My Client Resigned From the White House. It’s Time for Trump to Think About His Children and Do the Same
The BuzzFeed report that former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen has told investigators that, after the election, President Trump instructed him to lie to Congress has raised new calls for impeachment. But impeachment is far from the only concern Trump should consider now. On one hand, Cohen is merely providing potential testimony of what most keen observers assumed ...
5m Jan 22, 2019
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Brexit Boxes and Stockpiling Medicines, Britons Prepare for a No-Deal E.U. Exit
Fears of food and medicine shortages are the top of some people's concerns in the U.K. as the possibility of a no-deal Brexit increased after a proposed deal by British Prime Minister Theresa May was rejected by the U.K. parliament. Some U.K. citizens and businesses have been making preparations by stocking up on essential necessities that are imported from the E.U. amid u...
8m Jan 22, 2019
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How William Barr Could Affect Mueller’s Investigation
Two principles have defined William Barr's 42-year legal career: adherence to law and order, and dogged defense of a powerful presidency. The question hanging over the Senate hearings beginning on Jan. 15 on Barr's nomination to be the next Attorney General was how the plainspoken Washington lawyer would reconcile those twin pillars of his professional philosophy if they c...
6m Jan 22, 2019
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Here’s What to Know About the Controversy of the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show
On Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, Maroon 5 will headline the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show alongside Travis Scott and Big Boi in Atlanta, Georgia. The flashy gig has long been considered the performance of a lifetime for a musical artist, but this year, the politics surrounding Super Bowl LIII halftime also have the potential spotlight. Here's what you should know abou...
11m Jan 22, 2019
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Let’s Talk About the Ending of Glass
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Unbreakable, Split and Glass. Twenty years after The Sixth Sense shocked audiences, M. Night Shyamalan's name has become synonymous with the twist ending. The director cemented that notion in 2017 when Split left viewers with a teaser that revealed that the horror film was, in fact, a stealth sequel to his 2000 superhero film Unb...
10m Jan 22, 2019
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Here’s a Complete List of All the Upcoming DC Movies
With Aquaman making a nearly $300 million-splash in theaters since its December release, it seems the DC Extended Universe may have finally found its footing. And with Shazam! and Joaquin Phoenix's solo Joker movie both set to hit theaters this year — followed by the Margot Robbie-led Birds of Prey as well as Wonder Woman 1984 in 2020 — DC Extended Universe fans aren't goi...
24m Jan 22, 2019
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Kamala Harris Jumps Into Presidential Race
(WASHINGTON) — Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump's nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Vowing to "bring our voices together," Harris would be the first woman to hold the presidency and the second African-American if she succeeds.
6m Jan 21, 2019
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‘This Is Much Bigger Than Basketball.’ NBA’s Enes Kanter Opens Up About Being Wanted by Turkey
New York Knicks center Enes Kanter is the only NBA player who, in the eyes of the government of his home country, is an international fugitive. Prosecutors from Turkey have sought a warrant for Kanter's arrest, and are seeking his extradition from the United States.
9m Jan 21, 2019
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The MLK Speech We Need Today Is Not the One We Remember Most
Most Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr. for his dream of what this country could be, a nation where his children would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." While those words from 1963 are necessary, his speech "Beyond Vietnam," from 1967, is actually the more insightful one. It is also a much more dangerous and disturb...
8m Jan 21, 2019
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Pink Hats Flooded Washington Again, but Controversy and Competition Made for a Smaller Women's March
Droves of pink-hatted women gathered in Washington and cities around the country to march for women’s rights on Saturday, but the turnouts paled in comparison to those of the previous two years. The day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as America’s 45th president, nearly half a million people flooded the streets of D.C. to protest him. But this year, as Women’s March,...
5m Jan 21, 2019
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The Striking Contradictions of Nixon's Inauguration 50 Years Ago, Observed by Hunter S. Thompson
Fifty years ago Sunday, Richard Milhous Nixon descended the steps at the Capitol’s East Portico to become the 37th president of the United States. “The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker,” he proclaimed. “When we listen to ‘the better angels of our nature,’ we find that they celebrate the simple things, the basic things—such as goodness, decenc...
8m Jan 21, 2019
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Black Monday and Corporate Are Leading a New Wave of Anticapitalist TV
Showtime's Black Monday opens with a panorama of Wall Street on Oct. 19, 1987--the date of the catastrophic stock-market crash that gives the show its name. A white-haired businessman crumples on a curb, sobbing. Two giddy punks spray-paint YUPPIES LOST on a pillar above his head. And a chauffeur clambers out of a Lamborghini limo the color of fresh blood just in time to w...
8m Jan 21, 2019
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Robert J. Brown Worked With Both MLK and Nixon. Here’s What He Says Went on Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights power broker talks about his new memoir and working with Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon. In your new book, You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right, you describe being a liaison between business and the civil rights movement in the '60s. How did you persuade executives to come to the table? No businesses can be successful in the kind of environment w...
