Pipe Bomb Found at Billionaire George Soros’ Home
(BEDFORD, N.Y.) — A bomb was found in a mailbox at the suburban New York compound of George Soros, the liberal billionaire philanthropist who has been the target of right-wing conspiracy theorists, authorities said Tuesday. Federal investigators were reviewing surveillance video to determine whether the package had been sent through the mail or delivered some other way, officials said, adding ...
3m Oct 24, 2018
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Celebrities Slam Megyn Kelly for Saying She Doesn’t Understand Why Blackface Halloween Costumes Are Offensive
Celebrities are hitting back at Megyn Kelly for saying that she doesn't understand why blackface Halloween costumes are racist. During during a roundtable discussion on offensive costumes on the talk show Megyn Kelly Today, Kelly sparked near-immediate online backlash on Tuesday morning with comments she made, for which she apologized following the segment. “What is racist?” she asked a panel...
3m Oct 24, 2018
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How Hunger Fuels Crime and Violence in Venezuela
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
6m Oct 24, 2018
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China Officially Launched the World’s Longest Sea Bridge Linking Hong Kong and Macau to the Mainland
The world's longest sea-crossing opened in southern China on Tuesday morning in an architectural and political feat that spans 34-miles and links Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland. After two years of delays and reportedly more than one billion dollars over budget, the mega-bridge was inaugurated by Chinese President Xi Jinping in an opening ceremony in Zhuhai.
2m Oct 23, 2018
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Turkey's Erdogan Says Saudi Team Planned Jamal Khashoggi's Murder Days In Advance
Turkey's president has urged Saudi Arabia to reveal who ordered the "savage murder" of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, and said the 18 Saudis suspected of carrying it out should be tried in Turkish courts.
1m Oct 23, 2018
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President Trump Threatened to Turn Back Caravan Migrants If They Don’t Claim Asylum in Mexico. That’s Not Legal
President Donald Trump has said the Central American migrants traveling via caravan should seek asylum in Mexico – and threatened that they will be turned away if they reach the U.S. border. "People have to apply for asylum in Mexico first, and if they fail to do that, the U.S. will turn them away. The courts are asking the U.S. to do things that are not doable!" he tweeted Sunday. But follow...
5m Oct 23, 2018
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President Trump’s Midterm Arguments: Mobs, Immigration and the Economy
In front of thousands of supporters packed into in the Houston Toyota Center, President Donald Trump talked up his one-time rival Ted Cruz and starkly laid out his version of the choice voters face in the midterm elections on Nov. 6. Trump boiled it down to a slogan short enough to fit on a single Teleprompter screen: "Republicans produce jobs, Democrats produce mobs.
7m Oct 23, 2018
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Here's How Trump Responded to Reports His Administration Wants to Strip Transgender Protections
(WASHINGTON) — LGBT leaders across the U.S. reacted with fury Monday to a report that the Trump administration is considering adoption of a new definition of gender that would effectively deny federal recognition and civil rights protections to transgender Americans. "I feel very threatened, but I am absolutely resolute," Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender...
5m Oct 23, 2018
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President Trump Is Making Baseless Claims About the Migrant Caravan. Here Are the Facts
For more than 15 years, nonprofit groups have helped hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants journey through Central America to the United States, traveling together in a caravan to make the journey safer and their plight more visible. Thousands of Central American migrants currently walking to the U.S. border are doing the same, fleeing deadly violence on a trek that has drawn international focus.
5m Oct 23, 2018
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Sheriff Asks For 2,000 Volunteers to Help Search For Missing Wisconsin 13-Year-Old
(MADISON, Wis.) — Authorities on Monday called for 2,000 volunteers to help in a ground search for clues in the disappearance of a Wisconsin girl whose parents were gunned down in their home last week.After an initial ground search on Thursday in which 100 volunteers helped search for clues into 13-year-old Jayme Closs' disappearance, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said such searches wo...
