia neighborhood, but in recent days the case has taken on new urgency as outrage over the killing has grown.Along with the new attention is a dizzying number of people involved with the […]
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[The Score, JOHN SWART / Associated Press] In 1994, Frank Thomas entered spring training for the Chicago White Sox fresh off earning the first MVP Award of his Hall of Fame career after hitting 41 home runs the season prior. Normally, the media attention and spotlight would be on him. Instead, it […]
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[Forbes, Microsoft] We’ve now seen the first showcase of next-gen gameplay—at least some of it—from Microsoft and the Xbox Series X, and “whelmed” seems to be the word of the day. It’s all over social media at the moment, and it illustrates the general reaction to Microsoft’s livestream. It was […]
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[Washington Post] The pandemic’s devastating economic toll came into sharp focus Friday, via grim data about the U.S. workforce: More than 20 million jobs disappeared from payrolls in April — wiping out a decade of gains in a single month as the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent, highest since the […]
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