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‘Grotesque’ X-Files-themed White House website is darker than it looks: column
A new White House webpage starts like a horror movie trailer, according to New York Times columnist M. Gessen — glowing green letters against a dark backdrop, the words “aliens” and “declassified,” and the promise of a 60-year government secret about to be revealed. Then comes the twist, Gessen wrote: the “aliens” aren’t extraterrestrial. They’re…
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50 gallons of water spill into storm drain at site of O.C. chemical crisis, testing underway
About 50 gallons of water spilled into a storm drain at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, and testing is underway to see if the water contained any toxic chemicals, Orange County health officials said Friday. Specifically, officials are searching for any trace of methyl methacrylate, or MMA. Approximately 7,000 gallons of that same chemical were…
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Susie Wiles expected to quit as Trump’s chief of staff after stinging ‘insult’: report
Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will soon quit her high-level White House post, insiders told the Daily Mail. Wiles is preparing to quit because she was “vehemently” opposed to the promotion of Bill Pulte from the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the role of acting Director of National Intelligence, three White…
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SoFi Stadium workers announce strike days ahead of World Cup
The union behind SoFi Stadium’s workforce has voted 96% in favor of authorizing a strike, ahead of the World Cup next week, a move that could cause a possible work stoppage as the venue prepares to serve as a key location in the soccer tournament. Unite Here Local 11 represents the stadium’s nearly 2,000 cooks,…
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All the celebrities attending Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s Italian wedding weekend
The wedding festivities have begun! Dua Lipa and Callum Turner kick off their wedding weekend with a welcome party that brought out all of their celebrity friends including Charli XCX, Donatella Versace, Joe Alwyn, Troye Sivan, and more. Check out who all were in attendance below. 1 of 12 Dua Lipa and Callum Turner COBRA…
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Ex-Dodger wishes he saved boys before fatal crash by former lover, says MLB millions largely gone
Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson testified Friday that he has little left of the roughly $46 million he earned during his career as a jury considers whether to award further damages against him and his former lover after they were found liable for the car-crash deaths of two young brothers in Westlake Village. Rebecca Grossman,…
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GOP senator mistakenly leaks private info while trying to prove he doesn’t live in Florida
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a prominent ally of President Donald Trump, has been dogged throughout his campaign for governor of Alabama by claims that he secretly lives in Florida and may have even illegally voted there. So his campaign has released a series of records to prove his residency in Alabama. However, according to Lagniappe,…
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‘Obsession’ Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million
“Obsession” art director Sally Choi went public Thursday with complaints she debated sharing “for a long time.” As the Focus Features horror indie breakout from Curry Barker nears $175 million at the worldwide box office, she bemoaned making only $300-per-day for what she described as strenuous, cross-department work. “I’ve debated this for a long time,”…
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Scientists probe cosmic visitor from deep space, come up empty in search for alien life
Last summer, a NASA-funded asteroid impact warning system detected a mysterious object speeding through the solar system. Scientists determined the object had entered the solar system from deep space, making it the third known object to have come from another star system. NASA called it Comet 3I/ATLAS and said it didn’t pose a threat. But…
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Chris Hayes says vulnerable GOP senator got ‘sham vote’ to look independent against Trump
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has endured a brutal week of reporting on his personal history and unsavory interactions with women — issues that have left many people wringing their hands over the state of the race. However, MS NOW’s Chris Hayes, who interviewed Platner earlier in the week, noted that Maine voters on the…