2m Oct 23, 2018
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Nobody Knows Why a Lioness Killed Her Longtime Mate at the Indianapolis Zoo
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indianapolis Zoo is trying to determine why a lioness killed her mate. The zoo said Friday that an adult female, Zuri, attacked 10-year-old male Nyack in their outdoor yard Monday before the zoo opened for the day. The zoo says the two had been housed together for eight years and produced three cubs in 2015. Nyack was on loan from the San Diego Zoo.
1m Oct 23, 2018
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Julia Roberts on Why She’s Done With Romantic Comedies
Julia Roberts has been the face of some of the most popular romantic comedies of all time. (Hello, Notting Hill and Runaway Bride.) But a few decades on, the actress who made Pretty Woman has no plans to step back into a role in the popular genre. It's not that she doesn't like rom-coms, Roberts told Entertainment Tonight; it's that she doesn't think they "work" for her now.
2m Oct 23, 2018
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A Sports Reporter Got Hit by a Football on Camera and Recovered Like a Pro
No man — or woman — is safe on the field. That's the lesson learned by football reporter Melissa Stark, who was delivering an on-air segment before an NFL game at Wembley Stadium in London when she was hit right in the head by a stray ball. Sharing the clip on Twitter, Stark had a sense of humor about it: "Hurts more every time I watch it... London, I'll never forget you!" she joked, adding tha...
1m Oct 23, 2018
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An Explosive Device Was Found Near George Soros’ Home, Authorities Say
(BEDFORD, N.Y.) — The FBI and local police responded to an address near the home of philanthropist George Soros after an object that appeared to be an explosive was found in a mailbox, according to authorities. The Bedford Police Department said it responded to the address in the hamlet of Katonah at 3:45 p.m. Monday after an employee of the residence opened the package.
2m Oct 23, 2018
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Photos Show Luke Bryan's Mom Returning to Her Home Devastated by Hurricane Michael
Natural disasters don't discern between the fates of celebrities and the rest of us — and the latest evidence comes from Hurricane Michael, the Category 4 storm that made landfall across parts of Florida earlier in October. Famous country singer Luke Bryan's mom, LeClaire Bryan, is one of the homeowners whose property was badly hit by the hurricane when it raged across the town of Mexico Beach.
1m Oct 23, 2018
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Taiwan’s President Calls for Investigation After the Worst Train Crash in Decades
(DONGSHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan) — Taiwan's president pressed for a quick, transparent probe into the cause of the island's worst train crash in nearly three decades as the search of the derailed cars ended and crash investigators examined the wreckage Monday. The eight-car Puyuma express ran off the tracks as it went around a bend where the maximum speed is 75 kilometers per hour (47 mph).
5m Oct 22, 2018
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Stephen Hawking’s Wheelchair and PhD Dissertation Are up for Sale
(LONDON) — Stephen Hawking was a cosmic visionary, a figure of inspiration and a global celebrity. His unique status is reflected in an upcoming auction of some of the late physicist's possessions: It includes complex scientific papers, one of the world's most iconic wheelchairs and a script from "The Simpsons.
4m Oct 22, 2018
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French Teenager Who Threatened His Teacher With a Fake Gun Was Charged
A French student was charged Sunday with aggravated violence after a video captured him threatening his teacher with a fake gun, Agence France-Presse reports. The video, allegedly taken by a classmate, shows the 15-year-old boy standing over his teacher at a high school in the southeastern suburb of Creteil. The teen proceeds to brandish an air gun as he demands the instructor mark him present...
1m Oct 22, 2018
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Saudi Arabia’s King and Crown Prince Call Slain Journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s Son
(ISTANBUL) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the son of Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom announced early Monday, to express condolences for the death of the journalist killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul by officials that allegedly included a member of the royal's entourage. King Salman similarly made a condolence call as international pressure on the kingdom continues to rise,...
7m Oct 22, 2018
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Republicans Think They Could Still Hold the House. Here's How
For the first time in months, senior Republicans trying to defend their majority in the House feel like they have a fighting chance, according to interviews with a dozen officials late last week and through the weekend. For sure, they’re in political-triage mode, cutting off on-the-verge incumbents from the national party’s dollars. They are ready to phone television stations to cancel ad buys...
