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A pro-migrant German politician was shot dead. Officials now suspect a far-right motive
A man arrested over the killing of a senior German politician earlier this month is believed to have links to the far right, prosecutors said Monday.
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'Grand Hotel' checks out as summer TV for 'The Bachelor' crowd
Reality TV used to aspire to replicate the rhythms of scripted drama, albeit for considerably less money. Now dramas are being developed that seem to approximate the simple (or if you prefer, "guilty") pleasures of unscripted shows.
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The 78 wildest lines in Donald Trump's epic ABC interview
On Sunday night, ABC released the full transcript of George Stephanopoulos' two-day(!) interview with President Donald Trump. And, well, wow.
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Astros rookies lead them to a victory over the Blue Jays 7 -2
Behind a strong performance from two rising stars from the Astros farm system. The Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7 -2 in front of a home crowd of 38,012 on Saturday at Minute Maid Park. With that win the Astros are 48-23, which gives them their best 71-game start in franchise history.
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Democrats Are Betting Big On Big Plans for 2020
Go big or go home might be the new motto for the Democrats' sprawling cast of 2020 presidential contenders.
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Robin Givens Bares Her Soul and Finds Her Purpose
Actress Robin Givens has played many roles in her life; retiring wallflower not being among them. She burst onto the scene as the beautiful and brainy Darlene on Head of the Class, a sitcom that aired on ABC from 1986 to 1991. Those same years brought a media explosion as good girl Givens fell in love with, married and then divorced, boxing's former world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson. The tumultuous pairing was brief and quickly devolved into he said/she said of accusations about abuse and domestic violence, allegations which Tyson himself later publicly conceded to.
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Houston native participates in multinational exercise in Baltic Sea region
Petty Officer 1st Class Dustan Rhodes, a native of Houston, is participating in the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise with 18 other nations.
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Twin Sister Doctors Combine Specialty Practices to Grow Health Care Options in Houston
Shalondria Simpson, PharmD, and her twin sister LaShondria Simpson-Camp, MD, combined their uniquely different practices with their collective passion for the health and wellness of others, to create a Cosmetic and Medical Spa in downtown Houston called Tru Essence.
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Nevada Governor Signs ‘Historic’ Union Law to Help 20,000 State Workers Fight ‘Rigged Economy that Favors the Wealthy’
Nevada’s collective bargaining bill is the latest evidence of growing grassroots and political momentum building behind public service workers and unions heading into 2020.
AFSCME President Lee Saunders and AFSCME Local 4041 President Harry Schiffman issued the following statements after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed into law SB 135, a bill expanding collective bargaining rights to more than 20,000 Nevada state employees. The bill is the largest expansion of collective bargaining rights for state workers in 16 years.
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Texans Coach Answers Questions About General Manager Firing
Texans head coach Bill O' Brien walked to the podium and looked out into a packed media work room full of reporters waiting to ask him the million-dollar question every Texans fan wanted to know.
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Texans head coach Bill O'Brien
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A helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a New York City skyscraper. Then the building shook
A typical afternoon inside the offices of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper suddenly turned to chaos Monday when a helicopter, 11 minutes into its flight, crash-landed on the roof.
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Trump's trade war is here to stay. Companies like mine will pay the price
The Trump administration's escalating trade war with China has left American companies with little choice. They must either scale back their reliance on Chinese manufacturers or get comfortable with higher costs and slimmer profit margins.
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San Francisco police seize equipment of freelance journalist who refused to identify a source
Bryan Carmody was sleeping Friday when he woke to the sound of San Francisco police officers breaking down his security gate with a sledgehammer.
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A weatherman slammed his station's constant 'Code Red' warnings. It may cost him his job.
A local Illinois weatherman criticized his own news station's "Code Red" weather alerts, saying the alert "doesn't recognize that not all storms are created equal" and that the alerts are forced upon him by a "corporate initiative."
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Legendary Baltimore basketball player, comedian killed on city streets
Baltimore is mourning the loss of legendary basketball player and comedian Gerald Brown, who was shot and killed in the city over the weekend. The 34-year-old father of two grew up in the city, and he did sketch comedy and volunteered to coach basketball after becoming a legendary player in the city.
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Ken Cuccinelli takes over as acting director of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli started Monday as acting director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, putting a hardliner to the top of the agency that administers the nation's immigration system.
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The stock market is 'spoiled' by rate cuts
Any parent knows that one of the worst things to do when a screaming child is throwing a temper tantrum is to give in and let the kid have exactly what they want -- especially in public.
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‘We hear gun fire all the time here’: KC community stands up against gun violence, draws crowd, honks and hope
Kansas City Police are investigating their 58th homicide of the year. Sade Abdi, 27, was shot around 9:15 Saturday night in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
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“Martin Luther King, Jr.: Voice for Equality!” by James Buckley, Jr. and YouNeek Studios
The heroes in comic books arrive in fancy costumes. Their heads are ringed by bubbles that say things like “POW!” and “ZOOM!” and that’s when bad guys fall like dead twigs from a tree. BAM! All the heroes in comic books are super-powerful and mighty but here’s the thing: as you’ll see in the new book “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Voice for Equality!” by James Buckley, Jr. and YouNeek Studios, real heroes sometimes quietly wear suits and ties.
