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An accusation levelled against a teen-age girl changes the course of her life, in Salar Pashtoonyar’s documentary about life after the Soviet-Afghan War.

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For the past eight years, Democrats have countered Donald Trump’s apocalyptic vision of the future with an approach that, ironically, plays into the former president’s rhetorical premise—warning us about his vision and debunking it.

There was a giant, man-size crucifix outside of my first-grade classroom. This object—bloody and graphic—stood probably eight feet tall and was clearly meant to hang high above the altar of a large Roman Catholic church. But my grade school had wedged it into a hallway, between some administrative offices and the classrooms of little children. The spectacle of Christ’s suffering is, of course, a big number in any young Catholic’s imagination, but rarely does one have to encounter it with such... Читать дальше...

Before there was a yawning cultural divide over Donald Trump, there was a yawning cultural divide over William L. Calley, who, The Washington Post revealed this week, died this past April at 80. The Calley Gap and the Trump Gap are different ways of describing the same cultural breach. 

My eighteen-year-old summer students came to class early last week and drew coconuts on the board—a reference to one of several rapidly spreading Kamala Harris campaign memes. When the vice president’s campaign video dropped, there was more enthusiasm in my classroom than I’ve seen even for the release of a major rap album or anime. Early polls show young people support Harris over Trump by a staggering margin.

In a speech Friday, Donald Trump assured his audience them that if he gets a second term, “you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”

Warner Bros.’s lawsuit against the NBA can’t stop the tide. The streaming giants want live sports. The leagues want streaming giants even more.

With 160 websites down and thousands to go, USDS doesn’t let perfection become the enemy of better public services.

You can’t ignore mental health if you want to retain young talent.

Metroboard is an interactive artwork that tracks real-time train data and displays it on your wall.

A longtime lifeguard for the Chicago Park District has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a teenage employee he supervised in 2018 at a public pool on the Northwest Side, court records show.

Dr. Allison Cowett is used to people preaching and protesting outside the West Loop clinic where she performs abortions. She knows who they are. She knows what to expect.

FrontPageBets takes a look at the odds-on favorites to win each of the top four college football conferences, as well as the top 12 teams favored to make the College Football Playoff.

The new Women's Health Center at the Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center has been open just two weeks, but VA nurse Arenz Tondra already sees a difference.

Two suspects were arrested in Viroqua for selling fake jewelry, local law enforcement agencies said.

MILWAUKEE, WI - 1971: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #33 of the Milwaukee Bucks and Wilt Chamberlain #13 of the Los Angeles Lakers look on during the game circa,1971 at the Milwaukee Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Photo by Vernon Biever/NBAE via Getty Images

A supreme rivalry between two brilliant big men

(Telecompaper) Lycamobile has lost a major dispute with UK tax authorities over its VAT obligations, the Financial Times reports...

Already a hit among DIYers for its smart packaging and flexibility, the 2025 Ford Maverick hybrid adds a new option: all-wheel drive.

Via Reuters: 

BERLIN, July 29 (Reuters) - A fire that broke out at German chemicals giant BASF's plant in Ludwigshafen has been extinguished, a company spokesperson and police said on Monday.

Fourteen workers sustained minor injuries in the incident, which occurred when an explosion set off a blaze in a southern section of the company's headquarters, a BASF statement said.

The company did not provide details on whether there was any impact on production.

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Concerns have been raised that the shortage of public toilets has meant people aren't visiting Southend-on-Sea or are even having to poo on the beach.

Police cars are lined up outside the Hedges Inn most nights in an ongoing harassment campaign, sources told The Post.

Kamala Harris was gifted a BMW and lavish trips to Paris and the Oscars by Willie Brown, who helped jumpstart her political career.

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