4m Jan 21, 2019
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Trump’s Presidency Is at Its Exact Midpoint. Here’s What We’ve Learned
On the second anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is engaged in a no-win standoff with Congress, besieged by new allegations about his relationship with Russia and facing questions about his truthfulness. As the first commander in chief elected without prior political or military experience, Trump raised many questions about what he might be like in ...
6m Jan 21, 2019
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What Martin Luther King Jr. Said About Walls During His 1964 Visit to Berlin
Berlin was perhaps destined to be a meaningful place for Martin Luther King Jr.; it was the city that, in some ways, gave him his name. And for a man who preached against walls that "divided humanity," a 1964 visit to the then-three-year-old Berlin Wall, which divided the Soviet-occupied East side of the city and the U.S.-occupied West side of the city, offered a chance to...
9m Jan 21, 2019
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Trump’s new shutdown tactic: Acting normal
In past presidencies, Jan. 19's events might have seemed normal. President Donald Trump began his Saturday on a bitterly cold tarmac in Delaware, paying his respects to the remains of four Americans killed in Syria. He ended it staring into a teleprompter, offering to make a deal with Democrats in a broadcast announcement from the Diplomatic Reception Room on the ground fl...
8m Jan 21, 2019
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4 Arizona Women Convicted for Leaving Water for Migrants
Four aid workers were convicted Friday on charges connected to their efforts to leave food and water for migrants in an Arizona wildlife refuge along the U.S.-Mexico border. The volunteers, who are members of the faith-based humanitarian aid group No More Deaths, were caught on Aug. 13, 2017, by a Federal Wildlife officer as they left water jugs, beans and other supplie...
4m Jan 21, 2019
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Kentucky Catholic School Considers Expelling Boys Who Taunted Native Americans
A Kentucky Catholic high school is considering expelling students who were captured in viral videos taunting a Native American veteran on Friday. In the videos, a large group of teenage boys - including several wearing Covington Catholic High School sweatshirts - are seen chanting and surrounding a small group of Native Americans, who were attending the Indigenous Peopl...
2m Jan 21, 2019
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6 High-Protein Foods That Are Healthier Than Beef
Americans are obsessed with protein. It's touted as the cornerstone of any healthy diet, since it helps people feel full and builds muscle. But most Americans eat too much protein every day, according to federal estimates—and they're going especially overboard with animal proteins, namely red meat. It's becoming clear how big a problem excessive red-meat consumption can...
7m Jan 19, 2019
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Why Sunday’s AFC Championship Game Is a Bigger Deal for Patrick Mahomes Than Tom Brady
It's been a bounce-back season for the NFL. Scoring is up, with the four most offensively potent teams in the league — the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams, the New Orleans Saints and the New England Patriots — reaching the conference championship round. Pro football feels fun again. Defense wins championships? Bollocks. After a down year in 2017, TV ratings have r...
6m Jan 19, 2019
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‘We’ll Have No Other Option Than Declaring Bankruptcy.’ How the Shutdown Could Impact Government Workers for Months
As the longest government shutdown in history drags on for nearly four weeks and counting, its economic impact could have a long-term effect on many federal employees and contractors across the United States. Taylor Gautreaux, who is expecting a baby in March, works in software development for a private company under a government contract. After her work came to a halt ...
8m Jan 19, 2019
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Women First Marched to Protest Trump. Now They’re Questioning Each Other
When millions of protesters flooded the streets of Washington, D.C.; New York; Los Angeles; and dozens of other American cities as part of the Women's March in January 2017, and again in January 2018, the organization became a powerful symbol of mass, unified opposition to the new Trump Administration. But on the third anniversary of the Women's March on Jan.
8m Jan 19, 2019
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Special Counsel’s Office Issues Rare Statement Disputing Report Claiming Trump Told Cohen to Lie to Congress
The special counsel's office has issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of a news report saying that President Donald Trump told his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. The statement by Robert Mueller's office on Friday night doesn't cite any specific errors.
1m Jan 19, 2019
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Snowman Gets Spectacular Revenge on Unworthy Adversary Who Tries to Drive Over It
You know what they say about seeing just the tip of the iceberg. Well, sometimes that applies to snowmen, too — at least, that's the lesson an unlucky vandal learned this week after attempting to take down a 9-foot-tall snowman in Petersburg, Kentucky. Area resident Cody Lutz built the giant snowman, christened Frosty Stumps, with his fiancée and her sister after the ar...
1m Jan 19, 2019
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Facebook May Face Record FTC Fine for Privacy Violations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the personal information of its 2.2 billion users. The FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous record fine of $22.5 million , which it dealt to Google in 2012 for bypassing the privacy cont...
