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Bannon reportedly wants to start a network to the right of Fox News

BusinessInsider.com 

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Ousted White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has told friends he wants to create a network that leans further right than Fox News, Axios reported on Saturday. It's unclear whether it will be a TV network like Fox News, or one that exclusively streams online. 

The White House confirmed Bannon's departure from President Donald Trump's administration on Friday. 

"White House chief of staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would... Читать дальше...

Keeping Calm

RIA Novosti  

Despite the recent war of words between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the US Pacific Fleet stayed calm and seemingly unaware of the rhetoric.

Keeping Calm

Sputnik International 

Despite the recent war of words between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the US Pacific Fleet stayed calm and seemingly unaware of the rhetoric.



Schools in eclipse’s path seize on ready-made science lesson

TheRepublic.com 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A fourth-grade class at a suburban Kansas City school erupted in wonder when they tried on their solar eclipse glasses for the first time and turned toward the sun for an eclipse “practice.” “The sun looks like the moon!” ”It’s really dark!” ”There’s just a little circle of light!” ”It’s just

'Spain is Not Yours', Last Thing Spanish Society Needs After Barcelona

RIA Novosti  

With more than 600,000 migrants from North Africa and the Middle East having entered Spain since 2013, Israeli political analyst Avigdor Eskin believes that Thursday’s terrorist attacks were the work of a jihadist organization, not some demented loners hell-bent on getting a shortcut to paradise by killing innocent people.

'Spain is Not Yours', Last Thing Spainsh Society Needs After Barcelona

Sputnik International 

With more than 600,000 migrants from North Africa and the Middle East having entered Spain since 2013, Israeli political analyst Avigdor Eskin believes that Thursday’s terrorist attacks were the work of a jihadist organization, not some demented loners hell-bent on getting a shortcut to paradise by killing innocent people.

Blair Walsh: They taunted me first

NBCSports.com 

I know your are. But what am I? Seahawks kicker Blair Walsh, spotted gesturing at former Minnesota teammates after nailing a pair of 52-yard field goals on Friday night, said after the game that he taunted them because they had started it. “I simply was just responding to getting taunted,” Walsh said, via ESPN.com. “I [more]

The lore and lure of eclipses: Blood, sex and some snacking

TheRepublic.com 

WASHINGTON — For thousands of years, people have made up stories to explain why the sun suddenly disappears during the middle of the day. We now know they are solar eclipses. But the myths and history of eclipses tell us a little bit about cultures gone by. The tales often involve the sun being eaten.

The lore and lure of eclipses: Blood, sex and some snacking

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just the skies that get dark when there's a total solar eclipse. So do we. Modern science explains that the sun disappears because the moon is passing in front of it. But before that, people had to come up with reasons for what was happening in the sky. Some of them weren't exactly bedtime stories. The lore of early eclipses often told us more about the people spinning the yarns than it did about the sun or the moon, said Anthony Aveni, author of "In the Shadow of the Moon... Читать дальше...

After Charlottesville, students worry about safety on campus

TheRepublic.com 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — When Carl Valentine dropped off his daughter at the University of Virginia, he had some important advice for the college freshman: Don’t forget that you are a minority. “She has to be vigilant of that and be concerned about that, always know her surrounding, just be cautious, just be extremely cautious,” said

Martin op podium in DTM-race Zandvoort

HLN.be (sport) 

In Zandvoort heeft Maxime Martin een derde plaats behaald in de eerste van twee DTM-races in Zandvoort. Onze landgenoot maakte een BMW-feestje

Liquor stores closed in Turkmenistan’s capital until October

TheRepublic.com 

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Liquor stores have been closed down and alcoholic products taken off the shelves of food stores in the capital of Turkmenistan ahead of a major international athletic competition next month. Merchants at several stores told The Associated Press on Saturday that authorities had ordered alcohol sales halted until October, after the Asian

Missing in health care debate: Women's voices

CNN Money 

Not only do many women depend on insurance coverage for maternity care and contraception, it commonly falls to them to plan health care and coverage for the whole family. Yet as leaders in Washington discuss the future of American health care, women have not always been allowed in the room.





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