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Teen Drama Sterling Point Is the Best Kind of Lazy-Summer Throwback
Ella Rubin and Daniel Quinn-Toye in Sterling Point —Prime Ever since Saved by the Bell bestowed upon Zack Morris a cellphone the size of a dumbbell, TV has been scrambling to keep up with young people’s tech habits. Clarissa Explains It All had DIY video games. Gossip Girl was the name of a blog as…
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Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors
A former Flock employee has quit the company in disgust, saying it lied to workers about how its surveillance cameras were used and that it used dirty tricks to silence its critics. The employee, Jonathan Paz, joined the company as a government affairs manager two years ago. Nominally, his job was to represent Flock’s “product…
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A bizarre murder mystery in Chino Hills where ‘nothing makes sense.’ What we know
A bizarre murder mystery unfolded in Chino Hills last week, where police say a man was abducted from his house by two brothers and placed in the trunk of a car. Police began a chase, which ended with one of the suspects shooting the victim in front of sheriff’s deputies before they fatally shot him.…
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‘Insane!’ GOP nailed by shouting senator for ignoring Trump’s ‘mountain of excrement’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) lashed out at his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for ignoring what he called a mountain of evidence of corruption involving President Donald Trump and his family. Moments before acting Attorney General Blanche was approved by a party-line vote to advance to a full Senate vote on President Donald…
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Ari Emanuel Proposes Editorial Board to Oversee CNN
WME Group executive chairman and TKO Group CEO Ari Emanuel has proposed creating an editorial board to oversee CNN in order to quell concerns about the Ellison family’s ownership of the network in the pending $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The idea was floated during a CNBC interview on Tuesday, in which Emanuel argued…
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NYC art gallery sues landlord for $1M and lease termination — for banning indoor cigar smoking
Talk about a smokeout. A high-end Soho gallery and event space thought its landlord was fine with cigar smoking — until a sudden notice forced the art space to extinguish its operations after a $1 million renovation and millions paid in rent. FineArt Fund, operating as Gallery 484, is suing its landlord, Lieberman Holdings, in…
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The Morning Light Habit Sleep Experts Swear By
—xijian—Getty Images You’ve probably heard that getting some morning light can help you feel more awake during the day and sleep better at night—from your doctor, your sleep app, and roughly 900 podcasts. But you might not realize just how much it matters. “Morning light is arguably more important than your coffee,” says Mariana Figueiro,…
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Arson suspect arrested as Spokane battles devastating wildfires
SPOKANE, Wash. — A man from Spokane, Wash., was arrested and charged with setting one of the three devastating wildfires that are burning through the region. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails fire, the largest of the…
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Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination plows ahead after Senate panel vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general. The Tuesday 12-10 vote moves President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer closer to permanent confirmation, reported Semafor congressional bureau chief Burgess Everett. The vote followed Blanche’s Sunday rescission of the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund intended to compensate Trump supporters who participated…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $1 Billion After Just Six Days at the Box Office
After just six days in theaters worldwide, Sony/Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has reached $1 billion worldwide, having added $47 million domestically and $120 million globally on Monday to bring its worldwide total to $1.05 billion since the film began screening in overseas markets this past Wednesday. On Tuesday, the film will pass “Toy…