2m Jan 19, 2019
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‘We’re in Uncharted Waters.’ Schools Brace for Lunch Funding Challenges if Shutdown Continues
Some high-poverty school districts are bracing for the fact that federally funded lunch programs could become a casualty of the government shutdown if it drags on for another month. At least one district in rural North Carolina is taking precautionary measures, cutting out treats like ice cream and reducing lunch menus to the "minimum level to conserve food and funding"...
4m Jan 19, 2019
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Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years For Killing Laquan McDonald
(CHICAGO) — The white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, bringing an end to a historic case that centered on a shocking dashcam video and fueled the national debate over race and law enforcement. Jason Van Dyke was convicted last year of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated ba...
7m Jan 19, 2019
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Only Two People Can End This Shutdown. And Neither Is Budging
A bipartisan group of senators got involved. The president's son-in-law and the vice president took a shot. A group that calls itself the Problem Solvers Caucus tried its hand. But in the end, none of them were able to resolve the impasse leading to the longest shutdown in U.S. history. As the partial government shutdown heads toward the one-month mark, it's become c...
4m Jan 19, 2019
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Gina Rodriguez Sets Out to Prove There's More to Her Than Jane
"Are we planking?" Gina Rodriguez calls out on the set of Jane the Virgin. She leads a small group of crew members past a row of pastel-colored houses and into the bungalow that her character Jane has shared with her mother and grandmother for four seasons of television. Clad in sneakers and camo sweatpants, Rodriguez drops into a push-up position, sets a timer for one min...
7m Jan 19, 2019
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ISIS Is Still Active in Iraq, Syria and Beyond. This Is What the Threat Looks Like Now
It had always seemed an unlikely boast. But the ISIS-claimed terror attack that killed four U.S. troops in the northern Syrian town of Manbij this week proved the hollowness of U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims of victory over the militant network in Syria and Iraq. "We have won," said Trump on Twitter Dec. 19, days after a phone call with Turkey's President...
6m Jan 19, 2019
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A Federal Court Has Ruled Texas Can Bar Planned Parenthood From Medicaid
(AUSTIN, Texas) — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday lifted a lower-court ban that prohibited Texas from eliminating Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued the ruling that removes the preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin imposed on the state of Texas in February ...
2m Jan 18, 2019
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The Surprising Link Between Prohibition and Women’s Rights
On Jan. 16, 1919, Nebraska became the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, banning “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors." Though Congress would spend the next year figuring out the technicalities before the guidelines for policing and enforcing the new reality went into effort, the era of Prohibition had begun. A hundred years later, exp...
10m Jan 18, 2019
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Is Black Pepper Healthy? Here’s What the Science Says
Like salt, black pepper sits on almost every kitchen table or countertop in America. But while whole books have been written about sodium consumption and human health, black pepper and its compounds have garnered little attention from experts. But pepper probably deserves more scrutiny. Some research has linked black pepper marinades to the elimination of heterocyclic a...
5m Jan 18, 2019
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A Star-Studded Soccer Game Was Saudi Arabia’s Latest Attempt to ‘Sportswash’ Rights Abuses. It Didn’t Work
A headed goal from soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo propelled Juventus to 1–0 victory over rivals AC Milan in the Supercoppa Italiana (Italian Super Cup) Wednesday, but the reluctance of the sport's top players and clubs to speak out against Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses has prompted accusations they are complicit in 'sportswashing' for the Gulf state.
7m Jan 18, 2019
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Judge Acquits Chicago Police Officers Accused of Covering Up Fatal Shooting of Black Teen by Fellow Officer
(CHICAGO) — Three Chicago officers were acquitted Thursday of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of a black teenager by a white officer who was seen pulling the trigger on the shocking dashcam video that showed Laquan McDonald getting hit with 16 bullets.
7m Jan 18, 2019
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FDA Move Could Help Drug Companies Provide Over-the-Counter Overdose Antidote
(Bloomberg) — The Food and Drug Administration is trying to make it easier for drug companies to make nonprescription versions of opioid overdose antidote naloxone. The agency has created sample consumer-friendly labels drugmakers can use when they apply for permission to sell over-the-counter naloxone as a nasal spray or auto-injector, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb...
2m Jan 18, 2019
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President Trump’s Plans to Boost Missile Defense Could Spark an Arms Race
President Donald Trump ripped yet another page from Cold War strategy books Thursday by directing the Pentagon to look into developing a constellation of space-based sensors and interceptors that could stop missiles before they reach the United States. “We will de­stroy every type of mis­sile at­tack against any Amer­i­can tar­get, whether before or af­ter launch,” he t...
9m Jan 18, 2019
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The Nazi-Fighting Winter Soldiers Who Taught America to Ski
With a wintertime three-day weekend coming up for many Americans, the country's ski slopes are sure to be slammed with schussers. But while many of those athletes may be familiar with military uses of skis, as demonstrated by James Bond, they may not know just how close their own hobby is to that history. In fact, many of America's ski resorts were started by soldiers w...
