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California outranks Texas in new top 100 ‘Best BBQ shops’ list — but there’s a catch
Texas may be the spiritual home of barbecue, but according to a buzzy new Yelp ranking, California just smoked the Lone Star state. Yelp’s new “Top 100 BBQ Restaurants in the US,” compiled using ratings and reviews from Yelp Elite users, gave California more spots on the list than Texas. But, there’s one very California…
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Netflix confirms ‘Emily in Paris’ is ending after its sixth season
Girlfriend’s visa has officially expired. Netflix has confirmed the end of the hit TV series “Emily In Paris” after a memorable six-season run. The streaming giant officially confirmed that its hit romantic comedy series starring Lily Collins will conclude after its upcoming sixth season, finally dropping the curtain on the globetrotting adventures of beloved Chicago…
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Colbert’s Long Farewell Was a Funeral for the Collective Culture of Late Night
Stephen Colbert interviews his final Late Show guest, Paul McCartney —Scott Kowalchyk—CBS via Getty Images “Are you good with change?” Stephen Colbert asked Paul McCartney on Thursday. The response from the man whose performance with the Beatles, 62 years earlier, on the very stage where they were sitting, caused a tectonic shift in global pop…
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Republican lambasted in hometown paper after ‘vile’ out-of-state attack
A Republican was criticized for racist remarks in an opinion piece published by the GOP lawmaker’s hometown paper and written by Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi Friday. In her op-ed for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hashmi, who is a Georgia native, called out Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) for his “vile, xenophobic, and anti-Muslim attack on his…
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WGAE Slams End of CBS News Radio as ‘Reckless and Shortsighted Decision’
The Writers Guild of America East mourned the closure of CBS News Radio on Friday, arguing the decision to end the nearly century-old radio service represented a “reckless and shortsighted decision” by Paramount CEO David Ellison and CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss. The union said the end of CBS News Radio, which will shut down…
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NATO allies bewildered by Trump’s about-face on U.S. troop moves in Europe
HELSINGBORG, Sweden — NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment Friday at President Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after ordering the same number of forces pulled out of Europe. The apparent change of mind came after weeks of statements from Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing…
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Mediaite Founding Editor Colby Hall Exits After Suspension Over ‘Editorial Errors’
Mediaite founding editor Colby Hall is stepping away from the media-politics website a month after he was suspended due to “editorial errors” in his newsletter. “After 15 years as Founding Editor of Mediaite, I’m stepping away from the site I helped launch, and that has been my obsession for well over a decade,” he wrote…
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Crude oil spills onto Cesar Chavez Avenue in East L.A. after pipeline rupture
A pipeline rupture in East Los Angeles early Friday morning resulted in a crude oil spill, according to officials. Firefighters responded around 3:20 a.m. to a report of a hazardous material incident near East Cesar Chavez and North Eastern avenues, according to Los Angeles County Fire Captain Aaron Katon. A crew that was boring a…
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Pentagon caught flat-footed as Trump plan threatens to gut military training
Military experts and Pentagon officials are pushing backat proposals from within Donald Trump’s administration that will cripple their ability to prepare for a possible war with China and other adversarial nations. According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration’s five-year energy leasing plan would allow oil platforms in areas that currently serve as vital military…
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Vacation from hell: Family of 4 suffers through $4K trip plagued by ‘violent’ food poisoning, moldy hotel and feces-smeared bathroom
A family said their vacation became a nightmare when they arrived and found out their hotel was a construction site. Scott Edward, 36, was set to go on a sunny family vacation with his wife Katie and children Freddy and Alexandra — but the trip turned traumatic, complete with food poisoning and electric shock. “No…