Conservative Effort To Shake Up Kansas Supreme Court Falls Short
Conservative activists tried to unseat most of the members of the Kansas Supreme Court, but their effort fell short.
Conservative activists tried to unseat most of the members of the Kansas Supreme Court, but their effort fell short.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Johanna Zorn, executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago, about this year's winning audio pieces from across the globe.
Donald Trump brought Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon into his presidential campaign after a staff shakeup. Trump has now announced that Bannon will serve as chief strategist and senior counselor in the Trump White House. This is quite a journey for a man who has fostered extreme views at Breitbart and expressed some extreme views of his own.
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sarah Noble, lunar scientist at NASA, about the supermoon, which is when the moon is at the closest point to Earth along its orbit.
Pioneering African-American journalist Gwen Ifill has died. Ifill was best-known as host of the programs Washington Week and PBS NewsHour. She also moderated two vice presidential debates and presidential primary debates this year. She was 61.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Children's Fund has teamed up with over 200 prominent writers from around the globe to commemorate Universal Children's Day.
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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was optimistic about the chances of running back Thomas Rawls‘ return to the lineup in Week 11 before the Seahawks beat the Patriots on Sunday night. Carroll sounded even more positive about the running back getting back into action on Monday. Carroll said on “Brock and Salk” on ESPN 710 in…
Just one month after debuting on YouTube, it's safe to say that Maluma's "Cuatro Babys" is on its way to becoming one of the...
Slot machines themed after the CNBC show “Billion Dollar Buyer,” starring Golden Nugget Casinos chairman and CEO Tilman Fertitta, are being introduced at the company’s casinos. Players have the chance to ...
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Warren Buffett is loading up on airline stocks.
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is taking new stakes in American Airlines, United Continental, and Delta Air Lines, according to the company's latest 13-F filing.
The firm also took a stake in Southwest Airlines, according to CNBC.
Stocks for the firms jumped in after-hours trading. Around 4:19 p.m. ET they were at:
Georgia native Lucas Till films his new series MacGyver in Atlanta, Georgia, but he has been so busy, he hasn’t had a chance to see any of his family! “The show is called ‘MacGyver’ and I’ve got to be there every day,” the 26-year-old actor told the New York Post. “There are probably a lot [...]
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Nasdaq has a new CEO.
The exchange group has named Adena Friedman as chief executive, replacing Bob Greifeld, who will become chairman of the board.
Friedman has long been considered the heir apparent at Nasdaq. Greifeld had the CEO role for 14 years, turning the company in to what he has called a cutting edge technology company.
The appointment of Friedman as CEO cements her position as one of the most senior women on Wall Street. It also arrives as Nasdaq and... Читать дальше...
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NFL analyst Cris Collinsworth took to Twitter on Monday to rip into Bill Simmons and his failed HBO show after Simmons mocked Collinsworth's analysis of the New England Patriots during "Sunday Night Football."
During Sunday night's game, Simmons wrote on Twitter: "Somebody needs to gently break the news to Collinsworth that the Pats have a weak front 7 and that's why Seattle's o-line looks good."
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President Barack Obama urged President-elect Donald Trump not to endanger the undocumented students on DACA. Also, Obama comments on the closing of Guantánamo Bay, following Trump's election.
The Wall Street Journal has a useful interactive tool that can show investors how sensitive their government bond holdings are to changes in interest rates.
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Myron Ebell dismisses the science on global warming, mocks environmentalists and has made a career of attacking Republicans for being too soft. And he could soon be leading the EPA.
During a press conference at the White House, President Barack Obama discussed the passing of PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, who died Monday at the age of 61. … Click to Continue »
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Brendan Dassey, que ficou conhecido com o seriado "Making a Murderer", da Netflix, ganhou autorização nesta segunda (14) para aguardar em liberdade o julgamento de um recurso sobre seu caso.
O procurador-geral de Wisconsin, Brad Schimel, disse que apresentará uma moção contra a ordem de soltura.
Dassey tinha 16 anos quando foi acusado de ajudar o tio Steven Avery a estuprar, matar e esconder os restos mortais da fotógrafa Teresa Halbach, de 25 anos. Читать дальше...
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With so many states voting on marijuana legalization on Election Day, some smaller cannabis initiatives that were on ballots almost went unnoticed. While nine states were voting to legalize medical or recreational pot on Tuesday, Ohio made some major moves for marijuana, too, when residents in several communities voted to decriminalize possession charges.
Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez all started out on TV before trading their sitcom scripts for microphones -- and it looks like Modern...