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CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After New Details on Help He Gave His Brother — The cable news network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came four months after Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York. — The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday amid …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo — New York (CNN)CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.” — The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly how Cuomo aided his brother …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after investigation into aid to brother Andrew Cuomo — The primetime host was suspended by the network on Tuesday. On Saturday night, though, it said a law firm investigation turned up “additional information.” — Just four days after announcing …
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Federal Scrutiny of Cuomo Widens to His Office's Treatment of Women
CNN:
Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect arrested after manhunt — James and Jennifer Crumbley entered not guilty pleas to all charges against them during their arraignment Saturday morning. — The couple “fully intended” to turn themselves in “first thing this morning for arraignment …
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Bill Adair / Air Mail:
Loving Lies — Stephen Glass, the most notorious fraud in journalism, decided he would live by one simple rule: Always tell the truth. Then he broke that rule — PORTRAITS BY SHARON SUH — I've never liked liars. I was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and got so frustrated …
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation — An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country's population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe.
CNN:
Acosta: Hard-right Supreme Court poised to turn back clock — CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown of the US Supreme Court amidst debate about the nation's abortion and gun rights. Source: CNN — CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown …
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's social media start-up raises $1bn — The ex-president's media venture is aimed at challenging the platforms from which he has been banned. — Donald Trump's social media start-up has raised $1bn from unidentified investors as the company presses ahead with plans to go public via a Spac merger.
Washington Post:
A Kamala Harris staff exodus reignites questions about her leadership style — and her future ambitions — The rumors started circulating in July: Vice President Harris's staff was wilting in a dysfunctional and frustrated office, burned out just a few months after her historic swearing-in and pondering exit strategies.
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Ashley Wong / New York Times:
How a Cream Cheese Shortage Is Affecting N.Y.C. Bagel Shops — Supply chain problems that have hit businesses across the country now threaten a quintessential New York treat. — Zabar's is running low. Tompkins Square Bagels is down to sticks. Pick-a-Bagel has only a few days' supply left.
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Diana Leonard / Washington Post:
Snow may vanish for years at a time in Mountain West with climate warming — Study warns of impending water supply problems due to nearly snowless mountains in about 35 to 60 years — A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
It's Tough to Deter Putin Once You've Given Him the Pipeline He Wanted — God only knows if this unidentified U.S. intelligence official speaking to Sky News is correct... Russia is planning a military offensive against Ukraine, which could begin as soon as early 2022, according to United States intelligence officials.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Why Tucker Carlson Is Defending Alex Jones — There was a time when someone like Jones would have been too toxic to embrace. — About the author: Peter Wehner is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
When will the people's House be returned to the people? Not even Capitol officials know. — On Wednesday night, more than 15,000 fans crowded into Capital One Arena to watch the Washington Wizards secure another early-season victory. On Thursday night, a few thousand concertgoers packed …
Eileen O'Grady / Concord Monitor:
‘Teacher Loyalty’ bill would restrict how U.S. history, especially racism, can be discussed in school … Just one year after New Hampshire legislators first introduced a bill that banned the teaching or discussion of “divisive concepts” like systemic racism, another bill will be debated …
New York Times:
Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law — Members of the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot are among those arguing for an overhaul of a more than century-old statute enacted to address disputed elections.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Justice Sotomayor drops the S-bomb — Stench. — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said stench, about her own court, during oral argument Wednesday in the Mississippi abortion case. Specifically, observing that states were passing ever-stricter abortion laws, explicitly inspired by the court's …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
‘A real fight for our existence’: Massachusetts GOP spirals in Baker exit — BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker kept Republicans relevant in deep-blue Massachusetts. Now his exit has the GOP at each others' throats. — Baker announced this week that he wouldn't seek a third term.
Tatyana Turner / Chicago Tribune:
Former Illinois State University football coach who removed Black Lives Matter poster alleges violation of First Amendment rights in lawsuit — Kurt Beathard, a former assistant football coach for Illinois State University, is suing the school's head football coach and its former athletic director …
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Reuters:
Iran walks back prior nuclear concessions -U.S. official … Iran walked back any compromises it made in previous talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, pocketed all compromises made by others and asked for more during indirect U.S.-Iranian talks this week, a senior State Department official said on Saturday.
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The Guardian:
WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as Covid variant spreads — US and Australia become latest countries to confirm locally transmitted cases — The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the World Health Organization has said …
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