7m Oct 22, 2018
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The Trump Administration May 'Erase' Transgender Definition
Rights groups and activists are mobilizing against a reported Trump administration plan to narrowly define gender, a move that could dramatically reduce federal protections for and recognition of transgender people. LGBTQ supporters gathered Sunday night in New York's Washington Square Park, while others took to social media to blast what is seen as an attempt to marginalize transgender people.
3m Oct 22, 2018
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I’m a Young Saudi Journalist. Jamal Khashoggi’s Disappearance Will Not Silence Us
When news broke out that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi reportedly met a tortuous end at the hands of agents of a country I hold so dear, I fell into despair. Not only would these details be gruesome for any decent human being, but I had a personal and professional connection to what Khashoggi’s plight was for. I’m a Saudi journalist living in the West. I grew up in Saudi Arabia and was taugh...
7m Oct 22, 2018
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An Anonymous Group Spent $330,000 on Facebook Ads Urging Brits to Reject Brexit Deal
A group with no publicly available information about its owners has spent up to $330,000 urging Brits to reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal, according to evidence submitted to a British government inquiry on fake news. The website, called the Mainstream Network, is the latest group to have been linked to "dark ads" – advertisements targeted at specific users that doesn't reveal who is paying for...
3m Oct 22, 2018
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The 5 Most Germ-Filled Places In Your Office—And How to Protect Yourself
Just getting to work can be a bacteria-ridden experience. The subway is full of it, as are stair railings and revolving doors. But once you finally sit down at your desk for the day, you're still exposed. The germiest places tend to be high-traffic areas where a lot of different people touch the same surface, and your office is no exception. But by taking one main precaution—washing your hands...
5m Oct 22, 2018
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Trump Plans to Tear Up a 31-Year-Old Nuclear Weapons Treaty. Now What?
President Donald Trump revealed Saturday the United States intends to withdraw from a 31-year-old nuclear weapons agreement with Russia, delivering a severe blow to the arms control regime that helped preserve peace since the Cold War. “We’re going to terminate the agreement and we’re going to pull out,” Trump told reporters after a rally in Elko, Nevada, without indicating what the next steps...
9m Oct 21, 2018
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'We Won't Be Broken.' Caravan of Migrants Sets Sights on U.S., Defying President Trump's Threats
Lining up on the rocky bank of the Suchiate river, which runs along Mexico's southern border with Guatemala, a thronging crowd from the migrant caravan shouted to their companions squatting on the international bridge. “Venganse,” they chanted, come on over. Minutes later, groups from the bridge poured down the hill to jump on rafts made with tires and crossed into Mexico. No police stopped them.
7m Oct 21, 2018
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The Military Moves Hundreds of Thousands of Families Each Summer. Many of Them Don’t Go Well
Traci Mayes knew there would be times her husband would be away when he joined the military. As a First Class Petty Officer in the Navy, being stationed on a destroyer ship in the middle of an ocean is just part of William Mayes' job description. But that didn't prepare Mayes for what happened in August, when William received a new assignment and her family had to move closer to his base.
7m Oct 20, 2018
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This 13-Year-Old’s Tool Could Change Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
An Oregon teenager's innovation could change the way doctors treat pancreatic cancer, a deadly form of the disease that has just a 7% five-year survival rate. Rishab Jain, a 13-year-old from Stoller Middle School in Portland, on Tuesday won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge with an algorithm that uses machine learning to help doctors zero in on the pancreas during cancer tre...
3m Oct 20, 2018
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Expansive New Study Says Not Exercising Is Worse for Your Health Than Smoking
It's common knowledge that there are many benefits to being fit, but one large new study found that skipping out on the gym is practically the worse thing you can do for your health. In fact, the study claims not exercising might be more harmful to your health than smoking.
2m Oct 20, 2018
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Immune Therapy Shows Promise in Aggressive Breast Cancer
In many cases, breast cancer is considered a treatable disease — as long as it’s diagnosed early and treated with the proper combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or targeted drugs. But triple-negative breast cancer has long been an exception.
