August 2019

Troy Aikman Rips Fox Sports Colleague For Dissing Andrew Luck

Fox Sports football analyst Troy Aikman slammed Doug Gottlieb of Fox Sports 1 for belittling quarterback Andrew Luck’s retirement Sunday. Aikman, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback who won three Super Bowls en route to the Hall of Fame, called Gottlieb’s hot take “total bullshit.” Luck, the Indianapolis Colts star, shocked fans on Saturday by announcing […]

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ICE Shut Down Immigration Hotline Featured On ‘Orange Is The New Black’

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials shut down an advocacy group’s immigrant legal aid hotline less than two weeks after it was featured on an episode of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” — eerily mirroring a character’s line in the episode. In 2013, Freedom for Immigrants established the National Immigration Detention Hotline to provide free

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Lord Tim Bell: Margaret Thatcher’s former spin doctor dies aged 77

The spin doctor responsible for the famous “Labour isn’t working” poster during Margaret Thatcher’s general election campaign has died aged 77. Lord Tim Bell was surrounded by his family when he died following a “prolonged illness”, said close friend and business partner Piers Pottinger. The poster was regarded as having made a key contribution to

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Candidates Are Jockeying for Union Endorsements. Bernie Sanders Just Got One.

PITTSBURGH — The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America endorsed Bernie Sanders on Monday, offering one of the few endorsements by a national union as Democratic presidential candidates continue to court labor’s support. The union, which represents some 35,000 workers, voted to back Mr. Sanders directly after he spoke at its national convention

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Russian agency reveals details of radiation after explosion

Russia’s state weather and environment monitoring agency on Monday released new details about a brief spike in radioactivity following a mysterious explosion at the navy’s testing range that has been surrounded by secrecy and fueled fears of increased radiation levels. The Aug. 8 incident at the Russian navy’s range in Nyonoksa on the White Sea

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Amazon fires: Leonardo DiCaprio gives $5m for rainforest

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Leonardo DiCaprio says he’s “deeply concerned” about the crisis Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental organisation is putting $5m (£4.1m) towards helping the Amazon rainforest after the recent surge in fires there. Earth Alliance will give the money to local groups and indigenous communities as they work to protect the Amazon. The

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