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This Day in History: 1949 FBI Report Fingers Hollywood ‘Communists’

Voice of America 

On this day in 1949, a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation named well-known Hollywood figures as members of the Communist Party, setting off a period of paranoia known as the “Red Scare Two.”  Among those on the report’s list were Frederic March, John Garfield, Paul Muni, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, and the writer Dorothy Parker. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was cooperating with the House Un-American Activities Committee to find and out so-called Hollywood subversives. In 1947... Читать дальше...

China urges N. Korea to not escalate tensions after missile launch

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

BEIJING, June 8 (Yonhap) -- China urged North Korea not to escalate tensions after the country launched what are believed to be several cruise missiles. "Under the current environment, the countries concerned should not provoke each other or take an

Anti-IS fighters near Raqa delight in American weaponry

Yahoo! News 

Chorche was like a kid in a candy store in front of crates packed with US weapons to help an Arab-Kurdish alliance take the Islamic State group's Syria bastion Raqa. "We're going to rain these sophisticated weapons down on Daesh (IS)," said the member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters. The SDF entered Raqa on Tuesday after seven months of fighting to cut off the jihadist stronghold in northern Syria.

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Kentucky court weighs new evidence in ‘satanic’ killing case

TheRepublic.com 

FRANKFORT, Ky. — For more than 20 years, two Kentucky men were in prison because a jury said they killed a woman to curry favor with the devil as part of a satanic ritual. But new evidence, including DNA and revelations that could discredit a key witness, prompted a judge to release Jeffrey Dewayne Clark



The Mysterious Frontiers of Can Xue

The New Yorker 

“Frontier,” a mesmerizing novel by the Chinese author Can Xue, which was published in translation earlier this year by Open Letter Books, begins with a young woman named Liujin who has decided to make a life for herself in Pebble Town. The area is unusually abundant with animal life: the novel’s first chapter teems with wagtails, willow warblers, geese, horses, snow leopards, wolves, sheep, goats, geckos, and frogs. At first, “Frontier” resembles a fish-out-of-water story; as Liujin encounters new people in the market where she sells cloth... Читать дальше...

Supermarket employee kills 3 co-workers, self in store spree

AP.org 

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. (AP) -- A supermarket employee brought two guns to work overnight Thursday, blocked the store's entrances and exits so no one could flee and fatally shot three fellow employees before turning the weapon on himself, Pennsylvania state police said....

Lily-Rose Depp Rocks White Bodysuit While Shopping in WeHo

«Just Jared» 

Lily-Rose Depp is getting in some retail therapy. The 18-year-old model was spotted out shopping with friends while rocking a white bodysuit and jeans on Wednesday afternoon (June 7) in West Hollywood, Calif. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Lily-Rose Depp “Vogues and virginias only @saraifiszel ????” Lily captioned an Instagram photo that day, [...]

Comey Took Trump's Flynn Remarks as a 'Direction'

WSJ.com 

Former FBI Director James Comey said that he believed President Donald Trump gave him what he took as a "direction" when Mr.Trump allegedly asked him to drop an investigation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn. Photo: Getty

Khloé Kardashian's Lamar Odom Marriage Was 'Toxic,' His Daughter Says

International Business Times 

Lamar Odom's daughter, Destiny Odom, revealed Wednesday that her father's marriage to Khloé Kardashian was a major player in causing further damage to her relationship with her father. Read: Lamar Odom Professes Love For Khloe Kardashian: 'I Want My Wife Back!'





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