5m Oct 20, 2018
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Over 600,000 People March in London for a Second Brexit Referendum
(Bloomberg)—People from across the U.K. gathered on a sunny Saturday afternoon in London to take part in what may be the biggest public protest over Brexit since the referendum in 2016. The march, which organizers said drew more than 600,000 to west London’s Park Lane, was called by People’s Vote, a group that’s campaigning for the the public to have a say on any final Brexit deal to prevent t...
3m Oct 20, 2018
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Donald Trump Didn’t Really Win 52% of White Women in 2016
A majority of white women voted for Donald Trump: It's the statistic that launched a thousand narratives. "You know, I got 52% with women," President Donald Trump said at a press conference in late September, falsely conflating the figure for white women with the figure for women overall, whom he did not win. "Everybody said this couldn’t happen—52%.” Trump is hardly the only one invoking the ...
6m Oct 20, 2018
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Amid Skepticism, President Trump Praises Saudi Response on Jamal Khashoggi’s Death
President Donald Trump called Saudi Arabia’s removal of two top officials and more than a dozen arrests a “good first step” in response to the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as U.S. lawmakers from both parties expressed deep skepticism.
5m Oct 20, 2018
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Mega Millions Jackpot Jumps to $1.6 Billion, Tying the Record for Highest Ever in the U.S.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No one won the latest Mega Millions drawing, meaning the jackpot climbs to a staggering $1.6 billion. Mega Millions officials say no tickets matched all six numbers to claim the estimated $1 billion grand prize in Friday night's drawing. The numbers were 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 7. The next drawing will be Tuesday.
1m Oct 20, 2018
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‘It’s Heart Expanding.’ Paul Dano on Becoming a Family Man, In Film and In Real Life
Paul Dano is hiding his hair under a trucker hat and carrying a few days' stubble. Six weeks ago exactly, his partner, actor Zoe Kazan, gave birth to their first child. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't super tired," he says, walking into Central Park on a recent sunny morning in New York City. "But it's heart expanding." After taking a monthlong break to focus on the baby, Dano is promoting an...
4m Oct 20, 2018
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Inside the Day That Turned Jacqueline Kennedy Into ‘Jackie O.’
While Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy was the one married to President John F. Kennedy, many Americans felt married to the idea of the two of them. Their relationship was central to the concept of the Kennedy "Camelot" that is still the object of so much national nostalgia. So it was that many took the news hard when, nearly five years later after his assassination, the 39-year-old former First...
7m Oct 20, 2018
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Saudi Arabia State Media Confirms Jamal Khashoggi Is Dead
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Saudi Arabia acknowledged early Saturday that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in a fight, and said 18 Saudis were being held as suspects. The overnight announcements in Saudi state media came more than two weeks after Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for paperwork required to marry his Turkish fiancée, ...
3m Oct 20, 2018
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The Making a Murderer Filmmakers on How Steven Avery's New Lawyer Changes Everything
Making a Murderer kickstarted Netflix's true crime boom. In 2015 the docuseries about Steven Avery, a man who was exonerated thanks to DNA testing only to be arrested for murder just a few years later, became the subject of much debate. It also captured the attention of amateur sleuths, reporters and—eventually—lawyer Kathleen Zellner, who has helped exonerate 19 convicted men. But the story i...
5m Oct 20, 2018
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Column: The Week That Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Lost His Luster
In this series of columns, I'll be giving you a short primer of a story in the week's news — including what to know, why it matters, and what is likely to happen next. First up, the story that has been dominating global headlines all week: the Jamal Khashoggi affair. What happened this week: The mystery over what happened to Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Khashoggi—who was seen w...
5m Oct 20, 2018
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The Democrats' Path to Winning the House Runs Through the Midwest
Cheri Bustos shows her opponents no mercy. Even in Skee-Ball. The hypercompetitive three-term Congresswoman from northwest Illinois is walking with a fellow Democrat at a union picnic in the Cincinnati area when she spots the arcade game. "Aftab," she calls to Aftab Pureval, a former prosecutor who is looking to unseat an 11-term Republican in this southwest corner of Ohio. "How are you at Ske...
