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Justin Timberlake’s driver license suspended after arrest on DWI charge
A judge has suspended pop singer Justin Timberlake‘s New York driver’s license because he declined to take a breathalyzer test after he was pulled over and arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated in June. Sag Harbor Justice Carl Irace on Friday ordered the suspension of the singer’s license in a virtual court hearing, in…
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How Biden’s Supreme Court term limit proposal could be better
President Joe Biden’s announcement Monday that a Supreme Court justice’s lifetime tenure needs to end is absolutely justified, but his suggestion to institute 18-year term limits for the justices is not the best solution. Rather, requiring Supreme Court justices to return to the Senate every decade for votes — to determine whether they are retained…
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JD Vance calls Trump’s attack on Harris’ biracial identity ‘totally reasonable’
JD Vance, who has spoken of how his three biracial children have been targeted by racist attacks, is defending Donald Trump’s attack on Kamala Harris’ biracial identity as “totally reasonable.” The GOP vice presidential nominee told CNN on Thursday that Trump was merely portraying Harris as a “chameleon” when he falsely said Wednesday that the de facto Democratic…
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Why Simone Biles’ Paris Olympics gymnastics vault difficulty score is so impressive
UPDATE (August 3, 2024, 11:20 a.m. ET): On Saturday, Simone Biles won gold in the women’s vault, bringing her total of Paris Olympic gold medals to three, with two more events to go. The allure of gymnastics has always been in the jaw-dropping leaps and flips and twists. The sport has evolved considerably over the decades, with…
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The U.S.-Puerto Rico basketball clash is more than a game
UPDATE (August 3, 2024, 1:20 p.m. ET): On Saturday, the U.S. men’s basketball team held off Puerto Rico, winning 104-83. For the first time since 2004, the Puerto Rico men’s basketball team is playing in the Olympics. It hasn’t been a smooth ride: The team lost its first two games against South Sudan and Serbia. But on…
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Bankruptcy judge tees up end to Rudy Giuliani’s Chapter 11 case
A judge approved a deal to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy on Friday, which will bring an end to a case that has for months frustrated his creditors and, at times, even the judge. The dismissal of Giuliani’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy will mean his creditors can soon begin to go after his assets to recover some…
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Kamala Harris must defend immigration if she wants to be president
As Democrats have coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee, Republicans have, in turn, coalesced around their main issue to attack: immigration. President Joe Biden had struggled to respond to immigration criticism. Harris can do better, and she should start by doing the one thing that Biden failed to do: defending immigrants. …
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Kamala Harris has MAGA freaking out about demons and end times
It’s always the end of the world for the Make America Great Again movement. Ever since Donald Trump’s escalator ride in 2015, there’s been zero nuance to the MAGA message. “Only I can fix it,” the leader roared to thunderous applause upon accepting the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. But especially since Vice President Kamala Harris…
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HBO’s Elizabeth Taylor doc chronicles the birth of modern celebrity
Two years after igniting a global scandal of such seismic proportions it was said to have knocked NASA’s first orbit of the Earth off the front pages, 32-year-old Elizabeth Taylor sat down with Life magazine’s Richard Meryman to tell her side of the story. The 40 hours of audio recordings from these interviews constitute the…
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Jimmy Carter supports Kamala Harris, hopes to vote for her, grandson says
Former President Jimmy Carter, who is in hospice care and is less than two months away from his 100th birthday, is holding out to vote for Kamala Harris for president, his grandson Jason Carter told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His son Chip Carter had asked if he was trying to make it to his 100th birthday,…