7m Jan 18, 2019
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25% of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary. Here’s Why That’s So Dangerous
The overuse of antibiotics is a growing problem. When used too frequently or inappropriately, the drugs can become ineffective for conditions they could normally treat since bacteria can develop resistance to them. As more bacteria are becoming resistant to all available antibiotics, there will be fewer, and sometimes not any, antibiotic options for people who might truly ...
5m Jan 18, 2019
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Tim Cook: It’s Time for Action on Data Privacy
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
4m Jan 18, 2019
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Martin Scorsese Remembers Actor Verna Bloom—And How She Helped Change His Life
In 1969, I met Jay Cocks. We became friends. Back then Jay was a movie critic for TIME, and he started inviting me to press screenings. We went to see a picture called Medium Cool, and Jay thought the actress in it was incredible. Her name was Verna Bloom. He asked if I'd go along with him to interview her, so I did. A few years later, I was the best man at their wedding. ...
1m Jan 18, 2019
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An Island for ‘Unwanted’ Migrants Is Denmark’s Latest Aggressive Anti-Immigrant Policy
On a cold December night, Inger Stojberg stood in an overlit auditorium in Vordingborg, eastern Denmark, and explained why the Danish government had chosen nearby Lindholm Island for its new detention center for rejected asylum seekers.
13m Jan 17, 2019
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6 in 10 Wild Coffee Species Are Threatened With Extinction, According to Scientists
More than half of the world's wild coffee could be at risk of extinction due to climate change, deforestation and disease, new research says. In an analysis of 124 known coffee species, scientists from the U.K.-based Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew found 75 (60%) are at risk of extinction. Thirteen of those species were identified as "critically endangered.
3m Jan 17, 2019
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Turkey Wants an International Arrest Warrant for NBA Player Enes Kanter
(ANKARA) — Turkish prosecutors are seeking an international arrest warrant for New York Knicks player Enes Kanter, accusing him of membership in a terror organization. Sabah newspaper says the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office had also prepared an extradition request for the NBA player. Officials at the prosecutor's office could not be reached by The Associated Press f...
2m Jan 17, 2019
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You’re Not Imagining It: Food Recalls Are Getting More Common.
Lately, it's felt like there's a new food recall each week, striking everything from romaine lettuce to Ritz crackers. And a new report from the non-partisan Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) says that phenomenon isn't in your head: Food recalls are actually getting more common. The total number of food recalls in the U.S. increased by 10% between 2013 and 2018, hit...
7m Jan 17, 2019
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Pelosi’s Suggestion That President Trump Postpone the State of the Union Address Is Not as Strange as It Sounds
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Trump on Wednesday to postpone the State of the Union address, she gave him two options - reschedule the speech, or send it to Congress in a letter. Pelosi's letter argued that the speech raised safety concerns because many members of the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security, which handle security for the...
4m Jan 17, 2019
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Mike Pence Says ISIS ‘Caliphate Has Crumbled’ in Speech After U.S. Troops Killed in Syria Attack
(BEIRUT) — Vice President Mike Pence is claiming that the Islamic State "caliphate has crumbled" and the militant network "has been defeated." But his comments Wednesday in a speech at the State Department came shortly after the U.S. military said American service members were among those killed during an explosion during a routine patrol in Syria. It's unknown how m...
1m Jan 17, 2019
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Second Lady Karen Pence Faces Backlash for Teaching at Christian School That Bars LGBTQ Students and Staff
Second Lady Karen Pence is facing controversy for accepting a part-time teaching job at a private Christian school that does not admit LGBTQ students or hire LGBTQ employees. "I am excited to be back in the classroom and doing what I love to do, which is to teach art to elementary students,” Pence said in a statement Tuesday. "I have missed teaching art, and it’s great ...
4m Jan 17, 2019
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Chris Pratt Is Doing the Daniel Fast Diet. But Is It Healthy?
The Daniel Fast has been around a long time — since the Old Testament, in fact. But actor Chris Pratt gave it new popularity recently by posting an Instagram story about adopting it as his latest diet. Pratt described the plan as "21 days of prayer and fasting." But what does the Daniel Fast actually entail — and is it healthy? Here's what you need to know.
5m Jan 17, 2019
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American CEO Who Narrowly Avoided 9/11 Among 14 Killed in Nairobi Terrorist Attack
An American CEO who narrowly avoided the Sept. 11 terror attack was among at least 14 people killed in an attack on a hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi on Tuesday. Jason Spindler, the director of a business development firm, was a U.S. citizen based in Kenya who died in the attack. "We all miss him so much," his mother, Sarah Spindler, told NBC News. "It's so sad...
3m Jan 17, 2019
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