August 2019

U.S. Open Loser Insults Umpire For Being French: ‘You’re All Weirdos.’

Sacrebleu! A tennis star at the U.S. Open in Queens, New York, Tuesday insulted a referee for being French. (See the video below.) No. 8 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece was already ticked at being cited for receiving coaching from the stands during his match against Andrey Rublev. Then, in the fourth set, umpire Damien […]

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OxyContin maker negotiating settlement worth a reported $12B

Purdue Pharma and the thousands of state and local governments suing the maker of OxyContin over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis are negotiating a $10 billion to $12 billion settlement under which the Sackler family would give up ownership of the company, according to published reports. Under the proposal, the Sacklers would contribute $3 billion

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Conan O’Brien Asks Kids In Greenland About Donald Trump Buying The Place

The kids had a pretty firm opinion on that in a “Conan” clip posted Tuesday (watch it above). But what really got ’em going was when the late night host proposed an even crazier real estate scenario. Trump has been firmly rebuffed in his efforts to purchase the territory, but O’Brien nevertheless has taken it upon himself

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Chasing Blueberries: The Uncertainty Of Life As A Maine Berry Picker

Growing wild in the fields of the Wabanaki and Penobscot tribal nations in Washington County, Maine, wild blueberries have become synonymous with the state. And these small berries represent not only a symbol of Maine’s identity, but also larger metaphors of identity and changing populations in the United States today. Fruit picking, as an industry,

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