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With Brexit Deadlocked, Britain Stares Over a Cliff

By STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2uR9uTG

In Duterte’s Philippines, Having a Beer Can Now Land You in Jail

By AURORA ALMENDRAL from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Lqh9mk

Some Napa Valley wines contain traces of radioactive particles from Fukushima, study finds

Some Napa Valley wines contain traces of radioactive particles from Fukushima, study finds This wine has a bite and it’s not the tannins.

Texas couple delivers baby in Chick-fil-A bathroom

Texas couple delivers baby in Chick-fil-A bathroom Talk about a special delivery.

Ohio restaurant cancels Sunday church discount after outrage from secular organization

Ohio restaurant cancels Sunday church discount after outrage from secular organization Watson, who opened the restaurant the first week of June, said the response was positive — at first.

Off-duty Burger King worker leaves slow line to start making food, later gets fired

Off-duty Burger King worker leaves slow line to start making food, later gets fired Burger King confirmed the woman was an off-duty employee, who was later terminated.

Starbucks to open first US 'signing store' café

Starbucks to open first US 'signing store' café The coffee megachain is about to get a whole lot more inclusive.

Publix employees rescue girl's stuffed bunny from landfill after it gets lost: 'It was above and beyond'

Publix employees rescue girl's stuffed bunny from landfill after it gets lost: 'It was above and beyond' Madison Rachal, 3, was shopping with her mother Jenna at a Publix in Daphne when the two lost track of "Bunny."

Papa John's accused of fostering 'bro' culture within company, report claims

Papa John's accused of fostering 'bro' culture within company, report claims The chief executive and a second high-ranking executive at the pizza chain failed to curb a “bro” culture at the Louisville, Ky., business, a Forbes report claims.

Tortilla chips that 'spontaneously combusted' are behind two blazes at a Texas factory, fire officials say

Tortilla chips that 'spontaneously combusted' are behind two blazes at a Texas factory, fire officials say The Austin Fire Department said they responded to a Texas factory “not once, but twice” over the course of three days after boxes of tortilla chips triggered the blazes.

Georgia waitress takes down man who appears to grope her, epic video shows

Georgia waitress takes down man who appears to grope her, epic video shows Emelia Holden, 21, a server at Vinnie Van Go-Go’s in Savannah, Ga., was captured on surveillance video taking a man down after he groped her while she was turned away from him.

Texas IHOP roof collapses from raging fire

Texas IHOP roof collapses from raging fire Luckily no one was injured.

At Tranquility Base

Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. from NASA https://ift.tt/2mu3EUm

Step Inside the Thai Cave in Augmented Reality

By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT World https://ift.tt/2JHQ4Gh

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Me, Myself & I’ and ‘Finding Neverland’

By SARA ARIDI from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2mvIK7n

Rescued From Obscurity: How Discarded Items Become Treasures

By PAUL SULLIVAN from NYT Your Money https://ift.tt/2La9oBA

Israel Cements Right-Wing Agenda in a Furious Week of Lawmaking

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2NxdkZL

Trump and Putin’s Meeting, the Aftermath and More Political Stories This Week

By EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2zWdich

Trump Doubles Down on Russia. The Spies Shake Their Heads in Disbelief.

By JULIAN E. BARNES, ERIC SCHMITT and KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LafkKS

Got $250? You Can Go to Sean Spicer’s Book Party

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2O6Wh1Y

With All Eyes on Joe Manchin, He Is All Ears at a Supreme Court Round Table

By ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2O4yu2I

Transgender Woman Says CVS Pharmacist Refused to Fill Hormone Prescription

By JULIA JACOBS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LxSI3e

Where the Fairway and the Railway Lie Side by Side

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2zW83JD

When Donald Met Vladimir: The Transcript

By BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2LCv6KS

New York’s Arts for All

By DAMON WINTER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2muuc8e

What if You Owned a Beach but Weren’t Allowed to Get to It?

By KATHLEEN SHARP from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2NtLz4r

Airbnb Reviews of My Childhood Home

By RIANE KONC from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2uOqg63

What Sentence Should Sheldon Silver Get? His Lawyers Get Creative

By BENJAMIN WEISER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2JFQwF5

Put Behind Bars

By CAITLIN LOVINGER from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2Lal3QS

Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Leaving The Atlantic

By JACEY FORTIN from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2mwpS8g

Library Cards Rival Golden Tickets With Culture Pass Option

By AMANDA SVACHULA from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2uOnvSf

McCaskill promises duck boat 'solutions,' despite government inaction after past tragedies

McCaskill promises duck boat 'solutions,' despite government inaction after past tragedies U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., pledged Friday to look into “legislative solutions” to improve the safety of amphibious vehicles like duck boats after 17 people died in the Table Rock Lake tragedy Thursday.

Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders campaign in Kansas

Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders campaign in Kansas Are Republicans ready to take this challenge from the far left seriously? Matt Gorman from the National Republican Congressional Committee weighs in on 'Fox News @ Night with Shannon Bream.'

Are Manafort and Podesta being treated the same by Mueller?

Are Manafort and Podesta being treated the same by Mueller? Tony Podesta reportedly given immunity while Paul Manafort is prosecuted; reaction on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

Rep. Mike Turner: Trump has had important impact on NATO

Rep. Mike Turner: Trump has had important impact on NATO Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, weighs in on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

Conway: Media outrage over Helsinki completely over-the-top

Conway: Media outrage over Helsinki completely over-the-top Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, speaks out on 'Hannity' about 'obsessive outrage' within the mainstream media after the Trump-Putin summit.

Tucker: Democrats and the price of voter rage

Tucker: Democrats and the price of voter rage Tucker: Democrats are banking that rage will get their voters to the polls in November. It may. It may also destroy the country. #Tucker

Nazis and anti-Semites slip through GOP primaries, causing headaches for party

Nazis and anti-Semites slip through GOP primaries, causing headaches for party Several Nazis, Holocaust deniers or white supremacists have elbowed their way onto the GOP ballot for November’s midterm elections, causing headaches for the party.

Pompeo to testify before Senate about Trump's Putin summit

Pompeo to testify before Senate about Trump's Putin summit President Trump has invited Putin to D.C. despite heavy criticism of their Helsinki summit; reaction from Fox News contributor Doug Schoen and radio and TV host Bill Spadea.

Week of conflicting White House statements on Russia

Week of conflicting White House statements on Russia 'Special Report' All-Stars on a momentous and confusing week for President Trump.

Petition to pull Trump hotel's liquor license

Petition to pull Trump hotel's liquor license Neighborhood group files a formal complaint with D.C.'s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration challenging the Trump International Hotel's liquor license; Doug McKelway reports.

Poland pushes to replace Supreme Court judge who defied government

The Polish parliament adopted rules on Friday to expedite the naming of a new Supreme Court chief under a judicial overhaul by the ruling party that critics say undercuts democracy. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2muvShP

The town that doesn't vote: Pakistan's Ahmadis say forced to abstain

There are no campaign posters in the Pakistani town of Rabwah, and no election rallies on its streets. Though they could be an influential bloc in a key electoral battleground, nearly 90 percent of its residents will not vote in a July 25 poll. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zYGP51