12m Oct 20, 2018
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Women Achieved Enormous Power in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt’s female feline goddess had two sides. As Bastet, she could nurture and protect; as Sakhmet she had a propensity to brutally attack and maim without control. But in both forms, she had one raison d’être: to protect and nurture the patriarchy. Such was the case for strong Egyptian goddesses in general, and for the real female leaders of that time. They weren’t in it for themselves...
8m Oct 19, 2018
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Trump Wants to Cut Foreign Aid Over a Caravan. But Experts Say That Won’t Stop Migration
For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump is upset about a caravan of Central American migrants headed to the United States. As the group of some 4,000 people from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras heads toward the U.S. border with Mexico to seek asylum, Trump has called for stricter border enforcement, threatening to cut foreign aid to the three countries and possibly rip up trad...
4m Oct 19, 2018
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These Are the Best High-Fiber Foods, According to Experts
Your body doesn’t like things to be too easy. Challenging it from time to time—with exercise, with the elements, and even with short periods of going without food—is often associated with better health outcomes. The same is true of your gut and the foods it digests. Foods that break down and slip through too quickly (namely, refined starches and sugars) tend to promote overeating, out-of-contr...
6m Oct 19, 2018
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Why Did a Former Miss Iraq Flee Her Country?
It was the last Thursday in September when 22-year-old social-media icon Tara Fares was gunned down in Baghdad. It was a Thursday in August when a well-known beautician was found dead in her home, and the Thursday before that when a plastic surgeon nicknamed Iraq's Barbie died in mysterious circumstances. Then a former Miss Iraq, Shimaa Qasim Abdulrahman, was told she too would become one of th...
3m Oct 19, 2018
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Saudi Lobbying in the U.S. Has Tripled Since Trump Took Office
The disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi brought to the forefront an open secret in Washington: Saudi Arabia is spending heavily to influence the nation's capital. Since Khashoggi disappeared after walking into the Saudi consulate in Turkey on Oct. 2, lobbying firms that work on behalf of the Saudi government have found themselves under increasing scrutiny.
7m Oct 19, 2018
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All the Michael Myers Halloween Movies Ranked From Worst to Best
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Halloween movie franchise. This month marks the release of the new Halloween, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis as iconic final girl Laurie Strode, and by many indications, it’s going to be pretty good. The same cannot be said for all of the other 10 movies in the franchise, which run the gamut from excellent to extremely ...
7m Oct 19, 2018
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Steven Pinker’s Tribute to the ‘Low-Key Extravagance’ of Microsoft’s Paul Allen
Paul Allen’s nerdiness was deceptive. The Microsoft co-founder, who died at 65 on Oct. 15, could seem shy in person, but beneath the reticence he was voracious—for ideas, people, beauty, insight and opportunities to enhance the lives of others. Though he wore it lightly, his was a truly expansive intellect. Not long after we met, Paul rented a cruise ship and invited the diverse people he’d wo...
3m Oct 19, 2018
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President Trump Says It ‘Certainly Looks’ Like Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Is Dead
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday it "certainly looks" as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened "very severe" consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him. His warning came as the administration toughened its response to a disappearance that has sparked global outrage.
5m Oct 19, 2018
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93 More Women Accuse Former USC Gynecologist George Tyndall of Sexual Misconduct
Ninety-three more women have accused former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall of sexual misconduct in two new lawsuits filed against the doctor and the school, according to their lawyer. The former students have came forward with allegations against Tyndall including sexual assault and harassment, CNN reports.
3m Oct 19, 2018
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Everything You Know About the Fate of Lottery Winners Is Probably Wrong, According to Science
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot has gone up to a record-breaking $970 million. On Saturday, Powerball will have a drawing for a $430 million jackpot. A winning ticket for either lottery will be life-changing, but some of the popular theories about the fate of lottery winners aren't necessarily accurate, according to a study published in May.
6m Oct 19, 2018
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