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John Kelly blocking Breitbart, Daily Caller articles from reaching Donald Trump: Report

President Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, has curtailed the flow of conservative-media reports reaching his boss amid a bid to block his access to unvetted articles, according to The New York Times. Hardly one month into his tenure as Mr. Trump’s latest chief of staff, Mr. Kelly has made a noticeable impact on the

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This father’s reaction to his daughter on “America’s Got Talent” will break your heart

AGT dad Screen Shot 2017-09-01 at 1.34.30 PM The future couldn’t look any brighter for 13-year-old Evie Clair in terms of chasing her dreams. All season long, the Arizona native has been wowing judges with her incredible voice on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” But staying positive can be quite a challenge for the teenager when

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Moscow summons US diplomat to protest planned compound search

Russia on Saturday summoned the top US envoy in Moscow to protest a search by American officials of a diplomatic facility in Washington, due to be shuttered in the latest twist of the two countries’ diplomatic tit-for-tat. The foreign ministry said it called in acting US mission head Anthony Godfrey and handed him a “note

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Texas rallies to rescue pets, with lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina

HOUSTON — The big-rig truck was full of cats. Theo, who had a bit of a sneeze. Vennessa, who was acting like a diva. Two Thomases. And Buck, who, to everyone’s surprise, was a girl. They had been living in shelters in southeast Texas. But with Hurricane Harvey leaving untold numbers of family pets stranded,

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Petition asking White House to declare George Soros a terrorist garners enough signatures for reply

A petition asking the White House to declare liberal bankroller George Soros a domestic terrorist has garnered over 100,000 signatures, or more than enough to necessitate a response from the Trump administration. The petition was posted on the “We the People” section of the White House website Aug. 20 and needed to crack the 100,000-signature

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Police and mayor apologize for the violent arrest of a nurse who was following protocol

SALT LAKE CITY – The mayor of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake City police are apologizing after reports and a video surfaced of a detective arresting a nurse for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that bodycam footage and video from University Hospital show Detective

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Shelley Berman, pioneering stand-up (or sit-down) comedian, dies at 92

LOS ANGELES — Shelley Berman, who tapped into the neuroses and frustrations of post-World War II America and brought an actor’s sensibility to his monologues to become one of the top comedians of the late 1950s and early ’60s, died Friday at his home near Thousand Oaks. Berman, who acted throughout his career and had

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

93-year-old American woman donates $22 mn to Cologne Zoo

A 93-year-old widow from the United States has donated $22 million to the zoo in Cologne, Germany, saying she wanted to give back to the city where she and her husband met during World War II, German media reported Friday. “We never forgot Cologne,” Elizabeth Reichert told the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper by phone from her

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Pope Went to Psychoanalyst to ‘Clarify a Few Things’

The Pope’s past continues to be a source of surprises after a new book revealed that he previously took weekly psychoanalysis sessions to “clarify a few things.” The former nightclub bouncer and chemical engineer discussed this previously unknown chapter in his life—along with many more—in a series of interviews with French sociologist, Dominique Wolton. Their

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